Swiss Challenger driver says Hi

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Offline -Tom-

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Swiss Challenger driver says Hi
« on: February 24, 2014 - 09:01:06 AM »
Hi

My name is Thomas, I am 30 years old. I was in school as car mechanic and then working by VW/Audi. I like these cars very much and still like them, had a lot of them of course. Started with a "Boy racer" VW Golf MK2 G60, then had some Sciroccos and Jettas, but also few Audis like the S4 Biturbo or the S6 V8. Beside i had a real classic, the Audi Quattro (Urquattro, Rallye Quattro). I build this car up from the bottom, started at school and was owner for 10 years almost. If somebody is interested in this car, you can see this car on youtube;

Audi Quattro Tribute


But after all this year the car began to bore me and i sold it for a good price. Even if i like the German cars very much, i always dreamed about the American cars... know the Challenger from "Vanishing Point", the Trans Am from "Smokey and the Bandit" and also the third gen Trans Am from "Knight Rider". I really love these cars... so last year's i had a Trans Am GTA, sold it very good and then bought a Turbo Trans Am from 89. Liked them very very much but had to sell but i wanted to made a dream come true; A 70 Dodge Challenger.
So i sold everything i had, bought a '85 Audi Quattro for 600 Bucks and then finally bought a 70 Dodge Challenger Last year...  :cheers:

About the car; It's not in original condition and not a matching number car. But i didn't want. I was looking for a car where some custom work is allowed. So i found a 70 Challenger but had to pay a lot of money for it (50k USD) now i am broke  :rofl:
So now the Challenger was built in Swiss. It was a 340 but the pre owner has a lot of work or money put into it. That means the car now has a 440 engine, build up completely 3000 miles ago (keith block pistons, hughes roller cam, edelbrock heads, speed demon carburetor, magnaflow exhaust...), a rebuild 727 Torque Flite with 2200 Stall and a 8 3/4 rear diff with 3.23 locked. The engine room is painted new (and nice). 8 years ago the car became new side body panels, new fenders and new paint shop (wild berry from chrysler). At all very nice condition, only the interior need some work (Some gauges doesn't work, doesn't look very nice at all). I really love the car an i want to put some work in to it and be carfull with this baby!!

Last year i drove the challenger already and this winter i started with some things... it's nice to work on it, everything is simple. But sometimes its easier to ask somebody and that's why i am on this forum now  :biggrin:

So hi to everybody, i hope you forgive my lack of language skills (never learned English professionally, only at MTV and so on  :) ) and hope i can get some help or give a good advice to somebody from you  :wave: .

Regards, Tom


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Re: Swiss Challenger driver says Hi
« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2014 - 10:11:11 AM »
great looking car.  I know what its like to spend all your money and have to live poor for awhile, but you know when its right.  this is a great place to ask questions, particularly details like gauges and what not.  enjoy your new toy!

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Re: Swiss Challenger driver says Hi
« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2014 - 10:26:47 PM »
Thomas that is  a great looking challenger  .  Well done  enjoy   :aussie:
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Re: Swiss Challenger driver says Hi
« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2014 - 07:58:22 AM »
Beautiful car.  :2thumbs:  Welcome to the site!   :cheers:
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Re: Swiss Challenger driver says Hi
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2014 - 08:01:15 AM »
Nice Challenger
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Re: Swiss Challenger driver says Hi
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2014 - 08:10:11 AM »
Could you possibly post a picture of that urQuattro? Love those old audi's.
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Re: Swiss Challenger driver says Hi
« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2014 - 11:12:46 AM »
Welcome aboard.... :wave:
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Re: Swiss Challenger driver says Hi
« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2014 - 02:23:32 PM »
Welcome  :wave: and nice car.  :2thumbs:  Don't be a stranger.
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Re: Swiss Challenger driver says Hi
« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2014 - 05:03:38 PM »

Hi

Thanks a lot for your nice comments  :thumbsup: !! Feels very nice to be here!

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Re: Swiss Challenger driver says Hi
« Reply #9 on: February 25, 2014 - 11:40:52 PM »
Welcome to the site Tom and that's a very nice looking Challenger you've got! Your language is doing fine compared to my Schweizerdeutsch?  :wave:

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Re: Swiss Challenger driver says Hi
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2014 - 05:27:15 PM »
You have awesome taste in audi's. I absolutely love them. That challenger is nice too
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Re: Swiss Challenger driver says Hi
« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2014 - 02:53:31 AM »
Welcome to the site Tom and that's a very nice looking Challenger you've got! Your language is doing fine compared to my Schweizerdeutsch?  :wave:

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Re: Swiss Challenger driver says Hi
« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2014 - 09:00:45 AM »
Good stuff man. Inspiring me to bite the bullet on a 70 Challenger!,,,,,,,,,!
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