actually there was a new law passed I thought. small manufactures could produce a small number of turn key cars and be based on what they were supposed to be vs new manufactuer.
I remember that from a few years back.

I believe it's 500 a year, has to meet current emissions but not current safety.

You find an original hemi 'cuda. Drivetrain was pulled and stored indoors. Dash with VIN and fender tag are all there including build sheet BUT the shell is rotted away up to the shock towers.

Now tell us you wouldn't put together a Dynacorn car !!

A "rebody" and replacing every piece of sheet metal are one and the same! The car is only "original" ONCE.

Reminds me of Cobra Kit Cars, yes they look like the original but not really an original. But because there were so few originals built it's a good alternative but that's not the case with original Challengers lots of workable shells and even some originals that are /6's or 318's to work with. A few years back I had a /6 rolling body Challenger that needed a few panels, partial trunk floor and I had to move it and get rid of it. I had several projects way ahead of this Challenger so I put it on here and asked $800 or best offer.....NO TAKERS OR EVEN AN OFFER. So it was crunch time or make that CRUSH time as I had only a few days to get it gone. I asked $250 or any offer by the following Sunday or it was going to the crusher AND STILL NO OFFER or interest. A nice young man from Kentucky PM'd me and begged me not to crush it at the very last hour and drove up overnight with his girlfriend and with a trailer and took it away. The thing that really got me was the lack of interest in 1, saving a Mopar/Challenger and why Dynacom or anyone else thought to make Challenger body parts versus Barracuda body parts. I'm pretty sure if it was a /6 Barracuda it would have sold for two or three time the price of my original asking price. IMO Cuda's are more desirable than back in the day Challengers, apologizes to the Chally boys and girls just my own personal opinion.

lol, this is not a Ship of Theseus discussion.
just trying to figure out at what point is it cheaper to build from scratch vs fixing one. lol.
again purely theoretical, as I don't want a hard top car.

I think glass, trim that is any good, rear diff and suspension, oh and at least the interior skeleton parts like seat frames and such, would be hard to pick up for under 4k.
so that might give the edge to the rebuild category, except I really envision that one selling closer to 22 to 25k not 18, but could be wrong about the current e-body market.

I had to look that up. AND I LIKE IT!

Me too! I'd always heard it called George Washington's Ax...

so this is a 318 challenger.
body done, no paint.
seems to have a lot of parts.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/125166078725





I doubt it will go for 18k, but again just for discussion.

I think the difference is who is doing the work? If your doing it yourself, buying the patch panels and have at it is probably cheaper the buying a body shell. If you are paying someone to get it to the same point you can buy a ready to go body at and your shell needs a lot of body panels, its probably about break even. 17 G is a lot of cash, I think I would be checking out some of the high end old car salvage yards for a decent body, that might be the cheapest way to go.

actually there was a new law passed I thought. small manufactures could produce a small number of turn key cars and be based on what they were supposed to be vs new manufactuer.
I remember that from a few years back.

A few years back I had a /6 rolling body Challenger that needed a few panels, partial trunk floor and I had to move it and get rid of it. I had several projects way ahead of this Challenger so I put it on here and asked $800 or best offer.....NO TAKERS OR EVEN AN OFFER. So it was crunch time or make that CRUSH time as I had only a few days to get it gone. I asked $250 or any offer by the following Sunday or it was going to the crusher AND STILL NO OFFER or interest. A nice young man from Kentucky PM'd me and begged me not to crush it at the very last hour and drove up overnight with his girlfriend and with a trailer and took it away. The thing that really got me was the lack of interest in 1, saving a Mopar/Challenger and why Dynacom or anyone else thought to make Challenger body parts versus Barracuda body parts. I'm pretty sure if it was a /6 Barracuda it would have sold for two or three time the price of my original asking price. IMO Cuda's are more desirable than back in the day Challengers, apologizes to the Chally boys and girls just my own personal opinion.