Re: silverstone auctions .. lots of American muscle
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 21 2:32 pm
by MattH
That Challenger is beautiful, never seen it before.
Wheels work well on it, slightly larger but original style. Are they Wheels Vintique?
70 Charger looks nice and is not the one recently sold in matt green wrap, I just checked!
Re: silverstone auctions .. lots of American muscle
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 21 2:46 pm
by Adam
Seriously misleading description of the 70 Charger 500. Repeatedly described as one of the 392 'aero' Charger 500s, all of which were 69s of course.
Challenger looks nice though, even if it is a 383 car.
Re: silverstone auctions .. lots of American muscle
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 21 2:48 pm
by MattH
Auctioneer spin!
Challenger looks very well done, irrespective of, as you say Adam, a 383 auto originally.
I wonder if RPM did the detailing? It does look good.
Re: silverstone auctions .. lots of American muscle
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 21 3:03 pm
by Adam
Unfortunately it casts doubt on the claimed provenance of all of their cars. Can you imagine the lawsuits if Mecum or Barrett Jackson tried this Bananarama!?!
The Charger was owned for many years by Alan Carrington. I recognise it from the horrible steering wheel.
Interesting fact: over half (27264 of 46576) of 1970 Chargers wore the 500 emblem.
Re: silverstone auctions .. lots of American muscle
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 21 6:34 pm
by rfullarton
you can see the charger on Harry's review of the auction
Re: silverstone auctions .. lots of American muscle
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 21 9:24 pm
by MattH
Adam wrote: Mon Mar 22, 21 3:03 pm
Unfortunately it casts doubt on the claimed provenance of all of their cars. Can you imagine the lawsuits if Mecum or Barrett Jackson tried this Bananarama!?!
The Charger was owned for many years by Alan Carrington. I recognise it from the horrible steering wheel.
Interesting fact: over half (27264 of 46576) of 1970 Chargers wore the 500 emblem.
Adam are you sure, I thought the Carrington one was a different reg, SKK something, which is the one that was for sale recently with the vinyl wrap on it. Same looking cars in same colour, but I think different cars.
Re: silverstone auctions .. lots of American muscle
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 21 11:22 am
by Adam
Yes, you're right Matt. Must be something about 70 Charger 500s and silly steering wheels!
Re: silverstone auctions .. lots of American muscle
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 21 2:00 pm
by MattH
Adam wrote: Tue Mar 23, 21 11:22 am
Yes, you're right Matt. Must be something about 70 Charger 500s and silly steering wheels!
I thought the same as you, so trawled old photos and threads to check. Popular colour that green, especially on 68's as well.
Re: silverstone auctions .. lots of American muscle
Amazing to think you can mod what started as a base 383 2 barrel with column shift and get that kind of money. The resto does look good though.
Re: silverstone auctions .. lots of American muscle
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 21 9:39 am
by rfullarton
big difference in price between the two chargers ? is it justified ?
Re: silverstone auctions .. lots of American muscle
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 21 9:43 am
by MattH
rfullarton wrote: Wed Mar 24, 21 9:39 am
big difference in price between the two chargers ? is it justified ?
£28K looked too cheap to me, even for a 70. I still reckon the matt wrap made it look scruffy, whereas the Silverstone one looks shiny. Its only an estimate as well, so it will be interesting to see where it sits after auction.
Re: silverstone auctions .. lots of American muscle
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 21 10:07 am
by newsatten
I'd like to see the Challenger in the flesh, pics are flattering, theres stuff on the car that's a bit pooh really given its estimate! painted door strikers, trunk looks wobbly, loads of marking to the dash pad and inner plastics, all of which are fine at 25-30K not at double!
Plus at the end of the day its a composed vehicle and as such just another bits'a
Re: silverstone auctions .. lots of American muscle
Posted: Wed Mar 24, 21 3:30 pm
by Charger
the Charger was the one that Prestige Body Shop in Hull(??) did in about 2016'ish
it's stunning
i think i'm right in saying it won the Pride of Ownership award at the NEC in 2017