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Challenger interior parts #79242
06/24/08 05:08 PM 06/24/08 05:08 PM

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I am restoring my 71 challenger and am looking for seat covers, door panels, and a dash pad. Where would I find the most authentic looking panels? I've heard they are either way off on grain pattern or they don't fit right. Any help would be appreciated!!
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06/24/08 09:29 PM 06/24/08 09:29 PM

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I see 50 views and no reply. Does that mean that no one has had or knows someone that has had interior work, or is it just a quiet day today? It would be great to have some feedback guys. Thanks.....
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the repro door and rear interrior panels are junk
Re: Challenger interior parts #79245
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Hi,

Thanks for asking on Moparts.

Seat Covers: Legendary Interiors offers the best repro covers currently.

Dash Pad: Send your original to Just Dashes to be re-cast, quality is excellent.

Door Panels: This will be the hardest one...I highly recommend hunting down a nice used original set. Black sets survived the best and didn't fall victim to the UV rays as bad as the colored panels. You can re-dye the OEM set and you'll be very happy.


-Mike Mancini

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Re: Challenger interior parts [Re: Mike Mancini] #79246
06/25/08 07:09 PM 06/25/08 07:09 PM

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Does anyone have a set of rear convertible panels?
Re: Challenger interior parts #79247
06/27/08 05:19 PM 06/27/08 05:19 PM

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Does anyone have a set of rear convertible panels?

Any other suggestions??
Re: Challenger interior parts [Re: Mike Mancini] #79248
06/27/08 10:19 PM 06/27/08 10:19 PM
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Quote:

Hi,

Thanks for asking on Moparts.

Seat Covers: Legendary Interiors offers the best repro covers currently.

Dash Pad: Send your original to Just Dashes to be re-cast, quality is excellent.

Door Panels: This will be the hardest one...I highly recommend hunting down a nice used original set. Black sets survived the best and didn't fall victim to the UV rays as bad as the colored panels. You can re-dye the OEM set and you'll be very happy.


-Mike Mancini



You can also get a dash pad from
Ultimate Rides
11640 Gateway Eas
El Paso , Tx
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915-859-5155
I use them an I am very happy with there pads just get the metal backed ones and you will have to send them a core or be charged extra. You do have to do some minor trimming. If you use Just Dashes there is or was a long wait and the cost in my opinion is nuts.

I have used the Palco interior panels. Like above they can be a pain in the butt to fit but with patience and a little trimming here and there they will look decent. Like they said the grain is off a bit. I can send you some pics of the door panels and dash pads I put in a Cuda.

Seat covers definitely use legendary.

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Re: Challenger interior parts [Re: Moparnut] #79249
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I did what was mentioned above. I just sold a Chally 'vert with original red interior. The originals were all shot, so I dyed original front panels that I found on Ebag, and bought the Palco rears and dyed them as well. It came out real nice. I'll post pix if I can find them on my thumbdrive

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Re: Challenger interior parts [Re: ricomondo] #79250
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I have found that the Palco panels fit much better on the Challengers than they do on the Cudas.But that was on one Cuda and one Challenger I was working with.

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Re: Challenger interior parts [Re: Barry70GTX] #79251
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Here's a couple of pix of the interior of the car I just sold...









Again, the frnt panels were original I found on Ebag and re-dyed red, the rears I got from Dantes' parts were Palcos and dyed red. Came out nice for a cruiser.

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Re: Challenger interior parts #79252
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Does anyone have a set of rear convertible panels?

Any other suggestions??

I had the same problem with mine. they were beat from sun and had holes cut in them good luck finding used ones with no holes.
I sent mine out to get redone and was not happy used a place called dash specialist. they did a bad job so got reops from Dante.
If i get them redone i would use just dashes like i used for the dash.
Stay away from dash specialist it was a total waste of my $$$$

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