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[cudaspaz]

Originally wanted an E body badly and almost scored a 73 'cuda/360 but the seller's Brother stopped him from selling it.
So I scored this 67 barracuda from a co-worker that had it buried in his barn.

I turned it down 4 years prior because I was not into A bodies "at the time".
I finally decided to take a look at it when he told me he was going to sell it to a Ford guy that would most likely flip it or scrap it.
The price was right and the southern body was solid, had a 273/ 904 7-1/4 open rear, plain Jane hubcap car.
The interior was totally shot from rats and it was buried in the barn with wood planks, buckets, paint cans, ladders, boxes, you name it.
It took a long time to dig out.

The day I dragged it home.


Some serious :rebel:Ingenuity and more personal touches than Michael Jackson could ever give Mckauley Caulkin.

11.0-1 360/A-833 4 spd/8-3/4 sure grip 3.91
Holley 870 street avenger/vac secondaries.
SS springs/minitubbed/stock wheel openings/ rear wheel house massaged towards front.
8-point cage.
Rebuilt front suspension with PST parts and big torsion bars., LCA braces(handles well.) even with skinnies.
Torque strap
Line loc.
Fuel cell.
Custom interior.
Made hood scoop functional-felt a great hp gain after that.

Much, too much to list.































Can't forget my little 71 swinger special /6, three on the tree, that I bought and sold because I could not take it any longer not being able to drive a cool Mopar while building this one.

[SMS]

Here is my 71 440 R/T (as real as Pam Anderson's boobs - clone)

[captcolour]

Waxed Gracie and took her for a ride today.  Stopped along the way for a couple photos.

[72ls5fla]

hello-

1970 440 Sixpack
727
4.10 Dana
Real Shaker car
B5 Blue..
Just purchased 2 months ago...

[CUDA JAS]

some new ones of mine.

[Doomed]

Here's mine...still working ou the bugs.

Kyle.

[Phils other half Sue]

I think that I posted this on the wrong thread earlier so I will post it here!

Hi Guys, thought maybe someone could help me out here, I was Phil Alepa's fiance' of 14 years. Phil raced with the American Power Boat Association (APBA) in the Pro/Stock class where he is a two time National Champion and also was known as Mr. Mopar. Phil had owned a 1970 Dodge Challenger since 1973, he had bought the car with only a few thousand miles on it. As the owner of Alepa's Auto Works he restored the car to a custom showroom  masterpiece. His Challenger was in many car shows all over but mostly at the Jacob Javits Convention where it always took 1st place wins. His Challenger was his most prized possession! Phil lost his life on September 14th 2007 in his STV boat while out with a couple of buddies from Scream and Fly High Performance Power Boat Magazine. Phil's car was sold by his family shortly after his death. The last I had heard about the car was that it was sold at the Borgota Casino in Atlantic City in 2007 at the G. Potter King Car Show. I know this is going to sound crazy as to why I am posting this message here. I woke up out of a dead sleep a couple of weeks ago from a dream I had about Phil, and in that dream he told me to FIND HIS CAR!!! I don't know how many of you believe but this dream was so real...the reason for this post is to just find out what happened to his car. If any of you have or know any information on this car please can you let me know. His car was a one of a kind so it not hard to remember! Thank You so much! as I said this post is for NO other reason but to know what happened to his car...many of you can understand the way Phil was about this car!!! 

[Rare_T_A]

This is the rest of our group. Challenger R/T and Ram Indy.

The T/A is on page 5.

[1RT2NV]

Great I found the spot to strut my stuff. After I'm done here I'm going to find where to do some "Bench Racing" yea man - Love it.

My name is Dan & my love for Mopar started back in the late 60's - Saved up all my pennies from the very first day I got my working papers at the tender age of 14. I was simply over my heels in love back then with the 66-67 Chargers & that long fastback & hide-a-way headlights. So
needless to say my first car on the road was a 66 Charger (had a 57 Dodge Coronet before that) In 1972 I bought a brand new Duster 340 &
a 4-speed for the insane price of $2,909.00 - imagine that now.

Current sitting in the garage or I should say garages - is my Turquoise on Turquoise 1964 Plymouth Belvedere station wagon bought out of
Washington State. "1" outer body repaint from back in the 80's & front seat cover - the rest for now is totally original. Current powered by
the old poly 318 - push button automatic. I've already replaced the rear springs & shocks - put in a 3.23 Sure-grip & axles from a 65 B-body.
I scored a 65 - 426 Street Wedge engine that I'm going to rebuild & I'm currently looking for a push button big block transmission case. With
that will be Vintage Air to keep me & the wife cool. Last year I added some new S/S Cragar rims & B.F.G. T/A radials.

