Dodge Challenger

I just love mopar E-bodys.
This one specially since it was in so good condition.
Many thanks to the former owner for the accurate description.
It was even better than the description.

What can you say about a high performance 70 Challenger. It is what it is. The car was everything Pete said it was and he did everything he said he would do including handing the shipping with a good carrier. Had lots of fun with my lady in Miami.

the owner seemed like a good guy and said he would meet me 1/2 way with car on trailer. i brought cash and met him at I75and I-10 florida. this car was advertised as having rebuild engine ,trans and driveshaft was new. car turned out to have a spun bearing in the engine, no oil preasure, and would only start twice and then had to be winched onto his trailer.i had paid his son already(seller did not show up), and son was great. he immediatly called his dad and he offered the car to me for $1000.00 less, when i declined, the son gave me back all my money including $100.00 gas money i had given him. i tried to leave impartial(not bad)feedback but ebay did not let me.kind of a wasted day. i did however buy a 68 road runner the following week and i am super pleased with that deal. dave

All went very well and Bruce is very helpfull in delivering the vehicle and pickup. I am very pleased with the 70 challenger 440 six pac and would buy from this vendor again. I would further reccomend this vendor to anyone. Thanks again John

If you like muscle cars then the challenger is a great one to have. I have had Pontiacs, Fords, and have driven Chevy's and out of all the pony cars I believe that the Dodge Challenger out performs them all when compared apples to apples. Handling is great, engines have been very dependable. The looks of one is distinct. You do not see many of them on the road.

This review is not a knock on first generation Challengers as a whole, but more of a review of this specific 1972 Challenger I purchased on eBay this year. Buyers need to beware of cars that look great in pictures and do an inspection before bidding no matter what. The Challenger I bought looked awesome in the pictures, but in person...Yuck! The panel gaps were all over the place, a screw was literally hanging out of one body panel gap, forever trapped inside the front fender, and there were bondo cracks all over the place that would never be visible in pictures. This car was either totally wrecked at one time or pieced together from 2 or 3 other junk cars, but it sure looked nice in the pictures!

ALWAYS inspect the car before you bid. In this case the seller assured me over and over what a straight car this was, but in the end I made the decision to bid and I lost a $500 deposit that I could have easily kept if I'd just inspected the car before clicking the mouse and placing a bid.

If a seller won't allow you a pre-bid inspection, run away! There's probably a reason for that.

On top of the horrible body the car wouldn't run for more than 5 seconds at a time, stalling immediately after you took your foot off the gas. It never ven ran long enough to even test drive it!

"Buyer Beware" is never more true than with old cars. In this case the Seller was either a liar or just not very knowledgable about cars. Even if you have a seller with totally honest intentions the truth is they just might not know much about cars.

As far as endorsing a first generation Challenger I love them, as far as this particular Challenger it probably should have been recycled into a washing machine or some soda cans years ago, then again given all the bondo maybe there wasn't enough metal left.

I believe that the buyer should get feed back before he can leave feed back, I'll tell you why. Good feed back can be bought and there for it is false feed back. I recently bought a car that was not misrepresented, but it was grossly under represented, by a seller with 100% feed back. The seller should not have got good feed back from me, but he did. I paid $18,000 for a car that I believe would have sold for about $12,000 to $14,000 if properly represented, or $10,000 to $12,000 at a normal auto auction with a visual up close inspection. He probably got an extra 4 or $5,000 by representing it the way he did, with his feed back. All it took from him was $400 "to fix the transmission that he said worked fine" to get good feed back for a car that should not have got good feed back. I paid about $4000 extra, but got $400 back, and we both got good feed back for a bad experience. I will never make an automobile purchase on ebay again. 100% feed back don't mean what it should.

I have a 1970 Challenger R/T SE. It's a 38 year old car and is a joy bringing back to it's former glory. Mopar was overlooked for many years but have made a great come back in recent years. You can go to car shows and will see numerous GM models but few Challengers and Cudas'. When I take the car out to get gas everybody slows down to look and the response from onlookers is a great feeling. Everyone wants to know about the car and all say they would love to have one. With the rebirth of the Challenger in 2008 these cars will only grow in popularity and value. The Challenger came with many motor configurations and when equipped with a bigblock, 4 speed, and dana 60 differential it was ready for the dragstrip. If you want a car that turns heads everywhere it goes then the Challenger is a must hve. If you can find one that is. Love the car and glad I finally found one. I look forward to years of fun and the investment will only grow.

Had a 70 Convert for many years. Try to find one that has not been modified much, and you will be happier. Mine was a 340 with the four speed, very rare but a perfect balance. Today you would buy a car like this to cruise, but if you ever drive it hard it can take it.
First the bad points, yes there are some. In the Convertables check for any rust at the base of the top well. This is important, because the water can sit at the point where the rear subframe joins the pan, and weaken the chassis. Also the brakes. Many of these 70s came from the factory with non power drum brakes. Even mine which could top 140, had manual drums all around. If you get one like this, set the front brakes asside, they may be needed someday as origional equipment parts, and get the brakes from the next year Challenger, or Cuda. By then I think they all had discs up front.
Most 70s didn't have a rear sway bar, these are worth the time. After market bars are easy to find, at around $150, and will take you a couple hours in the driveway to install.
Now the good stuff. Any Challenger from slant six to HEMI is a head turner any time you take it out. Be prepaired to spend time talking cars to the guys, and Challenger are probably the best chick magnet this side of a Viper.
On a back road, there's nothing like a Challenger. The V/8 winding down a straight, then throwing the car into a turn, and having it go right where you point it, is a great feeling, not to be missed.
A lot of Challengers have been used in movies and TV, they don't have a bad angle.
The other good thing is that under the skin, it's really just a Dodge. That is to say, very reliable, and when the time comes that something does break, parts are a wrecking yard, or parts store away.
One last comment on shopping for a Challenger. Don't bother buying a collectors car to drive to work, if your looking for a nice car, but will be driving it. Think about saving a bunch of cash up front, even to the point of getting a non runner, and build just what you want.
The quckest way to a 360 crate motor powered car with A/C and modern seats and tunes, may be to build it yourself.