Help Identify which 70/71 challenger fenders I have
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01/16/15 08:50 PM
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I bought a pair of fenders that were reported as coming off from a 71 Challenger convertible. I am trying to find out if they are correct for my Feb 1970 car. From the MMC e-body judging manual it appears that they would be correct for from Feb 1970 to Nov 1970 by the fact that there isn't a notch at the radiator support for the 72-74 grill and factory formed lip in the wheel well. What do you guys think?
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Re: Help Identify which 70/71 challenger fenders I have
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01/17/15 07:27 PM
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71's produced sometime in Nov switched over to the grill cut out fenders.
way too early IMO
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Re: Help Identify which 70/71 challenger fenders I have
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01/17/15 08:39 PM
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Oops! I made a mistake. I was thinking my Challenger vert was built in December 1970 but I just looked and it was built in 11-70 according to the door sticker. Either I've have/had too many cars or I'm getting too old to remember the specifics. I was thinking I may need to find notched fenders for the later grille or modify mine.
Terry
What's the SPD from the b'cast sheet or fender tag? The SPD could easily be from early Dec. '70 & the car built in the last days of Nov. '70 as the door sticker indicates.
Look at some original paint Nov./Dec. '70 ('71 Challengers), I doubt you will find any with "notches". "[bandito]notches? you don't need no stinkin' notches![/bandito]"
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Re: Help Identify which 70/71 challenger fenders I have
[Re: manyc]
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01/19/15 06:13 PM
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Reading between the lines, early 71 challengers can have left over 70 production fenders without grill cut outs. 71's produced sometime in Nov switched over to the grill cut out fenders.
I think that's an incorrect way to characterize the change.
1970 & '71 fenders are the same, mid-model year 1971 the "notches" for the "New for '72 grill" started to appear.
Defining the date for the introduction of the "notches" is the question - I doubt it was as early as November '70.
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