We Went Plum Wild‼️ Hunting a 340 6 Pack Challenger TA after 40 years of sitting! S1 E18
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- čas přidán 11. 04. 2024
- Join us on an adrenaline-filled journey as the Mopars5150 team ventures to Shreveport, Louisiana, on a mission to rescue a vintage 1970 Dodge Challenger TA340 Six-Pack, draped in the iconic Plum Crazy Purple. Left abandoned since the mid-'80s, the car lay disassembled, yet remarkably intact, defying the odds of rust and decay despite its neglect. Witness the team's astonishment as they unveil the surprisingly solid condition of this automotive relic, tucked away for decades in unconventional storage. After striking a deal, watch as they meticulously load the car and its scattered RARE parts!
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Blown away by the shape the cars in, that's truly remarkable. Fantastic find and I can't wait to see it in person!
You and me both!
My first Mopar bought in 1981was a 69 Roadrunner, 383 four speed with the pistol grip. I bought it for $200 because it had a rod knocking. I spent $150 for a junkyard 383. Sold it when I blew the clutch for $200. My wife and 2 kids came first. My second Mopar was 71 Dodge Demon 340 auto on the column. Price ? $350. Ran like a scalded dog, but needed a new rear quarter panel. Traded it even for a 67 Chevelle SS. My third Mopar was a 71 Satellite Sebring SE. 400 auto. Price ? $450. I personally saw 140mph in that one. Traded it for a work truck, so I could haul scrap since jobs were impossible to find under the Carter administration. They are out there still, but never at those prices. Man I miss the 70,s.
Awesome! Cool stories, bet you don’t miss Carter tho 😂😂😂
That TA Challenger was a highly option car in it day. Now they are GOLD
Wow what a great find! That 340 is one special unique block for the T/A !
It’s nice to see a man of his word still exist 👍
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Love your content guys, thanks
Our pleasure!
Great project...✌️
Thank you! Cheers!
Oh man this was great, I was as excited as you guys were, and yep the keys were still in the column! Great stuff!
Sorry guys say you around before, just started full time viewing of your videos great job on giving some background , on the cars great videos
Thanks brother!
Favorite mopar channel on YT. Thanks boys. Keep em coming!
Thanks! Will do!
Love the HUNT!!!
Absolutely 👍
Yeee Yeee!
Hahaha you guys know me too well I absolutely have a love affair with 70 plum crazy TA challengers
Wow, very little metal rot.
What a kick ass way to store and engine 😧👌👏.
Sweeeet!!! hard to believe not much rust in that car. Also better start packing a leaf blower in the trailer....... 😀
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What a BEAUTIFUL T/A,! Just like it is!!!!UNBELIEVABLE
And the friggin keys are in it !!!!!
No 4 speed tho 😂
They are still out there....
Six figure car restored.
more
Six figures to restore it tho so it’s gotta be for the love, not the money
I’ve heard of “A Barrel of Monkeys “
But never heard of
“A Barrel of Mopar Motor” 😂
😂😂😂😂
Lloyd From Downunder ;; Absolutely Amazing Guys !!!!!! Truly Awesome Find , Well Done ,, Great Content & Very Appreciative For an Old HotRodder , Thankyou & Keep Up The Great Work, Chanel Content Etc , I Love It. 👍👌💪🏁🏁🏁
Awesome ‼️🍻‼️
Thought for sure by the advertisement pic this car was going to need floors and trunk pan replaced but wow it really was preserved well considering its location! Great find and will look great at MCACN. Cheers
We agree!
Badass!!!!
Fantastic save! That one will be an attention grabber at MCACN.
Agree!!!
Now that's the way to keep a motor how I found a hemi or 2 back in the 70's I tell people all the time waste oil parts barrel little diesel and clean parts too definitely a dream find shy of the storage unit I seen in 2010 full for six pack and hemi cars and more nos parts than I had seen even at the dodge garage I worked in in 1978 / 79 crazy if it is the plum crazy car , and I have not seen a car out in the open come out looking that nice that sat in weather wow .
I love your stories and appreciate you sharing and saving these vehicles. I am a huge Mopar fan.. I own a 2019 challenger TA.
Appreciate that! 🍻
Sweet Find!
Kool find , 340 4spd would've been the cat's meow 😅 , but dang still a sweet find !!!
