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Re: Hi from Oxfordshire

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 18 12:27 pm
by MrNorm
Challengers are wide!! Same as a Charger. Yes they are shorter. Depending on your definition of a standard size garage just be aware that with the car width, and the doors which are deep and long, getting in and out may not be trivial. I had mine for years in a (wider than normal) 11ft wide single garage and even that stored great but was very difficult to work on!! I wouldn't let any of that put you off, just getting the facts on the table....

Re: Hi from Oxfordshire

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 18 9:22 pm
by Dart Vader
Hiya. Welcome to the club. You're not far from me so if you ever want to pop over to swindon I can show you examples of a decent Abody, B and E bodies here locally as well.

Anyway it has to be A body that where the smart money goes .....but I'm biased.

Re: Hi from Oxfordshire

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 18 9:23 pm
by Dart Vader
Hiya. Welcome to the club. You're not far from me so if you ever want to pop over to swindon I can show you examples of a decent Abody, B and E bodies here locally as well.

Anyway it has to be A body that where the smart money goes .....but I'm biased.

Re: Hi from Oxfordshire

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 18 7:34 am
by MilesnMiles
Welcome aboard too, as for Car choice. Love the look of the E bods, but probably the worst handling out of the A,B, E range.
I once went on near 600 miles round trip in a stock 318 Challenger and felt sea sick most of the time :lol:

Unless you get stuck into Hoskitch suspension. Ade W (where is he these days?) has a well set up 440 Ebody that actually handles.

Re: Hi from Oxfordshire

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 18 7:31 pm
by Mark B
Thanks for all the replies and advise. An A body sounds like it would makes sense, but I'm being lead by the dream. So still interested in a Challenger, even if it's too wide and handles like a wheel barrow. I had a 72 Mustang convertible, can't be as bad as that!

I was looking at this one, but it seems expensive for a 73 dressed up as a 71 with a 318. What do you think?

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C861810

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Re: Hi from Oxfordshire

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 18 9:53 pm
by sublimemike
Real T/A "s are big $s. 400 R/T's too, Add a six pack - into the clouds, Hemi - into the stratosphere..
The best advice if you can't have the real thing is buy a decent body

Re: Hi from Oxfordshire

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 18 10:31 am
by Derek
Have you seen this one.

1971 Dodge Challenger R/T,


1971 Dodge Challenger R/T, 340ci auto, White interior, new mot, owned over 10 years, engine rebuilt, drives nice. few rust bubbles on bottom of doors £20k.

NOT MINE, posting for a frtiend, phone Barry 07973 187350

Re: Hi from Oxfordshire

Posted: Sun Feb 11, 18 6:30 pm
by Mark B
Thank you for this. Looks exactly what I want. But just contacted him and he's sold it :(