Stuck on a decision

[randy73]

There is a 71 318 base for sale with good body and paint, bench seats and needing front window and gas tank.

Then I found a 74 SE w/440 (non matching and needs rebuilding), buddy seats and needing paint.

Not sure which way to jump, 74 has 66' 440.

both cars have solid floor pans and 71 needs new interior.

[Troy]

It's easier to swap an engine or replace seat covers than repaint a car (for most of us) - especially on the 71. Not to mention, buying a driver means you can enjoy it right now. Upgrade it as you go. Don't really know much about the 3rd gen cars. The SE with a 440 might be rarer but not sure if it's really worth that much more money in the long run.

Troy

[randy73]

it is a non-matching 440, 74 came w/400.

[randy73]

cost is about the same, $2700 for 74 and $3200 for 71.

[nvrbdn]

i lean to the 71. but thats just a preference choice. first year for the 3rd gen.

[tan top]

would have to see them really !  

[Troy]

Oops! Read that wrong. I still vote for the 71.

Troy

[randy73]

Here is the 74, 71 is local and I do not have any pics.

http://macon.craigslist.org/cto/4291136372.html

[Ghoste]

Do the 71.

[BIGBLCK11]

71 - Just the preferred year to me and already painted.  This is with the assumption the 71 was done right, body conditions being the same as far as rust/repairs made.  Get a 440 later.   I want to repaint mine, bought it with a decent paint job, in 2009.  At least I can drive it, until I get around to stripping it down and have the money. 

[garner7555]

Not to change the subject, but are you local to Macon, GA?  I ask because I live right on the AL/GA line and there aren't alot of members local to this area that I know of.  (don't worry, I'm not in the market for another so I won't be trying to buy it out from under you  )

[randy73]

I live in Birmingham.

[myk]

Don't know much about 3rd 'gens; aren't they all the same?  If that's the case, then go with the car with the better body and paint.  F**k body work and paint!

[72Charger-SE]

IMO...  I am partial to the 71 over the 74.  I like the quarter window design of the 71 over the 74.  I think the 73 & 74 have too big of an area for the quarter windows.  I also like the straight body lines of the 71 over the 73/74 curved lines on the doors. 

If the 71 is in better shape and you don't have to do any body work or painting right away, that is a MAJOR PLUS!

[Charger-Bodie]

71

[jaak]

71

[twodko]

71

[Mopar Nut]

71

[Ghoste]

The masses have spoken.   72Charger-SE articulated much better what I think the rest of us noticed but never noticed before.  (make sense?)

[chargd72]

A '71 would get you a better return if you ever had to part ways with it.

[ACUDANUT]

Don't know much about 3rd 'gens; aren't they all the same?  If that's the case, then go with the car with the better body and paint.  F**k body work and paint!

Heck no, they are different bodies. 71-72 (same) 73-74 (same)

[General_01]

71

[68X426]

71.

[bill440rt]

'71.
But I'd question how good the body & paint is if the seller is only asking $3200.   

[polywideblock]

71

[ACUDANUT]

'71.
But I'd question how good the body & paint is if the seller is only asking $3200.   

Me too. 3200 does not buy much these days.

[Ghoste]

But I thought projects for less than 5k ready to just have stuff bolted back on and start driving were commonplace?  (no not you guys, other threads)

[tan top]

'71.
But I'd question how good the body & paint is if the seller is only asking $3200.   

yeah that's what i'm thinking 

[randy73]

Received more pics on the 71, when it was painted, only the outer body was painted. So it would need a repaint sometime in it's future.

[randy73]

The masses have spoken.   72Charger-SE articulated much better what I think the rest of us noticed but never noticed before.  (make sense?)

put  down the Jack and tell me that again???   

And where did the 72 come from. 

[Ghoste]

Username "72Charger-SE" described in words why the 71 was better choice.  Intsead of just picking a year he articulated, sorry, explained why he felt it was better looking.  Up that point a mass of us had indicated the 71 without a good reason.

[randy73]

Username "72Charger-SE" described in words why the 71 was better choice.  Intsead of just picking a year he articulated, sorry, explained why he felt it was better looking.  Up that point a mass of us had indicated the 71 without a good reason.

Oops, maybe I should put down the Jack.

[Ghoste]

Or neither of us should?  (Jack is your friend)

[randy73]

Or neither of us should?  (Jack is your friend)

LOL and I am going w/74. Can't pass up a 440. 

[Ghoste]

Cool, I don't think you'll regret it.  Truth is either decision was right in its own way.

[ACUDANUT]

Is it true a '74 440 has the same HP as a 70 318 ?

[Cooter]

255-270 hp@7.8:1.....318 was like 9.5:1....

[randy73]

Cool, I don't think you'll regret it.  Truth is either decision was right in its own way.

that was my problem, I have a 73 Rallye and wanted one a little different.

[Ghoste]

Those two engines were rated differently weren't they?

[ACUDANUT]

Cool, I don't think you'll regret it.  Truth is either decision was right in its own way.

that was my problem, I have a 73 Rallye and wanted one a little different.

A 74 ain't any different than a 73.  If it's not too late, get the 71. 

[Troy]

Yeah, I have a garage full of 440s and almost every vehicle I own has a swapped engine so I wouldn't be swayed by whatever it came with. I'd take the cooler and cleaner car.

Troy

[Nacho-RT74]

being a 73/74 lover, not the SEs though.

go 71

[ACUDANUT]

What ? Nacho recommended a 71 ?  I think I just fainted.

[Ghoste]

 

[Nacho-RT74]

as stated, way preffer a 71 than the fugly 73/74 SE quarter glass louvers

[Ghoste]

You know, they never bothered me at all.