This is a great find & im glad it is going to be revived. Were you able to confirm if it was Jerry McFadden the murderer's car? Also did you mention during the video what you paid for the car?
This is the perfect case for the saying. "It's too good to be true"...
Of course the mopars are still out there the only problem is people think they have mopar gold.i laugh cause when i wAs a teenager i was buying them for 500 dollars all day long and im 52 now.
They are gold, should have bought them all 😂😂😂😂
I remember! I'm 57
I love those rims what are you talking about = their not original but sweet
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I didn't hear if they said what they paid. But it's a great find! Since they don't have the numbers matching trans they MUST make it a stick!!!
Outstanding find! You guys won the lottery! I'm thinking I would have had an orgasm in my pants! Lol! I doubt very much that this will ever happen again the way it happened for you guys! It's possible but very unlikely! Definitely a one-of-a-kind find that probably will never be duplicated! Especially because of the rarity of the car! I'm jealous! Lol
It will happen again, and again, the next 5-10 years will be incredible for finds like this to come out from hiding. Gonna be epic but unfortunately sad too
@@ChasingMusclecars_Mopars5150 One of my friends had a 1970 TA Challenger in the lime green! It was absolutely mint and all the original! Unfortunately he overestimated his driving skills and absolutely totaled it! Believe me it was beyond repair luckily he survived! It made me very sick when I saw the car! His parents bought it for him when we were in high school! At least he got 15 good years with it! If only we could go back! Lol! I know I'd have a barn full of cars! Lol
@@Mike-ww5vr that car is fixable today, we fix cars like that in our shop. They make everything for those cars now.
@@ChasingMusclecars_Mopars5150 yeah I understand you can basically build a car with simply the VIN and the tags as long as you have one piece of metal the weld onto! But unfortunately this is before this kind of work was being done and the car went to the junkyard! He was twisted up pretty good but thinking about it now I realize it could be rebuilt! But in that time and age it was totaled! I'm not much older than you I was born in '68! I have a little collection not Mopar wish I had Mopar! Lol! I'm down to my 71 Nova SS, 84 Corvette with an 800 horsepower motor in it, and my 1971 Torino which is a base coupe with a 256 in it but it's only got 53,000 original miles and it's absolutely miny,! I'm going to feel bad when I pull the six out of it and put it a mild 302 or 351 as my Corvette is my fun car per se and I treat it as such! Lol! I had a 72 SS Nova it was my high school car that was absolutely mint and had a 383 stroker built to the hill in it! Had it in storage And one day I went to get it out and open up the door to an empty spot where my car used to be! I literally puked! I'm still looking for the car to this day every time I go to car shows and the drag strip I'm checking Vins! Lol for the time it was a fast car, my fastest time I got out of it was 9.68 at 139! Needless to say I was very disappointed because when I was going to get it out it was because I was going to give it to my oldest son for his first car! Plus I had some big money in it especially the engine! Lol But I am glad I stumbled upon your channel and I will now be watching your videos!
@@ChasingMusclecars_Mopars5150 if I come across something I will definitely let you know first! I mean I would have grand ideas but I also understand reality and my abilities! Lol!
Hello , do you know if the blue Indy truck was for sale , I was wondering...
You should of taken a leaf blower with you it would of been faster ,blowing leafs out instead of scraping them out lol😅😊❤.
Next time!
Hard for me to understand how people leave cars like this sitting out in the weather for years without doing anything with them! Basically have a junkyard in their back yard.
It’s easy to understand when you know the background. When your wife is sick the stuff you think matters doesn’t anymore. He needed income to care for her so unfortunately his shop where the car was stored needed to produce income. You do what you have to when you need to take care of your wife and kids. He just wasn’t ready to let go of the dream of restoring the car yet. We blink and 6 years goes by 🤷♂️ Luckily for this car he did let it go before it got bad.
The antenna was mounted in the rear because of the high voltage ignition
No cause of the fiberglass hood, would have caused ignition interference with radio signal
good find guys excellent cond body wise .cant wait to see it cleaned up, i am in OZ and a friend of mine had a 71 SE 383 727 challenger converted to right hand drive ,small back window white vinyl roof in a mid metalic blue color.,was super clean ,
I spotted a 440 rt plum crazy white stripes bill board in outback Australia covered in cow crap and dirt with a cowboy hauling ass down the rural back road ,iblows my mine was only few years ago ,he over took me
Play pinball
It's not for sale lol...