UPDATE, NEW PICS. Here's progress pics of my FY1 70 R/T

[Chris G.]

Looks awesome! The hood blackout looks great on FY1 cars. 

Keep the pics coming. 

[JR]

engine bay shot

[JR]

this should be my profile pic soon

[JR]

Last pic. This is after the windshield was installed and the wheels were polished. Thanks for the compliments guys. It's really motivational to hear them when I'm spending hours and hours working on this. And 70SIXPACKRT, I've always admired your car, used it as inspiration actually.

[mikepmcs]

Man that car is wicked nice.  keep them pics coming!!!!


v/r
Mike

[TripleBlackGator]

Were body color exhaust tips an option I'm unaware of? 

[mikepmcs]

TBG

No way, he already promised those to me quite a few posts ago.  Don't be mackin' on my tips brother.

v/r
Mike

[JR]

They add character! If I wasn't planning on replacing them I'd of taped them off. They'll be in the mail as soon as the car hits the exhaust shop mike.

[Charger1973]

Yep... pretty sure this is my favorite '70 Charger.  I just love FY1 cars and that tape stripe really does alot for the car.  Really nice work!

[Big Lebowski]

  Looks good, more pics, keep 'em coming.

[autodynamics]

nice gauges!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[JR]

Here's some new pics guys. Working 2 jobs plus side work doesn't leave me much free time. I got a clear pic of the guages though.

[JR]

Here's the Autometer Ultra Lite guages in the factory cluster. It was a fairly simple install though.

[JR]

Here's the last pic for now. The 440 has been installed for a month or two now. I've been riding. The car is mechanically restored back to better than new now. As soon as the budget alllows, the subframe connectors, adjustable control arms, chassis bracing, modern wheels and rubber will follow. I want this car to handle.

I don't have a pic yet of the engine installed, let me see if I can grab one...

[69bronzeT5]

Looks great man! It sorta reminds me of a banana

[JR]

Looks great man! It sorta reminds me of a banana

hehe, Thanks Cody. In my high school days, it was called the Bananna Boat....

[69bronzeT5]

Looks great man! It sorta reminds me of a banana

hehe, Thanks Cody. In my high school days, it was called the Bananna Boat....

Banana boat

[C_stripes]

When are you going to put the R/T badges on??  Car looks very nice.  I want one.

[JR]

I managed to get two engine pics, here they are. Totally stock 440 Six Pack with Comp XE268 cam, Speed pro flat top pistons .030 over, and thats it.

[moparstuart]

Looks great man! It sorta reminds me of a banana

hehe, Thanks Cody. In my high school days, it was called the Bananna Boat....

that looks like my first mopar same 70 r/t top banana  but I had the black bumble bee stripe

[69_500]

Did you just not like the hood pins? I notice where you said your car came with them, but I don't see them installed. It is a cleaner look without them, but an unusual and very catching look with them as well.

[JR]

Here's the other engine pic. I hate this stupid flex hose, but couldn't find a molded one to work with the custom radiator.

Cstripes, I havent bought any to put on yet. I was going too, but before I even got the car home, both fenders got dented. Then 2 months later, the garage doors smacked into both quarters when it was parked halfway out of the garage. So now I am going to repaint the etire car. It also has rocker trim and wheelwell trim that I'll wait to put on til then. It's really a driver. I could have been more anal with the details, but the main purpose of doing this was to make it 100 percent reliable and capable of being driven anywhere without breaking down.

I'll repaint it this winter when it's too cold to do anything elese, and take care of all the trim and badges then. Although it would look alot better with them on now for sure.

[JR]

Did you just not like the hood pins? I notice where you said your car came with them, but I don't see them installed. It is a cleaner look without them, but an unusual and very catching look with them as well.

Good eye.  The original hood had some rot on the underside bracing, and had some aftermarket hoodpins installed in the originals place. Rather than restore that hood, I used a clean hood that I had gotten from a member here years ago off a race car that didn't have pins. I am definatley putting them back on, I just havent had the cash or the time really to spring for the details. I'll prolly get them and cut the holes before I repaint it, that way if I mess up the paint it's no big deal. I cant for the life of me see where they used to bolt on the core support. The factory pins had been replaced with some of those locking ones years ago. But the fender tag calls for them.

[hemi68charger]

Did you just not like the hood pins? I notice where you said your car came with them, but I don't see them installed. It is a cleaner look without them, but an unusual and very catching look with them as well.

Good eye.  The original hood had some rot on the underside bracing, and had some aftermarket hoodpins installed in the originals place. Rather than restore that hood, I used a clean hood that I had gotten from a member here years ago off a race car that didn't have pins. I am definatley putting them back on, I just havent had the cash or the time really to spring for the details. I'll prolly get them and cut the holes before I repaint it, that way if I mess up the paint it's no big deal. I cant for the life of me see where they used to bolt on the core support. The factory pins had been replaced with some of those locking ones years ago. But the fender tag calls for them.

JR..
Go over to Chris's 70 Charger registry site and spend some time.. There is a lot of good information in the form of pics, literature and threads that can help.

http://1970chargerregistry.com/index.html

Here's a pic of hood pin location in the fender/core support area...

[Charger1973]

Man that car is sweet.