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Offline Silver R/T

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1978 Challenger??
« on: August 29, 2009 - 12:11:46 PM »
Look what I've found. never knew they existed.
http://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/1330665290.html
1978 Dodge Challenger. Runs fair. Manual Transmission (5-speed). Good chrome wheels, and fairly good tires. NO TITLE Sorry





Offline bb71challenger

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Re: 1978 Challenger??
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2009 - 12:44:06 PM »
Yeah, you would have been better off not knowing they existed. Ignorance is bliss and I wish I was still ignorant to the fact that those pos's were ever named Challengers   :puke:
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« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2009 - 02:09:23 PM »
I think most of us have tried to erase all memory of those little pos's.  :puke:
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Re: 1978 Challenger??
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2009 - 02:17:20 PM »
Those are re-badged Mitsubishis.  The Plymouth version was called the Sapporo.  It's the ancestor to the Eclipse.

I once traveled over 500 miles stuffed five people in the car coming home from college for Christmas break.  Talk about sardines - but it was a lot cheaper and faster than taking Greyhound.  :dogpile:
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Re: 1978 Challenger??
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2009 - 02:34:53 PM »
Don't forget the '64s





This was the entry level model of the newly faced lifted line of 1964 Studebakers Still having its rubber floor mat and the Spartan use of chrome trim, this was the ideal candidate for a performance Studebaker.

The power train consisted of the same Studebaker 289 cubic-inch V8, with Paxton Supercharger, that powered various models of Studebakers to land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1964. The transmission was a Borg Warner T-10 four-speed with a Dana 44 posi-traction axle, (Twin-Traction by Studebaker).

The suspension and brakes have been enhanced to accommodate the hard use of road racing. The challenger has performed trouble-free many times at Road Atlanta, competing in the Walter Mitty Challenge Series. It has been observed with a top speed of 135 MPH.
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Offline MEK-Dangerfield

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Re: 1978 Challenger??
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2009 - 03:32:34 PM »
I used to own a '78 Challenger.    :grinyes:

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Re: 1978 Challenger??
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2009 - 04:19:25 PM »
I had one of those.Got it out of the boneyard.Was gonna build a drag car out of it.Then I got sidetacked by my girlfreind(now wife)and it ended up being recycled.

Offline bb71challenger

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Re: 1978 Challenger??
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2009 - 05:04:14 PM »
I used to own a '78 Challenger.    :grinyes:

I will just use a quote from an old cigarette add for Newports, "You've come a long way baby!"
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Offline ev2340cuda

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Re: 1978 Challenger??
« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2009 - 06:45:22 PM »
Only one part of those Mitsu Challengers interchange with the real Challengers,thats the Challenger script emblems on the fender.

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Re: 1978 Challenger??
« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2009 - 06:49:49 PM »
Look what I've found. never knew they existed.
http://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/1330665290.html
1978 Dodge Challenger. Runs fair. Manual Transmission (5-speed). Good chrome wheels, and fairly good tires. NO TITLE Sorry



That's the rarest, most sought after year. Didn't you know?  :biggrin:
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Re: 1978 Challenger??
« Reply #10 on: August 29, 2009 - 07:13:27 PM »
that thing got a Hemi in it?
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Re: 1978 Challenger??
« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2009 - 08:30:10 PM »
I had a new 1980 Plymouth Sapporo 5spd. Car ran great and excellent fuel mileage.
Wish I still had it along with my Dodge Colt GT's & Plymouth Arrow GT's..

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Re: 1978 Challenger??
« Reply #12 on: August 29, 2009 - 09:07:45 PM »
I had a new 1980 Plymouth Sapporo 5spd. Car ran great and excellent fuel mileage.
Wish I still had it along with my Dodge Colt GT's & Plymouth Arrow GT's..

The Dodge Colts were pretty good little runners. Albeit more power than the 78 Challengers had. IIRC, didn't the Colt have a Hemisperical head design?
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Re: 1978 Challenger??
« Reply #13 on: August 29, 2009 - 09:22:30 PM »
No hemi in those, they where 2.6L Mitsubishi engines with a third valve , called a jet valve..
I thought they ran pretty good for a little engine with a stick...

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Re: 1978 Challenger??
« Reply #14 on: August 29, 2009 - 09:40:31 PM »
No hemi in those, they where 2.6L Mitsubishi engines with a third valve , called a jet valve..
I thought they ran pretty good for a little engine with a stick...

Kind of looks like a hemi to me

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