Recent content by 74ChargerSE440

Just leave it as it is, is the best advise indeed. It's a can of worms and only because you are 'not a fan' of it. Find peace with your gem. Otherwise FAFO :eek:

The engine is the least important thing for this car. It's now all original I assume. Keep it so! Indeed the interior, body (original color?), breaks, trim is far more important and are huge value creators for a real classic nowadays and years to come. Opening a hood and to see shining Chinese...

Nasty gap? If mounted properly the inner top side of the panel fits perfectly to the rounded tops of the clips.

These are the correct ones:

It's always funny to see potential buyers asking 'What's this car worth' not realizing the sellers and their antourage are also watching these forums very very closely. So the answer to 'Do they know what they have ?' is 'YES'. :rofl:

So, I have figured out what's the best way to restore the argent silver lens outline that is on the lenses of many mopars but especially 1973 and 1974 Dodge Charger tail light lenses. So I tried to restore an (old!) spare lens I had laying around and gave it a try. Obviously a marker pen is the...

The weird thing about is that chrome is very hard and always shines because ... of the nature of chrome. It does not need any specific polishing ever to let it shine. It does not oxidize too, like stainless or aluminium. So, I conclude that chrome polish is 70's the 'Oil of Olaz' for men, or...

And don't forget the green (or sometimes blue) in the center?! https://www.69roadrunner.net/mopar/threads/red-brake-drums.8754/

Mr. Grok more specific: Chrysler began painting the visible faces of brake drums red in late January 1969. This practice was outlined in a Chrysler Passenger Cars Procedure and Materials engineering document dated January 31, 1969, which specified applying a 2-inch-wide band of red enamel (part...

Mr. Grok: The rear brake drums on a 1974 Dodge Charger SE were factory-painted red as a brushed-on application at the assembly line, mainly to hide rust when visible through styled wheels like Rallye or road wheels. This was a standard Chrysler practice for 1969–1974 B-body models (including...

Women talk about the color of the curtains. Just stick with matching (to the vin) colors. Matching colors and matching numbers. That's all what counts eventually. The rest is mindfuck.

Answer to question 3:

The date on the sheet is in the box 'order date'. What does that actually mean?

The door sticker only gives the month, not the day so that's not really specific either.

WD40 :icon_fU: