1970 Dodge Challenger RT/SE Special Edition with a 426 Hemi - My Car Story with Lou Costabile
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
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On "My Car Story" we're in Schaumburg IL on 10-10-14 at the Mecum Auction.
We're looking at a 1970 Dodge Challenger RT/SE Special Edition Hemi 426.
The car's Restorer is Tim Wilhelm who works for AutoTech Restorations Inc., 2015 20th Ave SE, Dyersville, Iowa 52040. If you’re interested in have in getting your car restored, you might want to talk to Tim. This car looks GREAT! Tim shared with me today the cars details (listed below), uniqueness, and history.
Tim shared a printout and listed the Tag Options:
A13 - Build date: October 13, 1969
V1X - Vinyl top / black
A01 - Light package
A62 - Rallye cluster
B51 - Power brakes
C15 - Deluxe seat belts
C16 - Center floor console
C26 - Overhead console
C55 - Front bucket seats
C62 - 6 way adjustable seats
G33 - Left hand remote sport chrome mirror
J45 - Hood pins
M21 - Drip rail moldings
M25 - Body sill moldings
M31 - Body belt moldings
N41 - Dual exhaust
N42 - Chrome exhaust tips
N85 - Tachometer
P31 - Power windows
R22 - 8-track radio
V6W - White longitudinal sport stripe
Y-07 - Built for Canada specs
Build Sheet Options:
Tinted glass
Rear window defogger
3:23 Sure grip rear axle
Locking gas cap with flip top
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I find it amazing that their is 1 dislike for this video, this car is an absolute dream car and so well restored!
Hi Jeff .S, Glad you enjoyed the "dream car" :-) Me too. Who knows, maybe they accidentally hit the wrong button? Hope you see many more cars on the Channel you'll enjoy, Lou
I never get over this video, i can watch this a million times over. It surely is spectacular like you say Lou. Love it.
Hi Olympiakos Chrysler, Happy to read you enjoy this one over and over again :-) Lou
You never see a Challenger Hemi so optioned out as most were ordered by dragsters who were looking to make the car as lite as possible. Look at those option on the fender tag Wow! May be one of the most beautiful sports cars ever built....and only a few years later they would be gone. Once again, thx Lou!
Hi Brady Dog, You're right, this is a highly optioned car. Happy to read you appreciate the rarity of this car. My pleasure sharing this one with you, and you're welcome, Lou
Beautiful car. I passed on a '70 Challenger R/T in B5 blue with a 4 speed in 1995. It had a pistol grip shifter and was in very good condition. The engine wasn't numbers matching but it was a real Hemi car. The price was a whopping $10,000. I looked at it, test drove it but decided on a '70 Corvette with a 454 and a 4 speed. Today the Vette would be worth about $25,000 and the Challenger probably close to $100k if not more. And I sold the Vette after about a year because it just didn't have any room! Man I kick myself! I did buy a '70 Challenger R/T in plum crazy this past summer but it's just a 383. I love it though.
1967davethewave Interestingly, we declined to buy a 70 Challenger 4 SPEED /Triple GREEN, 383Magnum( & many, other options I forget?), and bought a 70 Coronet 500 383 /315 Horse, PS, PB, AUTO, VINYL top, in RALLEY RED @ $$3100.00(?): from adjacent Dodge/AMERICAN MOTORS DEALER.. WHAT really is interesting, Dealer had AMC MACHINE /R/W/B’s, that were to garish and “cheap”.......around times I was looking for vehicles,,,,,,,,etc.
Hi 1967davethewave, Thank you for viewing and sharing your thoughts. Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
Thanks.. ps, see my SE//RT 70 pass …!
WOW even the engine stickers are flawless. The vin tag is perfect, one screw painted, the other one not painted. Incredible
Happy to receive a "WOW" :-)
All it needs is the pistol grip. Gorgeous!
Hi DWH072, Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car. The "pistol grip" is a good idea :-) Lou
This SE is magnificent, the only thing that could make it unreal ,to me, would be a blue or white interior 😊
Hi Andy, Happy to read "This SE is magnificent" :-) Lou
The sound of that drivers door being shut is a dead give-away......freaking rattle trap Mopar. Love 'em.
:-)
The car is 50 years old lol
Beautiful, the challenger one of my absolute favorites!
