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Re: Converting a 73 Challenger to a 70?
[Re: Challenger 1]
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10/27/12 08:26 AM
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Ahhh, the investment bankers have spoken!
Perhaps this is why some ov you guys have sig pics ov houses (i assume you own) and nice cars that actually run... whereas i am still poor. But you know... i like a 70, or 71 better than a 73, and sometimes, whether it be budget, availability, hassle, sentiment, or just some other obscure reason... it just might make sense to make a 70 Challenger... out ov a much cheaper 72-4 one, rather than pay the premium. This goes doubly for Cuda fans.
My collection ov 71 Cuda-specific parts grows... as every day it seems to become more and more apparent that i'll never actually find a 70-71 heap ov [Edited by Moparts - Family Friendly Site - Keep it clean] to build that costs less than 15K to get on the trailer... so i might end up doing the same as here, but with a Cuda.
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Re: Converting a 73 Challenger to a 70?
[Re: PAINT IT BLACK]
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10/27/12 08:30 AM
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And... can we all agree to spell that simple little word "of" correctly? Ov course not. Why would we all agree on anything?
MAGNUM. The word is 'Magnum'. Not my new favorite... Maggie. Not dizzy. Not Chally. Not Rottie. Its like half the people here want to be six years old again... Is adult life so horrid...??? How can it be so horrid when the internet is sooo entertaining...
Cant fault you though PaintItBlack... at least you use spellcheck before attacking my spelling. Well, yes i can fault you... you still have a cooler car than i do.
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Re: Converting a 73 Challenger to a 70?
[Re: dulcich]
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10/27/12 05:26 PM
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What's really funny about these challenger posts is 10 years ago unlawfls lowly 73 challenger was voted as nicest car on moparts. And that wasn't a posthumous award. According to the masses here today, a 72-74 challenger is less attractive than a 78 magnum. 
1973 challenger
Dana. 4 speed. Low deck.
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Re: Converting a 73 Challenger to a 70?
[Re: thedriver]
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10/27/12 05:56 PM
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According to the masses here today, a 72-74 challenger is less attractive than a 78 magnum.
 but yeah, you are correct.
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Re: Converting a 73 Challenger to a 70?
[Re: thedriver]
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10/28/12 11:02 AM
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Heh... Steve, that made my day. Keep up the good writing! Quote:
What's really funny about these challenger posts is 10 years ago unlawfls lowly 73 challenger was voted as nicest car on moparts. And that wasn't a posthumous award.
According to the masses here today, a 72-74 challenger is less attractive than a 78 magnum.
Not that its terribly important, but i dont want to be taken wrong here. I think the 72-4 Challengers are some ov the baddest looking muscle cars ever designed. In my opinion, they ONLY pale in comparison to the 70 and 71 E-bodies (both makes). I love the grilles, the taillights, even the rallye side uh... 'vent things' and strobes. The only thing that ruins the look to any degree in my opinion is the stupid 5mph bumper mandate, and the 72-up side markers always looked cheap compared to the earlier styles ones obviously.
The VERY FIRST car i truly fell in love with... on first sight... was a 73 Challenger Rallye i saw in an ad. I'd somehow gone through life without ever seeing a Challenger up to that point. I was 15 and looking for my first car. I saw that and was sold utterly. It crushed me to find out how goddamn expensive they were... even back in 1987. Damn things started at 3K here... rallye or not, so it took me years to actually own one.
Then i started buying magazines, and saw the 70. Then a 71 R/T... then a T/A... and that was that. Coincidentally, my first Mopar was a 73 Rallye Challenger. Also my first REAL car (read: car that didn't suck).
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Re: Converting a 73 Challenger to a 70?
[Re: BigMoneyLewis]
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10/28/12 02:46 PM
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The '73 should remain a '73 . God created it as a '73 and that's what he intended it to be.
If you have a cat, and your cat is yellow, but you really think black cats are cool, you don't color your cat and make it something it's not . It's bad mojo to tamper with the universe .
Jut my opinion .
Greg
SAo if you car was born a stripper '70 barracuda with a /6, three speed stick, no option car, you should leave it that way cause thats the way it was born?
526 cubes of angry wedge, pushbutton shifted, 9 passenger killer!
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Re: Converting a 73 Challenger to a 70?
[Re: Spaceman Spiff]
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10/28/12 04:07 PM
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The '73 should remain a '73 . God created it as a '73 and that's what he intended it to be.
If you have a cat, and your cat is yellow, but you really think black cats are cool, you don't color your cat and make it something it's not . It's bad mojo to tamper with the universe .
Jut my opinion .
Greg
SAo if you car was born a stripper '70 barracuda with a /6, three speed stick, no option car, you should leave it that way cause thats the way it was born?
YES .
As a matter of fact , I did that exact thing. I had a rust free 1970 Barracuda slant six 3 speed . It was a rust free , turn key driver .
I had everything to change it over to a 340 4-speed but I had no desire to do so. I respected the car for what it was , and sold it .
The next owner made a 440 clone out of it .I personally never have cared for clones and fakes. I have never had a problem finding the real ones , and never had to pay very much to get them .
Not bragging I'm just saying that's how I did it .
Greg
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Re: Converting a 73 Challenger to a 70?
[Re: thedriver]
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10/28/12 04:19 PM
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What's really funny about these challenger posts is 10 years ago unlawfls lowly 73 challenger was voted as nicest car on moparts. And that wasn't a posthumous award.
According to the masses here today, a 72-74 challenger is less attractive than a 78 magnum.
HEY WAIT A MINUTE!
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Re: Converting a 73 Challenger to a 70?
[Re: Challenger 1]
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10/28/12 05:01 PM
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To do it right would be very expensive and you still would have odd ball car that not everyone would like and approve.
That's the problem, who cares what "others" would like and "approve" of...unless you or I had a financial stake involved in the OP's car, he's free to do with it as he pleases...
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