1974 Dodge Charger SE Restoration Part II

• Jan 24, 2020

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I've owned this 74 Sunroof 440 Charger since 1993. Disassembled to do a self-resto and life got in the way. February 2017 I dropped it off at Hodge Restorations to let them do it; See Original Post link above.

I have many photos of the restoration but I never kept the original post updated. Maybe one day I'll do that but in the interim, I thought I'd start a new thread with an update.

The Charger is nearing completion; they started it and moved it around their shop yesterday, here it is:

 

• Jan 24, 2020

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Video of the startup for FaceBook users:

 

• Jan 24, 2020

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Wow, beautiful job! Car looks great with those old Keystone classics! In fact, they all look great. Thanks for posting!

 

• Jan 24, 2020

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Looks great. I'm sure you're excited.

 

• Jan 24, 2020

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sweet looking charger

 

• Jan 25, 2020

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Looks great, now you can enjoy it.

 

• Jan 25, 2020

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Beautiful!!!

 

• Jan 25, 2020

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Wow! That's outstanding.

 

• Jan 25, 2020

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SUPER RIDE!! Love that color.

 

• Jan 25, 2020

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Man that is a beautiful car.

 

• Jul 18, 2021

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Just a few more things to finish but getting close!!

 

• Jul 18, 2021

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NICE! larger pics of that engine compartment please! That air cleaner is a tough one to find, got lucky and found one at Carlisle 3 years ago.

 

• Jul 18, 2021

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Great car. As good as it got in 1974, terrific options.

 

• Jul 21, 2021

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T2R9 said:

NICE! larger pics of that engine compartment please! That air cleaner is a tough one to find, got lucky and found one at Carlisle 3 years ago.

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I have a few things left to fix but here ya go!

 

• Jul 21, 2021

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Runcharger said:

Great car. As good as it got in 1974, terrific options.

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Thank you!

 

• Jul 22, 2021

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I love this car!

 

• Jul 22, 2021

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@Wile E Coyote, SUPER GENIUS; Looks great!! Congrats!!! As stated by @multimopes (a fellow NJ dude!!) LOVE THE KEYSTONES!!! Makes the car "classy" !! ENJOY THE SMILES PER MILE!!!