Posted By: sailboat
Challenger T/A - 02/11/12 05:17 PM
1970 Challenger T/A in final steps of assembly. All numbers matching. I bought the car new in 1971. Has been ins storage since 1985.
Challenger T/A
Posted By: Steve340
Re: Challenger T/A - 02/11/12 08:02 PM
What? No pictures? (link doesn't work)
Posted By: Publicbottle
Re: Challenger T/A - 02/12/12 03:54 AM
Quote:
1970 Challenger T/A in final steps of assembly. All numbers matching. I bought the car new in 1971. Has been ins storage since 1985.
What??? Such a tease......
Posted By: BB73Challenger
Re: Challenger T/A - 02/12/12 02:24 PM
Should we guess on the color...?
Very good on sticking with such a project.. I too want to see
Very good on sticking with such a project.. I too want to see
Posted By: sailboat
Re: Challenger T/A - 02/12/12 02:32 PM
sorry guys, tried six times amd caant get the photos to download.
Posted By: BB73Challenger
Re: Challenger T/A - 02/12/12 02:36 PM
Ohhh.. what about a photobucket link or something like?
Posted By: rayztoy
Re: Challenger T/A - 02/12/12 03:50 PM
Pics probably need to be smaller size to download...
Posted By: autoxcuda
Re: Challenger T/A - 02/12/12 05:49 PM
Quote:
Pics probably need to be smaller size to download...
The size of the picture is too big. Moparts only allow you to attach files that are a certain maximum size. I can remember the exact size off hand. Something around 300KB?
Posted By: sailboat
Re: Challenger T/A - 02/12/12 06:54 PM
Lets try photos with a smaller size.
Posted By: sailboat
Re: Challenger T/A - 02/12/12 07:05 PM
Smaller size works! Sorry guys, new to this. Here is the car ready for assembly.
Posted By: sailboat
Re: Challenger T/A - 02/12/12 07:08 PM
This is a photo of the car taken a year and a half ago. This was the start of the disassembly. Hemi orange, automatic that I bought new at west end Chrysler in Toronto, Ontario.
Posted By: rayztoy
Re: Challenger T/A - 02/12/12 07:58 PM
Very nice.. Thanks for sharing. 
Posted By: sailboat
Re: Challenger T/A - 02/12/12 08:11 PM
WHat prompted to restore the car was the re-introduction of the new Challenger. I bought one in 2009, modified into T/A style. Well, that wasn't quite good enough and I got the "bug" to do what I had talked about for the past twenty-five years. Rebuild my original. Car will be completed in two weeks.
Posted By: moparfan53
Re: Challenger T/A - 02/12/12 11:57 PM
Quote:Quote:
Pics probably need to be smaller size to download...
Great car and photos.
FYI; maximum photo size is 1MB (1024KB).
Posted By: sailboat
Re: Challenger T/A - 04/04/12 10:16 PM
finally finished.
Posted By: steve70
Re: Challenger T/A - 04/04/12 11:01 PM
It looks great although the six pak decal appears to be pointing in the wrong direction.
Posted By: Grizzly
Re: Challenger T/A - 04/04/12 11:21 PM
Absolutely epic.
Looks great to me, thanks for updating us.
Looks great to me, thanks for updating us.
Posted By: sailboat
Re: Challenger T/A - 04/05/12 01:32 AM
You're really not serious, are you? LOL!
Posted By: KARLN
Re: Challenger T/A - 04/05/12 02:43 AM
Your TA looks fantastic. Congrats on getting her completed in time for the nice weather.
Sent you an email, hope to hear from you soon.
Sent you an email, hope to hear from you soon.
Posted By: Grizzly
Re: Challenger T/A - 04/05/12 03:08 AM
Quote:
You're really not serious, are you? LOL!
Sure am: Can't say I know anyone who's owned one from day one and kept it to this day. Epic to me, that's for sure.
Was going to ask you if you like it better after a full restoration, or when it was a brand new car?
Any good "back in the day" stories?
You can PM me if you don't want to post your answers.
Posted By: Alaskan_TA
Re: Challenger T/A - 04/05/12 03:25 AM
Original paint survivor T/A below, with the 340 sixpak call outs installed on the 'wrong' sides. It did happen, at least once in a while.
If the car came that way I would leave them as is myself.
If the car came that way I would leave them as is myself.
Posted By: sailboat
Re: Challenger T/A - 04/05/12 11:27 AM
Thanks Barry. Unfortunatly, the "call outs" have been put on the wrong side. My rebuilder and I had quite the laugh over this last night whan I realized it. I've owned the car since new and never noticed it until someone from this website pointed it out. Anyway, new one on the way today. If this is the only mistake in my restoration, I've done well!
Posted By: steve70
Re: Challenger T/A - 04/05/12 04:03 PM
It happens more than you think and luckily an easy fix. It's a spectacular car and very cool that you've owned it since new!
Posted By: sailboat
Re: Challenger T/A - 04/05/12 10:43 PM
LOL! I just can't believe that i didn't notice. Anyway, we had a good laugh about it. I'd like to think that maybe I would have caught it later, but not sure. And I've had this since new! Tunnel vision!
Thanks anyway.
Thanks anyway.
Posted By: DPelletier
Re: Challenger T/A - 04/05/12 11:35 PM
Quote:
I'd like to think that maybe I would have caught it later.
I would run with that, myself!
Dave
Posted By: jeff968
Re: Challenger T/A - 04/06/12 04:21 PM
Quote:
If the car came that way I would leave them as is myself.
I wouldn't. Everywhere you went people would be commenting on your $50K restoration and how they made such an obvious mistake. It just look wrong IMHO. BTW, I still have an original NOS set of callouts with the Chrysler part number on the back which tells you for sure that there is one for one side and one for the other.
At least it is an easy fix.
Nice car!
Posted By: demonH1B
Re: Challenger T/A - 04/07/12 03:08 PM
Nice job on the car. As far as the call-outs, I'd leave them.
Reminds me of the hood decals on the A12 Super Bees, some
are one way some another. Most claim to be original or as original.
Reminds me of the hood decals on the A12 Super Bees, some
are one way some another. Most claim to be original or as original.
Posted By: KISSAlien
Re: Challenger T/A - 04/07/12 04:29 PM
I agree with Jeff968. Unless you had pics of the original car showing the callouts being wrong then I'd correct it. It's a common restoration error, like the Roadrunner dust trail stripes being put on upside down.
Posted By: sailboat
Re: Challenger T/A - 04/07/12 08:05 PM
No, they were put on in error. Originally, prior to restoration, the call outs when on properly. New ones on the way.
