Just like the 1969 Charger R/T from the other day, another one of Mr. Norm’s own has turned up on eBay. This time, it’s a 1970 Challenger T/A that came from the famous dealer at the corner of Grand and Spaulding in Chicago. The car’s documented survivor status and unique options have the bidding already over $25,000 with the reserve unmet. The Challenger is available here on eBay in Michigan with nine days left to bid.

From the day it showed up on Mr. Norm’s lot, this T/A has led an interesting life. The car was stolen during Fourth of July weekend and partially stripped, but was later recovered and put back together as new. As a new 1970 model, the Challenger was an unusual find in 1971, and caught the eye of a Navy doctor’s son named Jeff who recently moved to Chicago. No stranger to fast rides, the young driver traded his 1966 Oldsmobile 442 for the T/A and added a few options: rear window defogger, trunk light, steering-column mounted Sun tachometer and hood lock pins.

Jeff installed additional upgrades shortly thereafter, including Tri-Y headers, mag wheels, traction bars, and hijacker shocks. The T/A would be put into daily driver duty, with the doctor’s son accumulating 30,000 miles driving between Maryland and Chicago. Soon thereafter, the car was sold to its second owner who looked after the special car as carefully as the first. “Doc” kept extensive documentation, from fuel fill-ups to paperwork validating his efforts to preserve Mr. Norm’s special ride. The car was used strictly as a summer/fair-weather cruiser, and Doc kept every part he replaced on the T/A. Aside from new headers and fatter tires and wheels, the car stayed true to its original form. In 1980, he had the car re-sprayed in its original Go Mango finish.

In 2008, the car went home with its third owner. The original vinyl roof was re-installed, continuing a pattern of collectors maintaining authenticity. The car retains the original exhaust, which sound as aggressive today as it did when it left Mr. Norm’s lot in 1971. In addition, the numbers-matching 340 powerplant is connected to the desirable four-speed transmission. Sadly, the tranny isn’t numbers matching, but the car’s other mechanical attributes make up for it: 3:91 Posi, power disc brakes, and manual steering.

Whoever has the luck to take this rare T/A home, will also receive the vehicle’s original registration, keys, bill of sale, MSO, and two build sheets. The celebrated 340 Six Pack puts down 290 b.h.p. and comes with the original Mr. Norm’s mechanical throttle linkage and dual point distributor curved by Gary Dyer. Although it seems like lighting has struck twice with another one of Mr. Norm’s cars coming to market, we doubt there are too many more of these factory hot rods hiding out in the garages and barns of fanatic Mopar collectors.