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Re: why is a challenger longer than a cuda [Re: Moparnut426] #1784847 03/21/15 07:13 PM 03/21/15 07:13 PM
Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 4,452 Morristown Tn. 7 71birdJ68 master
71birdJ68 master 7 Joined: Feb 2012 Posts: 4,452 Morristown Tn.	Do you buy it now, after everything the other guys have said, also, just look at a owners manual for a Plymouth, and a Dodge. It's in black, and white in the specifications.

Re: why is a challenger longer than a cuda [Re: 440newport] #1784848 03/21/15 08:22 PM 03/21/15 08:22 PM
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B5 Bee master Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,020 Pangaea	Quote: Quote: Dart...111" wb Valiant...108" wb 1967-76 darts 1967-73 Valiants Seems to be a lot of truth to this! Some exceptions to most everything. The '63-'66 A body Valiant 106" Dart 111" except the wagons, both Valiant and Dart are 106". Plymouth Scamps were also same 111" as the Darts. And the reason Dodges were longer than Plymouths, they were the upscale model, so they were larger and had more standard features. Last edited by B5 Bee; 03/21/15 08:24 PM.

Re: why is a challenger longer than a cuda [Re: B5 Bee] #1784849 03/21/15 08:53 PM 03/21/15 08:53 PM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska astjp2 master
astjp2 master Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska	No, you are all wrong, the challengers were made longer to make them uglier! 1941 Taylorcraft 1968 Charger 1994 Wrangler 1998 Wrangler 2008 Kia Rio 2017 Jetta I didn't do 4 years and 9 months of Graduate School to be called Mister!

Re: why is a challenger longer than a cuda [Re: astjp2] #1784850 03/21/15 09:52 PM 03/21/15 09:52 PM
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 22,696 Bitopia J jcc If you can't dazzle em with diamonds..
jcc If you can't dazzle em with diamonds.. J Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 22,696 Bitopia	Quote: No, you are all wrong, the challengers were made longer to make them uglier! Not exactly, they were made longer so they had an excuse for why they were ugly. Reality check, that half the population is smarter then 50% of the people and it's a constantly contested fact.

Re: why is a challenger longer than a cuda [Re: jcc] #1784851 03/21/15 10:03 PM 03/21/15 10:03 PM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska astjp2 master
astjp2 master Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska	Quote: Quote: No, you are all wrong, the challengers were made longer to make them uglier! Not exactly, they were made longer so they had an excuse for why they were ugly. Oh, that makes perfect cents! 1941 Taylorcraft 1968 Charger 1994 Wrangler 1998 Wrangler 2008 Kia Rio 2017 Jetta I didn't do 4 years and 9 months of Graduate School to be called Mister!

Re: why is a challenger longer than a cuda [Re: astjp2] #1784852 03/21/15 10:16 PM 03/21/15 10:16 PM
Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 21,822 Kirkland, Washington Pacnorthcuda Too Many Posts
Pacnorthcuda Too Many Posts Joined: Nov 2007 Posts: 21,822 Kirkland, Washington	Quote: Quote: Quote: No, you are all wrong, the challengers were made longer to make them uglier! Not exactly, they were made longer so they had an excuse for why they were ugly. Oh, that makes perfect cents! As opposed to error coins?

Re: why is a challenger longer than a cuda [Re: Pacnorthcuda] #1784853 03/21/15 11:18 PM 03/21/15 11:18 PM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska astjp2 master
astjp2 master Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska	Quote: Quote: Quote: Quote: No, you are all wrong, the challengers were made longer to make them uglier! Not exactly, they were made longer so they had an excuse for why they were ugly. Oh, that makes perfect cents! As opposed to error coins? Just a calculation error 1941 Taylorcraft 1968 Charger 1994 Wrangler 1998 Wrangler 2008 Kia Rio 2017 Jetta I didn't do 4 years and 9 months of Graduate School to be called Mister!

Re: why is a challenger longer than a cuda [Re: astjp2] #1784854 03/22/15 10:48 PM 03/22/15 10:48 PM
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horsepower.2007 enthusiast H Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 283 western new york	So no one really answered the question asked - on all models across the board is the difference between the front and rear seat pans or after the rear axle?

