72 Challenger

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Thu Nov 11, 10 9:16 pm

A picture, now that I've learnt how to post it

challenger · Post by **challenger** » Thu Nov 11, 10 9:48 pm

thats the first pic sorted now how about the rest

body looks fairly good from the pic

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Thu Nov 11, 10 10:02 pm

I can't remember seeing this one before Ad. Give us some backgound on the car.

Rogue Trooper · Post by **Rogue Trooper** » Thu Nov 11, 10 10:20 pm

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Thu Nov 11, 10 11:48 pm

I found out about the car from a customer at the garage I worked at, that was '87 I think, he told me his brother owned a Challenger with a 440 in it that had been laid up in their chicken shed (honestly, they owned a poultry farm) for a few years. My brother and I went to see it, I struck a deal for £1000, loaded it onto our mates recovery truck and took it back to his workshop.
It was full of chicken sh*t and straw, the interior and most of the trim was a corroded mess thanks to them birds, doors were off it, paint was part rubbed back, and there was a van full of parts.
We stripped the shell completely, removed the motor and trans, a Torqueflite that was replaced by an A833 4speed, then hung the shell from the rafters and sand blasted it.
It spent a good few years getting ignored, some times a little flurry of activity would see it make progress, untill I finally managed to get it all together around 2004/5. The reason for the lack of speed was mainly down to lack of money. Like when a mate of mine could paint it, I'd help him with his heating, but it took ages. If I could fabricate small brackets and simple parts I would, rather than just order some from a catalogue.
I took that piccie in 2006, about May time, it had just been painted and mot'd by my brother, for the first time in nearly 20years. It made it to the Billing shows and then developed a nasty missfire, a burnt exhaust valve and a couple of bent pushrods were enough to persuade me to leave it alone for the winter.
Sadly, brother died that December and I lost interest till about 2008, when I pulled the motor out for a rebuild. Its took a couple of years of fiddling and fretting and finally giving in and buying new stuff, but now its paid off

I'm even quite proud of my efforts

........don't look too close tho', eh

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Nov 12, 10 12:45 am

Congrats on getting it up and running again Adrian. Sorry to hear about your brother, I got my Charger after I sold one of my Dad's cars after he passed away.

I'd love to see some pictures of the build and the finished car if/when you get a chance.

Welcome to the club btw

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Fri Nov 12, 10 1:57 am

Adrian Worman wrote:I found out about the car from a customer at the garage I worked at, that was '87 I think, he told me his brother owned a Challenger with a 440 in it that had been laid up in their chicken shed (honestly, they owned a poultry farm) for a few years. My brother and I went to see it, I struck a deal for £1000, loaded it onto our mates recovery truck and took it back to his workshop.
It was full of chicken sh*t and straw, the interior and most of the trim was a corroded mess thanks to them birds, doors were off it, paint was part rubbed back, and there was a van full of parts.
We stripped the shell completely, removed the motor and trans, a Torqueflite that was replaced by an A833 4speed, then hung the shell from the rafters and sand blasted it.
It spent a good few years getting ignored, some times a little flurry of activity would see it make progress, untill I finally managed to get it all together around 2004/5. The reason for the lack of speed was mainly down to lack of money. Like when a mate of mine could paint it, I'd help him with his heating, but it took ages. If I could fabricate small brackets and simple parts I would, rather than just order some from a catalogue.
I took that piccie in 2006, about May time, it had just been painted and mot'd by my brother, for the first time in nearly 20years. It made it to the Billing shows and then developed a nasty missfire, a burnt exhaust valve and a couple of bent pushrods were enough to persuade me to leave it alone for the winter.
Sadly, brother died that December and I lost interest till about 2008, when I pulled the motor out for a rebuild. Its took a couple of years of fiddling and fretting and finally giving in and buying new stuff, but now its paid off I'm even quite proud of my efforts
........don't look too close tho', eh

Thanks for sharing Adrian , would also like to see any progress pics if you have them.

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Fri Nov 12, 10 3:23 am

I love your story

Trigger_Andy · Post by **Trigger_Andy** » Fri Nov 12, 10 6:52 am

Interesting story, and I thought you had bought 'Nana's 340/4 speed Challenger. More pictures are needed!

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Fri Nov 12, 10 9:12 am

Welcome Adrian, and kudos for your tenacity. Here's a pic from Billing...

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Fri Nov 12, 10 11:07 pm

I remember that

I'm the one with the blue vest, partly obscured by my mates wife. June 2006 I think? We (brother Carson and I) had just put a ticket on it, got it runnimg ok, painted it (looked like we'd done it with a hoover turned on backwards

) and loads of trim was still missing. I can see from here that the grille moulding and front screen mouldings still were'nt fitted.
Ta for showing the pic mate

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Fri Nov 12, 10 11:13 pm

Got loads of "torn apart car" photos, but I'm struggling with the way we upload pics on this forum. I can't seem to make 'em small enough.

morgan · Post by **morgan** » Sat Nov 13, 10 9:35 am

Either do a screen capture and save as a new file as a quick fix, or use a piece of software to shrink.

I use 'Easy thumbs' - its free for trial and does the job perfectly. Just point it at the pic, tell it what size you want and bam - nice small files.

Here - http://www.Bananarama!.com/ezthumbs/

Adrian Worman · Post by **Adrian Worman** » Sun Nov 14, 10 10:54 pm

Result

found loads of old polaroids (remember them?) of the resto, gonna take 'em to work, scan 'em and then post 'em up

steveo · Post by **steveo** » Sun Nov 14, 10 11:00 pm

good read ! nice challenger

looking forward to seeing anymore pictures