Anyone else dream of E-Body ownership?
Who hasn't!
I have owned two of them, a 1970 & 1974 Callenger.
The cost of parts is what made me get rid of them.
I was at St Louis at a MoPar swap meet, looking at a pair of headlight bezels for my 70.
They were NOS with Blem written on the boxes, asking price of $600.00.
I was actullay considering buying them. Thought I would let them set until Sunday & try to make a $400.00 offer on them.
Went back that afternoon, you guessed it, GONE!
I made up my mind right there to sell my 70.
Sold it & made a healty profit on it.
I bought the 1974 car a couple of years later. Let it set for a year & sold it for big profit!
The E-body does give you that cool feeling when driving them, that the A-body doesn't.
I tried to buy another Challenger at the MoPar Nats in 2002.
A clone 1971 R/T 340, nice car. My wife spotted it on Brice RD. on Saturday night & flagged him down.
The car looked great, but I wanted to see it in the daylight.
Got to the car corral that Sunday, only to watch the people from the Paddock handing the owner a check for it.
Another great buy was at the Hotel, a guy had a Red AAR Cuda for 21K.
The wife wanted it, but 15K was more in my budget at the time.
That was the price of the 1971 R/T.
The A-body is the working mans car for sure.