Re: Challenger convertible decklid different than hardtop?
[Re: Daty Rogers]
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Since the seam is gone I'd say bodywork produced the rounded corners.
-Daty
No seam on convertibles, that area between the dutchman panel and the quarters was leaded, and today you often see cracks in that area on many convertibles.
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Re: Challenger convertible decklid different than hardtop?
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square corners here if my decklid is original
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Re: Challenger convertible decklid different than hardtop?
[Re: mopargem]
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I remember a few years ago seeing a 70 challenger convertible (yellow 383 R/T) with the rounded corners. I thought it was strange because my 71 is square at the edges. Could some of the 70's come like that? I found it strange and your is only the second one like that I've noticed. Hmmm.
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Re: Challenger convertible decklid different than hardtop?
[Re: efisixpack]
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I remember a few years ago seeing a 70 challenger convertible (yellow 383 R/T) with the rounded corners. I thought it was strange because my 71 is square at the edges. Could some of the 70's come like that? I found it strange and your is only the second one like that I've noticed. Hmmm.
I had never noticed before, but a few weeks ago at a cruise, someone pointed it out on my car, and said his '70 was rounded too, but he noticed my friend's '71 vert there at the cruise had square corners and was wondering what is correct. Other than my friend's car, I haven't had a chance to look at any other Challenger convertibles since then to see what they have.
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Re: Challenger convertible decklid different than hardtop?
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Here is my take. The seam is leaded at the factory by some craftsman who did this job 8 hours a day. My guess is that the car received whatever the shape the worker put in when he did the job. He was probably supposed to have a squared off corner per some specification. But I bet it was much harder to shape the squared off corner than it was to round it out. Especially as you are doing the work on a line where the cars keeping coming and going.
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Re: Challenger convertible decklid different than hardtop?
[Re: cataclysm80]
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09/03/09 04:16 PM
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I have a 71 Challenger Vert, still in original paint. Square corners just like a hardtop.
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Re: Challenger convertible decklid different than hardtop?
[Re: gygeneral]
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My 70 Vert in my signature is also square.
As far as you know, is it the original trunk lid?
Build date & plant?
Tav
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