Strange 70 HEMI 'Cuda ragtop

[njsteve]

Chrysler did that a lot back in the 60's and 70's. If you have an old parts book (like I do) you'll see a lot of bizarre combinations that were actual cars mocked up for illustrative purposes. The neat thing is that these cars pop up now and again in the real world. One example is the 1970 426 Hemi Charger 500. In 70 you could only get the hemi in a Charger R/T or R/T-SE. But if you look in the parts book in the body and trim section there is a photo of a 1970 Charger 500 with "HEMI" emblems on the front fender. (The 70 Charger 500 was not a special model like the 69 Nascar version - it was just a midlevel trim model between the base car and the R/T) Nevertheless, I recalled seeing the actual car for sale years ago at the Mopar Nationals. The drivetrain was long gone but it still had all its Vin and fender tags intact. The neat thing was the VIN number was something like 100002, and said "JOB 2" on the fender tag. (That wasn't the exact number but it was close) This meant that this car was a preproduction pilot car built just to see if the assmembly line had it's parts and sequences in order. It was also then used for photos for the parts catalog.

[442w30]

Steve's right. To add to this, there's a car, similar to the green ragtop, that may prove to be a combo to the two examples in this discussion.

If you look at some of the '70 'Cuda stuff, there's a red Hemi hardtop. It doesn't have the rocker trim, it has funky wheels, and the hockey stick stripe is slightly different from production. It also has a Gran Coupe rear panel. I believe there are other pics of the car where it wasn't dressed up as a 'Cuda, although I am not sure about this.

[HoosierDaddy]

About 12 years ago I took my car to a local car show and a guy had a 70 Hemi Challenger. It's been along time and my memory isn't as good as it once was but we got talking and his car was a "mule". The first Challenger ever built. It was an "SE" but I think it didn't have the smaller rear window and some other things about it weren't correct. The interior was leather but not the same pattern used on other "SE" cars. He wrote a letter to Dodge and they confirmed that it was a "mule" He had a magazine that tested a 70 Hemi Challenger. The car that they tested was his car. Red with a black vinyl top.
Later, Chris

[442w30]

I have a few articles on that car you speak of, but it ain't as funny as those we're talking about.

[copo9566aa]

Steve
I'm remember a magazine picture of the 1970 Charger 500 HEMI pilot on a trailer at the Mopar Nationals.But i don't remember the the color possibly red but i'm not sure.

442w30

Your red 1970 HEMI 'Cuda this is the red with silver rear panel and funky " Silver Rallye Road wheels " and the P1970 licence plate.
I have a picture of the P1970 but with no hockey stripes.

With Chrysler many mistake car (But very cool car)

Do you remember the fake picture of the 1971 yellow Challenger T/A.

Just ad standard dash " no rallye " on the 70 green flat hood strange 'cuda.

[njsteve]

The 70 500 wasn't red. If I recall correctly it was either FK5 Deep Burnt Orange Metallic (rootbeer) or tan as original paint. -NJSteve

[442w30]

I don't think the Challenger T/A is as funky as some of the other cars. It's really easy to get a '70 and airbrush the '71 grille, or something to that effect. I don't think it was a proper '71 T/A in the ad.