last 74 challenger rally 360
03-04-2006, 06:03 PM
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RE: last 74 challenger rally 360
Not the answer to your question but alittle history.
"Dodge tried to "rally" a little for 1973 by offering a larger 360 V-8 as the Challenger's top-dog engine. With 245 hp on tap (five more than the previous year's 340), it was respectable -- for 1973. Production upticked slightly, to 32,596 units for that year. But the car's fate was sealed nonetheless. Dodge weighed the expense and hassle of keeping the Challenger viable in an era of ever-more demanding federal regulations against flaccid sales and shifting buyer tastes -- and decided to pull the plug. 1974 would be the final year. No major changes would be made for the final season since Dodge had already given up on the car. Just 16,437 left the factory -- and as December 1974 rolled into January of '75, the Challenger slipped away into the history books.
Yet in spite of its brief and abruptly ended life, the Challenger (along with its sister E-body, the Plymouth 'Cuda) remains among the most memorable and most-loved of classic-era muscle cars. It stood apart at a time when outrageous power and throbby styling were par for the course -- pushing the envelope farther and harder than most of its contemporaries. "
"Dodge tried to "rally" a little for 1973 by offering a larger 360 V-8 as the Challenger's top-dog engine. With 245 hp on tap (five more than the previous year's 340), it was respectable -- for 1973. Production upticked slightly, to 32,596 units for that year. But the car's fate was sealed nonetheless. Dodge weighed the expense and hassle of keeping the Challenger viable in an era of ever-more demanding federal regulations against flaccid sales and shifting buyer tastes -- and decided to pull the plug. 1974 would be the final year. No major changes would be made for the final season since Dodge had already given up on the car. Just 16,437 left the factory -- and as December 1974 rolled into January of '75, the Challenger slipped away into the history books.
Yet in spite of its brief and abruptly ended life, the Challenger (along with its sister E-body, the Plymouth 'Cuda) remains among the most memorable and most-loved of classic-era muscle cars. It stood apart at a time when outrageous power and throbby styling were par for the course -- pushing the envelope farther and harder than most of its contemporaries. "
03-05-2006, 06:59 AM
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RE: last 74 challenger rally 360
Hi everybody,
I'm very happy to join this forum,
I'm a passionnated of Challengers.
My first one was a 74 Clallenger rallye 360.
I send you now, some pictures of my car, the 71 Rt, in the fourth seasons of the year.
I'm very happy to join this forum,
I'm a passionnated of Challengers. My first one was a 74 Clallenger rallye 360.I send you now, some pictures of my car, the 71 Rt, in the fourth seasons of the year.
03-05-2006, 07:05 AM
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What a beautiful machine. Now I know I want a black one!
Thanks for sharing. Mind if I ask where the pics were taken? (state)
Thanks for sharing. Mind if I ask where the pics were taken? (state)
03-05-2006, 07:34 AM
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RE: last 74 challenger rally 360
oups....This one is my good one, for the look of a muscle car
This one was one year ago, I was help by friends, when I refreshed the paint on the motor!
Same thing for the transmission;
This one was one year ago, I was help by friends, when I refreshed the paint on the motor!
Same thing for the transmission;
03-05-2006, 07:39 AM
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Thank you...for the message read,
I come from Canada.... a little village named Village Blanchard, (around Caraquet, in the north of New-Brunswick)
So pictures were taked around here.
I come from Canada.... a little village named Village Blanchard, (around Caraquet, in the north of New-Brunswick)
So pictures were taked around here.
03-05-2006, 10:31 AM
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sorry, about the last question, I don`t have any pictures , didn`t touch the under, the last restauration was in 1983.
need some works, a next project.
It's not a concour car but he's in good shape.
need some works, a next project.
It's not a concour car but he's in good shape.
03-06-2006, 08:28 AM
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RE: last 74 challenger rally 360
Sweet looking Challenger you have there. As far as the last Rallye produced, have no idea of the S/N, but Chrysler generally ceased production of the current model years in the 2nd week of July back then to changeover the assembly lines to the next year's model. My guess would be the last Rallye would have been produced around that time as well.