This 1970 Dodge Challenger Has a Uncommon Function You In all probability By no means Knew Existed

With whole manufacturing at nearly 77,000 items, the 1970 Challenger is way from uncommon total. Nonetheless, some variations are difficult to search out these days. The HEMI variant is arguably the rarest at 356 examples made, together with 60 vehicles fitted with the Particular Version bundle and solely 9 convertibles. The latter is uncommon in 440 and 440+6 guises, too, with solely 163 and 99 items bought, respectively.

Conversely, the non-R/T vehicles are much more accessible, with about 56,000 items constructed. Apparently sufficient, the bottom six-cylinder model is rarer at a bit greater than 10,000 examples. This leaves the non-R/T V8 vehicles as the most typical, at 45,367 items. The listing contains Challengers fitted with 318-, 340-, and two-barrel 383-cubic-inch (5.2, 5.6, 6.3-liter) mills.

Sadly, there is not any manufacturing breakdown for every engine, so fashions fitted with them are normally thought-about mundane. However it’s not at all times like that as a result of a few of these vehicles got here with choices that turned out to be uncommon. Just like the Darkish Burnt Orange instance you see right here, which carries the A66 340 Efficiency Package deal.

Out there with the four-barrel model of the 340-cubic-inch V8 (much less potent than the 3×2-barrel provided within the Challenger T/A), the bundle got here with goodies comparable to Rallye wheels, heavy-duty brakes and suspension, wheel lip molding delete, and an R/T Efficiency hood. It is mainly an R/T-like Challenger with out a big-block engine.

So how uncommon are these A66-equipped Mopars? There are not any particular figures to run by, however phrase has it only some thousand items had been ordered like this. However that is not the one factor that makes this Challenger uncommon. It is the truth that it is a very early A66 Efficiency Package deal mannequin, a chunk of information decided by the “340 four-barrel” decal on the hood.

You see, Dodge modified the decal to a metallic badge after a number of months, and the man who restored this automobile claims it is a super-rare function. Furthermore, this Challenger was additionally fitted with a locking fuel cap, yet one more uncommon possibility from the 1970 mannequin 12 months. Too unhealthy there are not any information to find out how scarce this particular configuration is, however we’re fewer than ten items if we additionally embrace the colour.

Uncommon options apart, this Challenger can be one of many only a few traditional muscle vehicles which were in the identical household since new. And as you may need already guessed, it bought a rotisserie restoration a number of years again. However it’s nonetheless very unique, right down to numbers-matching physique panels and drivetrain elements. It is also proof {that a} Mopar would not essentially want a 426 HEMI to face out.