The Dodge Challenger Message Board

me and my friends Challengers

my yellow 1970 Challenger 383 automat
Jim´s Black 1973 Challenger 340 automat
Lars Red 1970 Challenger conv. 318 automat

Jon Turner wrote:Here's mine, thanks to this board for a lot of help!

Nice to see another Texan on here.
Nice car.
Wish mine was that far along.

3 cars 2 garage spaces, what has to sit out???

Two of them are his friends, so I would go to say they have their own garages.

Nice to see another Texan on here.
Nice car.
Wish mine was that far along.


_________________
--David


Still looking for a dash pad for it, so I can put the windshield on, then hopefully start driving it soon. I cant wait! Been nine years in the making, ready to get it on the road! What about in SE Texas are you?

John

Jon Turner wrote:Still looking for a dash pad for it, so I can put the windshield on, then hopefully start driving it soon. I cant wait! Been nine years in the making, ready to get it on the road! What about in SE Texas are you?

John

I'm in Beaumont(about 90 miles SE of Houston).

Mine isn't even "in" the garage...it's been pushed outside by the kids 4 wheelers and my wife's Dodge Ram Crew Cab.

heres my car and my pals cars!

the chally w a 440 is mine and the others are a 70 ford torino 351c

and a 67 camaro 327cid

and a ford hot rod 1939 w corvette 350cid

87 Shelby Shadow CSX , 70 RT/SE , 77 Dodge Van with a 440
The van is a lot of fun, embarassed a lot of Mustangs and Camaros
Also 61 New Yorker Inside the garage

Blimey most of you guys garages are bigger than our houses if you have two stories like that, hopefully i can post a pic of my chally its a 70 originally a straight six now 360

Nice cars and truck Steve, Dave, ect.. Heres my MoPars and I am a Truckie dude as well as Challenger/Cuda so here ya go!

pic 2

Here's whats in mine .

And

WOW, some nice size garages. Traded the blue one for a Daytona clone and turned around and sold it to buy my Chally. I have to keep them tight together so my wheelchair fits thru on the off side of the purple car.

Nice Chargers What years are they? The body styles, especially the grills are very cool. If I hadn't been hooked on the Challenger, they would be my favorite ride.

ADE 70, very impressive. Is that a Judge? 455 SD wicked fast, and highly feared in street racing. Nice Chargers 472 SE R/T!! Me TOO Jon!!

The '70 Charger's have the open front grill area like a '70 Chally IMO, is why I like them both. I'm not much of a '69 Charger fan since the grill is broke up in the center.

eddie, I had to open the hood of one to work on the other, forgot how to put it back together.

Thanks, I really miss the blue one.

I too don't care much for the 1969 Charger. I leave them for the "Dukes" fans. There are loads of General Lee clones over here. I am damn sick of them. I hate it when people ask me if my Challenger is one.

My favorite Charger body is the '68 with the '70 a very close second. The '70 has a better interior though.
There was a time when you could get a '70 500 for next to nothing. They had great interiors with nice options and a 383 big block 2bbl. All it took was a carb and cam swap to make them come alive.

Now even they are highly priced. I saw one for sale here for £50,000.
It didn't sell though.

My favorite one is the XX coded 69 Charger 500 Daytona with the filled in back light and coronet grill,(flush), to the edge of the hood, 426 Hemi 4-speed. According to Galen Govier 118 built. Very fast. Nothing against the show,(I have never seen an episode), sad how many were "wasted" for cheesy hollywood entertainment.

airfuelEddie wrote:(I have never seen an episode)

I wish i could say the same.

I'd be lying if I said the show didn't influence me and my love for the Charger(at least a '68 or '70). Daisy Duke was always a bonus.
I had a replicar Daytona. It was more attention than I wanted and took up too much room in the garage. The wing made for a nice towel rack for them after drying cars.

This is how she looked in April 2004. Visit the website to see how the project is going.

...

bigger than my house? ... at least you got a house... I live in my car... well, its cheaper than renting and I get to park where i want ...lol

You lucky b'stard! I have to live with the wife in a shoe box...etc etc.

Recieved this 400 to build. It's going to the shop next month to get tested. If it's structurally sound, then it built into a 470 Nitrous Stroker, for my Son's 76 Duster.

Close up of the block. I've never seen so much casting flash before.

airfuelEddie wrote:Recieved this 400 to build. It's going to the shop next month to get tested. If it's structurally sound, then it built into a 470 Nitrous Stroker, for my Son's 76 Duster.

A good choice, if you ask me. If I would start building an engine from scratch, I would start with a 400".

Yeah Christer, it's the strongest big block. I'm gonna build a 4340 bottom end with studs and girdle. Used Eddie's that someone will surely sell for the Victor upgrades, and spray the hell out of it with a bunch of Nitrous! We'll see how it goes. next month I am gonna take it to Best Machine to get it all tested and sonic checked. Don't want to buy parts for a boat anchor! I have the tools to assemble and blueprint and my Son already wants to install it in his 76 Dustpan.

Look at all that metal around the big ends. Super strong!

Make sure you buy some good quality end caps and change to studs. The crank will be stressed with NOS.