Hi James Myers, We have a Winner! Glad to read you were able to see one of your favorites :-) Lou
The overhead console is great when your diwn to 50miles a low fuel light comes very nice feature
Good to know.
Yup 50 miles low fuel, seat belts and door ajar lights. Had a. 70 RT/SE 383 with automatic transmission and factory a/c. Rust bronze with a white vinyl roof. Loved that car. Kick myself every day that I sold her. 😭😭😭😭 actively looking for one just like the one I had. If I ever do find one, I’ll buy it.
@@bobwickman658 A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Get a challenger, you'll fall in love with a different one too.
Lou, another great find. Absolutely Gorgeous my dream. Thanks
Doug, Happy to read "Absolutely Gorgeous my dream." :-) You're welcome.
Nice car in one of the best shades of blue.
Happy to read you enjoy this color blue :-) Me too.
Beautiful!!!
Absolutely beautiful!!!
I am a Chrysler man to my core but lately I've been considering a '69 or '70 Ford Mustang for my next project; however, I just can't pull myself away from these wonderful Mopars.
This car is showing like it's new from the dealer.
Nice job.
High praise for this car :-)
As usual another excellent video from you, Lou! What a car that 1970 Hemi Dodge Challenger RT/SE Special Edition is!
Hi JackFlemingFan, Happy to read you enjoy this car :-) Thank you for the wonderful comment and encouragement, Lou
It's pretty awesome! MY friend has a 1 of 1 69 Charger RT/SE ordered for export that was finally restored after about 30yrs of us racing it at the brackets in my 1996 VHS. Another vid from that tape has the Blue Challenger 340 just like this one blowing off the tires in the country and the Charger dude is working the camera
Hi THRASH METAL & FUN RIFFS, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Friends car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
Get a load of this... "Kowalski " ....👍🤗🇬🇧
:-)
My father had a 1970 Challenger RT special limited edition 440 4 speed with a small back window never see another one like it
Hi Nick Bowman, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Fathers car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
In my life I've only seen one other 70 Hemi Challenger RT/ SE it was in 1981 at the Oktoberfest in Macungie Pennsylvania. It was Top Banana yellow with a white stripe down the side and I can't recall if I had a white top or a black vinyl top but it was a four Speed...
Hi Dean, They are a rare treat indeed. Here is one more for you to enjoy, Lou ua-cam.com/video/3WOO6cn6koI/v-deo.html
@@loucostabile hey Lou thanks again I appreciate your documentation of days gone by but me being a kid of the 70's, I remember a lot of these cars seeing them on the streets in Pennsylvania. As I stated that Hemi RT/ SE was the only one I've ever seen in my life. Thanks again keep up the great work would like to see a 70 Pontiac Grand Prix model SJ 455 /Ho 😳 oh by the way there was less than 500 ever made out of production of 65000 models that year ! my brother had one but it was an automatic and I'm sure the four speeds were a lot less ?!
That's weird on the VIN { option} tag one screw was painted and one wasn't painted, attention to detail!
Right at 6:04
Nice attention to details you noticed.
The tag was attached loosely with one screw, then the car was painted allowing the painter to spin the tag around getting paint under the tag. The second screw was then installed. You may have already known this. Good eye.
Another Mopar Beauty!! A Challenger!!! This car is Fabulous 😀!!! I love the Colour! It's a Hemi!!
Hi Christine, High praise for this car :-) If you type into UA-cam search "My Car Story with Lou Hemi" I think you'll see quite a few you'll enjoy, Lou
Had a 69 CUDA with a 440, orange with blacked out hood. 4 speed with the postal grip shifter. This Challenger is the NUTS, ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL CAR‼️👍👍. Vinny 🇺🇸
Hi mmanut, Happy to read you enjoy this car :-) Sounds like you had a great fun car too, and did you see the link I listed today? Enjoy! Lou ua-cam.com/video/SOI8TYvs-j8/v-deo.html
Winner Lou! Nice restoration on this car! Nothing like a hemi!!
Agreed...nothing like a Hemi :-)
Your right Lou. That is a spectacular car!
Happy to read you enjoy this car Chas :-)
Damn! Unique and perfectly restored and/or just taken out of the package! *wiping drool from chin right now! Awesome job!
Hi Stephen Harper, Glad you enjoyed this one and thought it's awesome :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing.
