The Dodge Challenger Message Board

You keep her so clean those are great pics mate...mines a dirty old tart at the minute...oh and so is the car!!

airfuelEddie wrote:Yep, you're right Wayne. We are blood! Wish you too were coming over Sat. I would love to show you how fast it runs through the esses!! It steers flat and hard!!

Your vehicle is absolutely outstanding!! Nicely done, I can only hope mine comes out half as nice when I decide to do a "nut and bolt"! Great story too! You are right about the 30 mile radius thing, I found my dream car 25 miles from my house! I also have an interesting story which I included with my Photo post. Semper Fi!! Rick

Thanks Rick, it's only money brother and you cant take it with you. My boss is getting locked up for stupidity and he's a millionaire a few times over! I dont have a nice home,(40,000), dress like a drunken bum but have all my teeth,(A definite rarity here), most of my mind, none of my hair but hey, I have a nice car and nice trucks. All a man ever needs,(my dogs too).

As long as your happy and healthy that's all that matters. I know we can't take it with us that's why I bought my car, It's my life insurance policy Then my wife can sell it to some other fortunate mopar freak

man that car is so clean ed that it looks new , btw adjustable shoch wont hurt the value, as tube upper and lower control armes, and some light weight brakes also and you can keep all the stock stuff in a box for the purists and protect the value but i bet if you did all that , and the person drove it and wanted all the stock stuff put on you could why i dont know its 2007 why not modernize the car and make it alot safer car and , in my opinion it mifht add to the valu cause it WILL drive better than stock but opinions are like buttholes everyone has one lol and thats mine tally hoe

Dave and I see pretty close to eye to eye on that stuff Drew. The factory package is awful hard to beat. Tubular control arms are nice, very nice. The lite weight brakes as well. But how much better are they really? 2% 25 % ? It seems that if I did compete with it in some vintage type class it would be a benefit. Instead, I used the most H.D. parts I could get that didnt de-tract from both the "look" and the value. I think, Drew, that the best thing for my car at this point in time would be wheels tires connectors but I wont install the bolt on connectors they are useless, the weld on are permanent and I wont cut the car. So that leaves wheels and tires. Next year the steelies and dog dishes are going on. They are a few pounds lighter than the current Ralley package thats on it now, this has to help a little, also some sticky Pirelli's or Yoki's for rubber.

yea you will notice alot of differences just by changing shoes on that bad boy ya know tires i love changing wheels on a car and make it my own. my wife and i have a project 70 cuda with some 15 x8 1/2 inch 200 s wheels and some 50's series tires man it squats pretty cool ,have fun ! people would think im crazy and i am to change my car but i say why not !?

Your N96 Rule's Eddie! Pat

Thanks Pat. Maybe someday we can meet up and go cruising!

Your car is fantastic Eddie! Amazing work, i dig the work on all details, and jesus, under the car! I like that combo with white stripes and roof on that rallye(?)red colour. Looks sweet.
Are the T/A swaybar similar to the rallyepackage and R/T?

Jimi, I used the T/A style rear sway bar. I got it at www.firmfeel.com and it's the frame mounted style not the B-body style which is offered by other suspension companies.

Eddie, That is one beautiful car!, I am also an oldie, remembering when you could buy these cars very reasonable, but I didn't have reasonable!!. So to see a car like that really says alot for the folks who restore them, congratulations, John

moparman11 wrote:Eddie, That is one beautiful car!, I am also an oldie, remembering when you could buy these cars very reasonable, but I didn't have reasonable!!. So to see a car like that really says alot for the folks who restore them, congratulations, John

Thanks John, the folks at MCR are really good people to work with. They really love those cars, as we do, the owner lives at the shop! It takes a serious financial comittment yes but the results are well worth it!

Eddie ,Your car looks amazing , I like it.

Hezzel wrote:Eddie ,Your car looks amazing , I like it.

Thanks Hezzel, I like your ride too man. is your car a mostly stock ride? It looks like a F.A.S.T. racer!

It´s stock thats for sure and it will be when it´s done in the future .
Engine is being rebuilt this year and i´m going to grind the body and get it primed .

Sounds like you are about to get pretty serious and comitted to the project. Good Luck. Are you going to mod the engine any? Those 383's will scream! My father had one in his Polara. I tried to blow that engine many times and couldnt!

Well it should be better than in the seventies.
Rebuilt and balanced

Cool, are you doing the paint and body in the same factory colour?

Eddie..........That is a beautiful Challenger. I know you are proud.

Eddie, I'm proud for you! I'm with envy! My car had a white top. Now I'm starting to get an itch.... Again! Pat

airfuelEddie wrote:Cool, are you doing the paint and body in the same factory colour?

Yes as original as possible

airfuelEddie wrote: I tried to blow that engine many times and couldnt!

Love it!!!

DAYLEY/CHALLENGER wrote:Eddie..........That is a beautiful Challenger. I know you are proud.

Thanks man, I know you must feel the same with your stunning R/T S/E..it's gorgeous!!

Hezzel wrote:

airfuelEddie wrote:Cool, are you doing the paint and body in the same factory colour?

Yes as original as possible

Excellent, I bet you are very excited to get started!

patrick wrote:Eddie, I'm proud for you! I'm with envy! My car had a white top. Now I'm starting to get an itch.... Again! Pat

Yeah Pat the vinyl tops are really cool. I remember they would put Vinyl on everything in those days. Even clothes, those 'cheesy' white vinyl shoes, pants, jackets, hats, God I cant believe I still wear that stuff, err used to wear that stuff!

As you know, Mine has a Top Bananna finish, with a black vinyl top. Black Interrior. Original color is Dark Metalic Gold, with Gold or white top. I think gold Vinyl Top. Before, the original color's kind of turned me off, and I was glad of the Top Bananna paint. Now, I'm thinking ... Maybe, original color's would be COOL! Might be a fight with the Wife though. She love's the big BANANNA!!!! Food for thought, Pat

Loves the BB eh Pat? Now I know why you are smilin all the time. Smilin Pat!! BTW, I think your car looks great with Black but White would look so clean and cool,(Old man talk,). Just dont wear white shoes, parted hair, Hawaiian Shirt, and peace symbol belt buckle.