Re: why is a challenger longer than a cuda [Re: Moparnut426] #1784855 03/22/15 11:16 PM 03/22/15 11:16 PM
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383man Too Many Posts 3 Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 27,421 Balt. Md	Quote: Quote: Back then Dodges always had a longer wheel base than a Ply. Every body style in a Dodge did. I think it went way back to when Plymouth was a cheaper car line. I don't buy this as I know a Roadrunner/Gtx and a Coronet/Superbee are the same. I used a Roadrunner driveshaft in a Coronet before. Atleast the one I sold the guy was out of a 69 RR and he stuck it in a 69 Bee..... Roadrunner and Coronet are not the same wheelbase going by Mopars listed wheelbase's. Will the driveshaft interchange ?? Maybe as they are only 1" difference I believe but as was stated Dodges usually have the longer wheelbase then the same Plymouth. No one has ever told me why but I just figured it has to do with Dodge being considered the higher model line then Plymouth. Maybe they feel the longer wheelbase gives a better ride ? Ron

Re: why is a challenger longer than a cuda [Re: horsepower.2007] #1784856 03/23/15 12:05 AM 03/23/15 12:05 AM
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B5 Bee master Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,020 Pangaea	Quote: So no one really answered the question asked - on all models across the board is the difference between the front and rear seat pans or after the rear axle? A body was rear floor pan. B body had 2 different front spring hangers, Dodge was 1" longer. E body I don't know but the Challenger does have a larger trunk lid.

Re: why is a challenger longer than a cuda [Re: Sunroofcuda] #1784857 03/23/15 12:53 AM 03/23/15 12:53 AM
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hemicar1971 master H Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 5,108 Chicago Blackhawks	Quote: Challenger trunk pan is longer too - a little more room in the Challenger trunk. You can see it. I am not sure this is true. I have an NOS 1971 Cuda Trunk Floor pan and a NOS late 1971 Challenger Trunk floor pan and they look to be the same length and width. Different holes for the fuel neck. I am looking at them one on top of the other standing up. Just wondered if anyone else thinks the pans are different in length. It would save me a lot of time and work pulling these things out to look at the part numbers and to make sure these are exactly what I bought from Chrysler 35 years ago. 1971 HEMI E BODY REGISTRY

Re: why is a challenger longer than a cuda [Re: hemicar1971] #1784858 03/23/15 01:02 AM 03/23/15 01:02 AM
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Sunroofcuda master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 8,395 Highland, MI.	Quote: Quote: Challenger trunk pan is longer too - a little more room in the Challenger trunk. You can see it. I am not sure this is true. I have an NOS 1971 Cuda Trunk Floor pan and a NOS late 1971 Challenger Trunk floor pan and they look to be the same length and width. Different holes for the fuel neck. I am looking at them one on top of the other standing up. Just wondered if anyone else thinks the pans are different in length. It would save me a lot of time and work pulling these things out to look at the part numbers and to make sure these are exactly what I bought from Chrysler 35 years ago. Well, we used to cut a lot of AZ/TX & CA. trunk pans out back in the 80's before the reproduction stuff hit the market & Cuda & Challenger trunk pans were not the same. I remember Challenger being a few inches longer. No Man With A Good Car Needs To Be Justified

Re: why is a challenger longer than a cuda [Re: Sunroofcuda] #1784859 03/23/15 01:26 AM 03/23/15 01:26 AM
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skicker "The Champ" Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 5,102 Western Md.	Busted the Tech mans A$$ at the local dirt track with this one. They outlawed all unibody cars with less than a 110" wheelbase. No Camaro's, Mustangs, Nova's or Dusters. I showed up in a 73 Scamp and the began...111" when they measured it... ...FAFO...

Re: why is a challenger longer than a cuda [Re: horsepower.2007] #1784860 03/23/15 01:21 PM 03/23/15 01:21 PM
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dan9 super stock D Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,023 pa.	The wheelhouses are different between b-body cars for 69 and I think the trunk gutter is longer on the Dodge. Last edited by dan9; 03/23/15 01:25 PM.

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