silverstone auctions .. lots of American muscle

[rfullarton]

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/sa0 ... n=1&pp=100

https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/sa0 ... n=1&pp=100

[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!

[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.

[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.

[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.

[rfullarton]

you can see the charger on Harry's review of the auction

[MattH]

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.

[Adam]

Yes, you're right Matt. Must be something about 70 Charger 500s and silly steering wheels!

[MattH]

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.

[Mark B]

Here's the other Charger 500 with the wrap:

https://themarket.co.uk/listings/dodge/ ... 01fd7a8a34

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.

[rfullarton]

big difference in price between the two chargers ? is it justified ?

[MattH]

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.

[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

[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

it's been in a number of magazine features ...

https://www.johnkennedyphotography.com/ ... r-feature/

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[Charger]

Interesting fact: over half (27264 of 46576) of 1970 Chargers wore the 500 emblem.

500 was certainly the most popular variant, compared to about 9000 base Charger's and 9500 R/T's

there was even 29 slant 6 Charger 500's