Nige's 70 Challenger R/T

nigeltaylor · Post by **nigeltaylor** » Mon Mar 10, 14 6:13 pm

Well, I have finally got underway with my very rusty Challenger. Began stripping it down at the weekend to find more hidden rust and several nests full of insulation and acorns, although whatever lived there is long gone.
After I have stripped the front, the first job is to replace the front frame rail and torque bar mounting cross member!! The existing ones look like they have been damaged by a forklift I'd guess! Collected these from Dunc today and will be getting on with that once I have some chassis dimensions.

The plan with the car is to restore it back to original condition, or close to! It is a 1970 Challenger R/T, matching numbers, original colour is Plum Crazy, which is still visible in places, with a white side stripe which is long gone!

nigeltaylor · Post by **nigeltaylor** » Mon Mar 10, 14 6:17 pm

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Mon Mar 10, 14 7:42 pm

Looks like your gonna have your work cut out on that Nigel........Interesting bottom end arrangement too!

Plumb crazy BB Chally.......

Look forward to seeing the progress.........

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Mon Mar 10, 14 7:46 pm

mistake i made was not to take enough pictures while it a untouched rotten pear.

looking forward to you updates and detail and lots of pictures

machine number

Post by **MattH** » Tue Mar 11, 14 7:22 am

As Wil said, take LOTS of pictures, helps no end when you are putting it back together, especially if the time frame grows a little (like 19 years

).

That is a superb project, best colour. Is it a manual car too?

Charger · Post by **Charger** » Tue Mar 11, 14 7:54 am

great to see another one being revived

nigeltaylor · Post by **nigeltaylor** » Tue Mar 11, 14 6:52 pm

Will get some more pics up later this week, once I hve made a bit more progress!

Yes Matt, its a 4 speed manual!

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Tue Mar 11, 14 7:00 pm

Plumb crazy Chally R/T. Spot on !!!!!
Look forward to following the thread.
Good luck with the build

nigeltaylor · Post by **nigeltaylor** » Wed Mar 12, 14 8:51 pm

more pics, some interesting pics and a new frame with lots of spot welds to drill out of the floor!!

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Wed Mar 12, 14 9:30 pm

Holly bat man

Your in for it

Hope you can weld

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Wed Mar 12, 14 11:03 pm

You have a nice project there, very cool.

Am I seeing that pic right , did they just rivet the rear valence on to the 1/4? and just mud it over?

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Thu Mar 13, 14 4:59 am

drewcrane wrote:You have a nice project there, very cool.

Am I seeing that pic right , did they just rivet the rear valence on to the 1/4? and just mud it over?

Yep another hi quality US repair 💋

nigeltaylor · Post by **nigeltaylor** » Thu Mar 13, 14 9:10 am

Yep, 7 pieces of metal all riveted together and dropped in from the inside, not even riveted to the body just bolted to the valance and wedged to the wheel arch! Finished off with an inch of filler! I would guess its a home repair!!

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Thu Mar 13, 14 9:14 am

That is some project you have on your hands there. I just don't have the time or patience to undertake a huge job like that, I wish I did as there cant be many other things that will give you so much satisfaction and pride once its finished. Good luck to you Sir hats of to you taking on something like that, look forward to following your build.

autofetish · Post by **autofetish** » Thu Mar 13, 14 11:10 am

I had a welding glove as a packer then filler
The most enjoyable part of my build was the cutting and welding (not at the time but when I look back)

Do you plan to have everything sand blasted first( not flat panels )

I had mine blasted and 2k prinmer first was well worth it