BTW, I think you are going to need an agent for your on air talent.

Joe

fantastic work

Today I installed the Strobe stripes....shows anyone can do anything if the want to!!













Just need to drill holes to fit the forks....

Oh yea! Those look great and you did a nice job of getting them straight too. They really set off the car nicely.

THey look great! You DID do a good job of aligning them to the body line. To be honest...most of them I see run uphill. That's the first thing I see when I walk up to one...they didn't line up the stripes with the body line.

I've seen that too! Measure twice, apply once!
Thanks guys.

very nice work

Stephen

Looks good Ed.

Last week the MOPAR Mania show go RAINED out - and I mean RAIN!!! Next week there are 2 shows...

Here's some decent before and afters, as well as the LAST items to go on prior to the big showing!

Etek, You have done a fantastic job on your project! I've been following it for most of it's progress, and it's has been a real inspiration for me to get motivated on my project Just another '74 Challenger I anticipate having similar issues with reupholstering the seats but I won't be able to get much satisfaction from the manufacturer if they're screwed up; I'm going to attempt the job myself LOL. I've never done car seats but I have done a couple motorcycle seats that turned out acceptable and I know my way around a sewing machine pretty good. So watch for results in a few months. In the mean time I have work to do on the top to keep the weather out

Did you buy our build bumper brackets to pull them in? They look great! It appears you used the original 74 bumpers; correct?

Where did you get your strobe decals? You did a top notch job applying them. I hope mine come out nearly as well. It'll be a while b4 I get to that point; I've only had the car for 4 years...

Scott C

Thanks much - glad to be of help!!

If you have the skills - and recreate everything from the originals - you should be much better off than I was with the PUI covers!

I bought everything at once from YearOne to get the 25% deal, so the strobes came through them, but the vendor was Dante I think. Phoenix Graphics is another good vendor, that's where I got the decal kit above.

The rear brackets I cut, removed 1.5" and re- welded, the fronts I slotted the original holes 2inches with a die grinder. Worked well. Those are the original bumpers, rechromed for $350 each(ouch!).
If you have time, here's the build on CC.com - it's largely the same, but has some different pics as well... Chili Challenger build

Looking forward to watching more of your build!!
Cheers!

Here she is after a long shake-down run, then hanging with it's stable mates!

Took the Chally to its first show - ran great, save for a muffler-floorboard love-in....Lots of interest and - I know I'm biased - but it was the nicest MOPE there!!!

Thanks guys - really appreciate the kind words...

I missed the big MOPAR show by one day - but it was pretty-much rained out anyways. Another big show this weekend that I'll be attending.

Did I mention I had the car re-appraised? My insurance agent called me because they thought it came in low....so I had a much more experienced guy do it and it came in at $35,000.00. That'll do!

As well, I re-did the oil gauge with a larger-faced dial and brass tubing. No hot oil showers for me!!