Rag Top challengers

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Wed Jan 23, 08 3:19 pm

been looking through some old mopar photos also , found these

the green one taken at brands hatch 93 ,at the first american AAR type race series . all these years i had been thinking that it was & old picture of Jim 's ........... but it is not the case , i pm the photo to Jim & he pointed out differences between the two , also his was sill in the US when the picture was taken , any ideas where it is now ????

plum crazy one EHJ151H , taken at Blake hall onger 92

taken at Blake hall also but can't think of the year might be 93 give or take

also mentioned to Jim another challenger convertable , that i saw at santpod late 80's to 1990 may be

was striped out for 1/4 mile action , painted black , can't remember for sure but i think it was ally panaled out also , & was trailered to the track , Jim has a good idea that it is the same car that a guy contacted him looking for parts , any one remember this car . i haven't got a photo as i forgot to take one at the time

JustinMFox · Post by **JustinMFox** » Wed Jan 23, 08 3:28 pm

The one in the 3rd pic looks like Gavin's, "Mr Norm"

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Wed Jan 23, 08 3:31 pm

the plum one is my old car well optioned 383 rt 4 speed, i have not long got the fender tag to it off a guy that had owned the car, had to give £200 for it ,

also a 70 chall ragtop was bein restored and unfortunatly the premisses went on fire the car was totaled i think that was a green one

bananaskin · Post by **bananaskin** » Wed Jan 23, 08 4:31 pm

JustinMFox wrote:The one in the 3rd pic looks like Gavin's, "Mr Norm"

yep, same car

http://www.moparuk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8773

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Wed Jan 23, 08 4:41 pm

That's right Dunc' now i remember. The guy that had the Challenger that was destroyed told me he sent it all to the scrap. I told him that we should be a judge on what just gets thrown away. But he did it anyway, as far as i know the whole thing was scrapped. Personally i find it hard to belive there was absolutely nothing salvagable. - Oh well.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Wed Jan 23, 08 4:42 pm

That's right Dunc' now i remember. The guy that had the Challenger that was destroyed told me he sent it all to the scrap. I told him that we should be a judge on what just gets thrown away. But he did it anyway, as far as i know the whole thing was scrapped. Personally i find it hard to belive there was absolutely nothing salvagable. - Oh well.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Wed Jan 23, 08 4:45 pm

What happened?

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Wed Jan 23, 08 4:47 pm

Either you have the shakes Jim or the host is re-booting the server!

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Wed Jan 23, 08 5:38 pm

Jim wrote:That's right Dunc' now i remember. The guy that had the Challenger that was destroyed told me he sent it all to the scrap. I told him that we should be a judge on what just gets thrown away. But he did it anyway, as far as i know the whole thing was scrapped. Personally i find it hard to belive there was absolutely nothing salvagable. - Oh well.

the guy bought a 70 6cyl chall off me jim, it was red but fitted with a 340
had a ta lokkylikey stripe on it he showed me a pic off the fired car
believe me it was gone the fire had basically melted it, you know me i keep anythin and i could see nothing was salvageable

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Jan 23, 08 5:55 pm

This is from a VHS tape I have. It shows me racing that Green Challenger back at the very first Mopar Nats. I was running high 14s then and the convertible was WAY behind.....

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Wed Jan 23, 08 5:58 pm

does anyone know who ownes the ragtop r/t purple car i need a contact,

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Wed Jan 23, 08 6:04 pm

looks to be the same green one at brandshatch

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Jan 23, 08 6:20 pm

Cannonball wrote:does anyone know who ownes the ragtop r/t purple car i need a contact,

I have not seen or heard of it since the 2005 Mopar Nats.

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Wed Jan 23, 08 6:23 pm

May as well add this one to the list of ragtops.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jan 23, 08 6:24 pm

Cannonball wrote:does anyone know who ownes the ragtop r/t purple car i need a contact,

Is this the same car, Duncan. If so, someone got in touch with me a few years ago when I first posted pictures wanting bigger copies. No idea who it was now, I'm afraid, but he PM'd me through the message board.

By the way, I almost bought a slant 6 Challenger from John Mimmack way back in 1980 or so. For some reason, I thought it was white. When I saw him again in 1986, he remembered me and the car, but said it had gone south and had a V8 stuck in it. What a waste.