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1973 TX9 Challenger #'s matching numbers
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Hello moparts folks! This website is great, lots of good info here. I bought this car a few months ago. This car is originally from Ohio, and sold in 2002 to a guy in West Virginia. In 2008 it sold on ebay, and I bought it from a dealership in the Toronto area this past summer. I thought I was getting a nice driver when I bought it, and for the price I paid I thought it was a good deal. As it turned out this car had major sub frame rot from mice nests in the frame rails and torsion bar mount. I have paid a local restoration shop 120 hours replacing the rear frame rails, floor, and torsion bar mount (AMD stuff is really good!). I will post some progress pics as i have time.
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Re: 1973 TX9 Challenger #'s matching numbers
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I hope you enjoyed the snow today! My dad lives there and sent me a pic today of the snow, I think you Manitobans are going to have a long winter.
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Re: 1973 TX9 Challenger #'s matching numbers
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The pic is of the driver side front frame rail. The floor should be attached to the frame rails. Here you can is a gap. ??? So the floor needs to be replaced. And we might as well do the torsion bar mount that is swiss cheese as well.
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Re: 1973 TX9 Challenger #'s matching numbers
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Thanks for the advice Robert. 91% of the people who voted last night, (ok, only 11 people) voted to replace them. This is exactly what we did, eventhough a couple of the shops that I took the car to in town, said we didn't need to. My wife even new better!
Now, next problem. The AMD front frame rails are not available yet, and I don't think I want to use anything but AMD. My experience with AMD rear frame rails was outstanding. They look and feel exactly like the orignals (minus all the rust of course!). So I either wait until they are available, or do a patch job on the front frame rails. I'll post some photos of those shortly.
I just love this pic. Here you can see a previous attempt to repair with safety frame rail caps. This was an earlier attempt to repair all the damage caused by the nasty mouse nest seen in the photo!
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Re: 1973 TX9 Challenger #'s matching numbers
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Here is a pic of the floor boards. For reasons that aren't entirely clear to me, we replaced the floor. All I can say is that the floor was repaired very poorly in the past, and the floor was not connected to the front frame rails. I haven't quite figured this out yet. But oh well... no use in trying to solve this mystery. Do I need to say this?; This is the "before" photo.
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Re: 1973 TX9 Challenger #'s matching numbers
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Quote:
Thanks for the advice Robert. 91% of the people who voted last night, (ok, only 11 people) voted to replace them. This is exactly what we did, eventhough a couple of the shops that I took the car to in town, said we didn't need to. My wife even new better!
Now, next problem. The AMD front frame rails are not available yet, and I don't think I want to use anything but AMD. My experience with AMD rear frame rails was outstanding. They look and feel exactly like the orignals (minus all the rust of course!). So I either wait until they are available, or do a patch job on the front frame rails. I'll post some photos of those shortly.
I just love this pic. Here you can see a previous attempt to repair with safety frame rail caps. This was an earlier attempt to repair all the damage caused by the nasty mouse nest seen in the photo!
Smart man you are! Me personally I hate seeing really bad mickey mouse fix it jobs and by doing it right your car is worth just that much more.
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Re: 1973 TX9 Challenger #'s matching numbers
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10/19/09 08:00 PM
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With a little patience and the right tools not a big deal to replace the frame rails front or back.
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