is it a sin?

[vick79]

To change the factory color scheme on my charger?

My 70 RT, very complete and original panel car except floor pan. Engine is date correct non matching. Have the fender tag, no build  sheet yet. It will be a factory oem resto.

The factory color scheme is EB7, white interior, white vinyl top and white longitudinal stripes. I don't know... I'm just not a huge fan of this combo. I tried looking for a TX9 car, but either its silly money, or its a rusty heap.

[Baldwinvette77]

haha, well in my opinion, it's your car, Paint it whatever colour you like, for some reason this is a common question, i never gave a thought to what any of my cars colours were originally, i just painted, or will paint them whatever i have my heart set on, i encourage you to do the same 

[Mytur Binsdirti]

B7 blue is not my favorite either. I vote to change.

[rick@laysons]

If you intend to keep the car for a long time as your own driver, paint it any color you want and be happy with it.

If, however, you plan to restore it OEM and sell it for the best possible price, you would probably be better off to keep the factory colors for the paint and interior.

[Troy]

I love blue and white. Everyone else makes theirs black. They hardly made any black ones from the factory but everywhere you turn you'll see one now. You'll be a lot more unique and more people will appreciate the car if you keep it original. In the end, you're the one who has to be happy. It's a big expense to restore a car so you don't want to end up with something you don't even like (because you'll end up selling it at a loss and it would be cheaper just to go find a real black one). Cleaning a car as big as a Charger in black is a royal pain. Black interior is way hotter (miserable even) than a white one - although white interiors have their own cleaning challenges (I have 4 of them).

Troy

[XS29LA47V21]

   I like B7, it's rare in 70 too... right?  not my favorite, but better than 1/2 the other colors IMO (without formally throwing them under the bus).  And it is an RT apparently and your chasing OE... stay correct (short of maybe some bolt ons) 

[John_Kunkel]

If it ain't number-matching and has a patch of any kind it ain't a virgin. Do your thing and don't look back.

[A6USMC]

Do what makes you happy,,,Life is short,,,,Brian

[Daytona R/T SE]

Yes, It's a sin.


But...


I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.



Paint it any way you want it.

[ws23rt]

If it ain't number-matching and has a patch of any kind it ain't a virgin. Do your thing and don't look back.

I agree if it has all the original stuff in good shape. (survivor) It would be a shame to mess with it. Once the door is open to change it can be changed a hundred times and be the same. It is only original once.

[Big Sugar]

Even if it was a numbers matching rare option car !, I would still paint it the colour i wanted , even  if it wasn't a factory option colour.
Your building your dream don't compromise because your worried what others will think.


Good luck with you 70

My favourite

Ron

[pippo702]

A thing I really like about this forum is that you're not being judged if you change your car color or if you make a General Lee replica.. I don't know why but in Italy there are many "talebans" in our bigger U.S. cars forum.
go for whatever you like and enjoy it!

[projectanimal]

Our car was originally  Blue, not sure if it was B7 as we have no build sheet, but we found medium blue outside, in trunk, under dash.... The previous owner painted our car Sublime.... The paint was bad so we could have go e back to blue, but we like the Lime and not many cars can get away with it.   All this being said, I agree with many others that its your car and your choices!  Pick what you've always wanted so when you walk In the garage you smile each time!!!  

[mauve66]

A thing I really like about this forum is that you're not being judged if you change your car color or if you make a General Lee replica.. I don't know why but in Italy there are many "talebans" in our bigger U.S. cars forum.
go for whatever you like and enjoy it!

oh no, we don't like those pesky GL's.....................

[69 OUR/TEA]

No offense to the 318/383 guys changing body/interior colors,engines,etc,but on a real R/T I'd be leaving it the orignal colors.As Troy commented to go out and get a real one,thats what I did,it took tens years to have it come accrosss my plate,but it did.Just as you desire,a black one.

[Alaskan_TA]

EB7 is fairly scarce & with white it is a HOT combination! 

If you change the color it becomes customized vs. restored.

[Fred]

haha, well in my opinion, it's your car, Paint it whatever colour you like, for some reason this is a common question, i never gave a thought to what any of my cars colours were originally, i just painted, or will paint them whatever i have my heart set on, i encourage you to do the same 

   Same here, if I liked the original colour I went with it. If I didn't or thought the car would look better in a different colour, I did that.  And guess what!  I'm happy   
You're the boss.

[ws23rt]

EB7 is fairly scarce & with white it is a HOT combination!  

If you change the color it becomes customized vs. restored.

Would this mean that if later is was repainted the original color it would become restored again. Works for me.
I guess we all have different ideas about the meaning of the words we use.

