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elliemae1234 · ‎05-21-2018

1970 Dodge Challenger

eBay item number:

323257583322

listed as "numbers matching", original 318 motor. I asked the seller for the vin#, as the fifth digit of a 1970 Dodge Challenger tells what the original motor is. JH23C0B355052 is what the seller sent to me. The fifth digit tells what motor the car came with. In this the "C" is a 226 6 cylinder car, not a 318 V8. A 318 V8 would have a "G" as the fifth digit... Source: challengerspecs dot com

elliemae1234 · ‎05-21-2018

Now seller says it is a "G" on the title..... THAT IS WHAT I ASKED WHEN HE SAID IT WAS A "C".. LOL..... What a newbie.....

legitimate_bidder · ‎05-21-2018

Seller sounds like a real A.

marinermikes · ‎05-22-2018

Sounds like a honst mistake. I didn't think they ever put a slant six in a Challenger.

legitimate_bidder · ‎05-22-2018

Mike, we're talking Chrysler here...they put those anemic little 6's in everything, including trucks- AND the Challenger! Check this out:

http://www.curbsideclassic.com/automotive-histories/automotive-history-oddity-1971-dodge-challenger-...

I agree though...probably just an honest mistake on the seller's part

mr.elmwood · ‎05-22-2018

48 year old VIN? Dirt, re-paint, slight mis-stamp, maybe someone was calling it out? A lot of reasons someone could get it wrong.

I had a small part, yesterday. Is that first character an "8" or a mis-stamped "R"? Bottom 1/3 was missing.

Toyota and Nissan like to use a mixture of letters and numbers. Is that a "0" or an "O"?

Looks to me like the seller is acting as an agent for someone else. Cut the seller some slack, they just made a mistake.

legitimate_bidder · ‎05-22-2018

"Hey Pedro, read me that VIN number, will ya?"

O-Kayie. Jay. aich. twenty-three. gee..."

Did you say G?"

"Si"

"Oh, C..."

mr.elmwood · ‎05-22-2018

Pretty much.

ripsmc · ‎05-22-2018

My books shows the slant 6 was available in the Challenger although for the life of me I can't see why someone would choose that option. Go big; 440 or Hemi. No substitute for cubic inches.

My ex-brother in law had a Challenger with the slant 6 in it back in the day. It was kind of a dreary looking car. Plain wheels and the most hideous shade of chocolate brown ever. Smoke the tires; not really.