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1973 Cuda

Posted By: 73cuda340

1973 Cuda - 06/13/09 07:40 PM

1973 cuda, originally a 318 3 speed, but original motor and transmission were missing so I installled a 340 and a 4 speed. Car originally is JA5 silver frost metallic with black side stripes. It has been sitting since 1982 and has 81,432 miles on it. At one point in its life the car was converted to an automatic and had a sunroof installed. I have since put the 4 speed back in. It used to be my dads car, he bought it as a rolling shell back in the early eighties and parked it after he bought it and it has sat there ever since. I rebuilt the motor and put in a Comp XE268 cam, Edelbrock LD340 and ported 2.02 J heads. I plan on putting the 4" stroker kit in it down the road. Ive been restoring it since May 2006 and it is currently at the body shop to have the roof replaced, new quarters, trunk floor, extensions and to get painted. Body is pretty solid on the car, quarters were patched in the past and I only had to put a floor pan in on the drivers side.

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Posted By: 1972CudaV21

Re: 1973 Cuda - 06/14/09 01:41 AM

Best wishes with your project - that will be a nice color/stripe combo!
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: 1973 Cuda - 06/14/09 03:53 AM

pics,pics,pics,pics,pics
Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 06/14/09 04:08 AM

During engine install.

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Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 06/14/09 04:09 AM

Interior before floor pan and hump were replaced and seats recovered.

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Posted By: DusterKrazy

Re: 1973 Cuda - 06/14/09 04:37 AM

Looks like a great project! Id reccomend keeping the slotted mags as Im kinda partial to them
Posted By: 69B3GT

Re: 1973 Cuda - 06/14/09 06:00 AM

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Looks like a great project! Id reccomend keeping the slotted mags as Im kinda partial to them



x2 on the mags, always liked them. Nice cuda, looking forward to more pics
Posted By: jrwoodjoe

Re: 1973 Cuda - 06/14/09 12:28 PM

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Looks like a great project! Id reccomend keeping the slotted mags as Im kinda partial to them



x2 on the mags, always liked them. Nice cuda, looking forward to more pics



Me to. They look really good on Cudas. Good luck with your project! Looking forward to seeing more progress.
Posted By: burdar

Re: 1973 Cuda - 06/14/09 05:08 PM

Nice project! It's the right color too.
Posted By: basketcase

Re: 1973 Cuda - 06/18/09 10:02 PM

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Looks like a great project! Id reccomend keeping the slotted mags as Im kinda partial to them



x2 on the mags, always liked them. Nice cuda, looking forward to more pics



Me to. They look really good on Cudas. Good luck with your project! Looking forward to seeing more progress.




what they said!!
Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 06/25/09 06:41 PM

Qaurters cut off

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Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 12/02/09 08:47 PM

New goodmark Quarters welded on.

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Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 12/02/09 08:54 PM

Passenger side.

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Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 12/02/09 09:10 PM

New AMD trunk floor

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Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 12/02/09 09:10 PM

Old roof cut off

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Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 12/02/09 09:11 PM

roof

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Posted By: burdar

Re: 1973 Cuda - 12/03/09 02:31 PM

Looks like your making good progress. Just make sure you fit all of the trim onto the car before it gets painted.

I bought all new wheelwell trim, tailpanel trim and side marker lights for the Challenger so they could be fitted to the new quarters before paint. The old quarter skins I had on the car were really bad in the side marker area. The side markers weren't even close to being in the right possition. The new full quarters are really good in around the markers. I hope they re-tooled the skins so yours will fit right.

Keep the pictures coming. You can never post too many.
Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 02/21/10 12:05 AM

New roof welded on.

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Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 02/21/10 12:06 AM

another

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Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 02/21/10 12:06 AM

one more

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Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 01/16/13 08:56 PM

New motor that I had built for the car. 528 Hemi aluminum block stage V heads 2 Edelbrock 600s.

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Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 01/16/13 09:04 PM

Car was moved to a new body shop. Body is back in primer and getting ready for paint.

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Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 01/16/13 09:05 PM

Final patches under the hood.

