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The Challenger Revival, Part 12: Fuel System And Replacing The Battering Ram Bumpers


The Challenger Revival, Part 12: Fuel System And Replacing The Battering Ram Bumpers

When the Bradford Pear trees bloom, it means two things. One, it means that anyone with even the slightest plant allergy is going to be a walking snot well for the next month until the temperatures start to warm up and the spring rains end, and two, it means that if you have been working on a winter project, that it’s your first warning that you might want to pick up the pace a little bit if you want to get to events later on in the year. In the case of Dylan McCool’s Dodge Challenger, he’s made plenty of progress as it is…he’s done the typical E-body sheetmetal replacement program and has replaced the passenger/rear framerail as well. The suspensions at both ends are wrapped up, the brakes are sorted, and it’s time to start focusing on the “go” part of the program.

A factory 1973 Dodge Challenger’s fuel tank is just as susceptible to rust and rot as the car itself tends to be under normal circumstances. This car’s nearly forty-year nap isn’t normal, and it’s a thousand times easier to just start from scratch with the fuel system as it is to try to salvage the old kit. It’s a mandatory decision when you take into consideration that McCool is going to go with late-model Hemi power instead of the more typical small or big-block that a Challenger of this era would normally be fitted with. And just because a little bit of visual upgrades go a long way in the inspiration department, it’s time for the Challenger to ditch it’s larger bumpers with the battering ram blocks for 1970-style small chrome bumpers, as it should have had. With the Hot Rod Power Tour looming, the progress continues…


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One thought on “The Challenger Revival, Part 12: Fuel System And Replacing The Battering Ram Bumpers

  1. Jay Bree

    Looking good!!! That’s a lot of progress. I really like his videos. Sensible and not stupid, like the clowns at so many other channels .

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