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Re: Nine years in the making......Getting closer to don [Re: jrwoodjoe] #833392 12/12/10 10:23 PM 12/12/10 10:23 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn. 71 Charger R/T OP mopar
71 Charger R/T OP mopar Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn.	Quote: I just noticed one more thing. If I scroll down sort of fast on the photos of you doing the burnout, it looks like moving picture of you actually doing it. Joe Yeah! I've got a couple more series of pictures (of smoke shows)that look like a video if you run through them fast.

Re: Nine years in the making......Getting closer to don [Re: 71 Charger R/T] #833393 12/31/10 12:44 PM 12/31/10 12:44 PM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,287 Hamilton,Ont 7 72chrgrally top fuel
72chrgrally top fuel 7 Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,287 Hamilton,Ont	That is sweet! I have one just like it here. I've had mine for 7 years now and haven't done much to it except for buying some parts when I found them. Mine was pulled from behind a barn in central Ontario and was last on the road in '83. Enjoy your car and exellent work on the resto! Steve Here is a pic of mine in it's current state. Photobucket sucks

Re: Nine years in the making......Getting closer to don [Re: 72chrgrally] #833394 01/01/11 11:30 AM 01/01/11 11:30 AM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn. 71 Charger R/T OP mopar
71 Charger R/T OP mopar Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn.	Thanks for the compliment Steve. Cool! Is that originally a GB2 or GA4 color I see on there? Your '72 looks like its coming along nicely!

Re: Nine years in the making......Getting closer to don [Re: 71 Charger R/T] #833395 01/01/11 06:34 PM 01/01/11 06:34 PM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,287 Hamilton,Ont 7 72chrgrally top fuel
72chrgrally top fuel 7 Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,287 Hamilton,Ont	My '71 is B5, with a B5 interior. My '72 Charger Rallye race car project, I've owned that car for over 15 years. It's A4 light gunmeatal metallic with black guts. I have a 432" Indy headed nitrious motor it should go mid 8's. The '71 is a project I'm going to save for when I'm older. Steve Photobucket sucks

Re: Nine long years................. [Re: 72chrgrally] #833396 01/11/11 12:38 AM 01/11/11 12:38 AM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn. 71 Charger R/T OP mopar
71 Charger R/T OP mopar Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn.	I finally installed the headliner..... just need to warm it up and see if the small wrinkles go away or if I'll need to do some more stretching........ I can't wait for spring!!!! Here's what we're enjoying right now. Last edited by 71 Charger R/T; 01/11/11 12:47 AM.

Re: Nine long years................. [Re: 71 Charger R/T] #833397 01/12/11 01:25 PM 01/12/11 01:25 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,252 Sebring, Florida M Mopar Grandpa top fuel
Mopar Grandpa top fuel M Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,252 Sebring, Florida	You should be very proud of your car. Very, very nice.

Re: Nine long years................. [Re: Mopar Grandpa] #833398 02/27/11 12:12 AM 02/27/11 12:12 AM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn. 71 Charger R/T OP mopar
71 Charger R/T OP mopar Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn.	Thank you Mopar Grandpa! Yes, I am very pleased with the way my work has turned out (and I am usually my worst critic) It is fun to drive around and get thumbs up from people who also enjoy seeing these old beasts on the road. Well....... WOOHOOOOO! I'm one more step closer to getting it finished. I needed the hood blackout decal. My brother has a vinyl cutter and said he could make me one if I could get him accurate dimensions so I did a pencil rub of an original decal that I have on a faded old Ramcharger hood , my brother digitized it and..... voila' ...... Here's what he made for me. The vinyl is 48" wide so he was able to invert the second one and with the taper they both fit across the 48". He also did one in gloss finish for practice to make sure everything was correct ( I think he does VERY nice work!). I went from having none to now having three in one fell swoop! I also bought a set of door depression decals from Phoenix graphics since I didn't have the originals to copy anymore. It would have been difficult to to get them right (or it would have cost more than $16.00 in time to get them right!)but now I've got a pencil rub of them and will be able to make more if ever needed. Now I just need to warm up the garage and float these babies on.

Re: Nine long years................. [Re: 71 Charger R/T] #833399 02/27/11 12:41 PM 02/27/11 12:41 PM
Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,300 Washington 19cuda73 pro stock
19cuda73 pro stock Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,300 Washington	WOW Great pictures. I can understand your excitement. That car is Awesome. You do great work and I think were all ready for Spring to get here. The photos do blend together for the burnout slideshow. Dennis 1966 Charger 383 4 speed (Black with Red interior) 1973 Cuda 340 4 speed (Lemontwist) 1972 Corvette

Re: Nine long years................. [Re: 19cuda73] #833400 02/27/11 06:58 PM 02/27/11 06:58 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn. 71 Charger R/T OP mopar
71 Charger R/T OP mopar Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn.	Thank you for the compliments 19cuda73! Yes, I am SOOOO ready for spring! Yeah, that burn-out works pretty neat if you scroll down fast doesn't it? Almost like a little movie

Re: Nine long years................. [Re: 71 Charger R/T] #833401 02/27/11 09:16 PM 02/27/11 09:16 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,235 JERSEY RJS master
RJS master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 6,235 JERSEY	WOW just WOW!! Your workmanship is unbelievable. that car is one of the nicest 71's I've seen in a long time... Ron

Re: Nine long years................. [Re: RJS] #833402 03/02/11 10:12 PM 03/02/11 10:12 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn. 71 Charger R/T OP mopar
71 Charger R/T OP mopar Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn.	Thanks Ron! I better start being careful now or my heads gonna start swelling!

