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Massive Mopar Promo Collection

One of the members of a promo group on Facebook posted photos of this collection he attempted to buy in 2021.  It didn't work out.  I had the good fortune to talk with the owner of the collection.  He's decided to liquidate it via Ebay, and started doing so in the Spring of 2022.  Time to enjoy the grandkids!

Part of the collection was accumulated in the early 70's as his friend's family had a Plymouth dealership.  More were accumulated around 2000 when the family that owned the dealership gifted him some cars and other memorabilia.  The rest was added in the early 2000's.  For those of us who've been around awhile, the good news here is that the owner is a died-in-the-wool Mopar guy and has been all his life, not some millenial techie with super deep pockets (sorry if that offends you millenials but the rest of us understand what I mean here).  So far I've been fortunate enough to add a few of these to my collection.

Seeing giant collections like this is very humbling for me.

White '70 Challenger

Ever seen a white Challenger?

This one belongs to Roger Gilmore and he graciously shared these photos.  If you do a Google search, this car will pop up but with a partial set of stickers attached.  Roger purchased this on Ebay several years back, and cleaned it up quite a bit.  He's seen a picture of one other, but it didn't have the original box.  So there are at least two.  Anyone else have one or know of one?

And then there were three.....

This one popped up in a Facebook group dedicated to promo models in May 2020, then quickly found it's way to Ebay.  I spoke to the owner who first listed it on Ebay.  He bought it (presumably quite cheaply) at a storage unit clean out sale, as he described it "sitting on a pile of junk".  Condition is good- scratched windshield, sligthly UV faded passenger side, small gash on roof.  Note the Drivers Education stickers.  Hmmmm.

And white '70 Chargers?  Roger knows of two, both without boxes.  One he saw at a toy show in Toledo years ago, and it was missing the exhaust tips.  He saw a photo of the other, which is in the hands of a collector.  Anyone else have one? 

Purple '69 GTX

For those in the know, Plymouth didn't offer "In Violet" on any of it's cars until 1970. And this color wasn't available on '69 or '70 GTX promos either.  The car is clearly a legitimate promo and came from the estate of a Plymouth product planner.  Perhaps a gift from Plymouth or Jo-Han?  Likely one of a kind.......

 .............. or maybe not?  Ignore the Torino promo, and check out this box.  There were apparently at least two of these purple met. '69 GTXs made.  

Another odd-ball '69 GTX box and color.  Again, ignore the Mustang.  There were no regular orange '69 GTX promos.  Anyone have a "Monaco Orange" '69 GTX?  Thanks to Jan Saalberg for these images. 

Here's another box of that same style.  Note that the normal white for '69 GTX's was "Alpine White".  So, we have extremely rare plain white '69 GTX boxes with colors and names that are outside the norm.  Can anyone help solve the mystery?  Thanks to Steve Engeman for the photo