Here is the CDN 4dr HEMI

[65post]

Just surfing  E-bay and saw this.Anybody know if he ended up selling the red one ?

[Johnny SixPack]

Hey!

Is that a Charger?

[Ghoste]

It is to Trevor Creed.

[Wakko]

Wow, look at the bid price!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Worlds-Rarest-426-Hemi-Car-1-of-4-factory-produced_W0QQitemZ4603385924QQcategoryZ6200QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Ghoste]

And it hasn't reached whatever his insane reserve is yet!!!!

[Lightning]

depending on what the reserve is, it's bound to be high since it's a 1 of 4 (that's what MCG said of the red one)

[Ghoste]

It's rare.  Is it desirable?  There is a reason they didn't sell lots of them new (aside from not promoting it's availability) and even though the current bid says it is desirable to somebody, do you know it isn't a shill?  Is the bidding being fueled by B-J seasonal mania?  Could you move it in a year and truly expect to get your money out of it?  Maybe, but unless you were an incredibly wealthy collector would you take that chance?  Obviously someone is but I can't imagine being that guy.  If I had that much money, I'd sooner put it into sure(r) things like the musclecars.  If, and it's a giant if, the muscle boom falters, where will a four door fringe car be?
He does say in his own auction that the other car's sale for half that amount didn't go through.
Just being devils advocate here.   I sure don't own the crystal ball either.

[Blown70]

It's rare.  Is it desirable?

I AGREE.

[Charger_Fan]

In an automotive dictionary under "sleeper"...THAT's the picture they'd give.

[andy74]

holy shit thats a lot of money

[6pkrunner]

Well all the high zoot hemicars have been found and restored. now the rarest of the rare will come into their own. This one makes the 11 1971 ragtop hemi cudas look downright plentiful.

[dkn1997]

he deserves 5 cents based on his crappy ebay ad.  Enough already with these people who list a car for 6 figures and put 2 lousy pics in.  Oh, and the original motor is long gone. 

[ChargerSG]

"he deserves 5 cents based on his crappy ebay ad.  Enough already with these people who list a car for 6 figures and put 2 lousy pics in."
But do you know if its really missing the original Hemi? Nice for the maniac who pays that money for that car

[Johnny SixPack]

Wow, look at the bid price!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Worlds-Rarest-426-Hemi-Car-1-of-4-factory-produced_W0QQitemZ4603385924QQcategoryZ6200QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Thank goodness he lowered his reserve! 

[69_500]

It is a definate rarity.To me it is a desireable car, because it is one of the ultimate sleepers. Love the thought of pulling up to someone in that at a stop light and then just letting them see the tail lights. However even if I had the money I wouldn't be willing to spend  that kind of cash for it. Would be a great car to add to a collection however. I'm suprised someone like Juliano hasn't made a run at one of those 4 cars. Would go nice with the rest of his collection of 1 off stuff.

[Ghoste]

Juliano primarily stays with factory show cars I think.  I see it as being more interesting to someone who collects Hemi cars.  A Harold Sullivan maye.

[bull]

It is a definate rarity.To me it is a desireable car, because it is one of the ultimate sleepers. Love the thought of pulling up to someone in that at a stop light and then just letting them see the tail lights.

Well yea but you could do the same thing with a $1,500 car and a tweaked 440 for about $230,500 less than that thing is going for.

[69_500]

Yeah but it wouldn't be a FACTORY set up. That is the idea of a sleeper, something the factory put together.





Yeah I guess it would fall more into line with what harold Sullivan has in a collection. But then again didn't Juliano just pick up some of the wing cars last year?

[Ghoste]

He may have.  I hadn't heard that but I don't travel in that circle either.

[69_500]

Thats funny, because I don't travel in those circles either. Just things I hear from people here and there. I haven't ever had the chance to talk to Mr. Juliano, but I have heard nothing but good things about him. Would love to go to his open house and eyeball all the goodies he has.

[Ghoste]

You and me both.  He's one of those wealthy collectors that collects Mopars because he likes them not because they're "in".  Guys like him and Harold Sullivan, and Tim Welbourn and others are real assets to the hobby.

[hemigeno]

Some folks can correct me if I'm wrong on this, but with a '66 model year car, there were no marks stamped on the engine which ties a particular engine to a particular car, correct?  Didn't that start with the '68 model year?

So all anyone has to do is find a date-correct engine, and voila, the car magically has its original engine - or at least one that no one could say for certain WASN'T in the car.

This is the same seller and car that I had read elsewhere has an asking price in the neighborhood of $500k, right?  The seller was asking $1mm for the red restored car if I remember right.

Guess it doesn't hurt to ask for that much, right?

[Ghoste]

You are correct and I'm not sure off the top of my head if it started at the beginning of the 68 model year or the beginning of 1968, the actual year.

[Shakey]

You and me both.  He's one of those wealthy collectors that collects Mopars because he likes them not because they're "in".  Guys like him and Harold Sullivan, and Tim Welbourn and others are real assets to the hobby.

How are these fellas assets to the hobby?   

[Ghoste]

Because each of them have taken considerable expense to find and restore rare parts of Mopar history as opposed to just "investing" in what's cool.
For instance, Juliano has amassed an enormous collction of dealership promtional material surrounding all musclecars but especially Chrysler.  He has assembled and restored most of the Chrysler Muscle concept vehicles from that era in one location.
Harold Sullivan with the Silver Bullett.  Yes, he has a large collection of Hemi and Six Pack cars but he is very approachable.
Tim Welbourn for his dedication to NASCAR and wing car history.  He sits on the Talladega Motorports Hall of Fame board of directors and is instrumental in opening those doors for the wing car reunion. 
Greg Kwiatkowski (sp?) is another guy who should probably be on that list.
Many of the cars those guys have spent money to find and restore would have otherwise been lost.