Showing posts with label Charger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charger. Show all posts

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Did you know the black Charger from the Steve McQueen movie "Bullitt" has been found and is being restored? Here it is









For a magazine article that goes into the full detail, I'll need more time to work those photos, but it's the Mopar Collectors Guide April 2009 issue, page 91, 92, and 93

Thursday, October 27, 2011

One of 2, 1971 Charger R/T was a Charlotte Motor Speedway pace car

This 1971 white Dodge Charger 440 4-barrel is heavily laden with options--sunroof (only 33 Charger R/Ts were equipped with sunroofs that year and only three of those were white), 727, power windows, buckets, console, hideaway headlights and, get this--headlight washers. The car was ordered with 14-inch steelies, Goodyear Polyglas G70-14s and no wheel covers (as per the build sheet). Oddly enough, first owner did not opt for air conditioning. To the second owner, Steve, who bought at age 17 in 1971, this Charger was just a car and it became a daily driver.

When looking into a restoration, Steve was told that the Charger was a piece of Mopar history and essentially an unmolested survivor. Steve learned that this was one of two identical '71 Chargers purchased by the owner of Charlotte Motor Speedway, Richard Howard, to promote national NASCAR cup races. Howard bought the cars in February ‘71, lettered them and he and some of his employees drove them thither and yon as rolling billboards to promote the races. The World 600 ran on May 30th (the National 500 ran on October 10th) with Bobby Allison taking the checkered, followed by Donnie Allison, Pete Hamilton, Richard Petty, Fred Lorenzen and Buddy Baker in that order.

Tim Wellborn, noted collector of 1971 Hemi and 6-pack Chargers, among other cars, plus a ton of memorabilia, saved the day. He had an original program for the 1971 World 600 race, plus a sales brochure with several color photo of the pace car lettered.

Steve will be showing this amazing Charger at Mopar events including the Charger reunion at Tim Wellborne’s Musclecar Museum in Alexander City, AL this October. The car should be quite a hit!
http://wellbornmusclecarmuseum.com/index.php/2011/10/05/one-of-the-many-star-cars-expected-at-the-anniversary-event/

Tim and Pam Wellborn's Musclecar Museum has a cool collection of Mopars and other interesting cars, they have the largest collection of 71 Chargers, and the nations largest collection of Dodge cars



They have the world’s largest collection of 1971 Chargers. They have patiently, and quietly put together the nation’s largest collection of Dodge cars. Their collection of musclecars not only includes Dodge cars but also a very impressive lot of Oldsmobile 442 W-30 Convertibles, Ford Boss 429 Mustangs, LS6 Chevelles, GSX Buicks, AMC Javelins, and a Pontiac Ram Air IV GTO Judge Convertible, one of six known to exist.
Wellborn MuscleCar Museum

124 Broad Street Alexander City, AL 35010
Phone: (256) 329-8474
Email: Info@WellBornMuscleCarMuseum.com

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Images from the annual Santee car show





 I took photos of this Road Runner at Charger Steve's PB annual car show http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/08/pro-touring-71-gtx.html
 But i didn't see the tail... that painted bumper is sweet, and the little dove tail does a great accent to the rims from this angle



 Pretty cool fro someone to go all out and make get the car they want, paint it the way they want, and let people know what they have a passionate fan love for


 this is one beautiful interior
I took a couple photos of this Fury at the Edelbrock open house this summer http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/mopars-at-edelbrocks-annual-car-show.html

Thursday, September 1, 2011

What did Joe Namath do with the Charger R/T he was given as MVP for winning the Super Bowl?

According to some, it was a bronze with black stripe, according to another the centerfold of the "Post" had the photo of Joe recieving a B5 blue with white vinyl top.