Re: Nine long years................. [Re: 71 Charger R/T] #833403 03/05/11 05:39 PM 03/05/11 05:39 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn. 71 Charger R/T OP mopar
71 Charger R/T OP mopar Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn.	Warmed up the garage and put it on...... Now just the tires and I'll be done for a while.

Re: Nine long years................. [Re: 71 Charger R/T] #833404 03/05/11 06:30 PM 03/05/11 06:30 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 12,375 SoCal MuuMuu101 I got lucky at Woodward!
MuuMuu101 I got lucky at Woodward! Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 12,375 SoCal	Quote: Warmed up the garage and put it on...... Now just the tires and I'll be done for a while. NICE!!!

Re: Nine long years.................DONE!!!! [Re: MuuMuu101] #833405 03/10/11 10:54 PM 03/10/11 10:54 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn. 71 Charger R/T OP mopar
71 Charger R/T OP mopar Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn.	DONE!!!! The final touch! I got my GOOD YEAR polyglas GTs (thank you Rusty Small) Rusty is an excellent guy to work with, Very quick and very reasonable, A true Gentleman. If you need tires for your car, I would recommend you look him up! Well.... I got them mounted on the rims and WOOHOO! I think it looks SOOOO much better with the right tires on it...........What do you think? Please excuse the dust, I need to get to the wand bay!

Re: Nine long years.................DONE!!!! [Re: 71 Charger R/T] #833406 03/11/11 12:31 AM 03/11/11 12:31 AM
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Anonymous Unregistered A	Congrats, what a great feeling isn't it.

Re: Nine long years.................DONE!!!! [Re: 71 Charger R/T] #833407 03/11/11 12:33 AM 03/11/11 12:33 AM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,647 IL 7 71383beep top fuel
71383beep top fuel 7 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,647 IL	Looks sweet! Its nice to see one in the V4W That is not seen to often. Keep it up! '73 GK6 Challenger Rallye - 340 4-Speed

Re: Nine long years.................DONE!!!! [Re: 71383beep] #833408 03/11/11 01:12 AM 03/11/11 01:12 AM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn. 71 Charger R/T OP mopar
71 Charger R/T OP mopar Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn.	Quote: Looks sweet! Its nice to see one in the V4W That is not seen to often. Keep it up! Thanks guys, Yes it does feel good to be able to enjoy the car now although there seems to always be something more that can be done so they're never really finished. 71383bee: The car is not really coded V4W as that option was not available with the R/T package (for what reason I still don't know) but the original owner ordered it with the white "landau" (canopy) top and was told he couldn't get it that way, only full vinyl or no vinyl, so he ordered it without a vinyl and had the dealer install one. So, I wanted to stay faithful to the way the car was delivered to the original owner..... and I also am partial to the look as I used to own a '71 in high school that was B5 blue and had a white canopy top (not an R/T) in fact here's a picture of it, mirrored windows and all...... So this car kind of brings me back to the high school day memories only its the real deal!

Re: Nine long years.................DONE!!!! [Re: 71 Charger R/T] #833409 03/11/11 02:31 AM 03/11/11 02:31 AM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 6,519 Buffalo, NY U.S.A. MrNormsTA master
MrNormsTA master Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 6,519 Buffalo, NY U.S.A.	Wow, car looks great, you did well! Enjoy. Rick.

Re: Nine long years.................DONE!!!! [Re: 71 Charger R/T] #833410 03/11/11 09:38 AM 03/11/11 09:38 AM
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,647 IL 7 71383beep top fuel
71383beep top fuel 7 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,647 IL	Quote: Quote: Looks sweet! Its nice to see one in the V4W That is not seen to often. Keep it up! Thanks guys, Yes it does feel good to be able to enjoy the car now although there seems to always be something more that can be done so they're never really finished. 71383bee: The car is not really coded V4W as that option was not available with the R/T package (for what reason I still don't know) but the original owner ordered it with the white "landau" (canopy) top and was told he couldn't get it that way, only full vinyl or no vinyl, so he ordered it without a vinyl and had the dealer install one. So, I wanted to stay faithful to the way the car was delivered to the original owner..... and I also am partial to the look as I used to own a '71 in high school that was B5 blue and had a white canopy top (not an R/T) in fact here's a picture of it, mirrored windows and all...... So this car kind of brings me back to the high school day memories only its the real deal! Cool follow up...I knew it was something different! I did not know the canopy roof was not avail for R/T's. They definitely changed that in 72 as I have a friend with a V4X roof on a GY8 400 Rallye charger. Congrats again and keep it up. I always loved B5 on these cars! Especially the interior! You can't get a blue car with a blue interior anymore! '73 GK6 Challenger Rallye - 340 4-Speed

Re: Nine long years.................DONE!!!! [Re: 71383beep] #833411 03/31/11 11:37 PM 03/31/11 11:37 PM
Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn. 71 Charger R/T OP mopar
71 Charger R/T OP mopar Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 491 Chilly Northern, Minn.	I entered my first car show.(world of wheels)..... Got best in class. (YES! )

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