Newbie With a few Questions!

[HOOLIGAN73]

Hi!
So I picked up a 73' charger over the weekend, stock everything! The kid didn't know what he had so I got a pretty good deal on it. The kid pretty much stripped the car of EVERYTHING(trim and interior) down to the basics, and put everything in the trunk(so it's all there). I'm new to the world of mopar(converted camaro owner), but how do you tell the difference between an s/e and a rallye(or is it the same)? I've been looking at pictures and mine looks more like the rallye. I've attached a pic so you guys can judge for yourselves. Sorry for the bad pic though, it's the only one I have right now!

[Finn]

Do you have a vin number by chance?
Welcome to the site and congrats on your purchase!

[HOOLIGAN73]

yep it's wh23g3g1437371 and thank you!

[Foreman72]

nice score dude welcome to the board and welcome to 3rd gen chargers  ...i have a 72...anyways...the vin is how you would officially tell...

Body Type:   W  =  Dodge Coronet / Charger
Price Class:   H  =  High
Body Type:   23  =  2 Door Hardtop
Engine:   G  =  318 150HP(net) or 170HP(net) 1-2BBL 8 CYL
Year:   3  =  1973
Sequence Number: 143737  =  43737th Vehical Built

pretty basic 73 charger...you can check out this site and decode your fender tag to gain more info on it...

http://www.stockmopar.com/mopar-fender-tag-decoder.php

also...do you have any preliminary plans for it?

[69charger2002]

welcome to the site!
it is not an r/t for sure, those stopped production in 1971. it is a 318 car, but being in primer and no louver(opera) side rear window, i cant tell if it's a rallye or SE. SE's from what i normally see have that opera louver cover.. im sure a more helpful 3rd gen guru will be along soon
trav

[HOOLIGAN73]

Thank you!

Foreman72~I plan on making it my next restomod project. It's my daily driver but I'm hoping to replace the 318 with something bigger(either a 383 or 426). I still haven't decided on a color, I was thinking something different(silver with black racing stripes or black with green?). I'm also in the process of deciding what to put on my vanity plate. That's just the rough plan for now.

69charger2002~It didn't come with louvers, but it might have had them originally. It was a light green, the name of the color escapes me.

[mikesbbody]

Hi Hooligan and welcome to the site  be sure to check out pete's site if you havent done so already
www.1971-1974dodgecharger.com   

[HOOLIGAN73]

Thank you, I will definitely check it out!

[69bronzeT5]

Welcome to the site. You got a great base for a project

[HOOLIGAN73]

thank you! I am falling more and more in love with it every day!

[Ghoste]

Welcome to the world of Charger, nice car.  Did it have a fender tag on it?

[69*F5*SE]

Welcome to the site and good luck with your build.   

[HOOLIGAN73]

To tell you the truth I haven't even looked yet! We've had terrible rain storms, so it's been covered up.

[jaak]

Welcome to the site! I also scored a '73 a little over a week ago... 73 Rallye factory 340 (now 360) 4 speed.
Heres the link when I got it.... http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,56641.0.html and here's the link to a write up and pics of interior installation.... http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,56964.0.html

Good luck with your project,
Jason


My Toys....

[HOOLIGAN73]

Jaak~ WOW Yours looks awesome! I hope my interior looks half as good as yours when I'm finished! My interior right now looks like your stripped down pics. The kid that I bought it from went kinda crazy and stripped it down farther than he needed to! It's supposed to be beautiful tomorrow, so I will take a bunch of pics and post stage 1 of restore.

[skip68]

    Welcome to the site.      Looks like a good car.      Camaro's and mustangs are cool, BUT, Chargers are damn sexy/muscular cars.      

[HOOLIGAN73]

Haha thank yoU! Before I bought the charger I looked at a camaro then I looked at the charger, I took one look at that charger and new I had to have it!

[FlatbackFanatic]

Welcome!!Nice start you have there. Good luck with the restomod, we'll be waiting for pics as you go.

[GN]

This is the place for help. Lots of great people to assit.