Above:
1973 Dodge Challenger
Rally by
Rob Valentine He swapped the 318 for a 1968 440 HP
motor, it has 520 horsepower. The tranny is a 727 with
manual valve body and a 3800 TCI converter. The rearend
is a 8-3/4 with a sure grip and 4.10 gear. The car is
Citron Yellow with a black vinyl top and black interior.
Rob's Challenger recently ran a 12.29 @ 110.1 with
street tires.
Above:
Well it took 10 years of waiting for the nice old lady
to part with this car, she would not sell. Then one day
I saw her name in the obituaries in the local paper, not
knowing what to do, I mailed a letter to her address.
Her brother called and said nobody in his family or
relatives wanted the car because it was to old. Well we
stuck a deal and its finally mine. it has only 33,000
miles and still has mostly all of the factory original
parts, 318 runs great, though I wish she ordered a hemi.
This car really turns heads and is many times a show
winner. By Plym467@aol.com
Above: 318-4V, dual
exhaust, and a B&M shift kit. The car only has 55,000
miles on the clock and is in great condition. He
purchased this car in Hawaii in 1989 when Uncle Sam
sent Him there for 3 tough years of overseas duty for
the U.S. Air Force!! (Hawaii,Air Force, and "tough duty"
in the same sentence?) The motor had just been redone
with a nice, small but rumbly, cam, 9.5 to one pistons,
a little head work, of course a double row timing chain,
a nice H.P. oil pump, and a few other small bolt ons.
The only problem was the previous owner was starting to
have trouble with it stalling after 10-20 minutes of
driving, and it would not restart till it cooled down no
matter what you did to it! Well, He just happened to
have the very same problem with my very first Mopar in
high school, (a 71 Challenger w/a 383)...but that is a
another story. So after days (minutes) of coming to an
agreement on the price, He handed over a grand total of
$900 and drove it back to base. He then had a buddy take
him to the nearest auto parts store where He bought a $5
ballast resister and the rest is history!!!!!!! He has
now placed a 440 in between the fenders and He is in
the process of finishing that project. It just goes to
show that all the good deals are not gone, but it helps
to be in the right place at the right time.
Above:1979 Plymouth
Road Runner with T-Tops By Aaron Frilling.
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