Next is my 1968 Plymouth Sport Satellite convertible. Original a 318-2 barrel car - it now sports a complete 68 GTX driveline. The 440 Super Commando was rebuilt to stock specs - transmission was rebuilt with a shift kit & the 3.55 Sure-grip was freshen up. It's had one re-paint in
it's original Dark Green & front seat covers - the rest is all original. I added some new chrome Magnum 500 rims & Red-lines for Coker. Last year I added the correct style GTX chrome exhaust tips & hangers.

3rd in the fleet - is my 70 Challenger SE which after 5 long years still isn't completely done - hence the nickname "Never Done" * I wanted
a HEMI Challenger RT/SE so... bad I decided to build one right on to the must have Dana 60 rear. So in 2004 I took a ride to Carlisle ALL Chryslers & hunted the car corral for a 70 SE. Low & behold I found one, but the owner wanted insane money. So for the next "3" days I
I hung out & walked around until my legs practically fell off. On the last day in the Winner Circle was a Light Green 70 SE - the car looked amazing. After stiking up a conversation with the owner & his wife, who I actually have to thank for her part in the purchase - I bought the
car on the spot. After of course they collected their Award in front of the Grand Stand. The original 318-2 barrel was already gone replaced
by a 440. I immediately took it to the shop & disassembled the entire car & sent it to media blasting - when it returned I was in shock - LOL.
Yea I can laugh about it now, but really wasn't laughing then. It needed "2" quarter panels & a trunk floor. There was patches in the bottom
of both fenders, but I'm happy to say - there was no rust what so ever around the cowl - rear window plug or in either doors. Since this was
back before quality replacement quarter panels, I hunted high & low for NOS units - finding them through NOS.com for $1,500 each. Fenders were $900 each - trunk floor came via Desert Valley boys. All the chrome was re-plated & all the stainless polished. After all the panels were
replaced, it came off the jig & onto the rotisserie. Color of choice since it was a green car already, was naturally Sublime. Finally came the day
to start reassembly. Super Stock springs from Manicini & a DTS Dana 60 with disc brakes. Hemi K-frame - all new steering & brakes. For a solid year my shop looked like Christmas time with delivery trucks coming in practically every day. While all this was going on, I spent every spare minute looking for the big Hemi. Finally I found a 472cu. that the pervious owner just had rebuilt & was planning on putting into his 65 A990.
Since so... many years had passed & the new Mopar Performance Hemi's where out - he decided to go big, big with a 572cu. & I bought the
other engine. The engine cost me as much as the car itself - but I couldn't have been happier then.

Now enters car #4 - a 69 Dodge Dart Swinger. A friend showed me an ad from a guy in Tupalo, Mississippi of this 69 Swinger with 11,000 original miles for $4,500 * 6 cylinder with radio & hub cap delete. At first I really didn't think much about it, but then I thinking - Hemi Dart.
So I made the call & the guy on the other end with a low & deep southern accent - says son, this car is "Totally" rust free. So with a leap of
faith, I wired him $4,000 & waited patiently for the Dart to arrive. Once on the lift - I couldn't believe my eyes, no rust - nothing, not-da. Plus
to my delight, it ran & ran darn good. So for the last "2" years I've been replacing dried out vinyl - rubber moldings & pitted chrome. Only the
undercarriage needed to be media blasted do to some very light surface patina & I painte the entire undercarriage body color. I went some
S/S springs - 8-3/4 for a 70 Duster with a rebuilt 489 3.23 Sure-grip. All new front end, 099 torsion bars & I fabricated my own Hemi K-frame.
I scored an old Fairbanks Hemi unit & rebuilt that - added a MP 3,800rpm converter. I've replaced all the headlight & tail-light bezels, rear lens.
inner & outer door handles - mirror & had the bumper re-chromed. I found a reconditioned grille at 2011 Carlisle. By now you all have probably guessed what happening next - I'm taking the Hemi out of the Challenger & between the fenders of the Dart. Many are probably asking why & wondering if I've lost my mind. I think a Hemi Darts & Barracudas were the ultimate Mopars & I wanted the "Ultimate Sleeper" I plan on running 185-85-13 white wall tires on plain steel rims with dog dish hub caps & either a shaker hood or early Hemi hood scoop. Full exhaust
to the rear bumper. I'm leaving the car White it's original color & have already redone the B5 / B7 Blue bench seat interior. Left the radio delete plate in place & added a period correct Am/Fm radio under the dash.

