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Cuda & Challenger door handles same? #527889
11/16/09 01:09 PM
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Can anyone tell me if 70-74 Cuda and Challenger outside door handles are the same? Thanks

Re: Cuda & Challenger door handles same? [Re: fiddlestix] #527890
11/16/09 01:15 PM
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Nope.

Cuda handles curve out, Challenger handles curve in.

Re: Cuda & Challenger door handles same? [Re: Alaskan_TA] #527891
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Accually some years are the same. I just found my origonal door handles off of my 73 Challenger and they are the Cuda style.(curved out) I havn't decided which ones I want to put back on it though. I'm waiting until I get the body back. I'm going to see how the origonals look in the opening before I decide.

Re: Cuda & Challenger door handles same? [Re: Alaskan_TA] #527892
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Re: Cuda & Challenger door handles same? [Re: Alaskan_TA] #527893
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Re: Cuda & Challenger door handles same? [Re: Alaskan_TA] #527894
11/16/09 01:47 PM
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I've seen those pictures before Barry. My origonal handles look more like the Cuda ones however...I have a hard time believing that the gap was that bad on my 73.(I think I would have noticed it.) Maybe the gasket took up some of the gap or something.

I know the factory started making one handle for both models...maybe in 72? I wonder if the curve of the handle was changed from previous years. I do know however than my origonal handle is NOT curved like the 70 Challenger ones.

I can take a picture of mine tonight.

Re: Cuda & Challenger door handles same? [Re: burdar] #527895
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Wow I did not know that(OK not that big of a surprise). I just went out and checked my parts. The original handle(70 Challenger) is concave. The replacement handle I bought years ago is convex and does leave a gap like the picture. Thanks for the help!!!

Re: Cuda & Challenger door handles same? [Re: fiddlestix] #527896
11/17/09 12:57 AM
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70-72 Cuda - Top - 2999816-7
70-72 Challenger - Bottom - 2999882-3
73-74 Cuda/Challenger - 3760214-5
The 73-74 is somewhere in between and is the replacement.







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