You think our Chargers are high priced......

[az69rtcharger]

You think our Chargers are high priced here is a Aussi 72 Valiant Charger and for the low low price of  $199,000.00 AU or $182,672.00 US it can be yours.
I was looking at the Ford Falcon XB's also and those are price high as well

http://australianmusclecarsales.com.au/muscle/132847-e49-chargergrand-champion?query=charger

Other Chargers

http://australianmusclecarsales.com.au/?m=muscle&query=charger

[mauve66]

its the owners heritage on the first one thats kicking it up so high

[G-man]

 

200k for a valiant?

[miller time]

It's a dinky I6

[mauve66]

but it would run with the v8's over there

[G-man]

as far as i know, valiant chargers have never won in the bathurst races.

Id rather 200k in a real hemi Dodge Charger not that thing. Like serious. 

[Ghoste]

You're right they haven't but IIRC they never had the development effort put into them they deserved before the plug was pulled on them.

[squeakfinder]

 
That looks allot like the one I saw at the Kent,Washington gathering last August. It's not though, his was V-8 6 pack.

[loudmouthaussie]

as a mopar guy the whole aussie valiant/chrysler thing frustrates me!

guys here think hemi 6's are great because they used to keep pace with GM & Ford small blocks of the same era.

aussie chryslers are smaller than amercian so 426 would have been outta the question. but what about a 440 or 383 option? 360 wasa the best it got but that was post emissions control from what i understand.

im sure theres lots of factors at play and you have to go on what the public here wanted downunder at the time also.

just bought chrysler action a new aussie mag and first 3 issues were a cool mix but latest is all valiant and one dodge dart swinger which only just passes as a muscle car i guess 

[loudmouthaussie]

oh yeah and the rare valiant chargers are over priced but so are all lates 60's aussie muscle cars

try $600,000 for a ford GT falcon 4 door. which is really only a US ford fairlane compact with fancy paint and beefed up 351 
why not at least use the 2 door? 

[Mike DC]

 

People think the muscle-era Ford XB GT Falcons are high priced right now? 

Just wait until the new Mad Max sequel/prequel hits theaters in a year or two. 



They're finally getting going on this.  Warner Bros is throwing about $100 million at it.  Max is recast and it looks like it's gonna be about "Mad Max #1.5" in the timeline.  So take a wild guess at what vehicle the new Max will be driving. 

[89MOPAR]

 if it's the ford falcon XA / XB  4 door of around 1968-1969, i'm thinking of, it is not at all a built fairlane, and was in fact the fastest car sold in Australia for a few years...
   still 600K is an awful lot.

[G-man]

I live in australia, I was born in australia... Australia doesnt know how to make muscle cars PERIOD. 600k, 500k, Id pay 30-50 000 for that E49, not 1 cent more.

[Ghoste]

But only if it had the numbers matching engine, right?  

[G-man]

I thought it was a numbers matching engine car....

It isnt... for 200k?   

[PocketThunder]

But only if it had the numbers matching eninge, right? 

      

[6pkrunner]

"Whatever the market will bear."

Like the blind guy selling pencils for $5million each.
A passerby says,"You're not going to sell many at that price."
Blind guy says,"Only gotta sell one."

The unfortunate part is that everyone watches closely and if one sells for something, then everyone expects theirs to sell for the same.

[Laxy]

That E49 has had possibly the most detailed and professional restoration ever performed on one of these cars. Given some E49's have gone for 250k to 300k I think the price is justifiable. I don't like the high prices on Aussie muscle these days either but the fact is they are super rare and highly sought after. They were the quickest accelerating production car you could buy here and it took 30 years for anything quicker to come along. Baby boomers were kids when these cars ruled the road and in the last 5 years they finally can afford them - the upshot of this is basketcase cars like this have the money spent to fix instead of parting them out.

Aussie R/T Chargers are still dirt cheap compared to the equivalent GT Falcons and Monaros. Saying you would only spend $30k-50k on that car is just plain insulting to the ridicuolus amount of work and money that went into that car.

Personally I wouldn't spend that money on any Aussie car, as suggested the US Mopars are where the real muscle is and you get a lot more car and engine for your money!   

Cheers 

[nakita7]

 

[charger Downunder]

Ive seen the car its one of the best restored ones around.The owner is a true mopar man.