Challenger Hellcat
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 15 10:42 pm
I thought I would just introduce myself and say hello to all you guys and girls on here. I found this place sort of by accident after meeting up with some fellow Challenger owners at Brooklands last Sunday. What a great day out and nice to meet like minded people. In the afternoon we went to the NSRA Hot Rod Supernationals. There are a few pics of mine, reg number is CA11HEL. So I own a Pitch Black A8 Challenger Hellcat with black laguna leather.
What a journey to get this car. I stumbled across the Hellcat by accident back in must be May or June of last year. When Dodge announced it would have 707hp. From the moment I saw it I knew I had to have one. So with the help of my very good friend and mechanic Brian who a lot of you probably know (68 Coronet unpainted) we set about trying to buy one. Through his good friend stateside we put a $2000 deposit with Bob Frederick the Challenger Guy back in August. The order book opened up the 9th September from memory and Bob quoted 3 to 6 months for delivery. Laguna Leather became late availability but I did not want Alcantara. I was fixed on my exact spec. By early January it became clearly obvious that the chance of me getting a Hellcat from Bob was pretty slim. He would not tell us were we where on his list and rumours had it that he had taken orders for well over 100 Cats.
So on some good advice of some guys on another US forum I started searching Dodge inventory and emailing dealers. Three weeks, 2 to 3 hours a night. I knew that January was the best time to bag a Cat with all the snow on the ground and I got very lucky. One dealer I emailed on the Friday said the car was a sold order. He then emailed me on the Monday to say that the car had become available and was I still interested. Price was MSRP but had to be bought that week. So the deal was done but with all the snow my guy stateside could not collect the Cat that was 900 miles away for about six weeks.
So cut a long story short the Cat arrived at Southampton docks back in April. Finally UK registered early June and every mile is a smile. Guys stateside were always telling people that the Cat is worth the wait and to persevere. Well they were right. Well worth the wait. I knew it was going to be good but it has exceeded all of my expectations. I have around 2500 miles on it and so far no issues. Fingers crossed it remains that way.
What a journey to get this car. I stumbled across the Hellcat by accident back in must be May or June of last year. When Dodge announced it would have 707hp. From the moment I saw it I knew I had to have one. So with the help of my very good friend and mechanic Brian who a lot of you probably know (68 Coronet unpainted) we set about trying to buy one. Through his good friend stateside we put a $2000 deposit with Bob Frederick the Challenger Guy back in August. The order book opened up the 9th September from memory and Bob quoted 3 to 6 months for delivery. Laguna Leather became late availability but I did not want Alcantara. I was fixed on my exact spec. By early January it became clearly obvious that the chance of me getting a Hellcat from Bob was pretty slim. He would not tell us were we where on his list and rumours had it that he had taken orders for well over 100 Cats.
So on some good advice of some guys on another US forum I started searching Dodge inventory and emailing dealers. Three weeks, 2 to 3 hours a night. I knew that January was the best time to bag a Cat with all the snow on the ground and I got very lucky. One dealer I emailed on the Friday said the car was a sold order. He then emailed me on the Monday to say that the car had become available and was I still interested. Price was MSRP but had to be bought that week. So the deal was done but with all the snow my guy stateside could not collect the Cat that was 900 miles away for about six weeks.
So cut a long story short the Cat arrived at Southampton docks back in April. Finally UK registered early June and every mile is a smile. Guys stateside were always telling people that the Cat is worth the wait and to persevere. Well they were right. Well worth the wait. I knew it was going to be good but it has exceeded all of my expectations. I have around 2500 miles on it and so far no issues. Fingers crossed it remains that way.
, nice car 
