70 Challenger R/T fact sunroof resto

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Re: 70 Challenger R/T fact sunroof resto
« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2008 - 08:41:40 PM »
Barracuda sunroof cars didnt come around until 72. I dont know why, and I bet they are even more rare than Challenger sunroof cars. BTW, beautiful car, I will be watching this one for sure!  :2thumbs:
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Re: 70 Challenger R/T fact sunroof resto
« Reply #16 on: February 04, 2008 - 09:12:42 PM »
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Re: 70 Challenger R/T fact sunroof resto
« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2008 - 09:47:46 PM »
Are you going to put the side stripes on or go with a B5 Blue Bumblebee stripe. :swaying:

The car came from the factory with blue vinyl molding, which is NOT going back on. Have to decide if the bumble bee stripe looks good with the luggage rack. Have an NOS rack to go on the car, so that will look good. With the fenders having the holes for the Challenger and R/T emblems, the side stripe is out. So it's either bumble bee stripe or nothing.

I've seen several 69 Charger R/T's with factory sunroofs, and several A body cars. Needed some parts for this one and found a 74 satellite in a junk yard with a complete setup, so got that entire assembly for $200 out of that car. Nice to have a spare parts supply for those parts.

Interesting thing on these sunroof cars is they all had vinyl tops, but dont code for a vinyl top on the fender tag. The car was built in the factory as a painted top hardtop, then sent to american sunroof who did the conversion. They really hacked up the car puting these sunroofs on, I'll take some pics of the "quality" workmanship. After they installed the roof, they put a vinyl top on to hide the rough work. At the bottom of the vinyl, they used a self stick molding to dress off the top. So no pins for the factory molding on the body like you see on factory vinyl top cars.

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Re: 70 Challenger R/T fact sunroof resto
« Reply #18 on: February 05, 2008 - 02:00:49 AM »
 :clapping: I would run the B5 Bumblebee stripe with the luggage rack for sure.


Here is a picture of a Green interior, Green striped, White Challenger that is begging to have a luggage rack. :2thumbs:
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Re: 70 Challenger R/T fact sunroof resto
« Reply #19 on: February 05, 2008 - 11:38:37 AM »
Great looking Challenger and a rare Challenger indeed. I like the idea of the bumblebee strip and will really set this Challenger off in a crowd.


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Re: 70 Challenger R/T fact sunroof resto
« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2008 - 03:33:53 PM »
just happened to see this on theBay... not an aution so it will probably be there later
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MOPAR-DART-CHARGER-CHALLENGER-MANUAL-SUNROOF-BEZEL_W0QQitemZ260207882716QQihZ016QQcategoryZ10076QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Great to see your getting on with the build  :woo:
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Re: 70 Challenger R/T fact sunroof resto
« Reply #21 on: February 05, 2008 - 05:27:22 PM »
just happened to see this on theBay... not an aution so it will probably be there later
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MOPAR-DART-CHARGER-CHALLENGER-MANUAL-SUNROOF-BEZEL_W0QQitemZ260207882716QQihZ016QQcategoryZ10076QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Great to see your getting on with the build  :woo:


Thats a manual sunroof crank you often see on A body cars. The 70 Challenger's had power sunroofs. A lot of the components are shared, but not all.

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Re: 70 Challenger R/T fact sunroof resto
« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2008 - 12:11:25 AM »
I can't wait to see that power sunroof going, up close and personal  :bigsmile:

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Re: 70 Challenger R/T fact sunroof resto
« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2008 - 12:15:13 AM »
The power sunroof option cost more than the convertible option which makes it a no brainer as to why they are so rare.
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Re: 70 Challenger R/T fact sunroof resto
« Reply #24 on: February 06, 2008 - 01:02:22 AM »
That looks very nice, Larry! :cheers:  It's going to be a very sweet ride once you're finished with it. :2thumbs:
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Re: 70 Challenger R/T fact sunroof resto
« Reply #25 on: February 06, 2008 - 08:35:41 AM »
 :22yikes: Have you got a price on what the sunroof conversion was back in the day................................. :faint:
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Re: 70 Challenger R/T fact sunroof resto
« Reply #26 on: February 06, 2008 - 10:22:35 AM »
:22yikes: Have you got a price on what the sunroof conversion was back in the day................................. :faint:

$461.45   :eek2: 


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Re: 70 Challenger R/T fact sunroof resto
« Reply #27 on: February 06, 2008 - 05:10:36 PM »
:22yikes: Have you got a price on what the sunroof conversion was back in the day................................. :faint:

I know i once added up the options on this car, and it came out over $5200 list. Thats quite a chunk of change, more than a well equipped Hemi 4 speed E-body.

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Re: 70 Challenger R/T fact sunroof resto
« Reply #28 on: April 18, 2008 - 04:14:57 PM »
Was the sunroof option coded on the buildsheet only? Should the code be M51?

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Re: 70 Challenger R/T fact sunroof resto
« Reply #29 on: April 18, 2008 - 05:30:09 PM »
I was wondering, is your car a hardtop? That would be awesome! I was under the impression that all factory sunroof cars were vinyl top cars  :dunno:  :clueless:
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