71 charger noobie

[DocBoz]

iv had my B body for awhile but just recently found this place. it currently has a 400 in it, original was a 383 according to the fender tag, iv got a 440 I plan on building up for it in the garage. id like to lose the front fenders, hood and trunk for fiberglass or carbon parts to loose some weight off this old fatty. has bench seating which I also want to get rid of for buckets. the guy I bought it from sanded it all down and primered it then let it sit out all winter so I need to re sand all the surface rust off it, aside form the ding in the trunk its a pretty straight car. has a minor electrical short I need to chase down but im thinking of stripping all the wiring out and going with a painless system, ditch the gauges and go with auto meter's and probably strip the dash out and build an aluminum replacement. as yall have probably noticed im not to concerned about a matching #'s car but really more of a street/strip warrior. hopefully I can find a few answers here to issues along the way thanks!

and a image of the car!

 

[eric383]

Welcome and cool project.

 

[alleyoopmgv]

Welcome to FBBO!

 

[Budnicks]

welcome to FBBO, nice start to your 71 Charger project

 

[Pistol Pete]

Welcome aboard.

 

[DocBoz]

Thanks guys!

 

[tqfastfish]

welcome, 14 inch or 15 inch wheels?

 

[DocBoz]

14's but I'm likely going to use a 16-17 in wheel

 

[DocBoz]

some more pics, I threw in a new battery and jumped the relay she fired right up! first time in 10 years, the carb is in some serious need of a rebuild its loading up badly, but im leaning hard against the atomic efi system from MSD.

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and one of the fender tag if anyone can decode the whole thing

 

[DocBoz]

tore the 440 down to short block form

got the old B&M shifter removed and replaced with the correct length cable (4' clears headers better than the 5' it comes with)

and a shot of my friends 505 stroker in his GTS, I finally got to see/hear this baby run!