3rd gen charger guys post your pics

[Scotty Dave]

can only post 1 at a time??

[Scotty Dave]

 

[Scotty Dave]

My daughter just after starting it..... first car she's ever started 

[mikesbbody]

Cool Scotty  are you gonna teach her to drive in the Charger? you said this car's in Scotland?

[Scotty Dave]

mmm dont know about teaching her to drive in it... as we drive on the wrong side of the road here in the UK  but that'll be another 3 yrs off as shes only 14 and the legal age for driving is 17 here. The look on her face as that motor fired up was great to see though. Both Chloe who's in the pic and her younger sister want to be taken to their senior proms in it, which for Chloe gives me 4 yrs approx.
Yes the car is in a garage on 1 of the Scottish Islands and I now live 600 mls away in the midlands near Birmingham. This kinda makes working on it impossable at the moment, that and lifes other necessities like mortgate, bills, kids, etc 
So it sits there waiting, which is a shame as I really loved driving it around. When I was at the folks back in the summer I did get a good look at it though as I plan on sourcing the parts to at least get it rolling again. Will definatlly be needing a lot of questions answered by you guys here though 

Apart from the welding repairs a rough list of what it needs so far is:
Torsion Bars (as 1 snapped) hence the bricks under the front
Probably all bushes in the front suspension/steering as they look pretty knackered
Fuel pump as it no longer pumps gas and has to be gravity feed from a gallon can
Exhaust pipes as they've fallen off
Passenger door
Trunk lid
Carb needs servicing dont think its the right 1 for the motor though had 1 hell of a flat spot when it was last on the road

[Scotty Dave]

only letting post 1 pic at a time?

[Scotty Dave]

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[ACUDANUT]

 Looks like the torsion bars are cut ?  The entire engine looks sad.  Better start on it. 

[Scotty Dave]

Yep it is sad... and need to start on it... but its 600 mls then a 3hr ferry crossing away, so that kinda makes it difficult, dont think the torsion bar was cut probably just age and a weak spot.

[mlomaka]

Wow, there is a lot of nice Chargers here. I have been looking around here for a little while before finally joining. I wish I still had my last one, a 72 Rallye. Here is a before pic, well, before the major body & paint work. By this time I already fixed the mechanicals and got it sitting right. Don't beat me up too bad, this is from early 90s.



Here is how it ended up.









Before this one, I had a 74 SE California car with a 360 I only just started working on before I lost that. Growing up, my dad had a 72 for a long time. It had a Crusader package on it. 318, nothing fancy.

[CDN72SE]

Nice car, are you currently a Charger owner?

[mlomaka]

Thanks and to answer your question, not currently.

[mikesbbody]

Nice Rallye!  I think it looks good in both the before, and after pics 

[ACUDANUT]

Whaaat, not a Charger Owner. 

[mlomaka]

It is only temporary. 
Having owned 3, I figure another is coming my way.

Mike

[Foreman72]

Yep it is sad... and need to start on it... but its 600 mls then a 3hr ferry crossing away, so that kinda makes it difficult, dont think the torsion bar was cut probably just age and a weak spot.

looks real familiar...same problem i had with mine...it was in a barn for 20 yrs and when i went to take it out, i found that both the t bars were split just like that...used a piece of 2x4 to splint them...but that was only to push it in and out of the garage, wouldn't recommend that for driving


and mlomaka your charger is sweet

[monkele]

Hello,

here are my newest pictures from my Charger.

Best regards

Michael

[CDN72SE]

Very clean and sharp, do you have a post with interior pictures, gotta see more. 

[Scotty Dave]

What a cracking Charger 

[Brass]

That car looks great with the Centerlines.

[nvrbdn]

really makes the interior pop with that body color. love it

[monkele]

Thank´s guys...here the Interior again 

[Beer]

Glad I revisited this thread, I may borrow the rear stripe done that way on mine...maybe a 340 variation  for the two bars above the marker light, but I love the effect of the stripe broken like that 

[mikesbbody]

Looks great Beer!  I agree about the stripe too if there's one thing I'm personally not too keen on (on 72-74's) it's the sidemarker lights. If you have a red, or orange 72-74 you don't notice either the front, or rear's so much but they still stick out a bit too much IMO does anyone else out there think they would have been better if they were sitting flush with the quarters/fenders from the Factory? BTW Monkele your interior is Awesome!