[James Cowley (Squeek360)]

this is our 74 challenger that will soon (after I finish the cars for my son's lol) be undergoing a complete restoration :>)

[Dave-R (Roppa440)]

Hard to tell from that photo but it looks very complete and very original. What sort of condition is it in?

[James Cowley (Squeek360)]

yes it is very original and complete , even has the far too often missing fnt valence "grill insert" and trim. the front seats are torn and tattered , and the dashpad has some ugly cracks on the top in the usual places :>( , the headliner was destroyed to the point where I just took it right out and stored the bows , the door panels are rough , but hopefully cleanable. and , for some reason , there is no t handle shifter yet it is a slapstick (we've discussed this before lol). the rear fender wells are rotted to the point where at least they will require lower quarter patch panels (I've heard that full quarters loose alot of the body line crispness in the repro so hopefully I'll be able to patch it in below the body line). fenders and doors are quite solid with minimal rust and are salvagable. other than that , the frame is solid , only a small rust area in the drivers flood board. hood hinge mounting area is showing signs of rust , and the rear shackle mounts are slightly bending into the trunk. When I purchased her (6 years ago) the engine had 102 miles on a fresh (still standard bore) rebuild with a new crankshaft and camshaft.I've put on approximately 1300 miles since I bought it , I'd have to check my bill of sale to be precise.It also had a freshly built 727 and recently re-done diff. engine and trans are #'s matching to the car (don't know if there is a way to tell if the diff is ??). So , I've got a fair amount of work ahead of me to do it right , but it's an extremely solid and complete restoration project :>) and , fortunately I have 2 dusters to restore first for the kids for practice to make sure I hone the resto skills for challenger :>) It was painted once , following a minor fender bender , and the passenger fender was replaced , and at that time , the guy painted over the v7w stripe and added mouldings. After I looked on the "challenger pages" 74 section at the purple car with the propper stripe , I removed a mirror and could see the top portion of the stripe and it's upper "pin stripe". I was extremely glad to find a pic of a non ralley stripe on the website as I've never found a pic anywhere else :>) P.S. keep up the good work , this is still the best challenger site on the web :>)

[James Cowley (Squeek360)]

forgot to mention that unfortunately my build sheet was a tattered mess and consists of about 200 peaces that I put in a ziplock bag as they put this one under the drivers seat aagghh lol.