Of all the kind of neat things that hot rodding has produced over the years of its existence, the whole “body in white” thing is among the coolest. It’s one of the oldest school things that the OE manufacturers do to support racing programs and teams, basically selling them the rolling shell of a car off the assembly line so that they can make it into a racer without being encumbered by all of the factory stuff in the way. These are simply a chassis and a shell with wheels affixed in a non-permanent manner to get it around the shop and every car company out there has participated in it to some level. Even today you can buy a Ford, a Dodge, or a Chevrolet “Body in White” to make it the foundation of your race car. We love when guys do that. In fact, it’s exactly how this Challenger we found for sale on eBay began life.
Plucked off the assembly line in 2012 and sold to someone who was going to make a racer out of it, the car has never been touched. It is on the same temporary axles and tires as it was when built, not a single part of the body or interior structure has even touched, and this car is sitting here as a literal blank canvass for any hot rodder to do as they wish with it.
Most commonly these cars are made into drag racing machines. A big tire super stocker would be awesome as the end product but a killer pro touring build with some historic flare would be awesome as well.The sky is literally the limit.
The last thing we dig about this is the document that one has to sign when they buy one of these cars. Basically you are swearing (seemingly under penalty of death) that you will not make a road car out of this and that you’ll only ever race it. Check out the document and the photos below!
eBay: This 2012 Challenger body in white is an untouched canvass for any hot rodder!
Good old Americans, sign a form that will not resell it and then resell it.
Does anyone have any idea what these cost from the factory?
This thing has had water sitting in the floor pan, look at the rust…
Does the body-in-white offer the corroded floor boards at no extra cost or are they a delete option ? Just asking……….
Are the corroded floor boards a standard offering or are they a delete option ?
Note sure in Chevy offered a Nova BIW in the late 60’s, but there is a Nova built from the parts department around here that raced at US30 back in the day. It’s still around. “Nova On Sunday” has no VIN.
Oregon, Illinois…this seems to be Mo-Par City. They have two of these, one in flat white, one in pearl white.
Oregon, Illinois…Mo-Par city has or had two of these. This one, and a flat white one. They managed to source an Imperial body in white in 1983, the Mo-Par City Missile.