Car Restoration - what will you rebuild "some day"?

[Hajo]

Lindamood    FTW

Had a 67 RT Coronet with a 426 Wedge....thing was a monster.


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Not as nice as the Charger i have now.....but god i wish I still had that car

Just for you Hajo  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdT10pWkGBU

Great Vid!  Remember the Bounty Hunters also.  Brings back great memories!
Well done R/T!  I hope you still have it.    You put the wedge in?
I know 426 Streeters were available then. Still couldn't get a race hemi, street yes.

[Hajo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=ipSoZ5mjbtA&feature=fvwp

Hmm .. rear side body moldings on the new Challenger allowing very wide tars
..not really a restoration but I am likin the idea of bigger hips on 'em

-Frank aka GE

Thinkin' bout doing the same thing GE.  Done fiddling with the look of the R/T.
Got the American racing Wheels already on it.  ditched the stock ones 3 weeks after I got it.
GE.....check our Challenger Forums for wheels and tires.  Speedlogix is where I ordered my wheels.
They do tires also.  Can't find what ya want there I know Cokers has anything ya want.

[Hajo]

I loved my 69 Road Runner.  Fast, fast, and did I mention, fast?  Of course, it was not even close to stock.

Not to mention the cast iron case 4 speed it had.  You could not break that thing no matter what you did.

To this day, nothing sounds as good as a high end, big block, Mopar engine.  The exhaust note was beautiful.

Hey Hajo, do not forget the stamped sheet metal bumpers on those old factory race Dodges and Plymouths.  You could sneeze on them and dent them. 

Skuzzy.....that trans was an 833.  I finally remembered  LOL   2 weeks later

[Chalenge]

1938 Ford Truck straight up original.

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Thinkin' bout doing the same thing GE.  Done fiddling with the look of the R/T.
Got the American racing Wheels already on it.  ditched the stock ones 3 weeks after I got it.
GE.....check our Challenger Forums for wheels and tires.  Speedlogix is where I ordered my wheels.
They do tires also.  Can't find what ya want there I know Cokers has anything ya want.

widening the body like that gives the look of a camaro, I don't like it at all.

[steely07]

My brother has a genuine GTR-XU1, it's his second one and he bought it about ten years ago for $17,000. When he went to insure it Shannons were the only people that would go near him and they valued it at $120,000. I think he nearly passed out, here's a pic of him at Bathurst this year where his club did a demo lap

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ooooh, that's sweet Phatz!, your Brother is a lucky fella!

[SFRT - Frenchy]

When I'm done with the GT6, engine of the Formula and the interior of the Monaco ... I'll probably save for an E type to be converted as a Lowdrag  . But hell they sure don't give them E types away lately, even in pityfull shape. ... but I'd like to have something with a V12 ... might have to look toward Italy, a 330 P4 kit from RCR with a 550 Maranello in it? All I know it's not going to be a muscle car, I'm sick of them.





Oh hell gratious shot of my driveway  (Daughter going to school by a friend of her).

[icepac]

GT6 is sweet!!!

That second photo looks cool.

[Hajo]

widening the body like that gives the look of a camaro, I don't like it at all.

Ink....not widening the body in my case.  Just mounting wider tires in the back.  Old School.

[Grayeagle]

Ink....not widening the body in my case.  Just mounting wider tires in the back.  Old School.

Not havin a lift to play on or air tools to do it faster
..I am curious about how wide a tire-rim can fit up under our new Challengers without major mods.

The days of slidin a hydrastic bottle jack up inside with a coupla peices of wood to 'widen' the wheel well are past.
(been there, done that on more than a few cars .. Duster included altho you would be hard pressed to notice)



-Frank

[SFRT - Frenchy]

Thx Icepac, its nice to hear a straight 6 bareling down the straights, too many V8s around in the US. 

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Ink....not widening the body in my case.  Just mounting wider tires in the back.  Old School.

good, I see a bunch are doing that....just ruins the look for me.

[Grayeagle]

One of the cars I would love to restore .. in action
Also a direct comparison of the newer version.

What's not to like

-Frank aka GE

[SFRT - Frenchy]

New car is 4,100 lbs  its worthless and just prays on your nostalgia to get your money. I love the way she looks but performance wise you cam throw all the HP you want you aint going to race squat with it.

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One of the cars I would love to restore .. in action
Also a direct comparison of the newer version.

What's not to like

-Frank aka GE

In my opinion the Challenger is by far the toughest Muscle car ever made...I am referring to the 70's made ones....but the new ones are the best retro made....look wise

New car is 4,100 lbs  its worthless and just prays on your nostalgia to get your money. I love the way she looks but performance wise you cam throw all the HP you want you aint going to race squat with it.

yup a top speed of 175 mph is too slow and bad performance 

the car drives and handles great......its no Lamborghini....but ahhhh........its a Challenger