stu in wichita
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I was real happy when I found this great site!
I just re-acquired a '74 Challenger. It was my son's first car, which we finished the first time almost 15 years ago. It was the proverbial "field car" in mud up to the doors. We had to fabricate frame rails (I see repops are now widely available), replaced a lot of sheet metal and vitually all mechanicals. It turned out pretty nice, especially on our limited budget. The attached photo is from then, not now.
It was his only car, and he drove it about 70K miles before he parked it a few years ago. As you can imagine, it's now kinda rough, so it's time to go through it again. But this time, it's for me, and I'm pretty pumped about it.
I've been checking out the forums and have been getting some ideas. Here's the plan, so far:
Thanks in advance for the help I'm sure I'll need.
-Stu
I just re-acquired a '74 Challenger. It was my son's first car, which we finished the first time almost 15 years ago. It was the proverbial "field car" in mud up to the doors. We had to fabricate frame rails (I see repops are now widely available), replaced a lot of sheet metal and vitually all mechanicals. It turned out pretty nice, especially on our limited budget. The attached photo is from then, not now.
It was his only car, and he drove it about 70K miles before he parked it a few years ago. As you can imagine, it's now kinda rough, so it's time to go through it again. But this time, it's for me, and I'm pretty pumped about it.
I've been checking out the forums and have been getting some ideas. Here's the plan, so far:
- First, I plan to drive this car a lot, so I'll stick with the 318 auto, but this time I'll use an overdrive tranny.
- The wiring is a total mess. All of the seat belt interlock stuff has been by-passed, so I will probably pull it out completely. A total rewire may be in order, so I'm curious to hear other people's input on that.
- I want it to look good, so it's getting an interior and freshening up the body and paint. It wasn't originally sublime, but it's too cool to ever go back!
- I may do some tweaks to the front suspension and brakes if it'll make a difference that I can feel. Otherwise, just rebuild with OEM stuff.
- As an old man living in Kansas, I'll definitely add A/C. I've used Classic Auto Air products before and am leaning that way. I hope to get more input from the forum before I order anything.
- Serious cruising requires good sounds from both the exhausts and stereo! Again, I'll be checking out what you guys have done before I decide on anything.
Thanks in advance for the help I'm sure I'll need.
-Stu
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