Hope you see many more cars on the Channel you'll enjoy, Lou
That was really my only complaint with the 1970 challenger was no matter how nice an easy i closed the doors they always had that hollow slam to them the rest ofcthe car 160000 miles on it and everything was perfect an in great working order an of the most well designed car i ever owned thats why i bought 5 more of them...hah hah hah thanks guys nice job on the car dude great work....
Happy to read you appreciate this car and thank you for sharing :-)
The build quality was crap for sure but the worst was a Barracuda..it was better looking but talk about cheap doors and plastic....it all rattled apart after a few years....which is why there are few around today
Like that locking gas cap fancy
Nice :-)
$500 ahhh X- D
As good as it gets!
:-)
Unless you have a 2022 that will run circles around this old rust bucket.
Back in 1981 at the Macungie car show in Pennsylvania I actually saw one of these Hemi cars it was top banana yellow white stripe, white top, white interior but I can't remember if it was automatic or 4-speed these cars are really rare
Hi Dean, Happy to read this car brings back memories of the car you remember in PA :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
Are you sure that ain't AMX? ...... They tell back YES! .... (Smiles)
This one's a Dodge.
@@loucostabile I know ... Was a car joke
Sorry but no other Challenger will be as cool as THE BLACK GHOST!!!! It IS the God of the streets!
Hi Uncle Kyle, and here is the Black Ghost for you :-) Lou ua-cam.com/video/3WOO6cn6koI/v-deo.html
@@loucostabile thanks Lou. I seen you had a video on her. I watched it first. The blue one is still sharp. But man is The Black Ghost a thing of beauty or what? The packages, the details, even the roof. Which the owner loved and hated at the same time haha. It must of been something to see up close b
I'm DROOOOOOOLING ..................What a beautiful and tuff muscle car. Why would Chrysler not recommend this colour combo - I'm curious as to why ??
This is THE ONLY colour combo i would go for !! Is that B5 Blue, very similar to mine..Stellar Blue.
I love the mirror finish paint job, just like mine.
Greetings from Australia :-)
Hi Olympiakos Chrysler, High praise for this car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel. Greetings, Lou
Beautiful car.
Agreed. Thanks for commenting, Lou
I bet the 1 dislike is a person that drives Toyota Prius XD
That's funny :-)
Spectacular and it’s got a hemi!!!
Win / Win :-)
It's too good to drive!
Great car, however I'd have to take it for a spin.
It’s almost worth too much to drive!
Yeah i knew my 1970 SE challenger was rare because i only ever saw one SE Challenger an it was 1970 hemi car hemi orange at the famous Hot Rod car lot somewhere in INDIANA automatic like mine but mine had the grear 318 1970 230hp two barrel single exghaust think about that single exhaust only 230hp the engine would rumble a growl at low rpm mine was a 3 speed boat anchor manual but i later found an AAR CUDA Auti trans an put the whole floor in too...so i had the rare SE round slapstick shifter....wow that AAR cuda AT trans may my challenger a serious street machine im sorry i didnt buy the AAR cuda when i was in florida in school but its interesting to see my B5 blue because my var was 11 years old an had a flip flop sprayed over B5 just to give it sparkle so it nice to see a fresh blue to get an idea of trueness.
Hi Kellie Nicole Brooks Schettino
, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
Another beautiful Mopar !
Nice :-)
Lou scores again! Question is how to get Tim to take us for a ride around the block... Tim?
Hi rcncableguy, This would be a good ride for sure, however when at an onsite car show, hard to get the car out of "it's spot' which only allows us a review, and maybe a start up, Lou
My...my...my! Mine! ...then the alarm ⏰ went off!
Hi Beaumont michaels, Thank you for viewing and sharing your thoughts. Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
Real nice challenger
hi Chris Ortiz, Glad you enjoy this car :-) Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you'll enjoy, Lou
Gorgeous
Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-)
An unbeliable car, "power everything" with the huge hemi in a compact body, with a manual gearbox with pistol grip it will be THE muscle car.
"It will be THE muscle car" Glad you enjoyed this one :-)
Nice ✅ That’s $200,000 💰
Happy to read you think this car is "Nice" :-)
great video
Thank you
That's funny since it doesn't look like it has the correct (VLX) vinyl top. That is a wide seam for R/T model. SE is small window and should have narrow seam top.
Hi Patrick, Thank you for viewing and sharing your thoughts. Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
And to think more GM and Ford muscle cars sold at the time...Mopars were a well kept secret and now worth more than the others...
