early build car .. that picture was taken the day the car was bought ! it had maybe 10 miles on it !

getting ready for dip primer .....

Very cool your car is still in the family!
I have a V code Challenger with a VIN close to yours, mine's JS23V1B1940xx. I'm guessing your SBD would be end of October or maybe early November of 70?

I posted the window sticker in the photos .. I think you can tell a lot by that. the door sticker is dated 10/70 . I don't know how to tell . maybe somebody will post it if they can tell by that data ? I have always been told that this car is the only 1971 gy8-shaker six pack car made ? I have seen other shaker gy8 cars but , none are six packs.....

Do you have your original fender tag?
If so, your SBD is on that, above the VIN. I think mine is A25 meaning 25th day of October. That's just the day it was scheduled to be built, so it could have been built earlier or delayed. But good chance mine was built that day.
If your door sticker says October, then it was built in October, probably within a few days of mine!
It's impossible to break down color and options to know how many of a specific configuration were made, but given there were only 250 '71 V code Challengers made, the number of gold ones had to be small, the number of N96 ones was small, very possibly yours is the only gold shaker one built!

I read about a man who worked for Chrysler in 1970 who ordered a gy8 71 440-6 pack challenger . non shaker auto car. he told a story of selling the car and in the trunk were records of production of some kind [not records of his car]as he worked for a section of Chrysler corp. that had the info! it was a quote to popular hot rodding about an article they did on my car.... he said that there were only 7 1971 gy8 -R/t- challengers built...

My gosh! I feel much better about going forward with mine! I feel what you are goi g through. Its great to have some guys willing to do that much work on your car, isnt it?

yes ... and even better when they are interested in making it perfect weather or not I ask them to !

a few new shots.

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getting closer to paint every day ! no hi build priming here... trying to show good clean crisp details !!!

my favorite build so far, i love the old original photos,, one owner family,,?? cool

we had a 13 passenger Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser with moon top,, lol dad decided to have 10 kids

Very nice! Glad the car is getting what it deserves!

Thanks ! ! it was bought new here in myrtle beach . I drove it to hi school ... some.... my grandfather was retiring from Seaboard Coastline Railroad in 1970 and he ordered it just before he retired ! He sure did love that car... the salesman and the service dept. guys are all local and I hope to get a photo shot with them -All- when it is done !!

Thanks Chip. it needed a lot to get it back to a correct status. I felt like it needed to be done properly or as close as I could get it done. I hope it will be ready for the summer or maybe mopars at the beach this year !! BTW. my grandfather was actually from Marion sc. !

Awesome car for sure. love this thread because of these story's/cars!

PAINTING BY... carolina classic restorations .. Spartanburg sc. .... working their magic !

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seam sealer shots ...

wow nice job. i will be following this one for sure.