Dads Car ! Survivor 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 426 Hemi in Red & Ride My Car Story with Lou Costabile
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On "My Car Story" we're at the Carlisle Events in Carlisle PA on 7-14-23.
We're looking at a 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T in Rallye Red Paint. The car comes with the 426 CI Hemi V8 engine, and an automatic transmission.
The car's Owner is Rindy. Her Husband had this car since 1995. She shares her Husband passed away. She doesn’t drive the car, but likes when her Son Curtis drives it. She and Curtis enjoy rides in this car because when they go for a ride it reminds Rindy of her Husband and Curtis of his Dad.
If you’re interested in learning about the different events at the Carlisle Events, go to the website at www.carlisleevents.com
ENJOY! - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Hi, If you like this video, please click on SUPER THANKS ❤ with the $ in the middle which is the SUPER THANKS button under the video. Thank you! Lou
Awesome Challenger! Very nice to see this car as a survivor that actually gets driven,.despite the fact that it's value is into six figures. Nothing can replace that sound at the rear exhaust. Total intimidation and character. No sanitized EV can convey that.
Hi Charles, Happy to read "Awesome Challenger" :-) Lou
Charles, say what you say to the envirotards that are in the back again, just so that their collective brain cell hears the indisputable and undeniable truth of your statement.
To the extent any Challenger R/T, can be a "sleeper?" This ONE hits the mark! Absolutely love it, and by the way. I have room😊😅😂.
Hi Wayne, Happy to read "Absolutely love it" :-) Lou
What a “Holy Crap!” kinda car to find, very rare and super expensive. She’s oh so sweet, yeah ! I’m definitely a B-body Coronet lover so it sure would have been a tough decision for me but they got what they always wanted so good for them ! Another great find Lou 👍🏼
Hi Richard, Happy to read "What a "Holy Crap! kinda find" :-) My pleasure sharing this car with you, Lou
🙋♂️THANKS LOU,,RINDY,CURTIS 🙋♂️ CAMERON …WE WERE READY FOR RED / RED AND THE RIDE ALONG…AND THE HISTORY OF THIS SURVIVOR 🤗💚💚💚
Hi Budget Audiophile Life-long, My pleasure sharing this car with you. You're welcome, Lou
Lou always bringing us the best! Thanks Lou.
You're welcome David :-)
Great Challenger! You really are on a run with the survivors - wow!
This is a great example. Love the Challengers.
Thanks Lou and Rindy!
Congratulations on the 125k subscribers Lou.
Hi Jeff, Happy to read "Great Challenger!" :-) You're right, the Survivors have been showing up, so I'll keep the roll going the best I can. Appreciate the kind words on the 125K Subscribers :-) Appreciate your support, and you're welcome, Lou
Curtis is right, it's real! It looks great in red on red, and it still has the heart (& the hemi!) of a blue car, too. Thanks, Lou!
Hi TheGunfighter45acp, Happy to read you enjoy the looks and heart of this car :-) You're welcome, Lou
What beautiful lines this 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T has in red! I liked those air intakes on the hood, and the thin and elongated front grille, along with its double headlights, giving it an aggressive appearance. Interesting was the anecdote that Curtis told, about the crazy mistake of the rest of the blue paint in the trunk, haha. A beautiful red interior, such as the seats, doors or dashboard; and all seasoned with that elegant touch that only wood can give. Plus, I liked the roar its V8 Hemi engine produced! Congratulations to its owner, Rindy! Because every time her son drives her late husband's car, it brings back fond memories for both of them; and, why not, somewhere a big smile from her father! Best regards, Lou!
Hi Jaime, Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-) Ahh the sounds of the 426 Hemi :-) I agree, it's nice to have family memories when they drive this car. Thanks for viewing and sharing, Lou
Beautiful job to your family on keeping that car so beautiful. They're only original once.
Nice :-)
awesome. very high on my want list. cool as they come. and a survivor. right down my street. ❤
Hi D Wnright, Happy to read "awesome" :-) Lou
One of the coolest cars ever
High praise :-)
The guys at the factory must’ve realized, blue with a red interior that can’t be right. Good job Lou 👍
Hmmm, you might be right.
Great car!!! I couldn't help but laugh at the opening clip. 'here we go,,,,'Chirp!" Loved it.
So many of these are gone now. This one's amazing.
Hi Glen, Happy to read "This one's amazing" :-) Lou
Thanks Lou, another unique BEAST Rindy has.
