When I was about ten years old , a guy in my neighborhood had a Dodge Challenger, it was either a '73 or '74 model, so it was near new , and very rare for where I lived , it was banana yellow with black vinyl roof , and black interior, probably a 318 .When I first saw it,I was stunned by how cool it looked, and I often went for a walk just to go and stare at it , I was a big fan of Challengers because of that car . Later on in 1981 , a young guy that I worked with bought a 1970 Challenger , 318 , maroon, black interior, it cost him $9995 , which was a lot of money for then , he ended up putting a 440 in it .The yellow one also ended up with a big block , and was crashed badly, so I heard.
Those are cool stories, Barry. Were those cars right hand drive? Someone around here has a right hand drive 67-69 Barracuda. It's a mind-bender for those that first see it.
@@LongIslandMopars No , they were left hand drive .The rules these days are that a LHD car doesn't have to be converted to RHD , if its 40 years old or older , but back in the seventies there weren't so many rule makers, and probably nobody cared.There were a lot of American RHD cars sold new here , like tri five Chevs, Impalas, Pontiacs , Galaxies, almost entirely all 4 door sedans , and mostly from Canada , and compact Fairlanes from Australia. That RHD Barracuda you mentioned, may have been built in Canada and meant to be sent to South Africa ? , they got more exotic mopars there than we did. It's been recognized for many years that NZ has the largest number of Classic American cars of any country outside of America, and that number keeps getting bigger.
@@LongIslandMopars At the moment, one us dollar equals $1.64 nzd , not bad 🙂. Did you see my recommendation of the video that's all about the history of the Shaker Run Capri ?
