Well, i'd quickly retort with a crack on not having to wear kevlar when i leave the house, but i really shouldn't be throwing stones with the crime problem we have here... Haha.

FINALLY got some nice enough weather, and some time to open the hood...

Okay, here's the money shot. The stunning glory ov Mopar horsepower and righteousness... The leaning tower ov power.

Heh... a testament to the simplicity and reliability ov these cars. After sitting since THE EIGHTIES... and having been in my possession since the late 90's, i got bored one day about 7 or 8 years ago and tossed a battery onto the tray, and put a few bucks worth ov gas in the tank and fired it up. It almost ran. So i bought some new plugs, cleaned the wires, cap, etc, and tried again, and with some rather vigorous right foot action, that sucker RAN. Hell... i drove it around the block. I would have gone further, but it was running like sh!t (would not idle at all), and well... i had no idea what condition the brakes and lines were in. But i got to drive my car!

As it would turn out, when i finally pulled the tank, i found a lot more than $5 gas in there... like, almost double what i put in. So this would explain why it would not idle. That gas was TWENTY YEARS old. NO doubt in my mind that with a new tank and gas, this thing would fire right up and drive. Amazing. Was taken off the road in the 80's.

Here's some serious horsepower porn, and unfortunately, some more rust porn...

I'm confused; what are the plans for the car? Will you be getting the car mechanically sound and driving it as is, restoring it, selling it, or something else? Just wondering what direction you will be going with the car?

Ugh... well... I WANT to drive it... badly... but it just never seems to get off the ground. I'm just not one ov those guys that jumps into things and starts ripping off parts (like soooo many ov these Moparts projects start... then you never see them again). Just in a bad place right now, as far as this car is concerned... no shop (and it rains here... a LOT), sketchy neighborhood (thieves, vandals), crappy tools (almost enough to still do the job though... i built my 72 Charger with what i have), and no money. For what I need out ov a car, i could be driving this rig for less than 3K... but money has been tighter the last 6 months than usual. Its not cheap to live where i live, and getting worse by the month.

I would love nothing more than to put this on the road, and sell my daily driver Toyota, which would then net me enough more money to finish phase 2 ov this project. But like i said, i cant seem to get it off the ground.

So... there is the ad here, on Moparts, and i very recently put it on facebook, and holy goddamn [censored] i'm getting inundated with attention. I should have priced it higher, but too late now. Its supposed to be gone this Tuesday, but we'll see. I've got between now and then to find 12K, which will let me not only keep it, but put it on the road. I've set aside 4K from that to do so.


If i DO get to keep and drive it, plans will be to put a hot little Magnum in it, a 4-speed (gonna run the 3-speed for now), stiff suspension and the best brakes i can afford (not much, maybe the Mopar Action swap). Buy back my T/A hood and put the T/A stuff (spoilers, stripes, etc.) on it to have a daily driver i can road race. Goals will be a GLORIOUS sound (i build my own exhaust) and the best gas mileage i can eke out ov the old-school. So probably end up with a 318 Magnum and 2.76 gears until i can stab an OD stick in there. I put a LOT ov miles on my cars. I LOVE the patina, and i hate pretty cars, so the paint and body will not be touched. Only the rust will be repaired, and with absolutely as little metal as possible. I've got a line on some original Challenger metal for the floor patches, the window channel patches, and as for the trunk... if i go with a new Challenger fuel system, i'll weld in a trunk pan (hope to find an original one from a real car), or if i just go with a cell i'll just weld some metal in there for now. Just want it sealed and dry.

The weather is NOT helping this mess either. Its snowing AGAIN tonight. It NEVER used to snow here... ever.



EDIT: The thing that burns me, aside from this being my dream car (only way it could be dreamier is if that was faded TX9 black patina...) is that its just a GOOD CAR. Read the post above this one... this thing, after decades ov neglect WANTS to drive. I've had, since i bought this one, a half-dozen Mopars that were driving and insured and still gave me daily grief... no matter how i came at them. My Charger was utterly cursed. Some cars are just GOOD, some are just sh!t. My Caddy is one ov the good ones. I hate to sell a good Mopar... i've not had a lot ov luck with them.