70 Challenger Conv. Resto Mod-6.1 Hemi

[soundcontrol]

The stock manifold/header on the driver side will interfere with the steering and won't work.

Thanks! I suspected that, it looks kinda big there. TTI headers then, they will fit with a slight mod on the AC compressor I heard.

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Finally I got some stuff done, got the front and fenders off to weld in the USCartool braces, bad thing is, I was not careful and chipped the paint on the driver side door edge removing one fender. 


My car is put together with all kinds of screws, and different sizas also, metric, woodscrews, you name it... and the fenders had some type of glue under the screws also, suspect construction glue, looked and smelled like it, and it was hard to get the fenders off. Check out the pict of the fender bolts, dont look correct to me. And the upper corner bracket thats bolted to the cowl was not bolted at all, loose, same with a few bolts in the front that attaches to the radiator support. No wonder my car is a rattlecan!
Is there any type of sealer that suppose to go where the fenderbolts in the engine compartment are? At least not glue I guess....See pict.

[roadman5312]

     Wow sc, those bolts look mean. Wonder why the glue.     You can get a complete front fender bolt kit from USCARTOOL.  When I remove fenders/doors/etc I tape edges for protection. 

 

[soundcontrol]

     Wow sc, those bolts look mean. Wonder why the glue.     You can get a complete front fender bolt kit from USCARTOOL.  When I remove fenders/doors/etc I tape edges for protection. 

 

....and you didn't tell me that before I chipped the paint!     . Good tip, from now I will do that.


I will have to get a new bolt kit for the whole car I think, interior is a huge collection of different screws, I found drywall screws holding door panels!


...and I checked my numbers on the radiator and cowl, weird, I got B0 and my correct serial No, it should say 0B (0 for 1970 and B for Hamtrack) but the reversed it, both on the cowl and radiator support.

[Edison1970]

When I had my 1970 Challenger in 1980, my fenders had a black tape like seal between the fender and the inner fender.  Did the factory seal the inner to the fender?  As far as I could tell back then, the car had never been apart or painted.

[soundcontrol]

Took the rear axle and suspension out. Tank is next, and I'm really tempted to clean the whole car under. I dont like the dirty undercoating look.

[anlauto]

Wow...they even put your exhaust tips on backwards...pointing the wrong way

[soundcontrol]

Wow...they even put your exhaust tips on backwards...pointing the wrong way

Maybe that why it's so loud inside! 

[soundcontrol]

I have 2 Porsche seats, 6-way electric. Feels kinda sacrilegious to put them in my car though, I like the stock look, not so much sitting in them though... Maybe if I redo them in black leather with the same patterns as the stock seats   
They seem to fit good, just have to put an extra bracket on one side.

[anlauto]

It would be neat to get them custom recovered to almost match the factory Challenger seat...I mean copy the seams on the headrest area and the horizontal pleats etc....I bet a good upholstery shop could do a pretty convincing recover with that type seat.

[soundcontrol]

A little progress here, got my 340 done and a few ads out to sell it.

[dfrazz]

Looking nice!  Can't wait to hear it sing! 

[soundcontrol]

Got the dash out, that was easier then I thought. The AC box is huge! My Vintage Air box is gonna save a lot of space there.

[roadman5312]

      Nice work sc. The vintage air box is a nice compact design.                      

[TelisSE440]

Nice work ! I remember when i pulled mine out (mine was non ac though) i was eager to clean and paint everything  Keep up the good work Soundcontrol !