Yet another new member, check out my Mopar?

[1974Mopar]

Hey guys, iv been browsing this site for awhile now and i like what i see so i decided to make an account. Two years ago when I turned 15, i came upon a 1974 Dodge Charger. This car means the world to me, as it's the first thing i think of when i wake up and the last thing i think of when i go to sleep. My father definitely steered me in the correct direction when it comes to cars. Anyways, what do you guys think of my Mopar?

SE model, 400 Magnum paired with a 727 Torqueflight 3-speed.
Has a Holley 4-barrel, bigger cam, true duels that could scare away children
Also, lets see them third gen chargers.

[1973rallye]

Welcome fellow Manitoba third generation owner. If I am not mistaken your pictures are from the original kijijji for sale ad, from about 2 years ago. In my opinion that silver was one of the best colors for the 73 74 Charger. Hope you enjoy your ride as much others will.

[1974Mopar]

Welcome fellow Manitoba third generation owner. If I am not mistaken your pictures are from the original kijijji for sale ad, from about 2 years ago. In my opinion that silver was one of the best colors for the 73 74 Charger. Hope you enjoy your ride as much others will.

Thanks, i bought it from Manitoba. Drove from Saskatchewan to get it. It's been garaged since as i haven't found the parts needed to fix it

[1974Mopar]

Thus i couldn't really get any good pictures of my own, sadly

[Kern Dog]

Power windows....COOL !   

[Godsmack635]

Car looks great dude!  I wish I had hung onto my first car back when I was 15.  I bought a '63 Nova for $800 and found every excuse to go out into the garage and turn a wrench.  I sold it a few years later and caught the Mopar bug soon after.  hang on to that car and pass it on to your kids some day.  

[1974Mopar]

Car looks great dude!  I wish I had hung onto my first car back when I was 15.  I bought a '63 Nova for $800 and found every excuse to go out into the garage and turn a wrench.  I sold it a few years later and caught the Mopar bug soon after.  hang on to that car and pass it on to your kids some day.  

Damn straight, this car will be with me until the day im an old man, in which id love to pass it down when the time comes

[1973rallye]

Welcome fellow Manitoba third generation owner. If I am not mistaken your pictures are from the original kijijji for sale ad, from about 2 years ago. In my opinion that silver was one of the best colors for the 73 74 Charger. Hope you enjoy your ride as much others will.

Thanks, i bought it from Manitoba. Drove from Saskatchewan to get it. It's been garaged since as i haven't found the parts needed to fix it

What parts are you referring to?

[VegasCharger]

Nice ride!!! My first car was a 1974 Charger as well but it was a coupe and not an SE. But I've own two 73 SE's with recently just have parted one out. These are one of my favorite MoPars especially the triple black SE's. Let me know if you need any help plus there are many members on here that are very educated on Chargers.

Also welcome aboard

[1974Mopar]

Welcome fellow Manitoba third generation owner. If I am not mistaken your pictures are from the original kijijji for sale ad, from about 2 years ago. In my opinion that silver was one of the best colors for the 73 74 Charger. Hope you enjoy your ride as much others will.

Thanks, i bought it from Manitoba. Drove from Saskatchewan to get it. It's been garaged since as i haven't found the parts needed to fix it

What parts are you referring to?

Well at first the original owner claimed the master break cylinder and oil pan had to be replaced. the oil leak turned out to be the rear engine seal which i just havent ordered yet, and the breaks still don't work after changing the master cylinder  so i have yet to determine what the issue is

[1974Mopar]

Nice ride!!! My first car was a 1974 Charger as well but it was a coupe and not an SE. But I've own two 73 SE's with recently just have parted one out. These are one of my favorite MoPars especially the triple black SE's. Let me know if you need any help plus there are many members on here that are very educated on Chargers.

