Tuesday at Barrett-Jackson

Tuesday is normally not a super exciting day at Barrett-Jackson, but since Barrett was selling the majority of the Ron Pratte collection that night, the room was full and the bidding was crazy. Ron is a big time collector in the Phoenix area and had been buying high end cars at Barrett-Jackson for years. He decided to liquidate his collection through BJ and it was very fun to watch. This included two Hemi Mopars that did very well. The first car up was a 1970 Dodge Charger with a 426 Hemi and a 4-speed. Bidding was furious and shot up to $190,000 right away–unseen levels for a Hemi B-Body. It ended up at $200,000. Here is a picture of the car:

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Highly Optioned 1971 Dodge Charger R/T Headed to Auction

In November we told you about 15 prime Mopars that Tim Wellborn was sending to auction in January–Wellborn Muscle Car Museum Thinning the Herd. Autoweek has a piece about one of them, a 1971 Charger R/T that Mecum refers to as “the highest optioned example known to exist.” Read the details here. More pics and a list of just some of the options after the jump!

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No Manual Charger For You!

You’d love to buy a new Charger but there is one thing stopping you. (OK, three things if you count those two rear doors). You want a manual gearbox in your 21st century General Lee. Not gonna happen. We kinda already know the answer but Jalopnik’s Oppositelock has an insider who spills the beans (or should we say bean counters). Find the story here.

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Nelson Racing Widebody 1968 Charger Returns to SEMA

We showed you this car last year. Now it’s back and badder than ever. But even with over 2,000 hours in that body–which is six inches wider than stock–it’s still not quite done… Oh, and regarding the motor: the 9.4 liter Hemi is rated at over 2,000 horsepower. More pics after the jump!

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Another AutoTrader General Lee on eBay

In June we showed you one of the General Lees from the recent Auto Trader commercial, that was for sale on eBay. Find it here. There were apparently six Chargers used/abused in the making of that commercial. Now another Charger from the commercial is on eBay. This one isn’t quite as clean as the first one–this one did a lot of the jumps. Follow the eBay auction here. More pics after the jump!

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