Challenge Rally Car?

I use Firefox for the site - but apparently I haven't been told how hard it is to view the ads.

Reading comprehension, on the other hand, not so good . However, you could weld the cage into the Charger, a bolt-in cage is simple a weld-in that hasn't been welded yet! It's also still for sale unless I'm somehow missing the information that says that it isn't. So it's a good starting point for someone to put some effort into.

The two cars were not the result of a carefully analyzed, week-long search. They're the results of a couple of minutes of paging through one website. Okay, they're not perfect - although I will maintain that the Charger is caged and logbooked, it's just not a legal cage at this point. I think the right car could be found, but like all the best Challenge competitors, it's not going to simply appear like magic.

HiTempguy wrote: Unless the pricing is VERY challenge friendly (we are talking sub $1k) getting the door bars, plus fixing the body damage (which you don't specify, so I take that to be it ain't just a fender), then adding some performance parts to it will get you a slow challenge car. And a car that still isn't stage rally worthy.

Well, I bought the car fresh from a stage rally event in '03, so it isn't far from stage rally worthy. It had a little mishap out on stage, but was still driveable and I picked it up with the damage for $3K. I got it with cage, skidplates, a built bottom end and Group A cylinder head, seats, rally computer, intercom, spill kit, extinguisher, as well as the usual rally boatload of spares.

I pulled the built engine and I am in the process of dropping a stock injected twincam in. I am keeping some of the spares, but not all and have since sourced the body parts needed (front fenders, hood, grille, headlights.) The frame is straight and the cage wasn't even touched. The upper rad support is a bit wiggly (I bent is almost all the way back straight) One of the fenders may need a few shims to line up totally straight. I also have a spare roof, doors, and core support I was going to sell with it.

The logbook suggests the belts need to be re-webbed, and the cage has single door bars (stock door bars still intact) but I believe that stage rally now requires x-door bars or a second bard dropping down from the halo to the floor.

It will need a windshield. It seemed like a fair buy at $3K, and without the race engine but with all the needed sheetmetal, challenge priced is probably what I will be looking to get for it.

The best starting point for a challenge car? Maybe not, but there are many worse starting points for rally. Or you could look on Club4AG or eBay and buy one of the beat-up, stock, worn-out singlecam AE86s from a Californian kid for $3500 if you think my car is a poor buy. :D

So no, no-work-required stage rally cars for challenge prices aren't thick on the ground, but there are a bunch of starter rally cars for sub-$5K out there, and some that need work will be challenge priced.