What To Do 1970 Challenger?

[BigBlockMopar]

I think I see a cunning plan brewing here...
My guess is you first want to rub some dirt on the BTJ and see Bri's face in the dirt with it, and then probably rip the drivetrain out of the 5th and slide it in the Chally and do pretty much the same by dropping the bomb in Frei's backyard by putting a dusting on the Bomb aswell... Awesome plan!

Taking over the world, step by step... !




Or perhaps, well, maybe just not...

[dulcich]

That would smogging and registering the 5th Ave. Though, I have to admit I am seeing more and more of that activity lately. Cars that arent even modified are getting tested that way these days.

Scott, I know it's nuts, but I'd probably just pay up the back DMV, and for the smog just pay-up and buy a ticket from some guys I know. Like you said, it would make more sense to just rip the guts out of the Fifth, but this strange fantasy of running it against BTJ is holding me back on doing the sensible thing.
-dulcich

[Scott Liggett]

That would smogging and registering the 5th Ave. Though, I have to admit I am seeing more and more of that activity lately. Cars that arent even modified are getting tested that way these days.

[dulcich]

Pull the 360 out of the grandma 89 Chrysler and put it in the Challenger, then sell it. A running, driving car will get much more money, and is easier to sell.

I understand the thinking on selling cars you have no heart into building. I just did that. But, someone else out there will be getting the car they've dreamt about. I believe that helps our hobby much better than hoarders.

You know, Scott, that is exactly what I was thinking. Just pull the guts out of the Fifth an drop it in the Challenger to get it running. The only problem is that in the back of my mind I have this wierd notion of calling out Braub and BTJ and having an epic battle of four-door performance against the Fifth. I know it is a strange fantasy, but I was just thinking about calling out Braub, agreeing to meet driving half way across the country, dragging, road-coursing, and just having a good time running the Fifth against BTJ. I just think eventually, that day will come. Strange, I know, but I guess I'm just wired that way.
-dulcich

[Scott Liggett]

Pull the 360 out of the grandma 89 Chrysler and put it in the Challenger, then sell it. A running, driving car will get much more money, and is easier to sell.

I understand the thinking on selling cars you have no heart into building. I just did that. But, someone else out there will be getting the car they've dreamt about. I believe that helps our hobby much better than hoarders.

[squirrel]

Let it go, the hard part is finding a buyer who will actually build it

[dulcich]

Okay, guys; there are a lot of good ideas here. There is no questioning that this would be a really good car to build. Believe it or not, I'm actually kind of ashamed to admit it, but as it is I have five 70-71 E-body Mopars sitting around collecting dust. I'm kinda feeling like 'that guy'. This Challenger is by far the lowest on the totem pole. A lot of those cars I just kinda backed into, like the story on this Challenger. Heck, I've got a super-solid 70 Cuda that just got thrown into a deal on a 70 Cuda convertible at the last minute. I didn't even ask, but the seller just said, haul it off and you can cut it up for parts - free, just as I was loading the 'vert. I'm feeling like I should let a few of 'em go, starting with this Challenger, but you guys are really making me reconsider and think about building.
-dulcich

[Devil]

Make a daily driver. Something anyone could wrench on Drop in a 318 or 360. Make it so you could drive it every day and then beat on it over the weekends.

Save it, not like these two I found in a barn. Sitting for 20 years.





Ryan

[SuperBuickGuy]

because heaven knows, you need one more project (yeah, yeah, I know - I'm throwin' rocks while living in a (fiber) glass house)

DG - humor, sense of, find one.

[milner351]

Guantlet - THROWN.

fast, cheap, beat the Buford chevy..... this could get interesting.

[Blazerteam]

Low cost T/A style build up,should be easy with that nice body..use what you have there..you need a cage-2 seats and a black T/A hood...wider steel wheels or older old style aluminium rims..front and rear spoiler...and of course it should be down in the dirt,but that is easy on Mopars...Engine and trans could be anything that works and is cheap..the goal is to get it done in 14 days,and beat Brians Caprice with lower dollar investment...

[dulcich]

Most of the kit cars were aspen/volare bodies, though the builder could skin them otherwise. The development mule built by Direct Connection was a Challenger. Building a real replica of one of those would be anything but cheap. A very nice T/A replica would be a fraction of the cost and effort.
-dulcich

[Loren]

if I had it ......

I would rip out the rest of the interior, put in a full nascar type cage, upgrade the suspension for cornering, slap some decals on it to make it look like a 70s trans-am racer clone and drive it around on the street scaring people with it

Does anyone remember the Direct Connection kit cars of the early-mid seventies, where you could buy a whole body/chassis in parts, for circle-track racing? I only saw them in ads in Stock Car magazine and don't know how many were ever sold, but my recollection of the Challenger they had was pretty righteous, with a radiused-out wheelwells and a pretty raw look. That would be cool and cheap, to make a copy of one of those. Cheap, fun driver...

[BBR]

Back when I had multiple vehicles people would ask why I has so many cars. My reply was, they're just like shoes, you need the right one for every situation.

[BOOOGHAR]

if I had it ......

I would rip out the rest of the interior, put in a full nascar type cage, upgrade the suspension for cornering, slap some decals on it to make it look like a 70s trans-am racer clone and drive it around on the street scaring people with it