71 Challenger Vert Project for Sale Ebay (not mine)

[340challconvert]

71 Challenger Convertible Project on Ebay
Needs a lot of work
Was original 340 Automatic car (drive train gone) JH27H1B
Original tored car, owner claims it was possibly built for the Mod Squad for the 72 season? Hence the 72 Grill. Who knows.
Also states "not rusted out"
Interesting car.
Happy Hunting E body Convertible Fans!
1971 Dodge Challenger Convertible | eBay

 

[challenger6pak]

1971 Dodge Challenger Convertible | eBay

 

[DetMatt1]

Man that’s ugly!

 

[340challconvert]

Interesting claim that it was one of the modified 71 verts into a 72 model for Mod Squad.

 

[rbbruno3]

It may be ugly but I would love to own it

 

[DetMatt1]

It may be ugly but I would love to own it

I’ll sell you mine for less than it’d cost to buy and restore that one at the asking price and mines all numbers matching big block.

 

[340challconvert]

It seems to be a pretty rare car; 71's were definitely more rare then the 70 verts
Mopar saw it fit not to demarcate numbers between hardtops and convertibles for 1971 on the small block cars.
They made a total of 894 total combined hardtops and verts w the JH 340 automatic cars. Even if you split that in half for vert production, can't be many left.

The N code convertibles are even more rare with 167 total produced. I once owned one years ago and pulled the engine to put in a small block (but that is another story)

If the frame and the body are decent, it might be worth a look for someone with mechanical skills and not a lot of up front money?

Though I do think the $15k price is steep, project convertibles are getting hard to find. Be interesting to see what happens!

Happy Hunting All!

 

[KATSAAR]

if it had a fender tag I would have bought it 5 years ago from dean in Michigan for 10k

 

[340challconvert]

Loss of the fender tag makes a big difference. Is this a new owner?

and nothing too exciting; auction ended today!

if it had a fender tag I would have bought it 5 years ago from dean in Michigan for 10k

 

[831 HQT]

Chrysler never built new Challenger convertibles for the '72 Mod Squad season (or any other TV production). The just converted the already existing '71 verts (that they rented to the studios) into 72 models by changing the front and the rear end attributes.
If it really is one of these converted TV cars, VIN must be in the range JH27H1B1503xx / JH27H1B1504xx, with production date August / September 1970 and a R-coded Order Number.

 

[340challconvert]

Thanks. Great information to know!

Chrysler never built new Challenger convertibles for the '72 Mod Squad season (or any other TV production). The just converted the already existing '71 verts (that they rented to the studios) into 72 models by changing the front and the rear end attributes.
If it really is one of these converted TV cars, VIN must be in the range JH27H1B1503xx / JH27H1B1504xx, with production date August / September 1970 and a R-coded Order Number.