I saw a Challenger that may become a very important car

[JimShine]

This was the first Challenger put on the road and had photos of leaked to the public. They repainted the car white for the One Lap of America race as an ode to Vanishing Point. It looks absolutely killer! Erich pointed out numerous little differences between it and the production versions, but it still looks killer. He told us that he saved the car from being crushed. Its purpose was filled and not being needed any longer, Chrysler was going to send it off for crushing, which is the typical fate of these cars. He somehow managed to talk them into selling it to him and now it is his personal vehicle.


Check out this video too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o85pehK9do

[PocketThunder]

That is pretty cool. 

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Now THAT one had an awesome exhaust note!   Those other drifting & burnout vids posted had the cars sounding real lame....

Jim, any exhaust work done to this car? 

[JimShine]

I never even asked. Sorry. We brought the Transcon Medivac and Erich was just as into that as we were into his Challenger, so the conversation was back and forth between the two vehicles. I may be seeing it again here at the end of the week. If I do, I can ask him about it.

[71ChallengeHer]

Very cool. I like the Foose wheels.

[71ChallengeHer]

Poor Chally            http://blog.cardomain.com/blog/             

[JimShine]

oh man, that sucks!

[TruckDriver]

So, now that I seen Jackie's post, is the car wrecked or has it been restored again?

I'm starting to see one thing that bothers me about the new Challenger. But, don't the mirrors look to big? They do to me

[JimShine]

It reads like the car was running again, so hopefully it is just some body work that is needed to bring it back. My pics were naturally before the wreck. Infact, it was just about to be decaled.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Wow that was pretty creepy....much like the kid with the BMW that got killed (he's posting on the site about performance upgrades & the next thing you read is the kid dies in a wreck) although obviously not as serious.

heres a few more pics off the Car Domain blog....

[70charginglizard]

New front clip for that puppy and it should be good to go again.

Sad to see but I'm sure this will be happening frequently to these new challengers.

[twenty mike mike]

That would make a great Indy Pace Car.   

[JimShine]

Hopefully a new clip will work. The car was not exactly what became the production version. It does have differences in its shape.

[Charger_Fan]

Looks like it ended up getting crushed in the end anyway...luckily it's only the front end.

Being a one-off car, I can tell ya I sure wouldn't be out flogging it like that.

[JimShine]

I recieved a call from a buddy in the run and he told me that Chrysler sent the guys a new orange Challenger to finish the race.

[JimShine]

Check out this video of the crashed car posted just today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXXvExx-x4k

[TK73]

Check out this video of the crashed car posted just today:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXXvExx-x4k

KICK ASS!!!!!!