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Has anyone else seen this car

Everything is what it is, that statement adds no weight to your response.
Dating? No. I've traded information with the guy for years though.
If YOU were a longtime member and someone with no established credibility on this forum insulted you, I would defend you just the same.
Don't you stick up for your friends?
I didn't insult your friend. I just don't like the
hood scoop on his great looking car. He even stated he wasn't offended. I am not
held to the belief that everything Mopar
did is the cats meow. Sorry for being
honest....
 
Sigh, are you guys dating or something? Might be new to this forum, but not to the hobby. I remember seeing the car in magazines and in person, it is what it is.

Aside from the fact that my gate don't swing that way,those long distance relationships never workout! Lol

The car isn't what it is,it's what I made it to be. Some people really like the car,others think I took a perfectly good Charger R/T and went at it with a sawzall,which is not the case. I have had people tell me that their uncle had one just like it,that he bought brand new! That would have saved me a shitload of work. The weather is starting to break,and hopefully I will be assembling my 70 Charger R/T V code car soon,getting some more metal work done on my 70 Road Runner convertible project,and maybe even make some progress on the Daytona stock car project. My friends and I went through a phase where we wanted to build some Mopars that were outside the box,and the 70 Charger R/T convertible was the inspiration,that led to the 71 Wingcar builds,the 71 GTX convertible,and two factory styling studio builds! We had a lot of fun building and showing them. My convertible Charger inspired atleast two other convertible builds I personally have seen,one I built,and one of which was constructed by a company that was doing the conversions after seeing my car in magazines. What KD was trying to say,was try using a little tact,when critizing someones car. Someones build might not be your cup of tea,but it's someone else's pride and joy!
 
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I think it's neat. Looking at it closely, early in the thread, I was starting to wonder "are those Satellite quarters? That top 'hip' curve doesn't quite look like a match to my '70 500..."...guess my contacts and my old eyes aren't that bad after all!
 
They are Charger quarter panels, the whole rear clip was installed in one piece,right into the door jambs. They are grafted to the Satellite quarter panels at the convertible well and Dutch panel. Perhaps you don't realize how much hip the Charger quarter panels have because the sail panels run parallel with the quarter panels.
 
Actually I was thinking the ones on the 'vert looked less 'hippy', and flatter on top. Not as rounded. Its part of the reason I have always loved the Charger so much - it's just...sexy.

I guess the roofline makes a big difference. I was focusing on the 'crease' where the top surface meets the side surface, it didn't look as rounded to me...but you'd know, you built 'er :)
 
It's because the vynal top moldings mimic the curve of the top of the rear quarter panels. The quarters on the convertible Charger have the same curves. The whole rear clip is Charger from the door jambs to the quarter panel end caps only about an inch of the quarter where the belt moldings for the convertible well is from the original convertible.
 
Aside from the fact that my gate don't swing that way,those long distance relationships never workout! Lol

The car isn't what it is,it's what I made it to be. Some people really like the car,others think I took a perfectly good Charger R/T and went at it with a sawzall,which is not the case. I have had people tell me that their uncle had one just like it,that he bought brand new! That would have saved me a shitload of work. The weather is starting to break,and hopefully I will be assembling my 70 Charger R/T V code car soon,getting some more metal work done on my 70 Road Runner convertible project,and maybe even make some progress on the Daytona stock car project. My friends and I went through a phase where we wanted to build some Mopars that were outside the box,and the 70 Charger R/T convertible was the inspiration,that led to the 71 Wingcar builds,the 71 GTX convertible,and two factory styling studio builds! We had a lot of fun building and showing them. My convertible Charger inspired atleast two other convertible builds I personally have seen,one I built,and one of which was constructed by a company that was doing the conversions after seeing my car in magazines. What KD was trying to say,was try using a little tact,when critizing someones car. Someones build might not be your cup of tea,but it's someone else's pride and joy!

I was joking of course and again not criticizing your car. Your craftsmanship is phenomenal and the fact you didn't cut up perfectly good donor cars is admirable! Enjoy it!
 
It's because the vynal top moldings mimic the curve of the top of the rear quarter panels.

That's probably it, and it's why if I paint my car, I'll put a new vinyl top on it to replace the worn one on it now, even though the fender tag and broadcast sheet both say it was a painted/hardtop car, not a vinyl top car. That contrast between quarter panel and sail panel helps make the look, in my opinion.
 
That's probably it, and it's why if I paint my car, I'll put a new vinyl top on it to replace the worn one on it now, even though the fender tag and broadcast sheet both say it was a painted/hardtop car, not a vinyl top car. That contrast between quarter panel and sail panel helps make the look, in my opinion.
My 70 Charger R/T V code car is a non vynal top car,that someone put a vynal top on it at some point in the cars life. I am not putting a vynal top back on the car but the holes are there for the modings,so I am going to put the moldings on it verses welding up all the holes.
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Yeah, I'll keep mine for 2 reasons - first, I like the look and the contrast as noted. Second, it makes it a near-dead-ringer for my mom's old car. She bought a triple-green 500 brand new in '70 that my cousin totaled in '75. Hers was EF8 dark green, mine is FF4 light green...but otherwise it's a dead-ringer. Options, wheelcovers, everything.
 
What was the original post about??:lol:

Anyway IMO they ruined a good more door car... There is no way frame connectors alone will support that car for long before the doors won't open... Heck give it to me I know a few pot holes here in Pa that will prove my point first try..
 
Yeah, I'll keep mine for 2 reasons - first, I like the look and the contrast as noted. Second, it makes it a near-dead-ringer for my mom's old car. She bought a triple-green 500 brand new in '70 that my cousin totaled in '75. Hers was EF8 dark green, mine is FF4 light green...but otherwise it's a dead-ringer. Options, wheelcovers, everything.
Also having a mom who drove a triple green 70 Charger R/T SE that she bought new in 1970 too, I hear you. I spent most of my formative years in the back seat of that green Dodge!
 
What was the original post about??:lol:

Anyway IMO they ruined a good more door car... There is no way frame connectors alone will support that car for long before the doors won't open... Heck give it to me I know a few pot holes here in Pa that will prove my point first try..

I said that earlier in the thread, that car needs an X frame along with the frame connectors!
 
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