my new project

[wagesofsin]

well, heres my 2000.00 project, needs the usual lower quarter fix. doors are solid, pillars good, 1 rocker i will refab. lotta sheetmetal work, but i can handle it easy. the dope who put the new floor pans in did so OVER the rotted out part hahahaha!!!silly person.
all else is solid, and its a mostly complete car, so i think i did ok.







the skinny guy with all the tats is my boy chris. last time he was in a challenger was 13 years ago(hes 22) so hes excited as well.

[wagesofsin]

wow, i just noticed 1 pic is ginormous, ill try and fix that.


heres the skinny guy

[bb71challenger]

wow, i just noticed 1 pic is ginormous, ill try and fix that.


heres the skinny guy

I like this pic because you can see fresh chrome where someone took off those horrible huge rubber bumpers 

Looks like you got yourself a good project at a great price. Whole lot easier to start with a mostly there car than to try and piece it all together over time and bunches of thousands of dollars.

[quapman]

Not bad! Your timing is good this time around with all the new repro sheetmetal out there.

Watch out for Upper body rust on a Florida car. Kinda the opposite of what us rustbelt natives are used to!

Keep us posted on your project.


Steve

[wagesofsin]

this car was from pennsylvania, and im from the midwest, so i was expecting all the usual suspects (sail panel, pillar rust, backglass lip gone, rockers) but i was actually pleasantly surprised. i do need to refab a rocker, and the rear drip rail on the passenger side is gone, but the inner b pillar is fine? kinda like a tornado i spose.

thanks for all the kind words, and motivation folks. as soon as i finish up a coupla other projects, im gonna tear into this one.

['Cuda Hunter]

Nice looking project.  Very fixable and a good price. 

So, what is the fender tag info? 

[wagesofsin]

ill hafta get back to you on monday for the tag info. basic 318 car. nothin special. but this 1 will get saved and repaired correctly.

[CHUCKS71]

Nice project!  I love the Cragar SST'S and the Goodyears It's the 80's all over again!

[hezzel]

Looks like nice project Keep the pics coming when you start....

[70shaker6pk]

You will have a nice chally when you finish,, good luck with the resto!

[wagesofsin]

heres the tag info:
R11  V7W  26  L2  462

G54  H51  J52  M21  M26  N76

V1W  U  B41  C16  C56  G11

JY9  A6XW  000  928  079895

E44  D34  JH23  G4B

[Chryco Psycho]

 

['Cuda Hunter]

r11-AM radio music master
V7W-Accent stripes Longitudinal paint---White
26 L2 462  --You got me.  most tags have 26  on the end.  L2 is probably E2 which usually means end.
g54-Probably G34--Left hand outside mirror in paint
H51--air conditioning w/ ft heater
j52--Hood release, instrument panel mounted
M21-drip rail moldings
M26-Wheel lip moldings
N76--No such beast.  You better check that again and make sure it isn't n96
v1w-Vinyl top in White
U-
B41-front disc brakes with standard 10" rear drums
c16-console with wood grain panel
c56-Probably is c55 which is bucket seats
G11-tinted glass all windows
JY9-The only Y9 I can find is GY9 which is Dark gold metallic
A6xw
000
928- I believe is build in the nineth month on the 28th day
079895
e44-318 2barrel with 230 horse power
d34-standard duty automatic transmission
JH-challenger
23
g-318
4-1974
B- Hamtrack plant

  I just realized that I am decoding a 1974 from a 69-71 book.  Sorry I don't have the later book so I am sure that a few of the options that I could not find will be inside the later decoding book.  

  Someone else here should be able to fill in the blanks that I left.  

Thanks for the tag info, always love to read anothers tag.  

[wally426ci]

I think U is for, Built to US specs?

 

[wagesofsin]

noper, its as i typed it, i looked at it front and back a gazillion times just to be sure.

anyone got me covered here? i know i can count on you folks. take your time, have a beer, think about it, i'll be here when you get back. no hurry.