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Re: 73 Rallye Chally, JA5/B5 340, 4-speed
« Reply #30 on: June 17, 2013 - 11:42:52 PM »
I may look for some in better shape, or not, could chuck a set of speakers in these, apparently 2 owners back from me,
the kid had the killer stereo in it, can't wait to see how hacked the harness is!!

In my 72 i just had a pair of 3 ways in the trunk, rocked that car pretty good,
all the tunes I need are under the hood!!




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Re: 73 Rallye Chally, JA5/B5 340, 4-speed
« Reply #31 on: June 20, 2013 - 11:27:31 AM »
sorry to hear that you got burnd at the shop ..... it just wanta make you  :banghead: :swear:

the car is coming along nicely and cool to find the build sheet for the car ( which not all can be found ), lucky ....

keep up the good work and cant wait to see it done .... :bananasmi

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Re: 73 Rallye Chally, JA5/B5 340, 4-speed
« Reply #32 on: June 24, 2013 - 12:55:16 AM »
Yep, lesson learned on that one,
build sheet was under the back seat, there is another on top of the glove box,
will get to that when it is time to yank the dash.

after basically sitting in my garage, except for monthly start ups, it feels good to get her all cleaned up,
Just finished dying the console and cleaning the hardware on it, almost looks like I pulled a brand new one out of the box!!
Great forum here, I'm learning tons just reading tech post and resto threads.

Missing some of the screw for the console, curious as to what the screw that hold the woodgrain panel down are supposed to be??

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Re: 73 Rallye Chally, JA5/B5 340, 4-speed
« Reply #33 on: July 03, 2013 - 01:49:08 AM »
Just thought I would post a pic of the console after cleaning and dying, I put the original console lid on as a comparison photo,
that's what the whole thing looked like before, I'm pretty amazed, Also, made up a small batch of the homemade evaporust as a experiment,
It does Work!!!....... Rusty battery tray and below it is the bracket that goes to the inner fender, it looked just as bad before soaking, had to take a
wire brush to it a few times, then dipped it in Jasco prep n prime after neutralizing,




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Re: 73 Rallye Chally, JA5/B5 340, 4-speed
« Reply #34 on: July 20, 2013 - 11:08:43 PM »
There was a big car cruise today in a nearby town.  I walked around and looked at over 300 cars before the cruise started.  I saw a nice 73 Fury that was painted JA5.  It had blue interior too!  What a great color combo.  So here is what I've seen so far.

73 Challenger JA5 and blue interior...1
73 Cuda JA5 and blue interior...........1
73 Fury JA5 and blue interior............1

Lets keep the restoration pictures coming!  :thumbsup:
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Re: 73 Rallye Chally, JA5/B5 340, 4-speed
« Reply #35 on: July 21, 2013 - 10:41:17 AM »
There used to be a all mopar junkyard in Maryland or N.Virginia, B@B if I remember correctly, fell over a six pac intake with carbs first time I walked into the office, Guy who ran the place was
very cool, told him what I was looking for and said he would keep his eyes open. in the meantime I ordered a skin for the other side, I think it's a goodmark,

B&B was in MD, east of DC; I think it was in Upper Marlboro. I literally gave that guy my last parts car, on the condition that I could come by and pick up a couple of rallye rims and tires that were needed for him to easily move the car. When I got there to pick them up he told me he wouldn't give them to me, than I had pulled too much off the car to make it worth his while to take the free car  :screwy: I sued him, won the case, got my money, and never went back.


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Re: 73 Rallye Chally, JA5/B5 340, 4-speed
« Reply #36 on: July 23, 2013 - 12:04:23 PM »
There was a big car cruise today in a nearby town.  I walked around and looked at over 300 cars before the cruise started.  I saw a nice 73 Fury that was painted JA5.  It had blue interior too!  What a great color combo.  So here is what I've seen so far.

73 Challenger JA5 and blue interior...1
73 Cuda JA5 and blue interior...........1
73 Fury JA5 and blue interior............1

Lets keep the restoration pictures coming!  :thumbsup:


Cool!!!!,
So I can advertise it as "Super Rare!!!"," one of one known!!!" and retire early!!!!..... :roflsmiley: :roflsmiley:
Not a whole lot to take pictures of, I may get a few up, just cleaning and I painted the battery box, Just used what I had on hand,
going to get a repop later.

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Re: 73 Rallye Chally, JA5/B5 340, 4-speed
« Reply #37 on: July 23, 2013 - 12:06:57 PM »
B&B was in MD, east of DC; I think it was in Upper Marlboro. I literally gave that guy my last parts car, on the condition that I could come by and pick up a couple of rallye rims and tires that were needed for him to easily move the car. When I got there to pick them up he told me he wouldn't give them to me, than I had pulled too much off the car to make it worth his while to take the free car  :screwy: I sued him, won the case, got my money, and never went back.

Wow, I never had any issues with him,
only went there a hand full of times,
the quarter I got was sweet!!
Where are you located???

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Re: 73 Rallye Chally, JA5/B5 340, 4-speed
« Reply #38 on: July 23, 2013 - 02:27:49 PM »
Right now, I'm in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. At the time I was in Leesburg, Virginia.


"She'll make point five past light speed. She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, and I've made a lot of special modifications myself."

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Re: 73 Rallye Chally, JA5/B5 340, 4-speed
« Reply #39 on: August 07, 2013 - 06:24:53 PM »
Good ole leesburg!!!<
I have a friend who is over in Saudi now, doing some security work,
Stay safe over there.  :wave:

BTW: nice sig update!! looks good.

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Re: 73 Rallye Chally, JA5/B5 340, 4-speed
« Reply #40 on: August 07, 2013 - 07:22:02 PM »
Not to hijack the thread, but I wanted to thank HK for adding the more recent picture to your posting signature lol I was starting to to wonder if you or the car had changed lol
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Re: 73 Rallye Chally, JA5/B5 340, 4-speed
« Reply #41 on: August 08, 2013 - 02:17:47 AM »
Good ole leesburg!!!<
I have a friend who is over in Saudi now, doing some security work,
Stay safe over there.  :wave:

The pic on the left of my sig update was taken in Leesburg, after me and a friend swapped the front sheet metal between two Chargers in an all nighter  :bigsmile: At the time, it was just around the corner from a Big A, which I think has now become a NAPA.

BTW: nice sig update!! looks good.
Not to hijack the thread, but I wanted to thank HK for adding the more recent picture to your posting signature lol I was starting to to wonder if you or the car had changed lol

Thanks. I used to have this as my sig years ago, and it was lost in one of the image purges. I just found the file again.


"She'll make point five past light speed. She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, and I've made a lot of special modifications myself."

- Han Solo, Star Wars

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Re: 73 Rallye Chally, JA5/B5 340, 4-speed
« Reply #42 on: August 08, 2013 - 06:58:03 PM »
The pic on the left of my sig update was taken in Leesburg, after me and a friend swapped the front sheet metal between two Chargers in an all nighter  :bigsmile: At the time, it was just around the corner from a Big A, which I think has now become a NAPA.

Thanks. I used to have this as my sig years ago, and it was lost in one of the image purges. I just found the file again.


That's two of us!!!!!,
So i had the day off, took some stuff over to storage to clear garage space, :bananasmi,
Took two mystery boxes off the shelf that I though had Moparts in them,
Found all kinds of goodies, spare tailight lenses, another flip top gas cap, extra headlight trim rings,
seatbelts, tagged and bagged screws from about twenty years ago, and all kinds of good misc small parts,
lot's of cleaning and detailing in those boxes!!!!!
Have to take a cue from Burdar and do some laundry and see how those seatbelts come out.