Also welcome aboard

thanks alot, its my pride and joy and im sure ill be coming to ask questions once the snow is off the ground, when its time to wake up the ol' Mopar

[1973rallye]

You have come to the right place. There is a wealth of mechanical expertise on this site.

[1974Mopar]

As iv come to notice. This site will be a useful asset in my Mopar filled future, that's forsure

[Charger4404spd]

Welcome and nice ride. Problem with mice?

[1974Mopar]

Welcome and nice ride. Problem with mice?

Picture was from the original kijiji add, the guy just didn't want mice in it.
I assure you there's no mice in this car

[moparnation74]

Welcome to the forum!

Nice looking 74!  As someone else stated here, silver looks great on that year!

[1974Mopar]

Thanks!

I'm almost surprised nobody brought up the "Pegasus" written on the side to be honest.

Also, has anybody ever done a hideaway headlight conversion from a 1973 car to a 1974? I know it can be done, and very interested in doing so...

[polywideblock]

welcome to another third gen owner   

     so is there or was there  a winged horse mural  somewhere on the car      

     relax and enjoy the ride to mopar madness       you've got all winter to fix her     

[1974Mopar]

welcome to another third gen owner   

     so is there or was there  a winged horse mural  somewhere on the car      

     relax and enjoy the ride to mopar madness       you've got all winter to fix her     

It's still there, behind the windows i don't know whether or not there's some sort of story behind it, and i truly can't decide if i want to remove it or keep it there

[1974Mopar]

I also wouldn't necessarily call it a mural, it's literally just the word "Pegasus" in brackets on both sides

[myk]

What are your plans for the car?

[skip68]

Welcome to the site.   Nice car.   

[MxRacer855]

Welcome to the site! Nice 3rd gen! Happy to hear there's no lice in it! 

[polywideblock]

I also wouldn't necessarily call it a mural, it's literally just the word "Pegasus" in brackets on both sides

  maybe it was on the original hood       with a name on it like that , there should have been   a matching 70's  mural on the hood or trunk  

[1974Mopar]

What are your plans for the car?

Looking forward towards disc brakes all around, has em in the front but not the back. Paint, as its bubbled in places and peeling where the vinyl meets metal on the roof. Various engine mods such as headers, crank, pistons, etc... And most important of all, rust treatment. The firewall is beginning to rust, as are the corners of the doors. I'm sure more will come down the road, this is just the short list i can pull from the top of my head id like to clean up that engine bay and engine when its out of the car aswell

[1974Mopar]

I also wouldn't necessarily call it a mural, it's literally just the word "Pegasus" in brackets on both sides

  maybe it was on the original hood       with a name on it like that , there should have been   a matching 70's  mural on the hood or trunk  

Yennow, iv never thought about that. Could've been, who knows. The guy i bought it from put the power-bulge hood on it, as far as im concerned he didnt have the original

[1974Mopar]

Welcome to the site.   Nice car.   

Thanks! Is the General your's? That's a childhood dream car that iv always wanted since i watched the movie

[myk]

What are your plans for the car?

Looking forward towards disc brakes all around, has em in the front but not the back. Paint, as its bubbled in places and peeling where the vinyl meets metal on the roof. Various engine mods such as headers, crank, pistons, etc... And most important of all, rust treatment. The firewall is beginning to rust, as are the corners of the doors. I'm sure more will come down the road, this is just the short list i can pull from the top of my head id like to clean up that engine bay and engine when its out of the car aswell

Good plan.  Better braking and eliminating rust are excellent ideas...

[1974Mopar]

What are your plans for the car?

Looking forward towards disc brakes all around, has em in the front but not the back. Paint, as its bubbled in places and peeling where the vinyl meets metal on the roof. Various engine mods such as headers, crank, pistons, etc... And most important of all, rust treatment. The firewall is beginning to rust, as are the corners of the doors. I'm sure more will come down the road, this is just the short list i can pull from the top of my head id like to clean up that engine bay and engine when its out of the car aswell

Good plan.  Better braking and eliminating rust are excellent ideas...