Happy to share this "BEAST" with you CJ Design :-)
Hey Lou thank you for this special feature - holy grail Mopar time! Really nice, and an interesting story too. Thanks.
Hey Bruce H., My pleasure sharing this "Holy Grail Mopar" with you :-) You're welcome, Lou
Yeah Lou, another stellar story of performance and history on a true ICON of the automotive good days! Of course I'm addicted to that tire chirping action! Thanks again Lou and of course - don't stop!!
Yeah lonnyjaw, That tire chirping never gets old :-) You're welcome. My pleasure sharing with you and glad you're along for the ride, Lou
Very lovly nice car Lou, Love it as a MOPAR fan, tanx Lou.
Hi Ollie, Happy to read "Love it as a MOPAR fan" :-) You're welcome, Lou
NO WAY!!!!!!!!!! The color, the shape.... I want it!
:-)
What an amazing car.... Thank you for the detailed video... Double painted car...
Hi H Buzgon, Happy to read you appreciate this "amazing car" :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing, and you're welcome. I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this CZcams Channel, Lou
Lou, a red on red 1970 Challenger with a 426 Hemi, it does not get any better then that, glad that it is staying in the Family, and that CHIRP, glad it is staying in the Family, btw WOW!!!, cheers.
Eric, Happy to read "it does not get any better then that" :-) Cheers, Lou
Very cool, the blue paint underneath, sure is a mystery...
🤔
You're right, the blue is a mystery.
RED/RED is cool! Kinda like my Blue/Blue 69 383 Fish. Love the Mopars and the colors of the late 60's and early 70's!
Hi Gerald, Happy to read you have a fun car too :-) Lou
Wow - what an amazing piece of Mopar history- thanks for sharing!
My pleasure sharing this car with you. You're welcome J A!
Nothing like paying it forward. My son will get his great grandmothers 1968 Mustang. When he was 5 years old he “helped me” torque the main bearing bolts. With any luck. It will be a few years until that happens:)
HI MrOnemanop, Cool your Son is getting a 1968 Mustang one day :-) Lou
As good as it gets red-red and hemi power. Thanks for the ride along. Excellent as always.
Hi Greg, "As good as it gets" High praise :-) You're welcome, Lou
Goodday Lou,
What a way to end the week on a Friday night before the weekend.
Absolutely fantastic, both chrome mirrors, rallye dash, especially the colour matching rim's with the dog dish caps.
Delete bumblebee on the rear.
Conspicuous but deadly.
Love it.
What happened to you saying.
" You can put the baby to sleep with that idle "
That is your classic line.
Love the new ending as well.
Cheers
Louis Kats your number 1 Fan in Australia, Melbourne.
👍 🙂 🇺🇸 🇦🇺
Goodday Louis, Happy to read the details and sounds you enjoy on this car :-) Glad to read we have a happy ending too. Cheers and thanks for being my # 1 Fan in Australia, Lou
Louis, I hear that you also have some nice local Mopar muscle from this era in your part of the world. Also, out of curiosity, since you all have your own utes, how popular were the Chevrolet El Camino, GMC Sprint, and Ford Ranchero in your country?
Red Hemi Challenger. Thnx Lou
You're welcome Felix :-)
A true Challenger.
The original :-)
Very nice , looks good with the body color rims and caps , and shows how great a Challenger can look , so much more appealing than the boring white Vanishing point example ( in my humble opinion) .
Hi Barrycuda, Happy to read "Very nice" :-) Lou
@@loucostabileI love Vanishing Point though. 🙂
@@barrycuda3769 The real gearheads back then left these exactly as they came with 1 or 2 changes. Friend bought a new, yes, Vanishing Point white one. Only thing he did was find some wider steel wheels for the back, have them painted correctly, put the dog dish caps on, and changed all 4 tires to Coopers. They were a soft, well sticking/pavement grabbing tire at that time. Super Mags-with the white letters turned inward.
Vanishing Point, only watched them destroy a Challenger ONCE.
Awsome car Lou, looks like some fellow Missourians 👍
Hi Mike J, Happy to read you enjoy this "Awesome car" :-) Lou
Dog dishes ❤
:-)
Not a bad angle anywhere to look at this from 😊
Nice :-)
Cool Car!!!
:-)
Beautiful survivor 😍😍😍😍😍 Thanks Lou!
Hi motorTranz, Happy to read you enjoy the looks of this car :-) You're welcome, Lou
What a family heirloom. Such an amazing story and car!
