The 1970 - 1971 E body engineering drawings now online! • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **Alaskan_TA** » 11 Mar 2006 18:04

Hey gang,
My webmaster has been diligently resizing, cropping, and uploading the engineering drawings, there are some that still need to be named, some of them are hard to read. You can view them at this link;

http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/pho ... ings.shtml

There are 5 pages of images, just click on the thumbnails to enlarge them.

Enjoy!

Barry

by **Bilko** » 11 Mar 2006 20:55

Great work Barry!
Going through the pictures it's amazing that although there are a few 70 Plum Crazy R/T's on the site, no 2 are alike! (I found mine on page 3) :mrgreen:

by **Jon** » 11 Mar 2006 21:44

Nice job Barry!

Are these the sheets used on the line to assemble the cars?

I like the last one that shows where to place the window stickers. I could handle that one maybe. :lol:

Jon

by **Kelly** » 14 Mar 2006 1:08

Wow, that's some neat stuff Barry! One thing that really intrigued me was the 'Aquarius' decal placement for the upcoming '71 models. I was guessing that it would have been axed in April, 1970 after the Apollo 13 incident, but the october date doesn't say the same. Do you know what that would have been?

by **dave-r** » 14 Mar 2006 9:13

"This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius"

A very popular song around that time if I remember? From the stage musical "HAIR". But I have a feeling Hair came out well before 1970 when they would be coming up with ideas for the new 1971 models.

Just a thought.

by **ianandjess** » 14 Mar 2006 14:02

hair was in 69
cheers ian

by **PeO** » 14 Mar 2006 14:31

ianandjess wrote:hair was in 69
cheers ian

Maybe you downunder was a "little late"

The musical Hair opened in New York 17 October 1967.

by **dave-r** » 14 Mar 2006 15:08

Yes it was hair today - gone tomorrow. :oops:

I was thinking maybe some bright young advertising exec could have come up with a promotion using the song. It was very popular long after it was a chart hit.

I have a vivid imagination.

by **Alaskan_TA** » 14 Mar 2006 21:04

Hi guys,
The drawings were meant to be used as guidelines as the cars were built, but they were not always followed exactly.

The Challeger Aquarius has always intriged me as well, I would LOVE to know more about it.

T/Ake care,
Barry

by **Kelly** » 16 Mar 2006 18:59

I think the Fifth Dimension did that song...I wasn't around back then, so maybe some of you guys could clue us in to that one...

by **six pack** » 10 Apr 2006 2:33

Thanks for posting those barry, a great resource for sure.

The 1970 - 1971 E body engineering drawings now online!

Aquarius!?

The song...