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Posted By: Diego_Ted

Re: 1973 Cuda - 01/22/13 06:13 PM

I sure do admire your guys ambition and tenacity! I could never do a car that needed that much to bring back to life. See my post, that's as far as I will go!! LOL

Good luck
Diego
Posted By: Scotts72Rallye

Re: 1973 Cuda - 01/23/13 11:37 PM

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New motor that I had built for the car. 528 Hemi aluminum block stage V heads 2 Edelbrock 600s.

Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 03/13/13 11:54 PM

Door jambs and trunk finally painted.

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Posted By: burdar

Re: 1973 Cuda - 03/14/13 04:10 PM

AWSOME!!!!!!! I'm glad you decided to go back to JA5. It's a great color!
Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 03/21/13 12:20 AM

Doors back on the car.

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Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 03/21/13 12:22 AM

Shot of the back.

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Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 03/21/13 12:25 AM

Inside of doors all painted.

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Posted By: Anonymous

Re: 1973 Cuda - 03/21/13 02:29 AM

Looking good!
Did you have the motor dyno tuned yet?
Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 03/21/13 03:07 AM

Yeah the motor is dyno tuned. It made 692 hp and 620 lb ft of torque but the motor is still breaking in. On each pull it picked up another 10-15 hp but we ran out of time on the dyno. They said when the motor is fully broken in it will be a little over 700 hp.
Posted By: Anonymous

Re: 1973 Cuda - 03/21/13 05:19 AM

Bigger carbs would help.
Posted By: 19cuda73

Re: 1973 Cuda - 03/23/13 03:17 PM

Those pictures bring back some good memories. Keep up the good work. Nice looking car!
Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 09/28/13 09:47 PM

Car finally in paint

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Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 09/28/13 10:03 PM

Car finally home

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Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 09/28/13 10:04 PM

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Posted By: RUNCHARGER

Re: 1973 Cuda - 09/28/13 10:06 PM

That's nice.

Sheldon
Posted By: aspenrt360

Re: 1973 Cuda - 10/10/13 04:02 PM

Nice work and a cool colour. it is going to be a sweet ride.
Posted By: wesw

Re: 1973 Cuda - 10/14/13 05:58 AM

looks good. I can't wait to see it finished. your doing a nice job.
Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 10/16/13 03:31 AM

The hemi is finally in. Everything lined up perfect with the Schumacher mounts.

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Posted By: a12superbee

Re: 1973 Cuda - 10/16/13 08:09 AM

Looks right at home in there and that's a great color.
Posted By: aspenrt360

Re: 1973 Cuda - 10/17/13 03:23 AM

getting there!
Posted By: pittsburghracer

Re: 1973 Cuda - 10/17/13 12:33 PM

VERY nice.
Posted By: 19cuda73

Re: 1973 Cuda - 10/24/13 08:33 PM

looks good. I can't wait to see it finished. your doing a nice job.


I agree looks great! your making great progress
Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 10/26/13 01:14 AM

thank you
Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 07/06/16 05:24 AM

Finally have the headliner installed in the car. More pictures to come soon.

Posted By: UCUDANT

Re: 1973 Cuda - 03/09/17 04:26 AM

popcorn
Posted By: rocksmopar

Re: 1973 Cuda - 03/09/17 08:49 PM

Any progress?
Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 03/28/17 06:03 PM

Interior almost finished. Just little odds and ends left. I finished installing all the glass in the car, I'll try to get some pictures up soon. I've had very little time to work on the car lately.

Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 12/13/21 12:41 AM

Car was finally completely assembled awhile ago, I just haven't had time to update with any progress. I'll try to get some new pictures up soon.
Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 12/13/21 12:44 AM

Most recent picture all together although this is from a few years back

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Posted By: 70VcodeCoronetRT

Re: 1973 Cuda - 12/28/21 10:16 PM

SWEET!!!!
Posted By: 73cuda340

Re: 1973 Cuda - 12/04/22 01:31 AM

New moser Dana 60

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Posted By: DynoDave

Re: 1973 Cuda - 12/05/22 08:18 PM

That's a monster addition to the car. up
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