Posted By: BCSharp
71 Charger R/T - 06/13/14 03:55 AM
Well I've been meaning to put a post on the projects page for ages, looks like I'm finally getting around to it.
A little background: I purchased the car sight unseen off of a message board almost 15 years ago! For the life of me I can't remember which one, I frequented the old Dallas Mopar page, various Dodge Charger boards and the earliest versions of Moparts as well. I was a young Airman in the Air Force and finally had some cash to burn so I decided I needed a 71-72 Charger with concealed headlights. It was my only real requirement as the car which made me fall in love with Mopars was a 72 with concealed lights. I had been scouring the internet for cars meeting this requirement near me (within a days drive of Western South Dakota). By dumb luck I came across a post for 4 71 Charger R/Ts for sale as a package deal and had to find out if the seller might part with one of them. The answer was no, but he had another one that he would sell for the right price. It came out of Pennsylvania and needless to say it was much further away than I had planned. It was a scary prospect for young guy but the price was right and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to get a real 440 4 speed R/T! Of course I was sure I would have it fixed up and driving within a year or two, but the realities of life intervened and its still not on the road, but huge strides have been made over the last 2 years and I have every confidence that it will be soon.....
I'll start with a picture of it from about 10 years ago...
A little background: I purchased the car sight unseen off of a message board almost 15 years ago! For the life of me I can't remember which one, I frequented the old Dallas Mopar page, various Dodge Charger boards and the earliest versions of Moparts as well. I was a young Airman in the Air Force and finally had some cash to burn so I decided I needed a 71-72 Charger with concealed headlights. It was my only real requirement as the car which made me fall in love with Mopars was a 72 with concealed lights. I had been scouring the internet for cars meeting this requirement near me (within a days drive of Western South Dakota). By dumb luck I came across a post for 4 71 Charger R/Ts for sale as a package deal and had to find out if the seller might part with one of them. The answer was no, but he had another one that he would sell for the right price. It came out of Pennsylvania and needless to say it was much further away than I had planned. It was a scary prospect for young guy but the price was right and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to get a real 440 4 speed R/T! Of course I was sure I would have it fixed up and driving within a year or two, but the realities of life intervened and its still not on the road, but huge strides have been made over the last 2 years and I have every confidence that it will be soon.....
I'll start with a picture of it from about 10 years ago...