Shelby Charger Coming Back to Life

[Ghoste]

Power to weight plays a big part too but yeah, it does sound strange doesn't it.

[71charger_fan]

Even at that power level, it was still hard to get it to the ground with that car. I had two 5-speeds replaced under warranty. The second one, I showed up at he dealership the day before my 5/50 was to expire.

The glove box was warped from day one. They were supposed to order me a new one, but that never happened.

[71charger_fan]

If any of you folks that have had Shelby Chargers still have any bits and pieces laying around, I cannot find the bracket to attach the forward part of the console to the floor.

[Charger RT]

Try over here. http://www.turbododge.com/ My user name there is charger r/t
Tim

[71charger_fan]

I found the missing bracket, but only after I jury rigged my own.

[71charger_fan]

A couple more.

[greasyspider]

Those cars are going to be worth a fortune once us 30 somethings start having midlife crisis

[71charger_fan]

I wound up having to run new front speaker wires. The old ones had been cut and spliced too many times and had been shorted by the hood hinges. That was a pain. I put the louvers back on today and I found I much prefer the 2011 Charger badging to the '83 badges that came off.

[71charger_fan]

I had to buy three license plate brackets and fit them together to make something to fit this car.

[Ghoste]

So you say you prefer the newest style nameplate emblems but which did you install, the original style for the car or a set of brand new ones?

[71charger_fan]

I put on the new style. I like the way the letters are separate and the name isn't part of one casting. I left the Dodge decal off the nose as I thought it was just visual clutter. I also didn't put on the silver striping that should run around the car just above the ground effects. Again, I think it clutters things up.

[71charger_fan]

Based on advice I got over on turbododge.com, I ordered a new Weber DFEV for the SC. I'm hoping it'll be the answer to what a POS the factory Holley has been. I even switched to the Mopar Performance Holley carb back in the 80s. It was an improvement, but still not much of a carb.

[b5blue]

You'll like the Webber! 

[71charger_fan]

It's home. Finally.

[71charger_fan]

Unfortunately, I found a spider web crack in the hood paint, so that'll have to be redone.

[Charger RT]

looks nice. did you work out the wiper linkage and bushing issue?
Tim

[71charger_fan]

I got a wiper linkage bushing kit from Omni-Potent Parts.

[Ghoste]

It looks great!  Nice to see one kept on the road even if they are maligned around here.  (I like them though so what do I know)

[71charger_fan]

The new carb is like a dream compared to the Holley 5200 series I've run for almost 30 years. The driveability improvement is amazing.

[71charger_fan]

I was at a light next to a new GT500 when an older Mustang GT came up on the other side and surprised me when he pointed to the GT500 and said he liked my car better.

[b5blue]

 

[Dodgerdallas]

Thats a clean ride,bet its a lotta fun drivin it around town-looking good!

[71charger_fan]

It's kind of fun in that almost no one under 25 knows what it is.

[Ghoste]

I never really thought about that before but it would be kind of a mystery car to that demographic wouldn't it?

[71charger_fan]

Years ago, probably 1986, my neighbor had an '83 Celica and a Nissan Pulsar. He pointedly told me he'd never buy an American car as they're not reliable enough. His Celica blew its engine later that year a few hundred miles out of warranty. He replaced it with a Bronco II that spent all its time at the dealership with engine woes. He complained to me that he should have known better than to buy American. I opened his hood and showed him the decal identifying the engine (where all the problems were) as being manufactured in Germany. He eventually bought a Chrysler Concorde.