Original Dodge Challenger
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Great rear end, Ive toyed with the idea of moving the car on to try and realise my dream for a early Ram Air TA, but the fact it would take a big chunk of my savings, create a load more work??, add to the fact the Dodge Drives so unbelievably well, so much fun, gets nothing but positive comments every where the car goes,
Nah she's a keeper..................................................................................................................................
Edited by newsatten on Saturday 19th December 19:27
, they are a long time gone take it from me. 
Matt Harper said:
Came across this earlier. Added to my Watch Later list. By God, it sounds lovely!mercedeslimos said:
Matt Harper said:
Came across this earlier. Added to my Watch Later list. By God, it sounds lovely!Very rarely do they mention yank tanks .
mercedeslimos said:
rat rod said:
There's a quite in-depth 7-page article on the car in this month's Octane magazine of all places.
Very rarely do they mention yank tanks.
Is that the copy with a Ferrari on the cover? Rarely buy it, the one with the Gypsy Rose was lovely.Very rarely do they mention yank tanks.
Auto Italia, Classic and Sports car, Motor Sport,Classic Car,Classic American, Custom Car, Evo , not to mention 2 or 3 American Hot Rod
Mags a month, Then there's the books video's and cassettes , Do you get the picture , been doing this since i was 14 with Hot Rod and
Motor Sports going back as far as 1955 . Sad part is with all the car related" You Tubes "i don't get round to reading them .
Even my Therapist says there's no hope and has changed his phone number. ,
newsatten said:
It was a sort of Plumb Crazy, i say sort of as it was a BeeMer colour!
Think the guy had the car for a while but memory not as good as it was , I think it could have been around the Northwood,Watford
Middlesex/ Hertforshire area but not sure, was a R/T ,can't be many around in those colours,
I ended up buying a scuffy GTO Judge just up the road from the Challenger on the same night because i'd never had one.
Small world if same car.
Yeah its possible? the guy i brought it from, brought it in 2002 ish, when i brought it he lived in East Grinstead, but obviously could have moved!
back in 06 it would have been 7 years since it was restored , but from what Barry told me it held up really well for the first 10 years then it started to deteriorate, i got it early 17' and it was looking very tired !
The rest is history , its 50 next month, probably looks better now than when it was 5 ! plus its a 4 owner car, which is far from unique but unusual for the type of car .........................................................................
newsatten said:
Yeah its possible? the guy i brought it from, brought it in 2002 ish, when i brought it he lived in East Grinstead, but obviously could have moved!
back in 06 it would have been 7 years since it was restored , but from what Barry told me it held up really well for the first 10 years then it started to deteriorate, i got it early 17' and it was looking very tired !
The rest is history , its 50 next month, probably looks better now than when it was 5 ! plus its a 4 owner car, which is far from unique but unusual for the type of car .........................................................................
going to the Guildford cruise in my Saab with a pocket full of money in the hope there may be something there for sale.
Had my Challenger for around 2 years and remember picking my lad up from school in it when 911 hit the news on the radio..
I'm pretty sure it's the same car because i remember thinking i'm going backwards engine size wise as i really wanted
a 440, mine was a 383, Even back then there was hardly abundance of Challengers about and thought i'll go and have a
look anyway and if it wasn't for the Judge being for sale i probably would have bought it.
Maybe it was fate because if i had you may not own it today,
Funny part is after the Judge i bought the 440 Pimal Scream Kowalski Challenger just out side East Grinstead
Maybe things do happen for a reason.
Finally got around to fitting my rear spoiler, nice period piece , down side its heavy and now the trunk dont stay open!
This car is fitted with a single trunk torsion bar lift, i'l move it to increase tension , but deffo dont want to over stress it and break the rod!
So i may have to source a Broom Handle !
newsatten said:
This car is fitted with a single trunk torsion bar lift, i'l move it to increase tension , but deffo dont want to over stress it and break the rod!
So i may have to source a Broom Handle !
You wont break the rod but be careful, they are under some serious tension, especially in slot three! So i may have to source a Broom Handle !
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