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As I have been reading up on the rareity of the 1970 Challenger TA Pink Panther colored cars some interesting facts are all of them were built as 340 six pack cars ( 3-2 bbl carbs) and Panther Pink was a rare color combination. In the second article the reference is made there could be less than 100 Panther Pink TA's made. This old body needs rust repair and I have tried to show many of the parts that go with the car. I have a 1971 440 engine and 4spd transmission the buyer could have for $1000 over and in addition to the price of the car if they are interested. I paid $1700 for both about four years ago. I am not very knowledgeable about these cars and that is why I have found some facts to help describe the car and the rare color combination. The fender tags decode as a 340 six pack bucket seat , console and automatic car in FM3 Panther Pink. The car came to us as boxes of parts and the interior I belive is suppose to be black . But the bucket seat and rear seat cores look good to recover. 1970 Challenger Production Numbers Challenger 6 Cylinder 8 Cylinder Total 2 Door Hardtop 9,929 36,953 46,880 SE 350 5,873 6,223 Convertible 378 2,543 2,921 Total 10,657 45,367 56,024 Challenger R/T 383 440 440 - 6 426 HEMI Total 2 Door Hardtop 9,067 2,802 1,640 287 13,796 S/E 2,522 875 296 60 3,753 Convertible 692 163 99 9 936 Total 12,281 3,840 2.035 356 18.512 Challenger T/A 340 - 6 Auto 4-Speed Total 2 Door Hardtop All 1,410 989 2,399 Grand Total Total All 76,935 Here is yet another article from the AAR / TA Registry Q) How many AARs and T/As were built? A) The generally accepted numbers are 2,724 for AARs (1604 automatic & 1120 4-speed) and 2,400* for T/As (1411 automatic & 989 4-speed). But the real answer is that nobody knows for sure. There are at least two reasons for this. 1) The way Chrysler kept its records. Chrysler kept records of the numbers built of a particular model which they call "shipments". This is an exact number. They also kept track of the percentage of cars equipped with an option for that model. This percent was rounded off to one decimal place. The Trans Am package was an option (A53) on the 'Cuda and Challenger model lines. So you take the number of shipments times the percentage of cars equipped with an option to come up with your answer. Here's the formula. Shipments (known) x Cars Equipped with Option (rounded) = Answer (derived value) The problem is that rounded number. To use an actual example: There were 38,091 Challengers built. 6.3% of those came with the Trans Am package. Doing the math gives you 2400 T/As built. But so does any number from 2381 thru 2418. For the AAR the derived numbers are 2716 thru 2732. So that's reason number one. 2) The second reason is that these numbers are for US spec cars only. Thanks to my friend Barry Washington of the Challenger T/A Registry I can now provide you with Canadian AAR & T/A build numbers. Keep in mind that neither of us claim that these numbers are correct. 2,400 T/As 118 T/As 1,411 Automatic 75 Automatic 989 Manual 43 Manual 2,724 AARs 149 AARs 1.604 Automatic 85 Automatic 1,120 Manual 64 Manual In a related note, most of these cars were built between March 10th and April 21st, 1970. There are a few exceptions though. So now you know. Aren't you glad you asked? * I have heard that Galen Govier has started using 2520 for the number of T/As built. I assume that number includes Canadian Spec (Y07) cars. Q) How many AARs and T/As were built in each color? A) Again the answer is, nobody knows. And it's only partially for the same reasons listed in the first question above. The real problem is you can't determine what percentage of cars equipped with an option were equipped with another option (and which paint color you chose was an option). According to Mopar guru Galen Govier in his By The Numbers column in the October, 2000 issue of High Performance Mopar. "There isn't a separate (Option and Accessories) report for the AAR 'Cuda because it's an option (A53) on the 'Cuda hardtop. That's why no one can tell you how many FM3 AAR 'Cudas were built, because the paint is on one line (of the report) and the AAR Package is on another line. The only combinations that were calculated were engine, transmission and axle ratios, including Sure-Grip". What I can tell you is the relative popularity of a color based on the numbers registered with the AARchives and the T/A registry. I'll break it down into four categories; common, popular, uncommon and rare. Only about 32% of AARs are accounted for here and around 35% of T/As. AARs Very Common - FE5, FY1 Common - EB5, EF8, EK2, EV2, EW1, FC7, FF4, FJ5, FK5 Uncommon - FJ6, FM3 Rare - TX9 Very Rare - BL1, DY3, EB3, EB7, FT6, FY4 T/As Very Common - EV2, FC7, FE5, FY1 Common - EB5, EK2, FJ5, FJ6, FK5, FM3 Uncommon - EB3, EF8, EW1, FF4 Rare - BL1, DY3, FT6, FY4, TX9 Very Rare - EB7 While I'm at it, let's destroy a popular myth here. There were a lot more than 28 T/As made in FM3 Panther Pink. With only about 35% of all T/As accounted for in the T/A registry there are already more than double that. Sold as is with no warranties or guarantees. , On Nov-25-11 at 19:46:17 PST, seller added the following information: I want to add the car has a clean Oklahoma title that matches the vin tag of the car.An ebay member asked if the vin is on the radiator support or cowl and I have notseen them. However we do have the fender tags as shown , the vin tag and againa clean title. Just wanted to include this.