1972 challenger-Petty edition

[SIX-PAK]

Originally Posted by nextchall

I also agree. Back in 1973 I had a brand new 1973 Pontiac Formula 455 auto, and you could bet your last dollar that it was a MUSCLE car. That car was AWESOME!

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the muscle car era winded down perhaps but the big blocks still had monstrous torque , as a teenager in the mid 80's ; I remember my shot down (tranny was slippin'gears / body parts flyin'off/and susp.+bumper low to the ground) '74 Grand Prix 455c.i. which it only took 1/3rd of the gaz pedal depressed to make the tires smoke from a standstill , until I backed-off .... I miss that big boat

[Kelly]

Originally Posted by RoostKing

That is not correct. I remember being in high school, 20 years ago when the market started to heat up. The rarest of the rare were getting into six figures. Now they are the million dollar cars that we dont see at BJ becasue they are just that, the rarest of the rare and in private collections of the very wealthy who enjoy the cars for what they are, not what they are worth today (Not that they drive them mind you, but they didnt buy them to speculate on prices in the future.)

RoostKing....

What you are looking at is supply/demand/economies of scale. Yes, these seven figures these cars are fetching are due to the elitest 'collectors' driving the prices up. As our dollar continually spirals downward, the amount needed to buy into the prestigious club goes up. As far as the very wealthy enjoying their cars, it looks more and more to me that they dust off the car and have flat spots on the date coded glass belted radials. Driving the car? That might erase any inspection marks on the date-coded clutch!
KFD

[RoostKing]

Kelly, I guess should have stated they enjoy them for what they are, collectables. I know they will never actually get driven..

[MoparG]

I believe all RWD Mopars after 1971 are still hot (even a 1978 Dodge Monaco Police Pursuit car); it's just that the many specific 1971 and older models command a much higher value. As the old ones that command increasingly higher values over the years, I would think that they would drag the values up of the aforementioned newer ones too.

[Scooter71]

Regardless, can we expect to see a Petty edition Challenger?



Considering Chrysler love the loud colors of the late 60's and early 70's. Maybe one in Petty Blue...........

[340EBody]

Well,they will probably have a blue for the Challenger, but it waits to be seen how close to Corporate Blue it really is.

[grandpa-srt4]

Here are the Colors:

• 1970

Light Gold Metallic-FY4, Plum Crazy (purple)-FC7, Sublime (green)-FJ5, Go-Mango(orange)-EK2, Hemi Orange-EV2, Banana (yellow)-FY1, Light Blue Metalic-EB3, Bright Blue Metallic-EB5, Dark Blue Metallic-EB7, Rallye Red-FE5, Light Green Metallic-FF4, Dark Green Metallic-EF8, Dark Burnt Orange-FK5, Beige-BL1, Dark Tan Metallic-FT6, White-EW1, Black-TX9, Cream-DY3, Panther Pink-FM3

• 1971

Light Gunmetal Metallic-GA4, Light Blue Metallic-GB2, Bright Blue Metallic-GB5, Dark Blue Metallic-GB7, Dark Green Metallic-GF7, Light Green Metallic-GF3, Gold Metallic-GY8, Dark Gold Metallic-GY9, Dark Bronze Metallic-GK6, Tan Metallic-GT5, Bright Red-FE5, Bright White-GW3, Black-TX9, Butterscotch-EL5, Citron Yella-GY3, Hemi Orange-EV2, Green Go-FJ6, Plum Crazy-FC7, Top Banana-FY1

• 1972

Light Blue-HB1, Bright Blue Metallic-HB5, Bright Red-FE5, Light Green Metallic-GF3, Dark Green Metalic-GF7, Eggshell White-GW1, Black-TX9, Light Gold-GY5, Gold Metallic-GY8, Dark Gold Metallic-GY9, Dark Tan Metallic-GT8, Light Gunmetal Metallic-GA4, Medium Tan Metallic-GA4, Super Blue-GB3, Hemi Orange-EV2, Top Banana-FY1

• 1973

Black-TX9, Dark Silver Metallic-JA5, Eggshell White-EW1, Parchment-HL4, Light Gold-JY3, Dark Gold Metallic-JY9, Gold Metallic-JY6, Bronze Metallic-GK6, Pale Green-JF1, Dark Green Metallic-JF8, Light Blue-HB1, Super Blue-TB3, Bright Blue Metallic-GB5, Bright Red-FE5, Top Banana-FY1, Light Green Metallic-GF3

• 1974

Yellow Blaze-KY5, Golden Fawn-KY4, Parchment-HL4, Bright Red-FE5, Deep Sherwood Metallic (Green)-KG8, Eggshell White-EW1, Black-TX9, Light Blue-HB1