![\"1970](\"https:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PinkyPromise_IMG001.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nA quick history lesson: In the late ’60s, the Sports Car Club of America had muscle cars competing wheel to wheel in the Trans American Championship; what we now know as the Trans Am series. Mustangs, Camaros, Javelins and Challengers were campaigned by some of the biggest names in racing. But, to be legal, the racecars had to be based on actual production cars. So, to get the parts they needed for racing, Dodge created the Challenger T\/A, which featured a small block 340 V8 and topped it with a Six Pack of carbs. The spoilers, functional hood scoop and side dump exhaust were all destined for the track, but had to be on the street car per the rules. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"1970](\"https:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PinkyPromise_IMG002.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\u201cEvery number matches,\u201d Dwight says. \u201cThe car was torn down in the ’70s to be modded and go racing. Luckily, they never got around to it. It was bought in the ’90s and put back to original. It is the most original car I\u2019ve ever owned. Even the windshield wiper motor is original!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
![\"1970](\"https:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PinkyPromise_IMG003.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe first thing you\u2019ll notice is the Panther Pink paint. Bursting with attitude, it may not be for everyone, but it can\u2019t be ignored. That\u2019s one of the things that makes this car so unique: Dwight says, \u201cNo one knows for sure, but it appears this is one of only 12 pink T\/As ever built.\u201d That\u2019s exclusive company. To put it in perspective, when Dodge did the modern pink equivalent for 2010, they made 1,527 Furious Fuchsia Challengers, and of those, 287 were the highest performance SRT\u00ae<\/sup> versions here in the States. 23 times as many as the original T\/A cars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Collectors love documentation and Dwight has the original broadcast sheet. \u201cPlus, a Mopar\u00ae<\/sub> judge did a two-day inspection, going over every nut and bolt,\u201d he says. That report is also included in the sale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course, exclusivity tends to equate with higher prices and if you want to own a nearly perfect, one of about a dozen, Panther Pink 1970 Challenger T\/As, there aren\u2019t exactly a bunch of them to choose from. Mecum\u2019s team is estimating the hammer price for this could be between $160,000 and $190,000. Star Car indeed! This is Lot #F269<\/a> and is scheduled to cross the block Friday, January 14th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Every Mecum auction is full of amazing cars, but the best of the best are labeled \u201cStar Cars.\u201d When you see that tag, you can be sure that it\u2019s a top-notch ride. Today, we\u2019re looking at a very special Star Car: a 1970 Dodge Challenger T\/A. I got to take a few minutes and talk with Dwight McMinn to get the backstory on the car he\u2019s offering at Mecum Kissimmee. A quick history lesson: In the late ’60s, the Sports Car Club of America had muscle cars competing wheel to wheel in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":58659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[497],"tags":[1939,2948,1144],"class_list":["post-58663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-auctions","tag-dodge-classics","tag-mecum"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PinkyPromise_Feature.png","icon_selection":"article","external_link":"","featured_article":[],"upload_background_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58663"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58684,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58663\/revisions\/58684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"1970](\"https:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/PinkyPromise_IMG004.png\")
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n