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Offline tosho62

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Pics of my old Challenger
« on: January 19, 2008 - 09:39:57 PM »
   This year will be 20 years since I sold it to my brothers friend.  :crying:   I had this "thing" about getting a 1970 model year performance MoPar ('Cuda-Challenger-Duster 340- Superbee etc)  so I sold it for like 6 grand to go '70 shopping.  I found the '70 I was looking for............last F'n January!!  Yea I know its an A body..always loved that '70 Duster anyhow. 
    The Challenger is (was) a '74 rallye pkg. Originally equipped w/318 and auto. Kept the car its original Frost Green w/dark green metallic interior which actually looked really sharp. Ditched the factory magnum 500's for the Cragers in the pics. Of course we were into the PRO-STREET scene during the early 1980's. (Remember Auto-Buff mag??)    After losing a street race to a  '68 Firebird the 318 was yanked at warp speed and big block 383 installed. This was like '82 I think.   We had mismatched crap all about this car (yikes-open 2.76:1 rear!) and the tranny from a '69 Roadrunner sucked.  Learned some hard lessons and had my share of embarrasing lost races, but what doesnt kill ya makes ya stronger.  It took two years, but me & Todd (todd383) put together one badass piece of MoPar iron.  After we installed the 4.56:1 gears and finally got the 383 to scream we NEVER lost another race. And man, all I ever did was race!  That seemed to be my purpose in life at the time  :burnout:
   Here is the link.   http://community.webshots.com/user/travlinman62    Look for the 74 Challenger album, I scanned 2 photos today.  My brothers resto project on his '70 Challenger R/T is also up on another album. 




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Re: Pics of my old Challenger
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2008 - 10:17:56 PM »
 :cheers: :burnout:I love that shot of the tires going up in smoke.By the way I love A-bodies and thats a sweet looking A-body you got.

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Re: Pics of my old Challenger
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2008 - 11:41:29 PM »
cool pics that challenger burnout is awsome

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Re: Pics of my old Challenger
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2008 - 12:06:32 AM »
Pretty car, but then so is the A-body avatar you have.
1971 Challenger (OO==== ====OO) getting close!
1970 Challenger (OO########OO) long ways off
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Re: Pics of my old Challenger
« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2008 - 01:05:43 AM »
cool pics that challenger burnout is awsome

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Re: Pics of my old Challenger
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2008 - 11:12:52 AM »
Thanks guys..I miss the hell out of that car, I hear its somewhere in Ct. still and deteriorating badly.  Would be a fun driver put back mostly stock with a mildly built smallblock.
    The Duster is getting a stroker kit as of right now.  Gonna be a sleeper, trying to keep things looking stock under the hood, even using the 68-70 HP manifolds and having them extrude honed.  There's a few dudes running them in F.A.S.T. class and running low 11's on their '70 Darts and Dusters.  I could not have lucked out more finding this Duster. It needed finishing and detail work 

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Re: Pics of my old Challenger
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2008 - 11:46:27 AM »
In Connecticut?What part of the State?

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Re: Pics of my old Challenger
« Reply #7 on: January 20, 2008 - 01:22:17 PM »
Nice Challenger and great burnout. Your Duster makes me wish I had kept me 72 340 twister duster.


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Re: Pics of my old Challenger
« Reply #8 on: January 20, 2008 - 07:06:25 PM »
sweet  :burnout:

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Re: Pics of my old Challenger
« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2008 - 05:41:18 PM »
In Connecticut?What part of the State?
   Familiar with New Milford area, NW corner of state at all?  Im 15 min. north near the Warren/Washington town line.