Pics of My '72 BB Challenger

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Offline challenger72rt

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Pics of My '72 BB Challenger
« on: May 26, 2004 - 10:31:36 AM »
This is my '72 Chally.  It has a full '70 R/T drivetrain and suspension.

This is the engine.  I plan on swapping the Moroso valve covers for Mopar Performance ones as soon as I have the $$

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Re:Pics of My Chally '72 R/T
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2004 - 10:32:25 AM »
A side shot in the garage.  You can see the lift-off hood in the background.  If you look, you can also see the rollcage.

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Re:Pics of My Chally '72 R/T
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2004 - 10:33:03 AM »
As seen by a Honda driver...

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Re:Pics of My Chally '72 R/T
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2004 - 10:33:27 AM »
and one more for good measure.

If you look carefully, you'll see that this car does not have rear side markers, or an antenna.  A throwback to it's days as a racer.  I never bothered to cut out the marker holes in the fibreglass quarters, or cut out a hole for an unecessary antenna.  You can't really tell it's tubbed, with the tires on it, but you can see the custom side exit exhaust.

Hope you like.

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Re:Pics of My Chally '72 R/T
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2004 - 12:35:10 PM »
It's been improved since, but this is an old pic of my garage.  On the left is a pic of me on the hood of my dad's '72 Chally ( I was 3 yrs old) and my fave pic of me with my Dodge enlarged and mounted.  On the right is framed magazine ads for the Challenger.  I have since added a few more.  There's my Chally parking only sign, and a wicked-cool clock.  It's a Tach, with Challenger R/T.  The far right is the mini-poster for VP, and a framed still, and a 2Fast..calendar with the Hemi Challenger.  

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Re:Pics of My Chally '72 R/T
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2004 - 08:41:55 PM »
Looks great, nice to have the garage set up as mopar parking only. ;D

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Re:Pics of My '72 BB Challenger
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2004 - 07:54:51 PM »
Nice garage for a nice Chally  8)
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Re: Pics of My '72 BB Challenger
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2004 - 10:14:29 AM »
I thought the "R/T" ended in '71?  '72-'74 Challengers were "Rallyes" weren't they?

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Re: Pics of My '72 BB Challenger
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2004 - 11:16:05 AM »
It has a full '70 R/T drivetrain and suspension.

This means he's got the heavy duty equipment from a '70 E-body in there... probably a 727HD and whatever engine... it's not a numbers car, nor an R/T... just a clone...

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Re: Pics of My '72 BB Challenger
« Reply #9 on: June 10, 2004 - 01:12:45 PM »
dw..

10 yrs ago I bought a yellow '70 R/T Challenger but the frame was pretty gone, so when I got this all fibreglass '72 shell, I had my mechanic swap the entire car from one, into the other.  The only non-'70 R/T donated pieces on this car is the body, the seats (originally white, I opted for black) and the steering wheel (cuz I had three really good conditioned ones handy).  Everything else is '70 R/T donated and cleaned up.  The drivetrain, rear suspension, front susp. brakes...you name it.

although it is not an actual R/T car, it does have everything on/in it that makes an R/T and R/T, but the badging and the header/tail panels. 

As LB says, it's a clone...although I have not badged it as an R/T, or called it one outside of my circles as to not confuse the "masses"

Heck, I once convinced a squeegy kid that it was a 1979 Dodge Aries..he went running over to his group, screaming about this AWESOME Dodge Aries he just saw...yeah, it was pretty funny. 
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Re: Pics of My '72 BB Challenger
« Reply #10 on: June 20, 2004 - 03:53:44 AM »
Your Challenger looks great. Hey, where did you get the "no Parking-challenger only" sign? :)

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Re: Pics of My '72 BB Challenger
« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2004 - 11:20:49 AM »
Eddy, thanks for the compliment.  I was out workin on it all yesterday, and hope to have it back on the road by the end of the week.  More kill stories in the works.

I got the sign from EBay, of all places.  It's basically a piece of plastic, with stick-on lettering that anybody with access to a Home Depot and a little time and imagination could make in their spare time.  I think I paid about $10 for it.
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Re: Pics of My '72 BB Challenger
« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2004 - 01:52:54 PM »
Thanks, Ed. Here's some pics of mine. I'm sure having fun with it.

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