Hi John, Happy to read you appreciate this "family heirloom" :-) Thank you for viewing, sharing and I believe you're going to see many more cars on this Channel you'll enjoy. Hope you Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this CZcams Channel, Lou
Believe it or not, my father ordered this car from Dodge in 1970. It was purchased new in April 1970 from Glass City Dodge in Toledo Ohio. Very few red on red Challenger RT Hemis were ever produced. I have tried to contact the current owners to purchase this car but I was informed that they were not interested in selling it back to me. My father has since passed away but I’d love to own it, restore it for the memories. That’s my sad but true story…
Hi Jeff, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Fathers car :-) Sad to read he has passed away :-( Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many cars on this Channel you enjoy! Please Subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this CZcams Channel, Lou
That's the cherry on top of great presentations this week on "My Car Story" per usual by Lou, with a red on red hemi survivor, wow - wow - wow. . . :>/
wow x 3 = Winner Car!
That Hemi chops at idle. Great sounding exhaust.
...just the way we like it :-)
Started life as a blue challenger then red. Has the right color now a beauty. A guy at my highschool in the 70s had a white hemi Challenger it was in car craft magazine. Cruising USA on Woodward. Like the wheel churp thanks for showing this beauty.😊😊
Hi Raphael, Happy to read you enjoy the right color on this car now. Thanks for sharing the story of the "White Challenger". Wheel chirp is always fun :-) You're welcome, Lou
The very first car that you get to drive in Driver: San Francisco is this exact model of Dodge Challenger. The newest one is also available in the game as well.
Thanks for viewing and sharing.
Yes,it's really a challenger....
Yes it is.
Дуже цікаве авто! І,як каже Кертіс, іздити в авто дуже весело! Дякую!
Hi Сергій, I agree, this car is a lot of fun :-) You're welcome, Lou
Great car & great people. Love the red on red.
Happy to read you enjoy this car and the people too :-)
Thats a million dollar car im guessing if everything checks out,damn fine example
Hi trillrif axegrindor, Thank you for viewing and sharing. Hope you see many more cars on this CZcams Channel you enjoy. Please subscribe, and hit the "bell" so you can see all the cars when they are uploaded on this CZcams Channel, Lou
Great car......thanks Lou
Hi Tim, Happy to read "Great car" :-) You're welcome, Lou
A guy I worked with out of high school had a challenger and always wanted to race my 67 GTO. We finally raced, twice, I beat him both times. Wasn't a Hemi though :)
Hi Kayak Uprising, Good times :-) Lou
Awesome hemi
High praise :-)
Nice 😀
Hi Michael, Happy to read you enjoy this "Nice" car :-) Lou
love that cherp into second gear.
Me too :-)
Beautiful car Lou I love the 1970 Dodge Challengers. In 1995 my Uncle Jim drug a I believe it's called R6 Red 70 Challenger R/T convertible 383 automatic out of a muddy field and restored it. So I always wanted one and then I seen the movie Vanishing Point and that made me want one even more but I got my 73 Plymouth Duster so I can't complain. Always love seeing those survivor cars.
Hi PlymouthDuster225, Happy to read this car brings back memories of your Uncle Jim's car :-) Thank you for viewing and sharing, Lou
1/2 chirp, nirvana'; cool car, thanks to all
Those "chirps" are always fun :-) You're welcome.
This car is a good example of why I prefer older cars.
NICE! Good news! You're on the right CZcams Channel for the kind of cars you enjoy.
wow
Hi Rebecca, Happy to receive a "wow" from you :-) Lou
First time that I can recall seeing an E-body with a red interior. Black or white seem to be the most common. No way they would have built a bright blue car with this interior colour, so I guess the solution was either to re-assign the blue body to a different build, or re-spray it in red and carry on with the build sequence.
Hi Martin, Thanks for sharing, Lou
👍🔥😎🔥👍
:-)
The engine bay is really clean. These cars go for a lot of money today. Where did they find it and what did they have to pay for it in the 90's?
Hi Bil, Happy to read you enjoy the cleanliness of the engine bay. Lou
whiplash red would make good name for color
That is a good name :-)
Sounds mean!
....just the way we like it :-)
Amen!
Great car, I see the car as orange with an orange interior, are both faded from the sun?
Hi Timothy, Happy to read you enjoy this "Great car" :-) Might be a bit faded, Lou
The Cuda looks amazing for a 50 + years survivor car. Looks like it still has the power to launch it down the road. Where do you find these gems Lou? 😊
It's a Challenger, not a Cuda.
