What's the less mileage A-body Mopar have you ever seen ???
Fellas,
I was discussing this matter with a friend yesterday, because we found here in Brazil one of less mileage A-Body cars in our country: a 1973 Dodge Charger R/T model with only 384 original kilometers (about 200 miles) on the odometer !!!
This car has had a very sad story: sold to a gentlemen who lived about a hundred miles from the dealership back at the end of 1972, the Charger was driving home when the brakes failed for some reason, and the body slipped into the head of a narrow bridge, the right-end side was pretty damaged for that...
After the occurance, the owner sent the wreckage to the dealer and an inspection made proved that there was a problem with the braking lines.
The dealer promptly took the responsability for the mistake and offered to do all the necessary work to deliver the car okay. The owner refused that and told them to keep the wreckage and give him another brand new car, since this one wasn't even got the papers done.As the dealer refused this proposal, the owner got into the justice to claim his rights while the Charger stayed inside the dealer.
After almost twenty years from the accident the justice decided that nothing could be done, and the owner decided not to get his wreckage back, so the car was sold to a friend of us and partially disassembled to get the good parts for his own Dodge cars.
About two years ago a great Mopar fan & collector knew the story of this Charger and decided to buy it along with another 1972 Charger, both stayed for about twenty years outside in the weather, and pretty rotted, just to get them a brand new life in the 21st. century...
We took some pics of the Charger for you to get the idea:
Here's the car when brand new, 1973 model:
Now here's how we found it, two years ago:
And after taking all garbage out we put it into the truck to get it to São Paulo, about 800 miles from the place it stood for all his life:
After all this years, when the car arrived the new owner decided to give it a thorough wash, and here are the pics on this one:
And the car now is waiting for its rotisserie resto..
BTW, all the original parts, including the engine/trans/suspension and drivetrain, were sold with the car, so we hope that after restoration this one should be one of the less mileage A-body in the world !!
And now we keep on asking: Do you know any A-body car like this one with low miles ?? Restored, original or not ??? Any info, pics ???
We're just curious to know...
Fellas,
I was discussing this matter with a friend yesterday, because we found here in Brazil one of less mileage A-Body cars in our country: a 1973 Dodge Charger R/T model with only 384 original kilometers (about 200 miles) on the odometer !!!
This car has had a very sad story: sold to a gentlemen who lived about a hundred miles from the dealership back at the end of 1972, the Charger was driving home when the brakes failed for some reason, and the body slipped into the head of a narrow bridge, the right-end side was pretty damaged for that...
After the occurance, the owner sent the wreckage to the dealer and an inspection made proved that there was a problem with the braking lines.
The dealer promptly took the responsability for the mistake and offered to do all the necessary work to deliver the car okay. The owner refused that and told them to keep the wreckage and give him another brand new car, since this one wasn't even got the papers done.As the dealer refused this proposal, the owner got into the justice to claim his rights while the Charger stayed inside the dealer.
After almost twenty years from the accident the justice decided that nothing could be done, and the owner decided not to get his wreckage back, so the car was sold to a friend of us and partially disassembled to get the good parts for his own Dodge cars.
About two years ago a great Mopar fan & collector knew the story of this Charger and decided to buy it along with another 1972 Charger, both stayed for about twenty years outside in the weather, and pretty rotted, just to get them a brand new life in the 21st. century...
We took some pics of the Charger for you to get the idea:
Here's the car when brand new, 1973 model:
Now here's how we found it, two years ago:
And after taking all garbage out we put it into the truck to get it to São Paulo, about 800 miles from the place it stood for all his life:
After all this years, when the car arrived the new owner decided to give it a thorough wash, and here are the pics on this one:
And the car now is waiting for its rotisserie resto..
BTW, all the original parts, including the engine/trans/suspension and drivetrain, were sold with the car, so we hope that after restoration this one should be one of the less mileage A-body in the world !!
And now we keep on asking: Do you know any A-body car like this one with low miles ?? Restored, original or not ??? Any info, pics ???
We're just curious to know...
