Reader’s Rides: Rick Miller’s 1970 Dodge Challenger SE

Today’s reader’s ride is owned by Rick Miller from Manchester, New Hampshire. It’s a numbers matching 1970 Dodge Challenger SE. All stock, 383 2V with AC, automatic and factory disc brakes.  Other options include a rim blow steering wheel, five speaker AM/FM stereo, rear window defroster, and W23 road wheels.  Rick has two copies of the build sheet and owner history back to 1973. More pics after the jump!

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Unrestored 1970 Hemi Charger Heading to Auction

A 1970 Hemi Charger is a rare beast. A unrestored one is even more rare. An unrestored in fantastic shape? Fuhgeddaboudit. 112 were built in 1970 with only 56 having the A333 4 speed. One of those 56 is heading to Mecum’s Chicago auction in October. Almost a true survivor (one repaint), this numbers matching beauty is said to be one of the best equipped examples having the A34 Super Track Pack option as well as the light package, power brakes, bucket seats and console and Rallye gauges with Tic-Toc-Tach. It is expected to fetch six figures. Given its rarity, would you make it a trailer queen or use it the way the way the engineers who built it intended? More photos after the jump!

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Vintage Mopar NASCAR Photo of the Week: Cotton Owens 1969 Dodge Charger 500

My name is Tom Hergert and I’m the new guest blogger on Mopar Blog. I run a restoration shop in Olympia, Washington called Rocket Restorations. I am going to be doing a NASCAR shot of the week with some tech articles mixed in. We will be doing some articles based on decoding fender tags, build number, and broadcast sheets for our great cars as well. Very excited to join this awesome community.

For our first vintage photo we have a good one–this is the Cotton Owens’ 1969 Dodge Charger 500 with Buddy Baker behind the wheel. They are fitting the template to the car to make sure it is legal (also see other template on the ground next to the car). Notice the 71 K&K Insurance Charger in the background as well.

Keep in mind the date printed on the photo is when it was developed, not when it was taken. This is from the Yankee 600 on August 17, 1969 at Michigan International Speedway.

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Reader’s Rides: Danney Meyer’s 1968 Dodge Chargers

Most people would kill to have just one 1968 Dodge Charger. But what about having two of them? And what if they were wheelstanding drag cars? Writes Danny:

These are our two 68 chargers that are our drag cars. Red one had a 572 cubic inch motor makes about 950 on the motor and has a 300 shot on it. Indy 441 heads, builds a ton of torque! Black one has a 622 cubic ich motor with fastmanefi just put on it, it’s now making about 1300 on the motor! Couple of beautiful full steel body cars that go out and kick some ass in bracket racing on the weekends. Another couple of beautiful mopars!

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