For those of you who might be wondering, I had a 1969 steel crank 440 rebuilt for the Challenger. Bored .030 with 11.0.1 Keith Black pistons,
Six Pack rods & heavily worked 906 heads. Haven't picked out a cam yet - but I plan on buy a brand new Six Pack setup from Herbs. Stock reproduction exhaust manifold into the already hung 3" exhaust.

I've come to the Cross Roads now, one of my cars has to go. I've already decided the 64 Belvedere wagon stays - so it's either the Challenger or the 68 Sport Satellite. I figure I'll advertise them both & which ever goes first so be it. I already have the Sport Satellite advertised here &
the Challenger is next. I pulled the Challenger out of storage yesterday & took a few before pictures. Unfortunately all the restoration photos were lost last year when my harddrive fried. I have some before pictures of the Dart & a few of it now that I'll put on - please enjoy.

[js23nob]

that looks like a export build tag

[spamtank]

First, let me correct an error on my submission to Dave for COTM.  The vinyl top isn't in fact gator grain, so my humble apologies.  It is instead the VF1 full vinyl top.  Between the time I sent my info to Dave and now, I stumbled upon a good comparison of the two.  When I bought the car a few years ago, it was listed as gator grain,  I didn't know any better, but now I do. 

So down to business.

COTM March 2012

1970 Challenger SE
98,500 original miles
Numbers Matching 383 2V engine and 727 Torqueflite transmission
PS, PB with disc brakes up front, AC, 26" radiator, and W23 Road Wheels

Car is about 90-95 percent original.  Little to no rust, and all original sheet metal.  Color was light gold FY4, but was repainted light gold with a faint touch of green that nicely ties the replacement Green vinyl top and green interior.  Interior sports bucket seats, overhead and center console with slapstick shifter, rallye gauges, and a Rimblow steering wheel.  It also has a rear window defroster, and rear speaker.  It's missing the AM/FM radio that it was built with, but I hope to find a replacement for that some day.

Recent work and restoration includes the following:  Updated to XHD Rear Springs, new front end bushings,  ball joints, and new brakes all around.  Rimblow switch replaced, speedometer rebuilt, and clock retrofitted with quartz movement.  The gas tank has also been replaced to take care of a nagging fuel leak.

The car appears to have been purchased in 1973 by the second owner in GA, the 3rd owner purchased the car near Wellford SC in 1982.  The individual I purchase the car from obtained it about 5 years ago and set about cleaning and restoring it.  I purchased the car in Manchester NH, in 2010 (when it turned 40 years old), and I have been steadily working on it since.  I have two nice copies of the broadcast sheet, along with a few other pieces of historical documentation.

We enjoy taking the car out to local cruise nights, and have entered it into two car shows and won a nice plaque and trophy so far.  We look forward to bringing it to Carlisle some time in the near future.

Cheers,

Rick







Won a plaque at the Cruisin' Downtown Event - It was a blast. http://www.cruisingdowntown.com/

Second car show I entered won the nice trophy below:













Here are the two copies of the broadcast sheet that the former owner discovered in his files and set to me 9 months after I bought the car. 





Here's an interesting artifact that came with the car.  It's a Consumer braking, acceleration, passing, effectiveness report that is specific to my VIN.  Does anyone have any info on this?  Barry Washington was unfamiliar with this report as was a local mopar enthusiast.  So any insight would be appreciated.


















Oh, and here's my first Mopar.  66 Dodge Coronet with the old 318. 

[hemiken]

  Love your Challenger..................

  And you've added extra pictures , it really is awesome to see all the info and that you have left it correct

Would be good if 4C could move this post out of the members rides and make a whole new section called "Online COTM magazine feature car" or something like that.

PLEASE 4C

[GranCuda1970]

Stunning car, shows the true craftsmanship of Mopar.

[hooD]

Here's an interesting artifact that came with the car.  It's a Consumer braking, acceleration, passing, effectiveness report that is specific to my VIN.  Does anyone have any info on this?  Barry Washington was unfamiliar with this report as was a local mopar enthusiast.  So any insight would be appreciated.

Rick.....I have the same consumer information sheet on my cuda specific to my VIN. 

[GranCuda1970]

That's some neat chit man!!

   Maybe' they tested the consumer sheet out on your car 1st or they just had to inform everyone that bought the car of this passing / breaking spec.