Hola!! New to site. One owner '70 Challenger - EL HEMI

Postby EL HEMI » 14 Jan 2005 17:32

Barry Washington turned me to this great message board!! Thought I share our story w/you guys. My brother Gus and I are the proud owners of "El HEMI". Car was ordered by my father during our stay in Detroit. Go to www.elhemi.com for more details. A life-long dream will come to reality this Summer at Carlisle when we debut the car :lol: .

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Postby mopar steve » 14 Jan 2005 18:16

Very nice! :nod:
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Postby PPPFFF » 14 Jan 2005 21:16

I remember reading about this car last year. Great car! Patrick :wink:
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Postby Christer » 15 Jan 2005 8:09

What can I say? El Magnifico!!!! :s017: It must be very rare with a hemi-car that has belonged to the same family since it was bought new. As close as you can get to a one owner car. I liked the photo when you were driving in the snow. Quite hard to get the ponies down under such conditions, eh :s004: Good luck!
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Postby dave-r » 15 Jan 2005 12:14

Amazing story. Amazing car. Amazing work getting it back to new condition. Amazing web site. Amazing owners. 8)

That was the easiest way to sum it all up. :wink:

Thanks for showing us this and sharing your story with us. And thanks to Barry for pointing you in this direction. 8)
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Postby Chrippa » 15 Jan 2005 17:15

Very nice car you got there , found your site quite a while ago , must say i am jelous :wink:

All bow for El Hemi 8)

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Postby Joakim » 17 Jan 2005 12:03

Great car :thumbsup:
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Postby Brant » 17 Jan 2005 14:47

AWESOME! love the vintage photo. Absolutely Beautiful car. Those Hemi's sure look big (and scary) when you stand beside them – on your website.
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Postby ChallengeThis340 » 21 Jan 2005 20:10

Wow, the picture of the car with the slotted mags and 340six pack hood scoop looks MEAN! In either variation it looks great though!
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Postby EL HEMI » 22 Jan 2005 17:28

Guys, thank you for the complements. Attached find a vintage photo from 1972 in Daytona , Florida.....dyas before the car was put on a vessel to Venezuela.

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Postby Fat Tony » 24 Jan 2005 9:37

So Cool !!!! :thumbsup:
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Postby Christer » 21 Dec 2005 5:32

I just love happy endings, at least when it comes to Challengers..... :D :) :P :mrgreen: :s002: :s004: :s009: :s017: :s024: :nod: :biggrin: :lol2: :wink2: (Scan from Mopar Action, February 2006)

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EL HEIM

Postby 71 pacecar » 22 Dec 2005 2:13

Hi i seen your car in carlisle this year . The car looks great Rick did a beautiful job on it . hope to see it next year .All the best in the new year :thumbsup:

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I remember that car!!!

Postby Kelly » 08 Jan 2006 0:53

I remember reading an article about that car in Mopar Muscle when it firsta arrived in the states (I was about 14..) That car inspired me to take the revell-monogram challenger kit and stuff the hemi engine it...I painted it red and painted the t/a hood just like the pictures of El Hemi coming out of the shipping crate...
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