that's too funny....anyway, give us some factory specs of these cars, like what pieces/parts are from Oz and what came from the US...plz.



Dave

Stroked_Hemi I was talking to Oz in chat this morning and he say's "there's no rain, no mud, no snow, bla bla bla..." I guess you proved him wrong agian! again!
Dan

Hey Oz, followed your previous resto thread with interest, great to see he car has arrived !

Blowfish was asking about track etc, so here are some dimensions from the owners handbook

wheelbase 105"
overall length 179.6"
Front track 58.32"
Rear track 58.72"
Weights ranged from approx 2970 lbs to 3240 lbs depending on drivetrain and trim.

cheers all and Happy New Year

attached is a picture of my VJ E55

Cool pics Oz! I really like the Magneta R/T!
Hate to nitpick but......your car looks a little dull compaired to it's twin. Now get busy buffing and waxing it up!

Stroked has gone and done it again!!!


TrooperDave, virtually nothing on the Oz Chargers interchanged with the U.S. Mopars except for the later 318's and 340's and and Torqueflite transmissions. They're virtually 100% Aussie other than that.

John,

so they came with V-8's?
if thats the case, what's with all the excitement of the /6?
is it because it's a hemi?


Dave

Dave,
Because the sixes are fast and cool
and they are not a slant.
See attachment.

Here is an restored
engine bay that is OE correct

WOW!! Cool cars! Glad to see they arrived in one piece!

Never having seen one in person, there is one thing I'm curious about, how is the build quality on these cars (or any Mopar down under) compared to Mopars built in the U.S.?

You've done it again Stroked!! Very nice work

TrooperDave... nothing much at all really interchanges.. ummm, upper ball joints and control arms, torsion bars, and that is about it off hand... the 318 and 340 powered ones interchange those, along with the trans on the v-8 cars and the few v-8 904 equipted hemi cars (Most of the auto hemi cars used a borg warner auto) the trans',brakes,diffs,etc,etc are all different. Oh, and as Ron mentioned, the big deal with the Hemi six cars were that they were the fastest Australian cars built for 20+ years (the E49 six pack Charger was quicker then the 340 cars, along with all the Holdens and Fords too..)

Nice car Hey340 ! A mate of mine has a VH E55 (The pic Mal posted..) cool things for sure...

Hey Beeper...you wanna stop by with the cut and polish to give me a hand ? I knew when this other orange car arrived it would make mine look worse

Satilite73, Build quality seems pretty good on all the Aussie cars I have owned/own actually... perhaps since they were all made in far fewer numbers then thier US brothers, a little more checking might have went into them? Of course a car 30 years old from anywhere that has not been kept up will only be so good I guess..

And for Mike (StrokedHemi) and you other weather nay-sayers... here is a fresh pic..


Please note bright Mr. Sun shining down..

Wow Stroked ! That actually looks pretty nice !! Now if I could just get my screen to keep from frosting up..

Think I'll go outside and oogle the collection real quick before I run a few errands today

Yep, it's a balmy 44 degrees here in Detroit and there is not a cloud in the sky. Heck, I may have to get the Daytona out and take it for a spin!


Yeah Oz, how bout an mpeg with audio of one of them cars???

high 30s and about 2" of snow this morning. 30 miles se of Seattle

Hey Stroked_Hemi, with your talent the least you could have done is add some leaves to the trees
Our Weather is about the same...If you like snow move north. If you own a snowmobile don't ride on the lakes just cause they look frozen...the sad thing is, if it gets any warmer I really won't have anything to [censored] about Dan

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I'd like to hear/see that also...Dan

Hey Oz....where`s that back halved car.....I could be putting this back in a RHD car