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Re: 09 Challenger - Body In White Build
[Re: ZIPPY]
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03/16/09 06:58 PM
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There is no BIW program yet but Mopar Performance is working on it.
If they can supply them at that price, I think they could sell a bunch.
I thought they were only going to supply them to stock class race teams. Good to see they are trying to supply to a wider market.
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Re: 09 Challenger - Body In White Build
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03/18/09 10:30 AM
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$4990
There is no BIW program yet but Mopar Performance is working on it.
If they can supply them at that price, I think they could sell a bunch.
I thought they were only going to supply them to stock class race teams. Good to see they are trying to supply to a wider market.
Thanks Jim. There are alot of positive things like that going on at MP these days but with so few people left it's a struggle. The desire is definitely there to make a real program happen.
Again, there is no BIW program yet and if anyone believes there is...sorry, they are mistaken. The build seen here is a one shot deal that was sold because it had a moonroof, no other reason.
It's a little more difficult than stated above to create a BIW program, due to the different divisions of Chrysler being operated separate from one another. For example Mopar Performance can not just tell the assembly plant what to do...it doesn't work that way.
It's going to take someone at or near the very top of the entire corporation....someone that has direct influence over everyone to make it happen. The business case needs to be built and presented properly, which is time consuming.
I don't think anyone would want an actual scrap body because it can literally be anything. It might be perfect other than a few runs in the paint, or it might be welded together 8 inches out of square. I'm pretty sure folks would be unhappy if they paid nearly 5 grand for something that wasn't welded together properly.
For $4990, the least somebody could expect is something that's been put together right....OK the paint may not need to be perfect but that's about as far as I'd go with that idea.
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Re: 09 Challenger - Body In White Build
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03/18/09 08:52 PM
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due to the different divisions of Chrysler being operated separate from one another. For example Mopar Performance can not just tell the assembly plant what to do...it doesn't work that way.
It's going to take someone at or near the very top of the entire corporation....someone that has direct influence over everyone to make it happen. The business case needs to be built and presented properly, which is time consuming.
I don't think anyone would want an actual scrap body because it can literally be anything. It might be perfect other than a few runs in the paint, or it might be welded together 8 inches out of square. I'm pretty sure folks would be unhappy if they paid nearly 5 grand for something that wasn't welded together properly.
For $4990, the least somebody could expect is something that's been put together right....OK the paint may not need to be perfect but that's about as far as I'd go with that idea.
This kind of reminds me of how SRT was apparently started. A dude (forget his name, sorry) went up to Wolfgang Bernard and asked if they could make the SRT4. Wolfgang said go for it, as long as it is a profit center and then told the dude he use to run AMG back in Germany..... 
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Re: 09 Challenger - Body In White Build
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03/24/09 10:10 AM
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$4990 and Click here to see how he got it.
There is no BIW program yet but Mopar Performance is working on it. The trick to making bodies available is going to be figuring out how to offer them without shorting the drag pak program.....
it would actually be rather easy, just put all defect shells to the side. theres your BIW program (i can tell you they WILL scrap a bunch of shells)
That is how Ford does it. If a Mustang comes down teh assembly line, and a line worker bumps into a body and scratches/dings the car, they pull it off, and bam, BIW. Same thing with a paint defect, if does not pass Ford standards, has a flaw of some sort, gets pulled, and bam, a BIW. Obviously a little more complicated than that, but you get the idea.
OK, we got any updates on the car? How is it coming Jimmy?
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Re: 09 Challenger - Body In White Build
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03/24/09 03:35 PM
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Cool.
What DO you plan on for teh rear suspension? Ladder bar? Or stock type?
Got any color combos picked out, thinking about? Figure out which motor your gonna go with? Tranny?
Thanks for teh update.
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