Packard Plant Rescued 1970 Challenger T/A!
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- This 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A sat in the Packard Plant, yes the actual Plant for years after the owner had bought it out of Texas. He had pulled everything else out, but this car when the plant was condemned and parts of the car were stolen! Thankfully with a few bucks saved up for a wedding, the new owner around 2000 was able to rescue the car!
This car is actually in my first book. You can find it on my website and on Amazon.
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Another garage junk shelf, that is someday going to be "fixed up".
Yep, that's exactly what I thought the second I saw inside the garage 🙄😔
I recently bought a 1964 Plymouth Sport Fury. 383 4 speed. Sitting in the woods. Rough.
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That woman is a blessed soul xD
the car seems pretty simple in the grand scheme of things, like the wielding for the exhaust might be a pain but it seems like it should be pretty easy, the normal 340 however, if he drove and beat on it, that's going to be a pain, and I'm surprised that owner didnt sue the after they cut the padlocks and let that stuff get stolen
but with that roof and the Vinyl on his oldie, yeah they didnt paint underneath those and they rotted
that one's gonna be a pain and a 6 year resto atleast, the T/A provided the motors good and they get an exhaust shop to fit it, 6 months
also the single stage on those can be brought back pretty easy, and it doesnt look like the blending on the front was done badly
trunk however, but its also missing its spoiler, also does the vin tag on the fender match what it should be, as if it was in a front end slam that might mean that could have been switched
as their should be a build sheet underneath the seat or behind it somewhere to prove its the ride, provided the mice havent eaten it
and its missing the chrome trim on the front fenders, easy enough really as long as the body is straight
overall T/A, more than possible, the other however, yeah their right, that's a no bueno, I have a 64 GTO up the street from me that rotted away for years and years outside with that same mentality behind it most like
he needs to send that to a shop, and not those guys who rebody a car and claim its restored like what happened with that blue hemi cuda the junkyard digs guys did
as if you look at their shop, basically their a rebodying operation, and they still the old original cars in the back to rot some more, while they just give you a new car back
which is fine if their isnt much rot, but eventually well you might as well call it a replica.
And man !!! You negative guys have to understand. If it was not for these guys that took these cars and just maybe did nothing with them. But if wasn't for them. They would not be here !!!!!!!! Thank them. Don't judge them !!!!!
Yes, I want to see the progress. And Ryan, I'd like to see you finish yours up as well.
Burnt orange FK5 was the best 1970 Mopar color!
Very cool, that and the AAR Cuda are my 2 all time favorite cars!!!!!!!!!!!!
They are some of my favorites as well.
Should put these cars up for sale to someone that will actually fix them up. I've seen far to many people with good intentions but never get them finished. Hopefully this isn't the case and I wish him best of luck on getting these 2 beautiful cars done.
Nah, they're fine where they are. He has plenty of life left to get them done.
It's the same color as the Monogram 1/24 scale model from back in the 80's.
That model was molded in red though sort of a dark metallic red not Mopar FE5 red. Monogram was in Morton Grove IL and borrowed a red T/A from a guy named Scott from nearby Glenview, my hometown, to use to make measurements to develop the tooling for the model.
Scott’s Illinois license plate at the time was SAS 392 which Monogram put a decal of on the models sheet.
Scott still owns his T/A to this day and he shows it occasionally in the Chicago north and northwest burbs. I bought a red T/A while in HS in the late 70s, so there were 2 FE5 T/As running around Glenview back then, and yes, I do still have mine too.
There was also a purple AAR in Glenview back then, owned by a guy named Jim. That AAR surfaced recently, now owned by the guy who owned it in the mid 70s and then sold to Jim, and was able to buy it back not long ago and restore it!
Yes, progress please 😎👍
Also some of these guys have major attachment to these cars and don't have the money. Or knowhow to fix I feel for them too
Nice
Very nice cars and a great story. I hope you're right and he does begin to work on those cars. A hard sell though.
Hey I've talked to you a few times I have the 69 formula s 383 barracuda in white with black stripe. Orignal paint car is a day two car also have the 340 fourpseed dart green parked next to it. I'm also building a 69 dart that's been tubbed. Allready. And putting the 426 hemi in it I'm wondering if you are close to Steve magnante I think you mentioned before you know him anyway I'm gonna leave message to them too I want to. Offer small videos of those cars. Up for somebody to take. And put on his channel. I could walk around them and talk but rather have. Somebody like you maybe or the guy that just did a video for him. Do it. I don't care to put on his channel I do not want anything. In return or e n be mentioned if possible or an help let me know
I am a friend of Steve's as well. Drop me an email, we can talk more. It is in the description.
Hay I rebuilt my 2016 challenger and I completely rebuilt mine and it took 6 months at the dealership
Ugh, I hope mine isn't that long!
I would start restoring today.
That's got to be worth a pretty penny
I kept my 68 Barracuda S down there.
Also bought a car out of that same unit.
That's cool, any pics?!
I was at Jefferson on Friday and was hoping to run into you, but didn’t ever find you. Hope you had a good time!
I was in building #2 from 10:30 until 3. It's always a good time, except they sold out of big bars!
Nice car, I seen one same colour as this one, only it had black interior and a factory Gator Grain Vinyl roof back in the day at the Mopar Nats.
That's a cool, weird, but cool combo
Piled under crap , 🤬
Nice save 👌 👏
Was he the guy who organised the drag races inside the Packard plant?
Never heard that one!
Sweet cars !!!!
It’ll never get finished gears this story a million times!
You never know.
I Have Seen 3 Other T A"s With Ralley Dash"s , AAR"s All Came With Ralley Dash, 4 Speed Or Auto !!!!
Yes, the Rallye Dash is optional in both.
@AutoArchaeology Then If You Obviously Have 340 six pack 4 Speed, Would You Not Get Factory Tach, Ralley Dash ????!!!!!
You would think, but it was still an option. I have a friend with a 70 GTX 4-speed car and rallye dash... but no tach. Came that way from the factory.
It’ll never happen. You can automatically tell by looking at the place. Lazy and doesn’t care. People that use a car as a work bench and storage shelf like that aren’t too smart in the first place.
Not lazy in the least, owner is busy with two sons and running a business. Once his kids get older, he can start to focus on the T/A.
No it's called a lack of time and money it's normal it's why most projects don't get done