Posted By: autoxcuda
cool real sunroof hemi 71 charger r/t in-progress pics - 08/09/14 09:53 PM
Just hanging out this morning and this was being pulled out for some more work to be completed.
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Strato-Vent, houndstooth, AM/FM/cassette, power winders...
Is that a real R-code sunroof car???
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I posted the tag.
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Strato-Vent, houndstooth, AM/FM/cassette, power winders...
Is that a real R-code sunroof car???
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Yes. As with most sunroof cars, it's pretty loaded.
Hidden headlights too. I posted the tag.
This one is the automatic.
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Very cool. Didn't Stephen Siegal have an EV2 on white R code sunroof car as well? Loaded automatic
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Strato-Vent, houndstooth, AM/FM/cassette, power winders...
Is that a real R-code sunroof car???
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Yes. As with most sunroof cars, it's pretty loaded.
Hidden headlights too. I posted the tag.
This one is the automatic.
We have another one in the works that's even cooler...426HEMI, 4spd, 4.10 Dana, factory sunroof, export car, kilometer speedo, EV2/white interior/top, 1 of 1...
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Wow: That's a lot of sunroof Hemi's. I thought the only ones were the Siegal car and the rebody out of Canada.
Sheldon
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Exactly: Back then the price of the Hemi itself strained the budget of most buyers. Thats why a lot of Hemi cars were pretty bare except for the big Kahuna under the hood. Then there's the extra weight of those options.
That's just why I am surprised there are so many of them.
Sheldon
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That's one rare piece...
'71 4-speed Hemi 'Bee w/sunroof...
(Hideaway Headlights???)...
And I believe there was only one '71 Hemi RR w/sunroof...
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I believe another factor is that halfway through the year everyone knew there would not be any 72 Hemis so perhaps a few got really optioned by buyers that knew this was the last kick at the cat. Still though it was hard for people back then to justify loaded New Yorker or maybe bottom line Imperial money on a midsize car. Back then if you paid a lot of money you expected a large luxury car.
Sheldon
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Yes, Hideaways.
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Yes, Hideaways.
HS owned an EV-2, '71 4-speed Hemi 'Bee with hideaways once upon a time in these parts...
May have been my favorite out of all that has passed his way...
Made me turgid, it did...
Quote:This second sunroof 71HemiCharger is starting a new life after decades of neglect...!Quote:Quote:Quote:
Strato-Vent, houndstooth, AM/FM/cassette, power winders...
Is that a real R-code sunroof car???
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Yes. As with most sunroof cars, it's pretty loaded.
Hidden headlights too. I posted the tag.
This one is the automatic.
We have another one in the works that's even cooler...426HEMI, 4spd, 4.10 Dana, factory sunroof, export car, kilometer speedo, EV2/white interior/top, 1 of 1...
That's the NEXT one for Julius to restore after Peter, xx29, finishes the metal work on. I hear/see you have been doing some awesome work saving the original body on that one Peter.
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All this talk of 1971 Charger/Super Bee Hemi Sunroof cars is making my head spin. So do I have this straight? There are 4 known?
1971 Charger R/T Hemi Orange/White/White 426/4-spd (Pete's project)
1971 Charger R/T Hemi Orange/White/White 426/Auto (Segal/Wellborn)
1971 Charger R/T Bright Red/Black/Black 426/Auto (This Post)
1971 Super Bee Hemi Orange/White/White 426/4-spd (SoCal car)
Thanks,
Scott.
Quote:Yes, owner took liberties with that one! Shame if it was a true car and was re-bodied and tagged like that.
There's a white hemi super bee with a very questionable fender tag.
Quote:There are two 71 Plymouth Hemi sunroof cars that I know of. One is the Wellborn GTX that has been in the magazines in the past couple of years. There is a Roadrunner out there that is slated to be restored. GB5 426/4 spd sunroof car.
Other hemi 71 sunroof chargers?... Looking at history of them coming to surface, good chance of a dead/crushed one(s) or one(s) still out there. Or at least a Plymouth one.
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There is a white 71 Hemi Superbee sunroof car in Illinois too. I didn't see this one get mentioned. It is usually at the Belividere IL show.
Here is a link to an article in Hemmings:
http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2004/12/01/hmn_feature4.html
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Wow: That's a lot of sunroof Hemi's. I thought the only ones were the Siegal car and the rebody out of Canada.
Sheldon
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There is a white 71 Hemi Superbee sunroof car in Illinois too. I didn't see this one get mentioned. It is usually at the Belividere IL show.
Here is a link to an article in Hemmings:
http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2004/12/01/hmn_feature4.html
That the white one from Canada with a funky fender tag...Quote:
Wow: That's a lot of sunroof Hemi's. I thought the only ones were the Siegal car and the rebody out of Canada.
Sheldon
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There is a white 71 Hemi Superbee sunroof car in Illinois too. I didn't see this one get mentioned. It is usually at the Belividere IL show.
Here is a link to an article in Hemmings:
http://www.hemmings.com/mus/stories/2004/12/01/hmn_feature4.html
That the white one from Canada with a funky fender tag...Quote:
Wow: That's a lot of sunroof Hemi's. I thought the only ones were the Siegal car and the rebody out of Canada.
Sheldon
I haven't seen the fendertag on this white Bee, is it a St.Louis built car? Those had "funky" fendertags with option codes that you normally don't see on Lynch Road or L.A. built cars. Did they add options to this tag/car? Does someone know the car it was rebodied?
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In my OPINION, the dash VIN is FAKE & the car started life as a 383 Super BEE!!
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I just heard of an export Hemi 71 'Cuda hardtop that is optioned beast of breed level.
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In my OPINION, the dash VIN is FAKE & the car started life as a 383 Super BEE!!
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In my OPINION, the dash VIN is FAKE & the car started life as a 383 Super BEE!!
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In my OPINION, the dash VIN is FAKE & the car started life as a 383 Super BEE!!
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Automatic car is done. Ready to ship back overseas.
Shifter handle is customers/owners choice.
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Ae these 71' Charger B-Body sunroofs more like a factory E-Body sunroof or would they be the same as the 68-69 B-Body sunroofs?
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A Sales Order number of G45353 does not mean it's the 4,5353'd sunroof car off the line. Once again bad information posted. Since you guys play FT police and games with fender tag info what the six digit SO number means will remain a secret for now.
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Thanks njsteve for posting the "vintage" picture. Interesting that it had been redone once already - with white top and interior - and colored bumpers.
Scott.
Quote:making room for other cars.
Sorry to go off topic but... Why is Tim W selling so many of his cars?
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Sorry to go off topic but... Why is Tim W selling so many of his cars?
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Thanks njsteve for posting the "vintage" picture. Interesting that it had been redone once already - with white top and interior - and colored bumpers.
Scott.
It came from the factory in orange and white top/white interior with rubber bumpers.
The photo above shows the car in its original condition as when I pulled it out of storage in 1988. It still had its original paint at the time but it was terrible looking. I had it scuffed and repainted in 1991. The original paint was so badly applied at the factory and so thin that people would insult the car when I brought it to shows. There was almost no paint (just primer) on the firewall and lower inner fenders. The paint on the rear valance was just a continuous series of drip marks and runs - like they tried to chase the run to the bottom when it was still wet. The passenger quarter even had a big hunk of lead in it where they must have dripped it down when they were doing the original roof seams. They just smeared it around instead of removing it, and then just painted over it. it looked just horrible, and it was the size of a dinner plate.