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

daytime shot of the headlights...



http://i44.tinypic.com/168daao.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/hw08s3.jpg
some pics with the lights on to show the improvement

http://i43.tinypic.com/efkj8k.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/25jcvnc.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/do9v02.jpg

looks pretty good

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.

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:

Well here are the parts I was able to stockpile this winter...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...res2011003.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...res2011004.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...res2011002.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...res2011001.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...res2011005.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...res2011006.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...res2011007.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...res2011008.jpg

The exhaust I am going to start on this weekend, then go from there.