Part 6 of the Mickey Thompson Challenger IV Restoration by Rory Ward at Racers Only…

It’s been a while since the last update and a lot has happened since then so I will try to catch everyone up…

The tear down begins Challenger IV sitting next to the class 12 waiting to be torn down. After unloading Challenger IV (CH4) from the trailer, which is almost a story in itself, I was able to get the car loaded onto the dolly and set it next to the class 12 race car.  The next [...]

This video is part 5 of the Mickey Thompson Challenger IV Restoration by Rory Ward. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tnc_ojpAns

This video is part 4 of Rory Ward’s Mickey Thompson Challenger IV Restoration. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfVZ3n9u0wY

Finding Challenger IV – By Rory Ward 4 years earlier I had seen this image of Challenger IV, sitting in a loft, looked to be untouched for YEARS.  I couldn’t believe the car was still in existence, figuring it had either been bought and morphed into something else or destroyed in a race, I really didn’t [...]

This video is part 3 of Rory Ward’s Mickey Thompson Challenger IV Restoration. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYvO91SmXI8

As a follow up to our recent story about Mickey Thompson’s Challenger IV by Rory Ward, we will be posting videos and info about the restoration so you can follow the progress of the project.  Below are part 1 & 2 of the ongoing video series. Part 1- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Y6EYTPP8ys Part 2- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqZ83FHq9A8

The Story of Challenger IV, By Rory Ward   It was mid to late 1977 when Mickey Thompson (MT) decided it was time to build yet another new race car for the desert.  I’m speculating that he was not too happy with the performance of his single seat “Marines” sponsored class 1 buggy so he [...]