Rennkafer
Well-Known Member
So I've been mostly lurking around the past couple months since I bought a '71 Coronet. Why a "crew cab" Charger you ask? Well, my first car was a '72 Coronet ex-patrol car. No idea why my dad thought that was a good idea for a 16yr old, but it was what inspired my lifelong love affair with cars. Currently it's about as stock as you can get, 318/904/8 1/4" open diff, definitely the slow cruiser. Current plans are to clean it up, fix a little rust around the rear window, get the suspension/brakes dialed in, then GenIII swap it. To that end I bought this today to swap into my Coronet... 2016 Challenger R/T Plus w/23k miles prior to being wrecked. One of the worst wrecks I've seen where I know no one died, person I'm getting it from knows the driver and passenger who both survived (though passenger was in pretty bad shape) 5.7 Hemi with 8HP70. I know the 8 speed is a tough swap, from reading here and elsewhere. I have the fabrication skills to do it, we'll see whether I decide it's worth the effort or I just build up the 904 (or a 727) and run that.
About me, I'm a machinist/mechanic who apprenticed at a naval shipyard as a "maintenance machinist" (we fixed everything without wheels and machined parts as needed), who then went on to work in auto restoration/vintage racing for a decade, then came back to the same shipyard as a "outside machinist" (we repair shipboard systems, rather than plant equipment). I have a machine/fab shop at home, so I'm equipped to make most anything I need.
As for why it's named Max... well the other project I have in progress is a 1971 Mini. So we have Mini and Max, two opposites in nearly every way.
Some photos are in order...
Me at 16(ish) with the original Coronet
me towing the car from the wrecking yard I rescued it from
the car after its first wash
engine bay as bought and current
the Challenger donor
About me, I'm a machinist/mechanic who apprenticed at a naval shipyard as a "maintenance machinist" (we fixed everything without wheels and machined parts as needed), who then went on to work in auto restoration/vintage racing for a decade, then came back to the same shipyard as a "outside machinist" (we repair shipboard systems, rather than plant equipment). I have a machine/fab shop at home, so I'm equipped to make most anything I need.
As for why it's named Max... well the other project I have in progress is a 1971 Mini. So we have Mini and Max, two opposites in nearly every way.
Some photos are in order...
Me at 16(ish) with the original Coronet
me towing the car from the wrecking yard I rescued it from
the car after its first wash
engine bay as bought and current
the Challenger donor
Welcome aboard!
