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Originally Posted by Jeff Teuton
We got our orders and about eight or ten more for people on our dealer #. I did however email NHRA about the status of the acceptance of the car and I called Mopar Performance about just what was in the car that was going to be about $35K each to my parts account. But since I have only been racing NHRA since 1959 and only been a Dodge Dealer since l968, I didn't get a response from either. Ain't life grand?
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My experience so far:
I called the NHRA tech line back when the car was premiered at Denver.........they said it will be in the classification guide in 09.........I didn't follow up when the email came from Donato in September.....I waited like everyone else for the guidlines that didn't get released till 10/17 or so.....I did follow up after I printed the application out...Kind of tough to guess which motor..still nothing from Chrysler to get the process started.....I picked one and rolled the dice....I would only be able to build one car, and at that, it would be a crapload of money for me......I might have to part ways with my # matching 70 challenger rt/se, or my 78 lil red.....But you only live once....The 68 cars adjusted for inflation, were about the same as this, but they were much more complete!
If you look at it from the turnaround guys viewpoint(cerebus), and make the assumption that the Challenger line is flat out, this program could be a loss leader, but you could make it up on the free marketing/advertising side....but only if you can cover the costs. Along the way, after July, the economy continued to tank, then tanked some more, then crashed and burned with the credit saga, then the bailout debacle and the turnaround guys laid of a bunch of people, some of the architects of the program(Donato) included, and finally released the ordering info! With Cerebus all the time in the background trying to parachute out, making sure to look out for sky colored patches, it an interesting time.
If anyone knows who at Chysler is putting together the tech forms so that the NHRA can get a rating on the 3 new motors, I would like to see if they could submit the forms for the not only the Package car, but the street versions, and they would win me as a friend for life if they would submit for the 78 lil red express truck. I will do the legwork for free!
As I am sure I am not alone, I don't want to spend 35 or so grand for a project that needs pretty much everything, and be forced to run .90 classes.....nothing against the .90 classes...
Eric Merryfield