Part out or rebuild?

[Mopar-Charger]

I purchased this car as a parts car for my other 1973 charger coupe. My charger needed fenders, hood, and trunk. This parts car gave me that.

However, this is where I am in a debacle. The frame of the parts car is nearly perfect. Would need work on the body, look at the pictures.

318 car, no engine or tranny

9 1/4 rear end, is that good?

Came with original cluster unmolested.

Back windows are the worst off. Will have to fix around the trunk, back windows and side windows. Along with parts of the back bumper was rusted.

Anyways, If I decide to part this out, or sell it complete I'm unsure of yet. Like I said I'll most likely steal the fender, hood, and trunk. But if there is anything you guys like or would want, shoot me a pm.

 

[benno440]

Turn it into a race car one day.

9 1/4 no good for big power, probably no good for an engine bigger than a 318

 

[Mopar-Charger]

Turn it into a race car one day.

9 1/4 no good for big power, probably no good for an engine bigger than a 318

I was thinking about that, Fiber glass parts for the car is decently cheap. Save some serious weight and throw a 440 in and take it to the track.

 

[Cranky]

Actually, the 9 1/4 is quite strong. It replaced the 8 3/4 and is used in many pickups too. The biggest down side to them in the later years is the Track Lock style Sure Grip. It actually looks like an open diff because the clutch packs are located outboard of the side gears. Don't know if the earlier units had the Power Locks or not....never seen one in the 9 1/4.

 

[Mopar-Charger]

Actually, the 9 1/4 is quite strong. It replaced the 8 3/4 and is used in many pickups too. The biggest down side to them in the later years is the Track Lock style Sure Grip. It actually looks like an open diff because the clutch packs are located outboard of the side gears. Don't know if the earlier units had the Power Locks or not....never seen one in the 9 1/4.

So if you had the choice between a 9 1/4 and an 8 1/4 which would you choose? I'll most likely buy an 8 3/4 in the future, but no I'm focusing on the body. As a 17 year old still in school I am always short on money. Buying the parts car was necessary, but I spent a leg and an arm for it.

 

[Cranky]

What engine do you plan on using? The 8 1/4 isn't a bad rear end but a big block will tax it pretty good unless it's stock and you don't always have your foot in it all the time. If you have a place to store the 9 1/4, do that until you actually need to do a swap.....

 

[Mopar-Charger]

What engine do you plan on using? The 8 1/4 isn't a bad rear end but a big block will tax it pretty good unless it's stock and you don't always have your foot in it all the time. If you have a place to store the 9 1/4, do that until you actually need to do a swap.....

360-727
Dual Plane intake
Holley 750 DP
Headers - 3inch Exhaust
Ported heads
Big Cam

The swap would be very easy to do. The 9 1/4 currently under the SE charger not mine.

 

[SureGrip]

Being in HS, you'd benefit more from striping it for all it's parts and selling of the shell for someone else to deal with. That body is far-beyond what you want to deal with. The 9 1/4 rear is fine, (I have one under my '72 and they were used in trucks and cop cars) but the 8 3/4 is more popular/easier to find performance parts.

sell off the parts you don't need (after your project car is on the road) and re-coup some of the costs.