I bought a coronet rt hemi 4sp car in 1980 cause that was what I wanted to drive and enjoy for what it was. After many years waiting to be road worthy a couple of years ago it is a driver. It has all original metal, Drivers seat redone
50,000mi california car. I am reluctant to put miles on it and wish for a 318 clone car to play with.
  This urge to preserve the very rare is something I can't shake.

[BIGBLCK11]

If it ain't number-matching and has a patch of any kind it ain't a virgin. Do your thing and don't look back.

[Homerr]

Need some pics!

[vick79]

I love reading all these opinions, it sorta helps...

This car won't be for sale for a long time if ever.

[FC7 V code]

Well a sin seems a little harsh
Being it's an R/T and you are trying to go OEM I'd probably stick with the Blue/white combo. Bought my 70 back in 83 and I always wanted a red/black Charger. My best friend/car guru talked me into keeping the FC7/Black colors it came with and to be honest I have never been disappointed in sticking with the factory color. To this day I still don't have a red one but I have a B5/white 69 RT and a white/blue interior 69 XP(needing a total resto). It is a tough decision and I guess a person needs to do what makes them happy:icon_smile_big:. Starting to sound like a politician...what ever you do it will always be cool, cause its a Charger!!

[vick79]

Some pics on my phone... Prior owner painted it close match to EB5 not EB7, no top and tail stripe (all incorrect)

[Homerr]

Hmmm, I think it's a damn fine looking car!

[vick79]

Hmmm, I think it's a damn fine looking car!

It does present better than it actually is 

Up close its very unrestored.

[stripedelete]

I painted my B7 R/T Silver.  It was silver when I bought 30 years ago.  It just wouldn't have been my car in a another color.  

B5 and B7 are love-hate colors.  So, don't second guess your lack of attraction.  

I wouldn't have ordered B7 new.  Let the next guy take it back to original.      

[twodko]

You will burn in hell! Seriously, it's your car so paint it to make you happy. 

[vick79]

[ws23rt]

Hmmm, I think it's a damn fine looking car!

It does present better than it actually is 

Up close its very unrestored.

That so looks like a car I used to have. I miss it. These cars are not so rare that you may not be able to find someone that would trade for a color you like. Or maybe borrow for a while like wifes.

[vick79]

 Let the next guy take it back to original.      

I like this logic.

[GOTWING]

I love FC7 with white top and interior, make it the way you want it, be different go with Bahama yellow, black top, interior and hood call outs ! 

[Rosco]

For me, if I had a numbers-matching R/T, I would probaby paint it the colour it was from factory, and keep it original.

However, at the end of the day, it's YOUR car.
YOU'RE the one building it, and YOU'RE the one who's going to be driving and enjoying it, so do whatever you want! 

Personally, I think B7 looks great. But I'm a long way from decided on a colour. B7, GM 'Voodoo' Blue, Blood Orange, Black...
Like someone else said, a charger is cool whatever colour it is!

[bill440rt]

It will be a factory oem resto.

If you change the color, then it won't be a factory oem resto. If, that's what you're going for.

However, at the end of the day, it's YOUR car.
YOU'RE the one building it, and YOU'RE the one who's going to be driving and enjoying it, so do whatever you want! 

Rosco summed up my next statement.

[BIGBLCK11]

The black one you posted above is very cool.  This one is another of my favorites.  I would love to paint mine black, but it is done now and I don't want to do a full color change. 

[polywideblock]

my it looks great now     why change it , I'd just detail the crap out of it and drive the wheels off it all summer long.white is SO much cooler than black when the suns out

[green69rt]

Maybe just drive it for a while and see if the color starts to grow on you.  If it needs a restore then there are always a lot of things you can work on before the paint gets attention.  If there is time to make the decision then take that time.   

[JB400]

What do you want to do to the car?  You're the one that has to look at it, drive it, baby it, pay for it, enjoy it, so, what's on your agenda for the car.   

The way I look at it, you're the current keeper of the car.  Let the next guy decide what he wants to do to it.  You need to enjoy the car today.

Your car does look nice

[vick79]

I want to have fun working on it, restoring it and eventually crusin in it...

I will go with black. You guys are right, I'm not restoring a museum piece. I just needed to think this over out loud.

[Fred]

Thinking out loud, even talking to yourself (and answering back) is a good way to get things sorted.      

[tan top]

  , would paint it what ever color code thats on the fender tag , having said that , lifes too short , paint it what ever color you like !!   

but would keep it a factory color    ,   Black looks good  

[remta1]

isnt it funny how we seem so preocupied in trying to keep everyone else happy ..its nice to get opinions but its really about what makes you happy

heeyy i hit 300 posts ..doesnt that make me some kind of posthore ??

