And so it begins...
Back in July of ‘05 I moved into a place that has a garage and allowed me to start my restification on my 1971 Dodge Challenger. I really like the threads where members show the start of the resto and then only post their update info/pics in one place. So If I post any progress stuff, it will be on this thread.
I bought my car in March of 2004 and it promptly went into storage. Since I couldn’t work on it, I started to gather some of the parts that it was missing or would definitely be replaced. The one good thing about this car is that it was pretty complete. But, this car had been sitting and neglected for several years and needs a lot of metalwork. I planned on replacing/upgrading all of the drivetrain, breaks, and suspension. I really want a car that is safe and dependable enough that I can get in and drive it anywhere. I’ll try to tackle most of the paint and bodywork, but it will probably be finished by someone else.
My cars VIN is JH23G1BXXXXXX.
Here is the body tag:
M21 R11 V5x 26 EN2
V1X U B51 C16 C55 G15
GY3 H6X9 000 630 06243
It originally is a Citron Yella car with a black vinyl top and a black interior. It had a 318/727, A/C and power disk brakes.
The first thing that I needed to address was the roof. It looked pretty bad, but it was light surface rust and the only soft spots were near the seam on the sail panel. After a lot of grinding and some of Eastwoods rust neutralizer it looked decent. I gave it a quick spray-can coat of primer to hold it for now.
