Charley . . . glad you were able to return the car and get your money back. Lots more wrong on that car:

https://i.postimg.cc/xCKVKMzr/IMG-4180.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/bvShwKYw/65.jpg

That isn't the original vinyl top. The 1970 Challenger had a unique placement for the seams (it was a styling que) as seen in the bottom photo. Compare them to the car you had

Here is what the car looked like color wise as per the fender tag:

https://i.postimg.cc/cH8Qx7bn/urf.jpg

Yours didn't have the hood pins, rear spoiler or color matching mirrors.

Charley is the guy who sold you this Challenger,the same guy who sold you the Cyclone too?

Yes

It will be a cool car restored but not by me. Optioned killer. Now I have to find another plum challenger crazy

https://i.postimg.cc/ydcCF5GY/qq.jpg

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds...r/2203486.html

If it helps, FC7 Plum Crazy was by far the most popular color on US-shipped 1970 Challengers. For the performance-minded Challenger R/T models, 22.2% of them (~3000 cars) were ordered in purple, almost 3x more popular than secondmost color chosen (EB5 blue, at 8.3%). But purple on white, which a lot of guys (including me) really dig, will be harder to come by. Maybe Lee’s onto something?

- Wade

Wow! In this day and age, how could one sell a car as numbers matching when it clearly is not? Just a quick internet search by anyone would answer a bunch of questions. What a shame, Charley.:thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumb sdown::thumbsdown:

Amazing they are agreeing to give you your money back. That is unlike most.

Well, that’s it then...the one time I helped someone and back the car goes to where from which it came from.:hmmm:

Glad it all worked out in the end for you though. You need a 70 FC7 340 Shaker 4spd Cuda! You can’t just drive it home after MCACN 2020:laugh::laugh:

Cheers:beers:

Dave

When I told them about the engine they offered to take it back. I offered to even take a 1000.00 hit but they insisted on refunding all my money. I think they just assumed by the history and how orig. looking under the hood that it was a #'s car. As did I. The paint etc was done over 30 years ago. It is optioned just about perfectly how I want one and I'll probably regret it.

I really hope you don't regret your decision Charley. There was so much wrong with the car. No one mentioned that the FT shows power brakes (B51) but there's no power brake booster! Wrong paint scheme, wrong engine, wrong vinyl top, wrong brake setup, etc.

So you want a Plum Crazy Challenger R/T with 440 magnum, PS, PB (PFDB?), AT and A/C. Is that the configuration that you want?

I don't have to tell you of all people the difference between buying a finished car versus one that needs a full resto as far as money, time and headaches go.

Wintertime is a good time to buy cars. Prices will be at their lowest. And winter just started.