[fy469rtse]

No it's not a sin, would the guys on here tell to keep it original if it was say a terrible color combination like green interior and one of the factory yellows, paint it to look like what you dreamt of

[Back N Black]

When i started my restroration i could not decide on what color, black,red or T7 copper. I looked at all the pics that i had saved in a file folder and 80% of the chargers in my pics were black, so i painted it black. Actually, i have a black truck and my wife has a black car.

[1974dodgecharger]

When i started my restroration i could not decide on what color, black,red or T7 copper. I looked at all the pics that i had saved in a file folder and 80% of the chargers in my pics were black, so i painted it black. Actually, i have a black truck and my wife has a black car.

hell yeah.....

[41husk]

I love the color combo, but it's your car and the color can be changed back by the next owner.

[bakerhillpins]

I love blue and white. Everyone else makes theirs black. They hardly made any black ones from the factory but everywhere you turn you'll see one now. You'll be a lot more unique and more people will appreciate the car if you keep it original. In the end, you're the one who has to be happy. It's a big expense to restore a car so you don't want to end up with something you don't even like (because you'll end up selling it at a loss and it would be cheaper just to go find a real black one). Cleaning a car as big as a Charger in black is a royal pain. Black interior is way hotter (miserable even) than a white one - although white interiors have their own cleaning challenges (I have 4 of them).

Troy

Yea, what he said. Minus the owning 4 comment.  I bought a black car because it was blue and I am going back to Q5 someday.  Blue and White cars are the cats meow. 

[Cooter]

isnt it funny how we seem so preocupied in trying to keep everyone else happy ..its nice to get opinions but its really about what makes you happy

heeyy i hit 300 posts ..doesnt that make me some kind of posthore ??

Well, the LAST thing I think ANY of us would want to do is hear at EVERY freakin' outing in the car we built to please ourselves, is "Damn, why the hell did you do that to such a fine car!?" by the average Joe and not ness. Mopar people. This is why we ask opinons. I think if your tired and NOT planning to sell it looking for that deep pocketed OEM buyer, then paint whatever you like.

[Patronus]

I like the black, be ready though... It's upkeep is murder. Plus it's gotta be straight. Of course this is the case regardless of color..true.. Mine was R7 orig. To do it again I would find a modern more poppy color that resembles it..
I don't think I could spend all the time restoring something only to have it be exactly the same.

[HeavyFuel]

Everyone has their favorite colors.  If mine was orginally white top on blue with a white interior like yours, I'd keep it....cause blue and white cars are great.....but that's me.

My car is a numbers '68 R/t.......and is now MM-1 instead of the original JJ-1.   I can't stand Chrysler Gold from '68...it looks like poop.  But that's me.

I couldn't reason painting my car a color that I didn't like, just to keep it original.   

Make yours a color you like.

[imabozo]

Maybe just drive it for a while and see if the color starts to grow on you.  If it needs a restore then there are always a lot of things you can work on before the paint gets attention.  If there is time to make the decision then take that time.   

I agree. I recently bought a restored 70 R/T, EW1 with green interior, white vinyl roof, green hood callouts, green stripe. My preference is FC7/black vinyl, black interior. I hesitated on the car, but it quickly grew on me to the point I like it and am proud of the unpopular colour combination. My 2 cents. But at the end of the day, it's your car. Paint the crap out of it if its what you want.

Steve

[ACUDANUT]

Any color except green. It seems 90 percent of them were diarrhea green.

[Fred]

I love blue and white. Everyone else makes theirs black. They hardly made any black ones from the factory but everywhere you turn you'll see one now. You'll be a lot more unique and more people will appreciate the car if you keep it original. In the end, you're the one who has to be happy. It's a big expense to restore a car so you don't want to end up with something you don't even like (because you'll end up selling it at a loss and it would be cheaper just to go find a real black one). Cleaning a car as big as a Charger in black is a royal pain. Black interior is way hotter (miserable even) than a white one - although white interiors have their own cleaning challenges (I have 4 of them).

Troy

Before the charger, I had never owned a black car, never even wanted a black car (keeping it clean is a pain) but the wife insisted saying the charger definitely had to be black and after a bit I realised she was right and went along with it and am so glad I did. It looks awesome.

When I got the Pontiac LeMans it was a maroon colour and I decided to take this one back to it's original factory colour (mint turquoise) and it looks great BUT and here's the interesting bit........whenever I take it to a show, people are always telling me that's a nice colour but wouldn't it look terrific in red.  And yes, they always gravitate to the red ones there.
Go figure!

[GOTWING]

hey ! i love the green !       

[70 Charger RT]

Here's a couple pictures I found on the Internet years ago.  I used to own one just like it and I loved that color combo.

[Ghoste]

It's a Charger, all colors are good on it.