73 Challenger restomod

[dave73chally]

Installed my louvers and t/a spoiler this weekend. Both from dale's cuda shop, great quality products and awesome people to deal with  Louvers fit snug on the sides after some adjusting, only area that is slightly off is at the very top middle of the window, it's slightly bubbled up but it's no big deal.

[70chall440]

I have always loved the look of the louvers but have never owned any. I might have to change that with my Cuda or Challenger.

[Mpdlawdog]

nice work!  They are on my list of things to do!!

[brads70]

Nice! Love those louvers! 

[dave73chally]

They fit a lot better than I had read about, very impressed. I'm trying to drill all my holes now and still enjoy it before I completely tear it apart. Keep delaying that as I'm enjoying the heck out of it 

[dave73chally]

Bought the rest of my engine parts and dropped them off at the machine shop, long block will be complete by end of winter. Christmas came early....

[dave73chally]

I bought a set of 04 gto seats a few months back and posted seperate thread on them. Both driver and passenger installed. Power recline, manual slider. Need some tweaking to the manual slider but it's solid and they are comfy! Will have them recovered to lose the gto embroidery when the the interior is done.

Found the remnants of a 2nd build sheet under my driver seat:


Stock ebody vs. gto:


Gutted the power slider bracket from the gto seat. It weighed almost 20lbs and was so high, my head hit the headliner  Also didn't fit in the floorpan at all..


Ebody sliders mounted to bottom of gto seats:


Installed in car, drove it this weekend and wow what a difference modern seats make:

[WildJones]

Which Comp Cams model did you end up purchasing? Also which intake is that?

[Mpdlawdog]

Looking good!!!  the bumpers made is safely by the way....thanks!!

[dave73chally]

Looking good!!!  the bumpers made is safely by the way....thanks!!

Thank god, never shipping anything like that again ha

[dave73chally]

Which Comp Cams model did you end up purchasing? Also which intake is that?

Intake is a holley street dominator. Which comp cams item? Rockers are the 1.5 stainless chromoly #1621-16 timing chain is billet double roller #7125

[WildJones]

Intake is a holley street dominator. Which comp cams item? Rockers are the 1.5 stainless chromoly #1621-16 timing chain is billet double roller #7125

Sorry, didn't look closely and thought it was a camshaft box. What cam did you end up selecting for your build?

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[dave73chally]

Sorry, didn't look closely and thought it was a camshaft box. What cam did you end up selecting for your build?

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Lunati 60312 hydraulic roller. Same as brads, his endorsement convinced me 

[dave73chally]

Started the tear down process. Removed the front end today. Bagged, tagged and photographed it all. Here's how it's sitting now:


When I removed the battery tray, I found these holes underneath. Top hole looks rotted out but bottom is shaped really weird. Was anything ever mounted below the battery tray? Any idea what this could be from?

[70chall440]

If I had to guess I would say it was one of the serrated nut/washer that was pulled through or rotted out around it or perhaps a star washer. The bolt goes from the top down with a washer and nut underneath it.