@@burdar78 REALLY!?!?!? Surprising 😲 I thought it was an actual charger I thought the guys who owned 69 chargers like that and jump them off fix them up afterwards and jump them again
sweet car, love that the 318 went back in!! seriously, those little engines are severely underated!! i love them, they take a beating and never blow!!!!
Beautiful work. I love that you kept it stock. My first car was a 70 Challenger 318/2bbl. It was a great car for a kid. Unfortunately I traded it for a 69 Charger. I wish I had kept it. Today I have a 70 Challenger R/T that I am restoring. They are some really awesome cars!
Ran across this deep in my feed...beautiful car & great job restoring. I hope you keep it forever. Just bought a '74 a couple weeks ago and getting into the tear down stage.
(Michael "Roguelement" Laverty)Your definitely entitled to your opinion and that's fine. Dad never modified the car. He just drove it. It was his daily transportation. That's how I've always seen it and that's the condition I wanted to return it to. Rarely(if ever) do you see a stock restored 318 car. I wanted to be different. The 2-barrel 318 won't win any races but that's not what I need it to do. All I need it to do is get up to speed and cruise comfortably. It does that just fine. I'm building another Mopar to get my horsepower fix.
WAIT ... WAIT.... HOLD THE FUCKING PHONE.... You took what is arguably the ugliest Challenger of that era then restored the car so that you can reinstall the bullshit 1 barrel 318 dog engine it came with ???? Dude are you just silly or that much of an UN car guy you don't care about if it runs and drives impressively ? Wow dude ..I owed a 70 440 -6 pack cuda that gave me wood every time I took it out .. I'm not sure if your 1 barrel 318 is going to have the same effect .. Hey buddy I'm pretty sure dear old dad wouldn't mind a bit if you installed a Direct connection 360 create engine ...at least it won't be so anemic ...If I'm not mistaken I think your engine was rated at like 180 HP or some bullshit like that . Have you ever been for a hell ride in anything with over 400 HP ....if not please try it ....then your going to run home rip out your 318 and order the engine your dad should have ordered ..
Nice job, I have a 71 R/T that I've been restoring for awhile, I moved, went through 10 years of my daughter's soccer seasons and finally can get started on it again. It inspires me to finish mine.
Thank you! Good luck on your 71! I've lost interest in the car since my little cruising buddy passed away. The car probably won't be taken out of winter storage this year. I've started rebuilding a 68 Dart convertible. It helps to keep me busy since the house is so quiet. Look for some videos about that in the future.
Owen lost his battle with brain cancer on July 24th 2013. I'm thankful that my wife took this video of us. I think I'll miss his laugh most of all. I love ya buddy!
Thanks There were definitely some tense moments. If you look at the entire project as a whole, it can get overwhelming. You have to take things in sections. Separate things in to subassemblies and tackle those. When one subassembly is done, you go on to the next. Before you know it, you're making progress. Good luck on your car!
I watched your videos, and i'm SO happy that my quarter panels and roof were all good.. I found an OEM door and two fenders, so body work will be a at a minimum, some rust on the floor and trunk as to be expected, I have a 70 R/T 440...I cant even see the light at the end of the tunnel yet, but I have the vision. I use to have a 73 back in the late 70's early 80's. you did a great job, I hope you get years of enjoyment with your challenger
I didn't keep track of every little thing. Rough estimates are between 45 and 50 thousand. The bodywork/paint was more then half the total cost. There was a lot of rust.
Thanks...I've always liked the stock restored cars more than anything else. Very very few people restore the 72-74 cars back to stock...especially 318 cars. Most people drop big blocks in them and remove the large bumper guards. I also posted two other videos of the restoration. Part 1 is of the bodywork and the Part 2 is of the assembly.
Great job on your car. Been following on photo bucket too. I love this color combination and is the color we picked for our own ' 73 Rallye now dis-assembled in our garage. Ours was a 318 also. I like the fact that you kept it stock and also the 318 instead of putting in a bigger motor. The 318 runs real nice in these cars, they are truly a gentleman's cruiser!
