I purchased a 70 Challenger R/T last August and have been patiently waiting for the resto shop to finish. We are doing a complete frame off. The job is coming out great and I should have some pics of the completed project in a couple weeks. I have tons of pics during the process if anyone is interested let me know. I have documented the whole process on-line (is it OK to put a link in these post?).
The 70 Challenger was my high school buddies first car and I was always envious. I had a 68 Charger and we had a bit of fun around town, (ah, those were the days!). So when I was out for a run last August and saw this baby inside a neighbor's garage I just had to have it!
Here is some background...
The car is a New Hampshire car that was never driven in the winter. (Yes I know, if I'm looking for a bridge you just happen to have one for me.) I didn't believe it either until we got into the resto. All we replaced was the bottom 6 inches of the quarter panels and trunk skirts! The rest of the body was mint, well a bit of bondo to be taken out and dents straightened but no other metal replacement. The previous ower only raced the car. Whan I saw it it had 1/4 inch of dust on it!
Unfortunately, because he raced it the 383 just wasn't good enough so he had a 426 Wedge with a heavy cam and 4.11 gears in it. The thing was a beast to drive on the road. So the whole numbers matching thing went out the window and I decided to build a driver that would be pretty close to stock. We found a 383 HP with a 1/70 date code which went well with the 3/70 build date for the car and got to work on the resto project (and draining Jim's wallet).
I could pretty much right a book here on the whole process but I will spare you all the details. The final result will be a nice 70 Challenger R/T driver that I hope to drive until I just can't get the clutch pedal down.
Look for my pictures in a few weeks or contact me for the current restoration site link.
Is there anyone else here from NH?
Jim
