1973 Dodge Charger

This is basically a second owner car. My Dad bought it in 1990 from the original owner and it had a little over 83,000 miles on it. It was bone stock, with a tan vinyl top and tan interior, 318 2V, A904 trans, and A/C. The only cosmetic problem was a palm sized dent in the rear deck lid just above one of the tail lights. My Dad and I added a set of headers, mild cam, 600 Holley, and intake. When my Dad passed away in 1991, I kept the car and turned it into what it is today. I bought most of the parts from Hayes Chrysler in Lawrenceville, GA. In fact, if it doesn't have a Mopar Performance part on it, it's because they didn't offer one. In '94, the entire car was stripped down and bead blasted (not sand blasted) and painted a burgundy pearl variation of '93 Thunderchicken red. It won a couple of first and second place awards at local shows in the late '90's, but I'm most proud of the third place it won in the modified division of the 1998 Hayes Chrysler Mopar Meet at Atlanta Dragway. I'm not a drag racer by any means, but it ran a best of 12.87/104mph while I was tuning the carb. Not bad for a 4000 pound grocery getter.

 

Drivetrain

  • 360 4V
  • Decked, bored, honed w/ torque plates
  • Forged pistons
  • Dynamically balanced rotating assembly
  • Windage tray
  • ARP rod bolts
  • Clevite bearings
  • Plasma-moly rings
  • 4V heads shaved .020 for 10.25:1
  • Level 3 porting
  • Port matched intake
  • 2.02" intake/1.54" exhaust valves
  • 484/484 Purple shaft cam - degreed
  • MP coated headers
  • MP hardened pushrods
  • MP springs, retainers, locks
  • Custom Holley 750 DP/mech. secondaries
  • Electric fuel pump
  • Fuel pressure regulator
  • Three flue RB (big block) radiator
  • MSD digital 6A ignition
  • 8.75" 742 banjo axle housing
  • Mosler axels
  • 4.10:1 gears
  • MP sure-grip differential
  • "Green" axel bearings
  • MP A999 transmission
  • 5 disc clutch pack
  • 2.74:1 first gear
  • Steel planetary gear sets
  • Reverse pattern manual valve body
  • External cooler

 

Chassis

  • Front and rear anti sway bars
  • KYB shocks
  • Moog parts and poly bushing throughout
  • Hemi car leaf springs
  • Custom steel drive shaft
  • 2.5" exhaust
  • Three chamber Flowmaster mufflers
  • Custom brake proportioning

 

Interior/Ext

  • MP/Autometer gauges
  • Black carpet
  • Custom leather interior
  • Cheetah reverse pattern shifter
  • Five point harnesses
  • Tinted windows
  • Custom burgundy pearl paint
  • Blacked out trim and door handles