71 Hemi Challenger inspection... For those that don't want to wade through the video. Has matching numbers engine & transmission. Some rust holes in trunk and floor pan. What's left of the paint might actually buff back to a shine. Original 15x7 Rallye wheels that date match the car. No broadcast sheet found.
Maybe I should trade my Super Bee plus a ton of cash for this amazing FE5 Bright Red Challenger super project car!! By the time I'm 82 maybe it might be ready to drive. But I'd get to own a real 1971 Hemi car! Hot damn! My car has the R36 radio option, this Hemi car only has the R26 radio option.. No N96 or J81 Gull Wing spoiler either on the Hemi. My car doesn't have a Hemi or 4-speed though..
I wonder if this is currently the worst condition 71 Hemi Challenger in existence? And therefore the least valuable 71 Hemi Challenger in existence at this moment in time. It's so odd usually junkers like this are anything but Hemi or SixPack cars.. The previous owner was really unique, how he had two cars you usually only see at the high end auctions and he just let them sit around and rot in his backyard.
I've seen two of these in person. First was a GB5 Blue, 4-speed with shaker hood and black side stripes. Very nice condition, that was in Maryland in 1986. Second was one of the 12 automatic cars, Red with black vinyl roof and interior, rallye hood with steel wheels. Also in very nice shape. That one was in Scottsdale, at a local car meet in May of 2004. I told my dad, who was with me, I bet this is a clone car. Upon closer inspection, and talking with the owner, it turned out to be the real deal. He had actually just driven the car over to the meet, like it was just some regular old Challenger. Only Hemi E-Body I've ever seen at this car meeting place since.. The owner ended up buying an orange 70 HemiCuda convertible at Barrett-Jackson a couple years later for $2.25 million. At the time I saw the Hemi Challenger, he said he also had two of the 71 HemiCuda convertibles, the white French export car, and a GB5 blue one. He also told me, at that time, most of the HemiCudas were located in Arizona.