Well i see rust as a cancer on my classic, and cancer must be eliminated im also thinking of removing the vinyl from the roof, love the way they look without it... but i also love the way they look with it

[myk]

Yeah rust sucks.  It's a glorious feeling once you see your rusted panels getting cut off and replaced with fresh sheet metal.  I should've saved pictures of my old Dutchman panel; that thing was a mess...

[EccentricMagpies]

Nice looking first car you picked up!!   

Looks solid and it has a great stance to it.

.... Happy to hear there's no lice in it! 

Haha.. what does that mean?

[EccentricMagpies]

...Also, has anybody ever done a hideaway headlight conversion from a 1973 car to a 1974? I know it can be done, and very interested in doing so...

Hmmm.  I suppose you mean from 71 or 72.... But

You can do some searches on this site, or the 71-74 site, that will give you the information you need on this

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,53288.0.html
http://wichargerguy.proboards.com/thread/1083/hide-away-grille-73-charger

Here's a funny one
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,89752.0.html

tucking in the bumper
http://wichargerguy.proboards.com/thread/15347/recessing-73-front-bumper

The firewall is beginning to rust, as are the corners of the doors. I'm sure more will come down the road, this is just the short list i can pull from the top of my head id like to clean up that engine bay and engine when its out of the car aswell

Black engine bay I see.

[CDN72SE]

Welcome to the site and you will get a lot of useful help from a lot of knowledgeable people. Congrats, nice car.

[1974Mopar]

Also, to anybody who cares to know, i only paid a decent price of $5,500 for this car, id say i got a steal

[Mopar Nut]

Welcome aboard!

Nice looking Charger,

[PlainfieldCharger]

Welcome to the forum and landing that beautiful car for that money!!! This is the place to find all the info you will need for that car!

[TUFCAT]

You got two things going for you.   You found a great car to start out with.....and found the right place to hang. Welcome!

[1974Mopar]

Thanks guys!

[Charger74]

Damn straight, this car will be with me until the day im an old man, in which id love to pass it down when the time comes
[/quote]

Hahaha,  I said the same thing about my 73.  Sadly I had to let it go last year, no time or money to work on.  Luckily it went to another Mopar person who is doing something with it.

Good find though, nice looking.   Good luck on getting it fixed up.

[1974Mopar]

Damn straight, this car will be with me until the day im an old man, in which id love to pass it down when the time comes

Hahaha,  I said the same thing about my 73.  Sadly I had to let it go last year, no time or money to work on.  Luckily it went to another Mopar person who is doing something with it.

Good find though, nice looking.   Good luck on getting it fixed up.
[/quote]

Sorry to hear that! I hope that day never comes for me and thanks!

[tan top]

 hello & welcome 

[71 SE3834V]

Are those Crager SST's?
Had a set of those on my '71 when I bought it. About that size too. They were a bit pitted from sitting for 20 years and the tires were dry rotted and since I couldn't find 14" tires to fit them I went back to the original Rallye's.

[Ghoste]

Welcome to the site, that is a killer price for the car.  Whats the old car scene like in Saskatchewan in general?

[1974Mopar]

Welcome to the site, that is a killer price for the car.  Whats the old car scene like in Saskatchewan in general?

Thanks! In all honesty, i only see a handful of classics in comparison to all the diesels and whatnot around here. i'd like to see more classics rollin around forsure everybody who owns a classic down here seems to only bring it out during car shows, events, etc... i also live in the south-east corner so im unsure of what its like farther up north

[1974Mopar]

Are those Crager SST's?
Had a set of those on my '71 when I bought it. About that size too. They were a bit pitted from sitting for 20 years and the tires were dry rotted and since I couldn't find 14" tires to fit them I went back to the original Rallye's.

Yup, they sure are.
I've never really been one to go for original rims, but im not about to put some 22" spinners on there either
I definately like my Cragar's