Brendan L
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Hello, my name is Brendan and I'm the new proud owner of a 72 Dodge Charger! (PICTURES BELOW)
The car has been sitting in someone's backyard for the past 20 years, and they finally decided to sell it because they're moving. I found this car as SOON as it was listed for sale and jumped right on it because I've been looking for one to restore and they're so hard to find! Had to really fight to be the one to buy it and I barely won haha! I know it's not a 2nd gen, but 3rd gens deserve more love!
I bought it in June and I'm starting pretty much a full rebuild/restoration on it! It was built in Detroit! It's a numbers matching car with a 400 4 barrel in it(which will stay in it). Factory A/C, power steering, hideaway headlights, power front disc brakes, dual sport mirrors, Brougham interior package, rallye instrument cluster, fender turn signals, and more! It's got Cragar Keystone Klassic wheels on it, including 295s in the rear! The odometer reads 15k original miles(probably 115k though haha). So much of this car is in great condition, such as the bumpers, the hideaway headlights, the headlights themselves, the tail lights and the turn signals, the mirrors, all the glass, the whole dash except for the dash pad, the sun visors(which are absolutely PERFECT), both door panels including the rear side panels, the rear seat, the rear sail panels, and more! The stuff that's bad is the metal, such as several body panels, all the floor pans and the trunk pan, and unfortunately the whole unibody frame except for the passenger front rail. I'll be replacing the entire front and rear suspension and brake system as well. There's obviously a LOT more that will be done to it on top of that stuff! It'll all be well worth it though! So excited for this car!
THE ISSUES: I'm having trouble finding full rear frame rails as well as inner rocker panels for it! Any suggestions such as where to find some(preferably brand new) would be great, or if anyone has any other suggestions, such as other frame rails/rockers that would work for it(even if they need a little bit of fabrication)! I'm also not getting any power to the inside of the car, the only way to crank the engine is from the engine bay. I replaced the ignition cylinder and door locks already because the original key was broke. The ignition switch reads that it's at least getting some power(might still be bad though), but nothing beyond that! Haven't even looked into this issue much yet, but I'm sure I'll figure it out!
The car has been sitting in someone's backyard for the past 20 years, and they finally decided to sell it because they're moving. I found this car as SOON as it was listed for sale and jumped right on it because I've been looking for one to restore and they're so hard to find! Had to really fight to be the one to buy it and I barely won haha! I know it's not a 2nd gen, but 3rd gens deserve more love!
I bought it in June and I'm starting pretty much a full rebuild/restoration on it! It was built in Detroit! It's a numbers matching car with a 400 4 barrel in it(which will stay in it). Factory A/C, power steering, hideaway headlights, power front disc brakes, dual sport mirrors, Brougham interior package, rallye instrument cluster, fender turn signals, and more! It's got Cragar Keystone Klassic wheels on it, including 295s in the rear! The odometer reads 15k original miles(probably 115k though haha). So much of this car is in great condition, such as the bumpers, the hideaway headlights, the headlights themselves, the tail lights and the turn signals, the mirrors, all the glass, the whole dash except for the dash pad, the sun visors(which are absolutely PERFECT), both door panels including the rear side panels, the rear seat, the rear sail panels, and more! The stuff that's bad is the metal, such as several body panels, all the floor pans and the trunk pan, and unfortunately the whole unibody frame except for the passenger front rail. I'll be replacing the entire front and rear suspension and brake system as well. There's obviously a LOT more that will be done to it on top of that stuff! It'll all be well worth it though! So excited for this car!
THE ISSUES: I'm having trouble finding full rear frame rails as well as inner rocker panels for it! Any suggestions such as where to find some(preferably brand new) would be great, or if anyone has any other suggestions, such as other frame rails/rockers that would work for it(even if they need a little bit of fabrication)! I'm also not getting any power to the inside of the car, the only way to crank the engine is from the engine bay. I replaced the ignition cylinder and door locks already because the original key was broke. The ignition switch reads that it's at least getting some power(might still be bad though), but nothing beyond that! Haven't even looked into this issue much yet, but I'm sure I'll figure it out!
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