New Member Doing a V Code 70 Challenger R/T

[Dana Prosky]

Hi Guys, Being new to the site, I'll be asking questions and asking for help on restoring me 70 Challenger R/T. I got the car 10 years ago and it sat in a body shop stripped down to the bare shell till about 6 months ago when the body shop finally finished the car. Now it's up to me to put it back together. The 440 Six Pack motor was overhauled 10 years ago and it is pretty much ready to go, I'm getting the K Frame ready to put the motor on it. It is not the original engine for the car, but it is a late 69 440 HP block dated 12-10-69. The car was built in November 1969. I want to make the car a 4 speed, originally it was an automatic. It also has a Dana 4.10 axle that was in the car. The car was Plum Crazy but I painted it the original color which was Hemi Orange. It has a black bucket seat with console interior. I also bought a complete Gardner Exhaust System for the car and it is still in the boxes. Thanks for listening guys, if you got any ideas or pointers for me, shoot me an email through the forum. Thanks

 

[rbbruno3]

Welcome Aboard Dana , Can’t wait to see pictures. Start a restoration thread with what you started with.

 

[DetMatt1]

Welcome to the site from the Motor City! I’m really glad you’re going back to the original color.

 

[340challconvert]

Dana
To FEBO from New Jersey
Looking forward to seeing some pics
Sounds like a great project; 6 Pak Challengers are beasts (owned one w a shaker/ 4:10 Dana way back in the day)
Can’t wait to see what u do with yours!

 

[Grady Cain]

Welcome from NW CT. Please get some pics to us soon or we will get restless!

 

[Knock Out]

welcome
pics would be great
great car to build
don't know how far along you are but subframe connectors are not a bad idea with all that power

 

[Dana Prosky]

 

[moparlee]

Welcome the site from mid Michigan. Challenger is looking real good. I bet you are just stoked to finally being able to put the car back together.

 

[challenger6pak]

Welcome to the site.

 

[Dana Prosky]

Working on getting the K frame painted and getting the motor bolted to the K frame. Then getting the motor and K frame bolted to the front frame section. Then we will start rolling and getting the rest of the suspension and drivetrain completed. A local guy has a complete 4 speed setup, I have to talk to him to make sure it is from an E Body, if so, it's going in this car.

 

[moparleo]

aboard. Nice looking car. Post your resto questions in that section, start a restoration thread.

 

[Dana Prosky]

Question I have is about the color of the upper and lower control arms, a restoration guide I read said that a satin black or a natural silver grey finish are both correct. How can that be? Do different assembly plants paint them differently, are 1970 models different from 1971 models? What is right?

 

[340challconvert]

From my notes; Front suspension colors are as follows(E body):

Lower control arms - Natural with a Cosmoline coating. About 90% of these arms had this coating and the other 10% or so where painted black.

Upper control arm - Natural

This is the way my 70 Challenger Hamtramck built car was made. Hope it helps

 

[aussiemark]

Got to love that Hemi Orange, check the crank to see if it is drilled for the pilot bush if not you can use one of these For Mopar PILOT BEARING Upgrade A833 4-speed Dodge Plymouth 340 360 318 440 Hemi | eBay