@architypeone8646 my bad 😆
Hi Allan, Happy to share this one with you. I search great car shows like the Chrysler Nationals and share the ones I like with you. You should come to one of their shows, Lou
@@architypeone8646 honestly, aside from some packages and appearances being different, they are both functionally the exact same car. Any true gear head knows that to be true.
Thats my dad Curtis Baethke im cameron
Hi Cameron!
Fine car, wonderful story. I had a '73 Charger with that same paint problem, seen 3 others, now 4. Got into some decent arguments about the tag says it's light blue, the red is under three factory stickers. Monday or Friday cars.
Thanks for hunting them down and showing this.
Hi Ray 56, Hmmm, interesting you had that paint issue too. My pleasure sharing with you, and you're welcome, Lou
@@loucostabile The others I seen were at a large dealership that I was directed to when I had concerns about mine. Only 1 of the other cars was associated with them, the other 2 they had pictures of from across the country. Their problem was a customer came in wearing a gun threatening them with giving him his money back or he'd get it through a lawsuit or another way. He accused them of taking a car off the lot and painting it because he wanted a white car and they didn't have one. They showed him the tag, their paperwork, his paperwork where it left the factory as a white car.
These weren't special cars like this Challenger but run of the mill cars, his was a Fury, mine was just a little more than a lot car but only a '73 Charger SE, 3/4 vinyl opera windows, 400 4-bbl, duel exhaust, air, cruise, full power.
The dealership went bust after the next gen took it over but if I ever get to Mo.-which I don't plan on doing-I think the Charger could be sitting in a fence row and I could take pictures of it. It's one of the things I signed over to the future ex before filing for divorce, I don't think it lasted another year with the new guy and it ended up parked, son said it looked like a banana after landing on it's nose.
I wish they hadn't corrected it; then it would be a one of none B5 with red interior. B5 with white stripe & red interior - funky but patriotic. 🇺🇸
Thank you for sharing what you would prefer.
@@loucostabile I don't know about "prefer" but a one of none would be cool. 👀
Nice car, Lou! Did it have dual-quads?
Yes Jon.
Multiple colors of red.
Thanks for sharing what you notice.
Baby moon hub caps. Gotta love 'em!
Nice :-)
This car has to be up there with the Black Ghost in rarity right?
This is a rare car too. Seems the Black Ghost had a 4 Speed and quite the racing reputation.
Paited twice That's why the color difference from hood to sides
Hi Fritz, Thanks for sharing, Lou
Always charger or challenger. What about the rest?
Hi Rajesh, Type into CZcams search "My Car Story with Lou Chrysler" & "My Car Story with Lou Dodge" & "My Car Story with Lou Plymouth" & "My Car Story with Lou DeSoto" and you'll see MANY cars you'll enjoy. Make sure to watch the commercials as that's how I get paid so I can share with you, Lou
For me as non american, the 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 426 Hemi is the king of all muscle cars. What a great looking survivor. Thanks, Lou!
Long live the King! You're welcome luxor 8071
naw-dad's car was a 75 coronet custom 318 in Blue & Rust (chicken bones on back seat floor area OPTION )
Hi Dan, Thanks for viewing and sharing, Lou
Why does the door tag production date read 3-72 ?
3-70. The zero with a line through it distinguishes it from the letter O. See the sixth character in the VIN below. It's a zero to signify the model year of 1970.
I see you now have the answer.
Makes me wonder what Mark Worman would do if he had to restore a factory screw up like this.
Hmmm, not sure.
Lou, I’m sure you’re aware, “Original” is an over used word in the vintage car world, I don’t believe the video specifies if this is original paint to this car, do you know if it is?
Rich, I'm pretty sure this is "the paint" that came with the car, Lou
The owner has to get that tac fixed. Annoying seeing two in the car.
I did the same thing on my Challenger T/A shortly after I got it in high school 45 years ago. I installed an Autometer one though on my steering column. My factory tach worked, but they just weren’t that good. I’d rev the engine, the Autometer needle would jump instantly, the factory one on the IP behind it lagged.
Of course when I concours restored the car 10 years ago, I didn’t put the aftermarket tach back on, but I’m not running the car hard now either like when I was a kid either!
Thanks for sharing.
@@bradschroeder809 thanks
This is a SHAME; this car should be as original; those tires are incorrect and HIDEOUS.
Hi George, seems you've sharing what you notice, Lou
Idk where's the flip top gas cap. I never seen a screw on gas cap on a challenger before least of all an RT HEMI car
Hmmm, not sure.