The pony car version of the Dodge Challenger was only around for five years (1970 to 1974). But just for the first two years could you get a big-block V8 from the factory: the 383, 440, or 426 Hemi. The seller’s nice example decodes as having a 383 cubic inch powerplant under the hood when it was new (standard equipment for an R/T). If this is a real R/T (and not one painted to look like one), the original engine is gone in favor of a 340 small-block with the triple 2-barrel carburetion set-up like the 1970 Challenger T/A.

After a promising first year, Challenger sales dropped from 77,000 units to 26,000 in 1971. Perhaps some of that downturn was attributable to the insurance companies cracking down on muscle cars. Or the market had become saturated by the time the Challenger debuted. R/T hardtops accounted for sales of just 3,800 Challengers in 1971. We’re told this Dodge runs well and has an automatic transmission with the “Pistol Grip” shifter and Limited Slip Differential.

The seller says the paint color is Hemi Orange, but no images of the cowl tag are provided to determine if this is the Challenger’s original color. The black vinyl top and interior present well and we’re told the odometer reading on this machine is under 50,000 miles. But the seller is few on words and would rather talk to you over the phone than embellish the attributes of the car in its listing.

Absent is any photo from under the hood of the 6-Pack set-up this car is said to have (a possible red flag?). And we don’t know if the engine is period correct, but they only offered the 340 through 1973 anyway. The car is said to have an aftermarket stereo system and the Dodge is offered here on eBay without a reserve (almost unheard of for a car in demand like this). If you want to see it in person, you’ll have to take a trip to San Antonio, Texas, and increase the bid from the current ante of $32,271.