The car is going to need rust repair, which will remove it from the realm of 'survivor cars' so that selling point is off the table! Personally I wouldn't trade your Challenger straight across for the Charger, he would be the one kicking in the cash! I can understand you really wanting a Charger...
Great choice! With my first Cuda, a 340 4 speed, I had two pumpkins. One had 4.56 gears and the other had 3.54 gears, both were limited slip. I also have two pumpkins, both limited slip for the Cuda I have now with a Gen lll 5.7 hemi and a 727 torqueflite. One set is 3.23 and the other is 4.10...
I second this! With an open diff you will pretty much only spin one tire, the right side one usually. It tries to lift up from the driveshaft torque and unloads sooner.
Even though the DOT slicks are supposedly street legal I wouldn't run them on the street. The rubber compound is still soft and they will wear a lot quicker than a regular street tire. They would also be very dangerous in wet conditions as they only have a couple of grooves in the tread to make...
When I was replacing all the rusted sheetmetal in my Cuda over 20 years ago I replaced the dutchman panel with a new one. Since the bottom channel where the back glass goes was notorious for rusting out I coated it with POR 15. New metal, no rust and it is still holding up great. I also did a...