Dreamproject finally completed

[Swedetompa]

So, after nearly 1000 hours of wrenching (not including body and paint) I finally got my -68 restomod road legal.
Went through DMV with flying colors and weighing in at 3700lbs with half a tank of gas feels ok for a complete car with extra soundproofing.
To celebrate this occasion I took my wife for a mini vacation/roadtrip of 900 miles.
The 390bhp/DIN gen 3 hemi (a 2016 5,7) delivers plenty of punch and at the same time reaching 23mpg on the freeway thanks to my 6-speed Tremec and 3.23 gears.
It roars nice under load and offers a smooth ride while cruising at constant speed.
The car performs exactly as I had hoped. Of course there will be a ""to do" list during next winter, but for now it all about collecting as many smiles per miles as possible.

[alfaitalia]

Looks amazing.......well done Sir.

[Lennard]

Great job Thomas!

[1970Moparmann]

Beautiful!

[70 sublime]

Sweet ride 

[DownZero]

Awesome 

[Dave Kanofsky]

Nice!

[Puzbie]

Sweet!

[Troy]

Troy

[tan top]

   

[Mike DC]

Nice build.

I like the paint color too. 

[VegasCharger]

NICE

And welcome aboard. 

[Kern Dog]

Nice car.
3700 lbs? That engine must have really saved weight. I'm right at 4000 lbs with an aluminum headed 440/493.

[Q5XX29]

Looks like you did a terrific job!

[Mike DC]

3700 lbs? That engine must have really saved weight. I'm right at 4000 lbs with an aluminum headed 440/493.

He mentioned a 6spd + sound deadening, too.  

The weights of 2nd-gens are all over the place.  The numbers never cease to surprise me.  

[Nacho-RT74]

stunning body color ?

is it a real R/T ?

[67440chrg]

Great job looks beautiful. Modern and classic together perfect cruiser.

[John_Kunkel]

My 2nd favorite color. A/C would be a nice addition.

[gtx6970]

Damn nice looking car.
Enjoy the fruits of your labor

[BrianShaughnessy]

   Nice job!  Congrats!!

[Swedetompa]

Looks amazing.......well done Sir.
Thanks

[Swedetompa]

stunning body color ?

is it a real R/T ?
Bodycolor is T7 Bronze and no its not a real  R/T (XS)
It started its life as a basemodel -68 (XP)

[Swedetompa]

3700 lbs? That engine must have really saved weight. I'm right at 4000 lbs with an aluminum headed 440/493.

He mentioned a 6spd + sound deadening, too.  

The weights of 2nd-gens are all over the place.  The numbers never cease to surprise me.  

My engine is an 5,7 from a 2016 Challenger R/T and they weight about 500lbs in stock form with thin block (iron) casting, alu heads and plastic intake.
I also chose to go AC delete for now just to get the car up and running.

The Tremec 6-speed is from the same donor car and it weights 130lbs
So the complete package is 500+130=630lbs
Compared to a 440+833 witch is 670+160=830lbs.
So there is a 200lbs saving on engine and trans alone.
My car is also very low on options like no PS or PW and other goodies and that also impact the total weight.
I´ve added maybe 50lbs of dynomat to make the car feel a bit more "solid".

[Nacho-RT74]

stunning body color ?

is it a real R/T ?

Bodycolor is T7 Bronze and no its not a real  R/T (XS)
It started its life as a basemodel -68 (XP)

[Bronzedodge]

Beautiful color!  Congratulations!