04/03: Muscle Cars - 1970 Hemi Challenger convertible
- By Mike McNessor
If you're bothering to read this, you don't need to be reminded that 1970 Hemi Challenger convertibles are scarce. But for the record, Dodge built nine of them.
Number two of that elite nine is this Poly Green on Green, TorqueFlite automatic-equipped example that will cross the block at the 23rd running of Dana Mecum's Original Spring Classic Auction, May 19-23. If you’re not planning on being there, and you have Discovery HD, this Challenger will be featured during the broadcast of the auction. You can also watch the auction live over the web through Mecum's InfoNet (free registration is required).
Aside from being the second Hemi Challenger produced for the 1970 model year, the car has an interesting history. According to the auction profile provided with the car:
“...it was sold by the dealer principal at cost to a friend while they were playing their weekly game of checkers. In return for the sizable discount, the buyer, a Poplar Bluffs, Missouri, anesthesiologist named Langford Palmer, agreed to the dealer’s one caveat: that he race it on the street. It was a win-win accord: Palmer and his Challenger built a reputation as unbeatable, and the Dodge dealer’s sales went through the roof.
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If you're bothering to read this, you don't need to be reminded that 1970 Hemi Challenger convertibles are scarce. But for the record, Dodge built nine of them.
Number two of that elite nine is this Poly Green on Green, TorqueFlite automatic-equipped example that will cross the block at the 23rd running of Dana Mecum's Original Spring Classic Auction, May 19-23. If you’re not planning on being there, and you have Discovery HD, this Challenger will be featured during the broadcast of the auction. You can also watch the auction live over the web through Mecum's InfoNet (free registration is required).
Aside from being the second Hemi Challenger produced for the 1970 model year, the car has an interesting history. According to the auction profile provided with the car:
“...it was sold by the dealer principal at cost to a friend while they were playing their weekly game of checkers. In return for the sizable discount, the buyer, a Poplar Bluffs, Missouri, anesthesiologist named Langford Palmer, agreed to the dealer’s one caveat: that he race it on the street. It was a win-win accord: Palmer and his Challenger built a reputation as unbeatable, and the Dodge dealer’s sales went through the roof.
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