Here's my long time project, 1974 Dodge Challenger Rally 360. In 1970 you could get 10 different engines in the car, by 74 the gas crunch and insurance bs had pretty much killed the muscle car era and only two low compression smogged engines were available. The rally name was the performance package for the car from 72-74 as the separate R/T model had been discontinued. I worked my a$$ off saved about half of the $6800 and borrowed the rest from my gram to buy this when i was 13 then worked my a$$ off to pay her back. This was my high school driver
It was fast and looked good on the outside but the interior was trashed... I didn't care and drove it till the issue below happened and decided I would save up to give it a proper restoration and modification job. I'm 22 now and still don't have enough to do it right so it's hibernating inside till I hit the lotto or get a better job.It's a super fun car to drive and it taught me that the single most important handling/suspension mod you can do is good wheels and tires. I put the 17 inch cobra style torque thrusts and toyo proxes t1r tires on there before really any other susp mods and they really brought the handling out of the last century...
Here's what it looked like when I first got it.
Here it is after shaved side markers, and paint job, I hate polishing chrome lol
Another cool thing about the car is with Torsion Bar front susp the ride height is adjustable.
The engine has worked stock heads, headers, edelbrock carb, magnaflow 2.5 x pipe exhaust, it has a 727 auto trans with shift kit, and 3.23 sure grip (that's what mopar calls posi) rear end.
Well old a$$ radiators don't last forever, this one leaked and the motor overheated blew a head gasket, so I'm building another 360 and a 4 speed od manual trans for it. Also in the works are Hotchkis suspension kit, new wheels, tires, paint job, new interior, fiberglass hood, fenders trunk lid etc. I want to make it as light as possible and handle better than the 70 trans am race Challenger, while being livable and comfortable inside as it will be a street car.
Well there's mine show me what you got people!
