JCG Restoration & Customs 70 Challenger 2nd Test Car!

[Cris@JCG]

Josh- We are on a fast pace to get this car on the road.. I have a completion date in my head that I would like for this car to be completed.. The car will be a down & dirty re-do.. Nothing fancy.. just upgrades to do some testing of JCG components..

Oil pan is ATS pan that we used for mock up..


I knew the drivetrain choice for this car was not going to be popular.. but I had a pile of parts sitting in corner of the shop that I pulled out of 2007 Mustang that needed a new home.. Primary goal for this car is to test & race the crap out of it.. & have some fun..

If time permits & can find somebody to let me borrow a late model Hemi Engine.. I will fit it between the frame rails to see how it fits..

Originally Posted by 67XR7

Am I the only one who cringes just a little, about taking a 440-6pack car and putting a chevy in it?

Originally Posted by WSSix

Nope. I do too but I understand the reasoning and respect the owner's wishes. Not saying you're not but I'm certain a lot of people are going to have the same reaction. This car is going to be cool as hell though. Love the rendering.

[Cole]

Originally Posted by Cris@JCG

If time permits & can find somebody to let me borrow a late model Hemi Engine.. I will fit it between the frame rails to see how it fits..

Music to our ears...

[214Chevy]

Originally Posted by Cris@JCG

....If time permits & can find somebody to let me borrow a late model Hemi Engine.. I will fit it between the frame rails to see how it fits..

Ooops, there you have....any takes that will give Cris a Mopar engine? Don't hold your breath Cris. Do what you do. It may just be me, but I wouldn't care if you put a Honda 4-cylinder in it. Of course I'm exaggerating a bit, but you get my point. Just as long as it would be a bad a$$ car.

[Cris@JCG]

if anybody has an engine like this that they want to throw away... This would be my engine of choice.. but streetable!!

Last nite was watching a YouTube video of one of these engines screaming all the way up to 8500 RPM..

[GrabberGT]

You know, if you ever get a Road Runner in there, it would be wrong NOT to put a Coyote in it.

[Cris@JCG]

putting together a estimate for a 70 GTX right now...

Just imagine what engine I will put in that one!!

Originally Posted by GrabberGT

You know, if you ever get a Road Runner in there, it would be wrong NOT to put a Coyote in it.

[tones2SS]

Very nice. That is a killer rendering. Should be an awesome build Cris!

[DTM Racing]

I'm really looking forward to the final product. Cris and I spoke about it before, so no issue in saying it here; the biggest thing with cutting this car up is that it is a REAL 440/6, A833,Dana 60 Car. These types of things don't mean much to Chevy and Ford folks as it does to Mopar folks, and its not about "mopar or no car." The reason for this is simple to people who appreciate restoring "correct" classics. Mopars (unlike chevys and fords) were actually tracked, vin'd and registered by EXACT build specs. Mopar was lucky enough to have someone high up in management to save our registries since the beginning of the company to reference from. We can figure out the exact build options our cars came with and this is obviously very big in restoration world. To do something like this would be similar to just shoving it off a cliff for the sake of doing it. Were time not a factor, they could have sold this car for a considerable amount of money, bought a /6 3speed car with a 7 1/4 rear end, and no one would have cared about them sticking any suspension or motor combo in for the sake of speed.

[FETorino]

Originally Posted by Cris@JCG

putting together a estimate for a 70 GTX right now...

Just imagine what engine I will put in that one!!

The wrong one

[Cris@JCG]

Took you long enough to post something!

Originally Posted by FETorino

The wrong one