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Offline mjb765

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I am looking at a 71 R/T challenger that was built for Canada. What were the differences between that and built for US?? Does anybody know??




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Re: Does anybody know the difference between built for US or Canada?
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2010 - 02:16:00 AM »
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Offline Aloid

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Re: Does anybody know the difference between built for US or Canada?
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2010 - 02:25:47 AM »
The Canadian version has extra insulation for parking it in your igloo?

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Re: Does anybody know the difference between built for US or Canada?
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2010 - 08:48:54 AM »
Factory snow tires, hitch on the front for sled dogs, can run off maple syrup in an emergency, slightly larger passenger compartment so that you're not crammed in when wearing parkas.
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Offline mjb765

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Re: Does anybody know the difference between built for US or Canada?
« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2010 - 08:58:00 AM »
I was told once that there was more undercoating on it when set up for Canada....does anybody know if this is right????

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Re: Does anybody know the difference between built for US or Canada?
« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2010 - 11:25:55 AM »
No differences in how they were put together.

Offline mjb765

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Re: Does anybody know the difference between built for US or Canada?
« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2010 - 12:02:32 PM »
Thanks for the help

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Re: Does anybody know the difference between built for US or Canada?
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2010 - 09:21:57 PM »
MAYBE since we're metric, the speedometre is in KM instead of miles?
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Re: Does anybody know the difference between built for US or Canada?
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2010 - 09:30:54 PM »
Cars built for Canada back then has MPH speedometers.

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Re: Does anybody know the difference between built for US or Canada?
« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2010 - 07:29:26 PM »
The Canadian cars came with a case of beer in the trunk, eh! :cheers:
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