'73 Challenger Rallye Restoration

moparleo · Sep 15, 2013

Looks pretty. Did you change to the rubber reusable gaskets ? I would recommend that you paint the pan blue also. Black makes it more difficult to spot fluid leaks. Also a black harmonic balancer makes it much easier to see the white timing mark with dim light as the best contrast you can get is white against black. JMO

Looking good though.

Bill · Sep 15, 2013

Bill said:
Looks like times may be ah changin??

http://www.hagerty.com/valuationtools/HVT/VehicleSearch/Report?vc=1336253

I don't know if you can follow this link or not but I went to Hagerty.com car value calculator and 73 Challenger Rallye value has been about dead flat since Aug 2007 but they are saying the value has gone up about 16% in the last 6 months. The economy must be coming back a little bit. Maybe that or maybe the fact that they have not made a 73 Challenger Rallye since.... well...I would guess 1973 maybe?

moparleo · Sep 15, 2013

Maybe its Hagerty's way of increasing insurance rates.?

Bill · Sep 15, 2013

moparleo said:
Maybe its Hagerty's way of increasing insurance rates.?

Good point Leo! Your probably right.

Bill · Sep 24, 2013

Q1. a good 4 speed transmission oil to use?
Q2. Anybody have a rough drawing or picture with measurements of a K frame dolly that will hold k frame, engine and tranny? I can make out of metal or wood or both.

a68postcar · Sep 24, 2013

this is what i have. i can measure it up for you if you want.

moparleo · Sep 24, 2013

I don't have any drawings but I have seen them made by modifying an engine stand. The vertical part is removed and the base is used.
http://uscartool.com/documentation/k-frame-stand-pics/

moparleo · Sep 24, 2013

Yeah. Just like a68postcar has.

Bill · Sep 28, 2013

a68postcar said:
this is what i have. i can measure it up for you if you want.

Thank you! I should be able to rig something up.

Bill · Sep 28, 2013

Should get the job done.

74chlngrTT5.9 · Sep 28, 2013

Awesome.
and when you are done you can have a bonfire so you don't have to keep tripping over it for the next 10 years.

Bill · Sep 29, 2013

74chlngrTT5.9 said:
Awesome.
and when you are done you can have a bonfire so you don't have to keep tripping over it for the next 10 years.

Thanks.
I'm sure I'm speaking for most of us when I say that wood and I don't get along very well. Takes me 10 tries to bang a nail into a hunk of wood without bending it over. Good thing is that the nail is made out of metal so it's easy for me to straighten back out. The best thing I do with wood is burn it. I burn about 10 cords a year for heat and hot water.

ramenth · Sep 29, 2013

Bill, you sound like me. I can make metal do what I want. Wood on the other hand? Not a chance.

I can nail things together. Building something simple like what I did to hold my home built composters are one thing. Asking me to build something intricate? Forget it. I have a video cabinet in my house that's 80" tall by 68" wide and 8" inches deep. My old man built it for me. I'm learning, though. The trim work in the house looks good.

74chlngrTT5.9 · Sep 29, 2013

Bill said:
Thanks.
I'm sure I'm speaking for most of us when I say that wood and I don't get along very well. Takes me 10 tries to bang a nail into a hunk of wood without bending it over. Good thing is that the nail is made out of metal so it's easy for me to straighten back out. The best thing I do with wood is burn it. I burn about 10 cords a year for heat and hot water.

I hear you on that. I inherited an entire wood working shop from my wife's grandfather's basement a few years ago. All I have done was continuously move the stuff so it isn't in my way. Don't use it but I have to keep it because of the "family".

ramenth said:
Bill, you sound like me. I can make metal do what I want. Wood on the other hand? Not a chance.

I can nail things together. Building something simple like what I did to hold my home built composters are one thing. Asking me to build something intricate? Forget it. I have a video cabinet in my house that's 80" tall by 68" wide and 8" inches deep. My old man built it for me. I'm learning, though. The trim work in the house looks good.

LOL on the trim work. 3 years ago I changed out the dining room light fixture. New one needed to be properly reinforced for earthquake reasons. This started the ball rolling on an entire floor to ceiling remodel of the whole house. Ceilings scraped and Asbestos removal. Door and baseboard trim is still not complete. Did I say I am welding on my headers again.

Now back to the regularly scheduled thread...

Bill · Oct 10, 2013

New seals, gaskets and o-rings in the transmission (including the reverse shifter little o-ring, what a pain that was but I was able to do it). Trying my hand at a little fiberglass repair work. Building that little ear on the header grille. It's not quite as bad as working with wood (lol).

sandblasted, rust encapsulated, epoxy primed, lizard skinned and cut in the edges with single stage of the passenger side door.

Bill · Oct 13, 2013

Body drop today.

Bill · Nov 27, 2013

I check out FEBO every day and there is a lot of amazing stuff happening out there that is near and dear to my large mopar heart. Hope I don't bore you with my novice project happenins but if and when it's finished this journal will be a cool thing for me to look back on some day. Still "dubbin". Working on the header grille. Should have some coats of highbuild primer on it and the front lower valance this weekend. Fiixing all the cracks, fabbing up the little fiberglass mounting ear that was broke off and lost, smoothing everything out and basically making one price out of two of the header grille. It's all good fun.