Spent some time with the real Silver Bullet yesterday!

[detmatt1]

and it was pretty awesome! It will be going on loan to the WPC museum at the end of August as well as being on display at 13 and Woodward this weekend.

 

[FridayGt]

Beautiful! Thanks for the pictures man!

 

[ga66mopar]

Is this the original body or engine? I love the look of that car

 

[detmatt1]

It is the original body including fiberglass doors fenders and trunklid. I was told this was originally a 440 factory test mule of a car and Chrysler actually arranged for the fiberglass parts to be made. Back in the day this car had several different engines in it and where those ended up is pure speculation. There is a clone locally that claimes to have one of the early engines used in the car, but I don't think it can be verified.

 

[Al K]

Thanks,Matt;one of my favorite cars! Hope things are going well down on Woodward;it's a circus(but,a circus should be fun,right?) here at Back To The Bricks. LOTS of nice Mopars,and I've got pics! I'm too busy enjoying myself to get pics out;I'll deal with that this weekend. I may come down to Woodward Friday night;we'll see how things go.

 

[gts340]

Cool! I have always really like that car. What a beast.

 

[HitIt]

Awesome. That car is incredible, thanks for the pics.

 

[Ron 73]

Thanks Matt, That must have been a real MOPAR buzz looking at that! my wife when i showed her the engine didn't seem impressed, i told her look at the valve cover in relationship to the guys hand, WOW was the reply.... Real cool machine there!!

 

[696pack]

Who is the current owner of this car? There seems to be some question as to who owns the real one throughout the Internet.

 

[ga66mopar]

Here's a good read

http://www.myrideisme.com/Blog/woodward-aves-silver-bullet-last-words/

 

[kidsixpack]

Matt
Is the car still owned by Harold? I'm thinking yes!
KID

 

[detmatt1]

Yep, Harold Sullivan is the current owner and I think he's owned it for around 8 years or more.

 

[rlsbee]

Just seein' a picture is..... oh, I dunno...kinda spiritual.
:icon_pray:

 

[OG max wedge]

that car is awesome, i owned one of those back in high school in 1976... sure wish i had one now...

 

[alleyoopmgv]

Very cool detmatt1! That's a lot of Mopar history right there!

 

[1badgtx]

Now that my friends is truely badass....That would be almost as exciting as seeing Richard Pettys 66 Belvedere...Makes me want to repaint my car!!!NOT!!!!Thanks for the pics!!!
Petty Blue 67 gTx

 

[detmatt1]

Here's a good read

http://www.myrideisme.com/Blog/woodward-aves-silver-bullet-last-words/

That was a good read, thanks.

 

[Propwash]

Pretty cool Matt! Pretty cool indeed....

 

[Meep-Meep]

That's a great story. I had no idea! Now I MUST go to Detroit and visit the bullet!!!

 

[Revhendo]

Thanks Matt. That car is truely an icon. It's one of the cars that got me into this whole mess. Along with the Vanishing Point Chally and of course the Bullit Charger. Then there was this article in Hot Rod about a SS Dart.......