348 tb Challenge on eBay

That car looks VERY familiar!

Its beautiful!! Thanks for the link mate.

 

Gorgeous!

 

Outstanding

 

Yep, I think that is his.

Its an awesome car!! Always has been and always will be.

 

That's a good one, should I buy it?????

 

Very cool!

 

Mad if you dont!

 

Heck yeah!! If it's in the shape it appears to be in! I wish I had en extra $52 hangin' around...I'd have a red and a black ;-)

 

It's a beaut! Someone needs to get this thing! Hell the wheels alone are worth a fortune! It prolly does need a more passive exhaust.

 

Vehicle had a duplicate title issued.. red flag?

So what's so "challenge" about this car other than the plastic cut outs and challenge wheels?

Kai

 

Actually, the 32 were preparde at the factory for the Challenge kit, which included the roll cage. There are pretty much SS cars otherwise. The factory race kit was seats, bolt-in cage, fuel and power shut off, Challenge exhaust, harnesses, fire supression and some other bits (tow hitch, etc.). It is very rare to find one that was not raced (and thrashed) in the Challenge series.

 

I owned this car before Dr. T348, and it is a good car. He did some nice upgrades, including the Challenge wheels. With regard to the prior post, though, any prospective purchaser should understand that this car WAS raced in the Challenge series, then brought back to street specs (that may be the explanation of the title issue, but I'm speculating as I do not recall any title issues when I owned the car, which was after it had been brought back to street specs). Dr. T348 posted several entries here on the history of the car, so anyone who is interested should be able to find more information about it.

 

I went today to the dealer to see and drive this car. It looks pretty good from a paint and body perspective. There are a lot of receipts and records on the car. The AC was serviced several times it seems. a 30k kit was purchased at Ricambi and installed by "Eds affordable car service", and there were a few receipts from lake forest motors for smaller things, tire services, etc. Throwout bearing and cam belt was done in 2007.
I found a leak in the clutch housing under the car. The battery was dead when i got there, but a few minutes on a tender it started right up. Let me say the car sounds SCARY. LOUD and kinda angry actually. The interior has racing belts, seats look more worn than the outside of the car. Some rock chips up front were touched up, noticeably but can pass.
I drove it, shifted well after a warm up. 2nd gear was stiff at first, then was fine. The car moves well, gets sideways in a hurry on cold tires. They said I could take for a PPI with no problems. Didnt know why the clutch housing was leaking. Was a small puddle of oil/fluid under the car and dripping on the bolts under the housing. Engine looked clean with some paint chipping off the valve covers. If you want a track car, its a scary sounding beast. Ive not heard an exhaust like this one. They guys at the dealership were very nice, brought out all the papers immediately and were knowledgable about the car.
They want $54,800, the car sold in 2004 for $55,000, so not much depreciation over 5 years and a raced car. They told me it "may have been tracked but werent sure."
As a side note, they have a very nice looking audi s6 5.2L V10 for 44K. nice car.
Nd
Nd

 

That loks like a nice car, and well documented. Definitely not for the run of the mill bottom feeding 348 buyer. Someone will get a great car.

 

I have to say I knew it was tracked but not raced. This goes to show you that you really have to do your homework on a Challenge. Last one I saw that was raced was a beater.

 

I agree that you have to do your homework (applies to all 348s, there is a ton of neglected cars out there). I went as far as tracking down the driver (Neal Heffron) that raced my car and to obtain time sheets from an independent source to confirm the limited extent of the racing and the fact it had not been involved in a "racing" incident. Neal was very straight forward and stated that the drivers at the front were not afraid to trade paint. It was a very aggressive race at the front. This is why there are so few good examples left.

Thankfully, my car never ran at the front and did not even finish on the lead lap

 

Yes, that is my old car. If anyone has questions pm me. It was raced as #57, 3rd place finisher in the '96 series by Carlos DeQuesada. Street car since. I only tracked it twice.

I don't know about the leakage in the trans. I had the triple seals done in '07 and was not leaking when I sold it. Lot's of upgrades and service in '07. The dealer should have all the paper work. There was no issue with the title. I sold it with a clear title in March. Should be legal in all 50 states. Except no cats.

 

Looks good

 

Happened to come across this picture of the 57 passing my car.

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Tried to buy the Challenge wheels from him, but he won't budge. Worth a try....