Recent content by Charlie71rt

Was there a body plug in the hole at the rear of the inner rocker panel.

Thanks, I cut the spot welds and pushed and pulled and straightened the bracket, got the panel in front of the hood bumper. Much better, but in my research I see two different locations for the hood bumper, one survivor has them near the headlight bracket like mine (my fenders are OEM...

The brace is all the way out, visible in my second pic. I don’t see the threads for your hood adjustment rubber bumper is it behind the panel? Mine is in front, as shown in my first pic. Thanks Charlie

The brace is all the way out, it is seen in my 2nd pic. One of the bezels is original to the car ‘71 and the other I purchased from Dodge dealership in mid to late 70s. Thanks I appreciate you taking time to show interest and reply.

71 Challenger, I have a big gap between the headlights and the bezels on both sides. The fenders are OE Mopar replacements installed in the early 80s. The grill to bumper reveal looks about right and I checked the numbers on the buckets the lights mount to they seem to be correct, (all 4 for...

Thanks guys great info, so doors fenders and possibly/probably valances were bolted on before dip. Not much room between the front valance and radiator core support on a E-body to shoot paint up from a pit. No wonder they were sloppy.

anyone out there have any thoughts on my assembly line valance primer/ paint question?

If you’re going to put 5000 miles on with no racing, factory heads, rockers etc. are hard to beat stop light to stop light.

Were the valances installed when E bodies were dipped in primer and painted with the rest of the car? Any body color over spray on the inside. Did they blackout the lower radiator support with the valance in the way?

I don’t mean to hi jack this thread but will anyway how can the date on my block be the same as scheduled production date on broadcast sheet. I have owned the car since 1976 and the engine had never been worked on. It has since been rebuilt but not decked to preserve the numbers.

any idea the scheduled production date? My 71 383 R/T was 9/08/70 several 70 leftover parts on my 71 (mostly interior)

I didn’t have good experience with Instrument Specialties. No problem with their price, just the results and communication.

My 71 383 4spd build sheet decoded to R4667. About 20 years ago I contacted over 20 people looking for one, finally found a R4667-3 or dash something. I had it restored/rebuilt it runs great to this day. Every year at Carlisle I look at every core that resembles it and have never seen another one.

Correct that I meant to say key buzzer not horn relay