You can't make me not love this car...

[440 PHIXX]

I’m happy I don’t worry about the battery looking “correct”. I bought an Optima 3 years ago, and the car starts on the coldest mornings.

 

[R413]

I bought a “blem” restoration battery one time. I thought, good, save some money. I called and the man says they are new and work fine, just the case has some cosmetic flaws. Well the damn thing had a small hole in the bottom corner and leaked acing on my tray and ate the paint. I was not amused. I called back, “sorry no warranty”. But I can’t use it and it cost me more money to repaint the tray. I spent $300 dollars with you for what? Basically sorry Charlie!

So the new battery was not useable and my car was damaged.

 

[XS22J8R]

I use a topper on one of my cars. It looks pretty decent. I bought a repro for a restoration I was finishing up maybe 3, 4 years ago and it has one of the small race batteries in it rather than acid and plates. Although the case looks sealed, it should be easy to cut open and replace that race battery when it goes bad.
I also have a old red cap battery that went bad sitting around that if on the off chance I ever get ambitious I plan to cut open, clean out and install a race battery in which some people have done.
As far as buying a rare hemi car, a candidate not having a correct looking battery in it is one of the last things I would be worrying about, that can quickly be fixed.
Quality of restoration and if it has the hard to find original parts used when it was restored are at the top of the list.
The radiator support missing blackout could probably be fixed without a huge amount of trouble.
They don't show the trunk I'd like to see that.
Aftermarket master cylinder. The correct ones are $1000+. I wonder if it has real '450 wheels?
Certainly a nice looking car, I wonder what it's worth?

 

[4406bbl]

It is a Hemi and looks pretty nice, that is all it really needs, other than to sit in my garage

 

[chtampa]

I have had three AGM batteries in two cars and they have lasted 5+ years each. I have gutted one and replaced the inside and have had zero issues from any of them. Florida may have something to do with it or maybe because I don't use a maintainer or trickle charger. I also drove an OE car for a while and put many miles on Bias tires. Restore means restore, not rebuild. Parts house battery=rebuilt. If you hold it out to be a restoration then expect doubt. One fib means you don't have a problem with it. I have a car with a 5.7 and I wouldn't claim it to be an OE or Restoration. Do as you please, but don't expect people that know better to suck up to falsehoods.

As I said, it is a sexy car.

 

[SteveSS]

I would never dream of interrupting your romance.

 

[theman440]

Looks closer to B5 blue, must be the lighting -

 

[moparedtn]

Re: Color
The auction itself lists the car as being

• Color
  B3 Light Blue

 

[moparedtn]

Re: auto vs. 4 speed
Yes, of course I'd love it to be a stick - but it ain't.
What it is - is a friggin B3 HEMI '70 Charger with nice interior.
I'd drive the dang thing, "wrong" battery be damned....

Nope, none of ya have convinced me not to love it yet.

 

[GetX'd]

I’m off the battery subject and back to the “geez it’s an automatic” subject. Funny I’ve just never gotten that part of things. The X is an automatic - I wanted an automatic - not sure if I’d have bought it in the first place unless automatic - and lastly I don’t believe there was a stick on the street that could shift faster than my automatic and I proved that time and again. So there …… I put a B&M manual shift kit in it pretty soon after purchase and was breaking lug nuts off the back wheels that thing hit second so hard. I’m not by any stretch knocking a 4 speed but frankly it wasn’t til I came to this site that I realized most just had to have that stick. I would have never thought that - but being on here for some 8 yrs now I know it to be true. Not me - but maybe that’s why they made both ….. And for this beauty I guess I could accept it either way …….

 

[Skytrooper]

Wow...that is a sharp looking car !! I like the color too !! Thanks for sharing Ed !

 

[YY1]

Mopar's torque-flight basically put the automatic transmission on the drag racing map.

 

[hunt2elk]

Re: Color
The auction itself lists the car as being

• Color
  B3 Light Blue

I agree with the above that it sure doesn't look like any B3 car that I have seen. Maybe the mix changed in 70 though as I have only seen 69 examples in person.

 

[440 PHIXX]

Mopar's torque-flight basically put the automatic transmission on the drag racing map.

Ronnie Sox never seemed to need a “slush box”.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Nice looking Charger!

 

[YY1]

Ronnie Sox never seemed to need a “slush box”.

...but if the average Joe wanted to stand a chance against him....I'd choose an auto

 

[440 PHIXX]

...but if the average Joe wanted to stand a chance against him....I'd choose an auto

I guess. For consistency. If that’s what your using your car for, race only. Btw... I can’t remember what mag it was in but, Ronnie ran a high 12 in a new A12 Road Runner. Obviously, a 4 pedal car.

 

[6PKRTSE]

I agree with the above that it sure doesn't look like any B3 car that I have seen. Maybe the mix changed in 70 though as I have only seen 69 examples in person.

Yes, that is B3. Like I mentioned above earlier my current red Charger was originally B3. It has remnants of the B3 underneath where paint has chipped over the years.. B3 is only a tick lighter than B5. My Challenger is B5.

 

[YY1]

When did B3 change from lighter than B5 to "Corporate/Basin St/True/Petty"?

 

[hunt2elk]

Yes, that is B3. Like I mentioned above earlier my current red Charger was originally B3. It has remnants of the B3 underneath where paint has chipped over the years.. B3 is only a tick lighter than B5. My Challenger is B5.

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1969 B3 is definitely lighter than that Challenger.