Hellcat rear cradle

[Zach592]

Hello everyone, I have a 69 charger that will be a restomod. 6.4 hemi with the tr6060 and alterktion front suspension already purchased. My question which I understand may be stupid, but… can a hellcat rear suspension (cradle and all) be fabricated to fit? I feel like if the mounting points on the cradle are the same width as the frame rails then technically it could? Has anyone tried or had this thought?

 

[Green72]

Money, time and ambition can get anything done

 

[pnora]

Hello everyone, I have a 69 charger that will be a restomod. 6.4 hemi with the tr6060 and alterktion front suspension already purchased. My question which I understand may be stupid, but… can a hellcat rear suspension (cradle and all) be fabricated to fit? I feel like if the mounting points on the cradle are the same width as the frame rails then technically it could? Has anyone tried or had this thought?

Not as a bolt in. All the mounting points would have to be fabricated and fitted into the Chargers unibody. I saw somewhere that it was done. It might of been an E-Body. It was a lot of cutting and fitting.

 

[Pecos Bill]

Some just do a body drop onto a Challenger chassis.

 

[Zach592]

Not as a bolt in. All the mounting points would have to be fabricated and fitted into the Chargers unibody. I saw somewhere that it was done. It might have been an E-Body. It was a lot of cutting and fitting.

I’ll have to look for videos or photos of that, thanks.

 

[70chall440]

You are not the first to ask the question, but the answer is as provided, lots of fabrication required.

 

[Zach592]

You are not the first to ask the question, but the answer is as provided, lots of fabrication required.

Do you know if the rear frame lines up with the mounting points on the hellcat? I just mean in width. I know a lot of fab would be needed but I wouldn’t want to distribute weight in an offset vertically.

 

[BeepBeepRR]

Some just do a body drop onto a Challenger chassis.

Ewww.... Looks stupid in most cases.

 

[F4R/T]

How do you title the car after body swap? Technically you killed the old car also in the eyes of the DOT it’s dead and would need a builders or assigned VIN. I would keep a solid axle.. Ask around there are plenty of guys here that make them work well. The added bonus is it’s much more durable than an independent set up and wheel hop won’t be an issue if you use a pinion snubber...everything breaks, metric stuff is a pain.

 

[70ChargerRT]

Ain’t the 6 speed Scatpack cradle the same?

 

[pnora]

Do you know if the rear frame lines up with the mounting points on the hellcat? I just mean in width. I know a lot of fab would be needed but I wouldn’t want to distribute weight in an offset vertically.

No.