two 69 Chargers take first place nationals at Hershey AACA show

[bill440rt]

Congrats on the win, Brian!! Glad to hear the hard work paid off.

Wish I could have made it, looks like there were some really interesting cars there.
Those Charger engine shots look great to me!

[resq302]

Thanks everyone for the congrats.  I was talking to the guy who owns the teal blue charger that had the 318 for a while.  We got to talking about the ground strap that goes from the engine to the firewall.  His has a braided cable which he said he took the original one off and replaced it with an exact new one.  I was always led to believe that the rear engine ground wire was a round black insulated wire, not the flat braided type.  He said he held onto the original one in case there was ever a question about it.  I told him to hop on here and post the question about it as I know big blocks mostly, but didnt think the small blocks would have a different ground strap in the back.

[charge-it]

I thought the windshield washer fluid should be green, not blue???

[gtx6970]

all the above-
+ power steering cap should be painted.
coil lettering  looks too blue (may be just my monitor though )
As a general rule (and yes there are exceptions to every rule)  4 barrel carbs typically used studs and nuts - not bolts to attach it to the intake
wiper motor looks OVER done
firewall ground APPEARS to not have any engine color on it
Throttle return springs I've seen were either green(short coil )  or gray (long coil )
I've seen the fender mtd heater hose bracket rubber dipped like that before , but it was on an A/C car
IMO,,,, and this is MY opinion  radiator cap would be questionable . I've yet to see an unrestored original  1969 and older with a raised dome rivet cap on it, But I've not seen them all either

[Brock Samson]

 well allrighty then,.. 
are these the correct door lock buttons for a '71 B-body?...

[RJS]

all the above-
+ power steering cap should be painted.
coil lettering  looks too blue (may be just my monitor though )
As a general rule (and yes there are exceptions to every rule)  4 barrel carbs typically used studs and nuts - not bolts to attach it to the intake
wiper motor looks OVER done
firewall ground APPEARS to not have any engine color on it
Throttle return springs I've seen were either green(short coil )  or gray (long coil )
I've seen the fender mtd heater hose bracket rubber dipped like that before , but it was on an A/C car
IMO,,,, and this is MY opinion  radiator cap would be questionable . I've yet to see an unrestored original  1969 and older with a raised dome rivet cap on it, But I've not seen them all either

Bill I've never seen studs and nuts on 69 4bbl cars before only H-bolts.  Do you have some doc's to prove the point???  Thanks Ron

[gtx6970]

Ron,
I just looked thru my files and No , I don't  Every pic  i have on file is bolts   
I've had 4 1969 GTX's and 2 were bolts and 2 were studs. One of the ones with studs was basically untouched before I bought it.
My challenger 340 had studs and nuts.

[hemigeno]

And we haven't even begun to talk about whether the dipstick should be painted or natural...   

[resq302]

The A12 car that was parked next to me had the engine built by Roger Gibson who told the owner not to paint his oil dipstick handle orange contrary to what other people might tell him.  According to Roger, the oil dipstick handle was semi flat black, not engine color.  But again, my car is not an A12 car either.