New Jc Penney Manufactory F/X Super Stock Manufactory Fiberglass Bumpers, Hood, Fenders, Doors, Decklid Together With Dash Option.(Possibly) The Respond To The Nhra Ban On Manufactory Aluminum Trunk Parts. I Was Ordered, Together With And Then The Nhra Banned Manufactory Fiberglass Bodies.
The master copy JC Penny race automobile named the "Penny Pincher".
It was used to promote the stores trouble of A/FX automotive products.
Documentation states that inwards 1965, the factories weren't allowed to operate aluminum trunk parts on the cars anymore. So they offered the '65 lightweights alongside acid-dipped trunk panels.
Chrysler interpreted the rules inwards their ain way, in addition to the rules specified no aluminum. However, NHRA didn't say anything almost using fiberglass panels on their altered-wheelbased cars, but inwards companionship to produce that they had to offering fiberglass on their regular (un-altered) wheelbase cars every bit an option.
As it turns out, the fiberglass was completed simply earlier the NHRA ruled that fiberglass in addition to altered-wheelbase cars would non live on allowed. The fiberglass programme was summarily scrapped afterwards the ruling, but for a real brusque catamenia of time, fiberglass remained an selection on the standard, un-altered race cars, in addition to alone 1 was ordered alongside this option, the automobile used past times JC Penny.
It's a automobile alongside aluminum door hinges, fiberglass fenders, doors, hood, decklid, bumpers in addition to fifty-fifty the dash. It too has Corning plexiglass windows. This automobile may live on the alone 1 of its type inwards existence.
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in addition to it sold for alone 73k inwards 2014 at the Barrett Jackson auction. They tried Ebaying it concluding May, http://www.cafr.ebay.ca/itm/1965-Dodge-Coronet-/162073407716 in addition to it doesn't look to accept gotten whatever bids.
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Events/Event/Details/1965-DODGE-CORONET-FACTORY-A/FX-SUPER-STOCK-CAR-162824
the novel possessor is of course of written report alone interested inwards it every bit an investment in addition to missed the obvious clue that no 1 wanted to pay to a greater extent than for it than they did... in addition to tried to sell it for 150k. Well, that didn't concluding long, in addition to inwards alone three years, they've dropped the cost past times almost half, in addition to forthwith they are alone trying to recoup costs, in addition to it's listed for sale alongside almost 10% markup every bit a finders fee. Still no buyers.
So, if all of this is a fact, why isn't in that place whatever history of this automobile online?
It's supposed to live on mentioned inwards the May 1968 Car Craft, but, I'll accept to meet if I accept that effect to verify that