Thanks for viewing and sharing your thoughts on this one :-)
Can't never say one of one It's twin sister is on the eastern shore of Virginia. same model, RT/SE ,B5 blue,black top,auto 426 hemi...seen it.. took pics of it matching numbers car.. awaiting resto..
Hi Tim Downey, Thank you for viewing and sharing. Sounds like a cool car in the eastern shore of Virginia too :-) Lou
Miss thst little rear window
:-)
Pure Beauty !
Hi al reynolds, Glad you like this "pure beauty!" :-) Hope you see many more cars on the Channel you'll enjoy, Lou
If it was 4-speed car.....it is my dream)
You have great taste in cars :-) Lou
É de se apaixonar por esse Dodge challenger
Thank you for viewing and sharing your thoughts.
How can it be a SE with a Hemi? No Hemi had A\C and that was a major reason to order SE to get it with air all power equipment?
A/C wasn't part of the SE package.
Hi Second Thought, You're right, 426 Hemi's didn't have A/C, and appears the person wanted all the "nice options" that come with an SE package. Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
very nice!!!
Glad you like this one :-)
Thanks, great MOPAR STUFF & drama! Interestingly, I decided NOT to buy a 70 Challenger RT/SE, *LOADED,:every, OPTIONS/ Magnum 4 Speed in TRIPLE *Green, ** ( my memory), I did not want green, or air CONDITIONING ( in my Summer of 1970): & big body roll over with Performance Tires, etc:: buying Th 1970 CORONET 500/383/4 BBL , RED/ Black Vinyl: actually remember it as $3100 CORONET Full Price, and M*** much Cheaper than the Challenger RT/ SE.. we had an interesting DODGE dealer next to Pharmacy where I worked ( SYRACUSE INDIANA), with AMC CONNECTION ALSO ( e.g display of Machine, &;REBEL,etc).....anyways good times 50 YEARS AGO!..Remembering, DODGE DEALERS , HAD LOTS OF drama to push (* Super BEES, UNUSUAL COLORS, HEMI, AND MAGNUM ENGINES, GTX, )! Ps: We often wonder how the “ Triple , *Green “ sold, & his many were PRODUCED, OF that MOPAR GREENS.?
Hi Opera, Thanks for sharing your Mopar experience, Lou
Any other videos or pics of this car ? Anyone know of any links if there are ?
Hi Olympiakos Chrysler, This is the only video I'm aware of. Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
I can't believe you didn't ask him what the value is? Some of the rarer hemi vehicles sell for millions.
Hi Relayer6a, Not interested in the value, more the looks and the story. Hope you see many more cars on this UA-cam Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this UA-cam Channel, Lou
@@loucostabile Knowing the value doesn't take anything else away.
Doors still close the same...no undercoating in the door shell
Thank you for viewing and sharing your thoughts.
👍
Thank you for the "thumb up" :-)
And what type of tires does this car have
Round
Nice emblem im sitting hear in my house an that roof emblem is about 7 feet away from me...its not from my car i found it some where and said whoa where dud you come from....into the glass case with the key ring to my 71 383 cuda hah hah hah goid memory s
Glad to read the details you enjoy.
wait a minute, SE hemi challenger???
Andrew Samy didn’t make to many of them.
Glad to share this rare treat with you :-)
I wish I was wealthy, it would be worth whatever they want
Hi Brian Taylor, Hope you get to ride in the car you desire soon, Lou
Not like the black ghost
But this is :-) ua-cam.com/video/3WOO6cn6koI/v-deo.html
@@loucostabile oh, nice man, liked it :)
Needs A/C.
I'm pretty sure 426 Hemi's don't have A/C as an option.
What a great video and beautiful car, Lou. My question is this. The shaker hood was available as an option across the Challenger V8 lineup, from what I recall. However wasn't it was standard on the Hemi equipped vehicles? And from some of the information available from Dodge, the SE model apparently was the only one which the shaker was not available, as Dodge put the beautiful 2 hood scoops with the elegant badges on each side, as per the one in the video? Do you have any info on this, Lou? I was hoping to get it out of the video, but there was no mention of it.
Hi Roxy Tex, Not sure about all the options available, however here's another Hemi with out the shaker. Enjoy! Lou ua-cam.com/video/3WOO6cn6koI/v-deo.html