Original Challenger and Barracuda 1970–1974 · Jim Schild

Jim Schild’s «Original Challenger and Barracuda 1970–1974 — The Restorer’s Guide», Motorbooks 2003. The factory standard for the E-body models from Dodge and Plymouth, year by year and part by part.

Motorbooks’ «Original» series is not a picture book but a restoration reference: for every model year it shows how the car left the factory — which colours there were, which fasteners, which decals, where the numbers are stamped. Anyone doing a faithful restoration or judging a car works from these volumes. That is exactly why they are out of print and expensive.

For every model year from 1970 to 1974: correct parts, paint colours, trim and brightwork, plus close-ups of the places where originality shows — markings, fasteners, wiring looms, decals. According to the back cover, 128 pages, illustrated throughout, with details for every body variant.

This volume is out of print and rarely offered. What that means for the price is in the key facts below and at length in the check field — I did not estimate the figure, I looked it up.

• Jim Schild: «Original Challenger and Barracuda 1970–1974»
• Motorbooks International, 2003
• The Restorer’s Guide, 128 pages
• ISBN 978-0-7603-1469-2
• Illustrated throughout
• Language: English
• Out of print

Good. Text block tight, all pages clean, no markings, no owner’s name. The cover is slightly bumped at the edges.