From my memory and assured to be accurate the Vin # is JH23G4B170271
These two shots were paper photos that I reshot with my Iphone in order to have some pics to post. I will dig out others of the car and post them in the next day or so. The car was a real labor of love. When I originally got it in August of 1994 it was a California car with a solid body. The paint was oxidized to the point of Ralleye Red look more of a GoManGo orange. The 318 had a rod knock and the carb wasn't stock. Headliner was gone, seats were torn, carpet pulled up, etc. I paid $3,500 dollars for it, drove it 70 or so miles home with brakes that pulled to the right and due to the gas gauge not working ran out of fuel about 3 miles from home. Not the most auspicious of beginnings for me and my Challenger but things only got better from there. Within two years the car looked as you see it here. A quick list of what I did to it.
All new brakes, polyurethane bushings, torsion bars and leaf springs. New headliner, carpet and seat covers.
440 w/forged TRW 10.5/1, Six Pack rods and forged crank. 3/4 Crane race cam and springs. Holley 750 on a Edelbrock intake with 1 7/8 inch Ceramic coated Hookers dumping into 3 inch collectors and finishing out a pair of 3 chamber Flowmasters out back. A 727 with slapstick shifter and manual/automatic valvebody on a TCI streetfighter with a Saturday Night Special Torque converter finishing iin a 8 3/4 inch SureGrip with a 3.55 ring.
The car was stripped to the uni-body and resprayed at Alpena Community College by the guys in the autobody classes there. The instructor is known for his fabulous work and though the car took nine months the students had to keep doing it until it was perfect. All it cost me was the cost of the materials.
Car ran in the high 12's. Motor came on the power at about 3000 rpm and the heads were all in by 6000. Torquiest monster I have ever driven. In first gear at about 20 miles an hour going down the street you could drop the throttle and people would just see air under the front tires. Could never get it to hook well enough to do those shenanigans at lower speeds. Finally sold it when I realized that the last two years I owned it I had drove it 3 times and the car was going to start need brakes and everything all over again. Though to myself I had been there, done that and I wanted to accomplish more and invest my time in other things.
