Old pod pics.

hemi472 · Post by **hemi472** » Fri Nov 06, 15 6:33 pm

Yep you're right dunc you can never go out of style with 15" super tricks and a tunnel ram, funnily enough I just scored some 15x10's for my Camaro

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Fri Nov 06, 15 7:53 pm

Cannonball wrote:
drewcrane wrote:Ok an ignorant yank question the challenger in the first pic, the front plate looks like a sticker , is that the way they did it back then?

seems kinda cool,no mounting bracket, but the coppers can still see the number.
Yes Drew it is indeed a sticker type no plate, mosly reserved for e type jags and 60,s sports cars they looked cool on certain cars,,

Sure would be nice here, I dont run a front plate, it is the only out law thing I do ,cept speeding

shovelheadrob · Post by **shovelheadrob** » Fri Nov 06, 15 7:55 pm

You're right Chris that is the hood that Tony has, it's the one Matt took the measurements for the T/A replica hood to go on my old Challenger.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri Nov 06, 15 7:58 pm

Some T/A hoods did find their way on 1970 non-T/A cars as they ran out of stock on Shakers from memory.

hemi472 · Post by **hemi472** » Fri Nov 06, 15 8:00 pm

Off on a tangent now - as have been going through some old pics , don't know if I ever posted this on here at the time - possibly one of the most rotten cars I have ever seen - it was taken round mine about 10 years ago - rare car 71 R/T 340 , so rotten that the inner fender - shock mount was completely collapsed

hemi472 · Post by **hemi472** » Fri Nov 06, 15 8:01 pm

Cheers Pete / rob

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Fri Nov 06, 15 8:34 pm

hemi472 wrote:Blue I think tony has that hood from the Hemi challenger in his shed as he has one to replace the damaged one on the T/A Challenger and I know it has 426 Hemi emblems on it.

Also I'm pretty sure the T/A style hood was available in the 70 model year on Hemi challengers for a few months ?? ( possibly due to shaker hood production problems ?) Any challenger experts ?

Yes a few hemi cars got the TA hood,,,,,

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Fri Nov 06, 15 8:35 pm

hemi472 wrote:Off on a tangent now - as have been going through some old pics , don't know if I ever posted this on here at the time - possibly one of the most rotten cars I have ever seen - it was taken round mine about 10 years ago - rare car 71 R/T 340 , so rotten that the inner fender - shock mount was completely collapsed

I wonder if this ever got restored....

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Fri Nov 06, 15 8:42 pm

Keep the pics comin chris,,

get some racin life back on track,,,

hemi472 · Post by **hemi472** » Fri Nov 06, 15 10:09 pm

Ok dunc , how about one of my old Chevelle - yes I know it's a Chevy

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Fri Nov 06, 15 10:25 pm

Ooh that looks Bananarama! hard

Nothin wrong with a Checelle of any year

Don · Post by **Don** » Sat Nov 07, 15 9:34 am

Blimey!!! That's the ol' "Rosso's Rat" ... hav'nt seen that car for ages

hemi472 · Post by **hemi472** » Sat Nov 07, 15 9:46 am

Yes don that's it , I had it for about 13 years it was a nail when I got it all of the original Russos rat paint was long gone unfortunately and it was straight orange so it got a quick coat of black paint , I would of loved to do the Russos paint again but would of been mega money to replicate properly , four or five engines, three transmissions and an axle swap , ended up running 10.30's with the 540 which I then de-tuned a bit and put in my 69 Camaro , I wanted to return the Chevelle slightly more towards how it was when it came over so I put a 4speed back in it and a regular big block Chevy- it was still good fun then as well as it ran 11.90's with the four speed which kept me busy

I sold the car about two years ago
Picture here of when it first came over in 1973

hemi472 · Post by **hemi472** » Sat Nov 07, 15 9:49 am

As you can see here I put a Dana 60 on it because they are the best looking axle ever

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Sat Nov 07, 15 9:56 am

Brilliant Post, Chris - love the Chevelle - I had a /6 'Vert