mike62202

just bought my first mopar off ebay,sold my vette to buy this,74 challenger,the person i bought it from got it from his dad when he died and did not know much about it,got it for 5103.00,when i drove to detroit to pick it up i was really surprised it has a 1970 built 440,do not know much about mopars so i got on lineand found a web site called mymopar.com,posted pics and some one asked for the numbers,engine,trans,rear eand.turns out its a 1970 440 built msd,dist msd6al,torker intake,holly 830 race carb,70 trans with shift kit,70 rear end posi 391 gear,power disc brake,power dtreering,factory ac(not hooked-up)still has the factory am/fm radio with 5 speaker with rear fader,sub frame connectors,next to the driver seat you pull two cables and it opens the headers.sat in a garage in detroit for 10 years,has very little rust,drive this on nice days fast and sounds great,my first mopar and i am hooked,dont kmow how to post pics or i would

TechmanBD

Welcome to the site. That car looks great you lucky SOB. I never can find a deal like that.

mike62202

thanks,hell i was susprised the kid did not know what he had,i bet his dad is turning in his grave,a couple more pics

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lear4406

Nice, good find. What do you think about that monsters torque. Good luck on getting traction. Let us know about that first drive and also if you need any parts along the way. We old Challenger guys and gals have got to stick together. The guys here on this site have helped me find parts I did'nt know they remanufactured. We need all the help we can get to keep these beast going. Again congradulations on the great find. A 74 and a 440 V-8, what were the chances.

mike62202

been driving for two months,sat so long the guy was running race fuel,pulled the bowls off the carb looked like pink rock candy ,cleaned the system,had to change oilpan,valve cover,intake gaskets.mechanical fuel pump was running 13psi,put a regulater on ,checked msd web site for rotor&cap the msd number off the dist,did not come-up.called tech support the dist was discontiuned in 80,could still get the rotor(racing rotor)cap(gm points cap)STRANGE this also has a 76 gm alternator so it has a one wire alt.this is the part that kills me,all green interior painted black,green under every thing.crazy how it looks,its not a mutt its a pitbull.IT HAS M/T STREET ETS IT HOOKS AND BOOKS GREAT

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Jeremiah 29:11

I hope I am not right and it is hard to tell from the angle of the pictures but the front bottom section of the passenger door looks like a paint bubble. What that usually means
is it is rusting from the inside and pushing the paint out. The picture of the rear wheel looks like it is doing the same thing but to a less degree.

It looks like the same stuff I had on my '73 Challenger but I hope I am wrong. If I am right, take it to a paint/body shop and have them strip it down to metal and fix
all of that before it get worse.

You have a great looking legend to want to keep.

mike62202

I KNOW IT NEEDS WORK.,BRO ITS A LITTLE BAD ASS SLEEPER,LIKE I SAID MY FIRST MOPAR AND I AM HOOKED WAVE BYE-BYE TO THE NICE CHEVYS

Paladin06

Great find.. You got a great platform to start a restore. Good luck with it..

jdb840

Congrats on owning a Challenger!! I would be very happy to find a deal like that as well.
Good luck on the resto, and keep us updated on the progress