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Posted: **05 Aug 2008 2:09**

all nice cars .. heres mine . purchased in 1984. 85,000 mi. if you think you've seen it you might have. feature car in Mopar Muscle mag april 2004. before it was finished. if you have that issue you might find the story behind it an interesting read.
thanks for the site.
supertuff

Posted: **05 Aug 2008 14:13**

Beautiful car man. Any mods done to that 340? :lol:

Posted: **06 Aug 2008 19:08**

I just can´t get enough of the red ´n black colour theme :s007:

(Sorry for saying that over and over.... :s016:

)

It looks like a top notch restauration to me. :thumbsup:

I see that you have two ECU:s on the firewall. How come?

Take care of her.

PS. I wish the spark plugs were as accessible on my 383" as they are on your 340". :s022:

DS.

Posted: **06 Aug 2008 22:13**

christer wrote:
PS. I wish the spark plugs were as accessible on my 383" as they are on your 340". DS.

I hear ya dude...I only managed to get 7 changed at the Nats couldnt get the last one!!!! :s024:

Posted: **07 Aug 2008 5:44**

christer wrote:

I see that you have two ECU:s on the firewall. How come?

I only see one.

Beautiful car though! :thumbsup:

Posted: **07 Aug 2008 8:01**

patrick wrote:
christer wrote:I see that you have two ECU:s on the firewall. How come?

I only see one. Beautiful car though!

I only see one too. The blue box is the voltage regulator, and the ECU (replaced with an Orange box) is on its bracket. Looks like OEM 73 stuff.

Posted: **07 Aug 2008 10:40**

RedRaven wrote:
christer wrote:
PS. I wish the spark plugs were as accessible on my 383" as they are on your 340". DS.

I hear ya dude...I only managed to get 7 changed at the Nats couldnt get the last one!!!!

I remeber that I have done the same thing once.... :oops:

Please, do not tell anyone. :twisted:

Posted: **07 Aug 2008 10:46**

fbernard wrote:
patrick wrote:
christer wrote:I see that you have two ECU:s on the firewall. How come?

I only see one. Beautiful car though!

I only see one too. The blue box is the voltage regulator, and the ECU (replaced with an Orange box) is on its bracket. Looks like OEM 73 stuff.

Sorry, I guess I was wrong. I was convinced that you could replace the blue box with the orange box. I mean, they do look so similar, don´t they? :s005:

Electrical issues have never been my favourite topic. It all became quite obvious right now, eh? :s008:

Posted: **13 Aug 2008 15:52**

it is oem. those manifolds are cast iron from a 69 340 . the block was sleeved and the heads are the the original heads that have been worked. big valves and brass guides ported polished port matched you name it. it also has adjustable rockers from a formula s barracuda . yes, it has hyd lifters . but, you never know. tried the give the engine a hemi look . the valve covers are black wrinkle. and they turned out perfect. thats the original radiator in there as well. had a 1 1/2 front sway bar on it but had to remove it because it was too much bar. would have had to modify the k-member to keep it on there. the guy that helped me put the engine back together was the first to give a test drive after we got it back together. the first time out he wound it up over 7000 . he was confident . he said if it blows he would rebuild it at no charge. i was afraid to drive it after that.

Posted: **13 Aug 2008 21:19**

He must be a good builder to keep that 340 alive at 7k with hyd. lifters! :thumbsup:

Posted: **14 Aug 2008 0:02**

Wow, that’s really a beautiful Challenger. Just love the red and black combo. How many miles have you put on her since the resto? It sure doesn’t look like many.

Posted: **21 Aug 2008 20:37**

it reads about 88,000 now. thats pretty close. original miles.

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