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My project, Challngd 73

I hope to make some progress this year so I guess I will start a build thread eh? I bought my 73 Challenger in July 2009. Drove from upstate NY to Boston to pick it up. Needless to say it wasnt as flawless as the owner had described, but I still figured it was a decent deal and trailered it home. Shortly after driving it, I realized I needed to make it more mine, which meant improving handling, performance, style and comfort. My previous car was a 500 horse Trans Am that handled quite well, so the 70's handling is not quite what im used too.

this is how she came home..
http://i50.tinypic.com/6riq76.jpg

and a couple pics in its current state...
http://i48.tinypic.com/2evqfr5.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/2rh2yqs.jpg

Now, eventually, I want to add a Hotchkis suspension, stroke the 440 to 512, back it by a tko 5 speed. Put a 6 pack fuel injection kit on it, paint it, pepper grey metallic with a flat black hood, spoiler and single t/a style stripe. The interior I will be adding some nice carpet, modern leather seats, power windows, air conditioning yada yada yada...it will be a heavy lady, but I need comfort too.

here are some of the parts I have added over the winter.

some angel eye halogen headlamps
http://i45.tinypic.com/nl6ck0.jpg

a 950 race proform to tide me over till my fuel injection goes on...
http://i47.tinypic.com/orse9j.jpg

some new black chrome exhaust tips for my new side exit exhaust
http://i45.tinypic.com/2133uiu.jpg

and led replacement bulbs for all taillights and parking lamps
http://i46.tinypic.com/w83rwm.jpg

and my new chrome gas cap...looks just a little better than that rusted cap from the first pic..
http://i46.tinypic.com/33p3odj.jpg

it will be slow progress, but I will post more when there is more to post

well, got the car lowered in the rear, led's in, proform carb on, and halo's in..too late to post too many pics, but here is a blurry shot of the halo's...gonna switch them to white lights but i like em...

http://i44.tinypic.com/2wq8hfm.jpg

for comparison sake, this is how high it sat before...

http://i39.tinypic.com/2mr5sno.jpg

And where I sit now..
http://i42.tinypic.com/a0i25l.jpg

It looks like a nice car. Good luck with it.

These cars are growing on me a bit. Nice stance. Looks good.:thumbsup:

yeah, they grew on me a bit..My last car was a 99 ws6:yes: ...used to be on ls1tech back then.

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Originally Posted by 73chally (Post 277992)

yeah, they grew on me a bit..My last car was a 99 ws6:yes: ...used to be on ls1tech back then.

I have a '99 Hugger Orange/White Leather SS. 1 of 35 car. I'm on ls1tech.com as well. Not as much as I used to be.:thumbsup: :cheers:

Very nice. Some great upgrades!:thumbsup:

What brand are your gauges? Speedhut? I have the same exact Rocky Mountain Dash insert but no gauges bought so far. I bought the insert right before they closed their doors.

Thanks, Wes

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Originally Posted by MoparCar (Post 345180)

What brand are your gauges? Speedhut? I have the same exact Rocky Mountain Dash insert but no gauges bought so far. I bought the insert right before they closed their doors.

Thanks, Wes

I picked up the gauge panel from a member over on cuda-challenger.com. Had been looking for one for awhile. Yes the gauges are from speedhut. They look to be well made. I will know more once I get them all hooked up.

Nice looking car. There are a few mods that I wouldn't have done, such as the steering wheel and wheels. A bit home boy/riced out. Doesn't really flow with the car. Other than that it looks pretty good.

That cluster looks great in there. Do tou use the stock switches with that or did those have to be changed also?

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Originally Posted by Amatouring (Post 355334)

That cluster looks great in there. Do tou use the stock switches with that or did those have to be changed also?

The dimmer switch and wiper switch were reused. Needed to find a new headlight switch though.

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Originally Posted by Huyzel (Post 355312)

you should see the coffee can exhaust i have planned for it.

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Originally Posted by 73chally (Post 355378)

you should see the coffee can exhaust i have planned for it.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :woot: :woot: :woot:

Your dash looks great. Love the way it looks all lit up!:thumbsup:

Man I really like this car man...I had a '71 Challenger I wanted to Pro-Tour but it was too far gone and mopar everything is like 2.5x the price of everyone else...haha.

Guy came along and offered me 3x what i paid for it so oh well...haha.

Keep kickin' a$$!