If you like graveyards and blurry pictures, this might be the ad for you! This 1970 Dodge Charger SE 500 is for sale here on eBay. It is located in Woodstock, Ohio. The Charger has less than 2 days remaining in the auction and this car has been bid to $30,855 after only 10 bids. In 1970, SE was an abbreviation for Special Edition which added some luxury trim options and could be ordered with the 500 or R/T model.
The car was originally equipped with a 383 cubic inch V8 engine and was upgraded to a 440 cubic inch V8 Mopar Signature Block to give it a little more pep. The owner has all the receipts for the engine work as well as the transmission, rear end and some suspension improvements. The engine was balanced and is claimed to produce 598 horsepower and 632 lb ft of torque. Power is sent to the 3.54 rear gears via a 727 3 speed automatic transmission.
The tan interior contrasts well with the F8 dark green exterior. The automatic transmission is controlled via a column mount shifter. An aftermarket radio is installed in the pristine dash. The carpet looks used and dirty and could use a cleaning or replacement. The factory steering wheel is wrapped in an aftermarket kit that we used to put on all cars back in the 1970’s. There are aftermarket gauges mounted under the dash. I don’t know how someone can read those that low under the car while driving.
The paint is said to be driver quality with some rust showing in areas that were previously repaired in the front fenders and lower quarters. The black vinyl top is said to be in good shape with no bubbling. The gauges, horn and seat belt buzzer still work. The suspension has been gone through and and updated. The glass looks good and there are several pictures of the trunk which looks solid.
You have to hope that the seller’s car care skills are better than his photography skills.
598 HP and 632 Foot pounds of torque, if that is true that car would be a beast to handle. I would have to see the built sheet to see how that got that power. Not impossible but darn expensive and prone to failure if not put together with high-end parts.
Not from a stock stroke 440 I can tell you that.
Not from a stock stroke 440 I can tell you that.
You can say that again!!
Touche’ lol
A cemetery is where the drivers of many of these ended up prematurely, so the setting is fitting. The smart people stuck with the stock engine choices and drove responsibly. After all, engineers are smart people, that is why they made the standard configurations the way they were. This is just a front heavy death trap.
Uggggggh.
That must be caveman speak to say you agree fully. Nice to be agreed with Mr Caveman.
I’d leave those cave guys out of this…they get pretty mad when you call them “cavemen”.
i mean its not like they came from the factory with a 440 or any…
oh, right. You don’t know what you’re talking about.
Chunky, you need to not only read, but at least make the attempt to comprehend. I said STANDARD engines. The 440 was far from that. The performance engines were frowned upon by the vast majority of engineers as they felt the standard ones were the best balanced and the most practical. The crazy engines were forced upon them because the money men liked the profits. The love of money is the root of all evil, right from the good book children. Pay heed.
He’s a long time antagonist here Chunk. A lonely douchebag who has a major crush on Steve R especially. He spews the same drivel regardless of whatever retarded moniker he/she attempts to hide behind. Simply “impotent” would be a more than adequate username.
There were two 440s for 1970, the U-code 375 horse that was the standard R/T motor, and the V-code 390 horse Six-BBL.
The engineers saw fit to offer the 426 Hemi in their cars. All of them, even A bodies, were designed for the bigger engines.
Unlike the Morton Thiokol engineers, nobody “forced” Chrysler’s engineers to design, build, or sell anything that was inherently unsafe. Doing so invites a ginormous lawsuit.
This would be a nice one, its up over 35k,and ends tomorrow,its probably stroked to at least 500 cubes to get that massive power output ,this would be a great weekend cruiser and occassionally 1/4 mile stormer!
Sold with a high bid of $40,100.
Steve R