1974 Charger Restoration

More Updates - Front Suspension Rebuild

2008-08-19T14:38:00.000-07:00

I'm in the middle of rebuilding the front suspension. I've taken it all apart, and it's coming along well. I was happy to find the control arms/torsion bars were all in good shape and not damaged in any way. I just ordered a Rubber bushing kit from Performance Suspension Technology, (http://www.p-s-t.com) and will be installing it soon. I would be working on it today but of course it's raining out.

I still need to sandblast all the parts but I don't have a sandblaster So I'm going to be renting one soon. Not entirely sure when though. I bought a bushing removal kit from Princess Auto and it says it can install them but I doubt it'll work good. Luckily I know a shop in town that I can get them installed for a good price.

I also am going to be ordering these shocks for the front: Edelbrock IAS.

After all of this I am going to paint all the parts and get them ready for installation, then I am going to remove the engine and drivetrain, order a front disc brake kit, I'm just getting the Ebay Kit. I've read that it works pretty well and I'm on somewhat of a tight budget here :P

Then I reinstall all the parts, strip the underside, reundercoat it and do the back suspension. I hope to have most of this done before Halloween. Here are the latest pics.

More Progress

2008-07-06T22:08:00.001-07:00

Here's more progress. Took off both the fenders (awhile ago just haven't updated)
removed the front wheels, and took off all the components to the engine, except the rad just because I didn't have anything to dump the anti-freeze in. Tomorrow I will though.

This week the engine is coming out!

First Post

2008-06-28T12:56:00.001-07:00

Hey all, I've decided to do a blog that follows the progress on my 74 Dodge Charger.
I bought it in early December 07, and haven't really worked on it a whole bunch until lately and within the recent few weeks I've made quite a bit of progress.

Here's what it looked like when I bought it.

And as of yesterday this is what it looked like.

The work I've done so far:

Removed all chrome trim, including front and rear bumpers.
Removed all of the interior including column, dash, seats etc.

The engine in the car is a 360 2bbl. For now, I'll be keeping the same block but heavily modifying it and and aiming for around 400-430hp and 400-450 ft lb of torque.

It was origianlly a brown on tan car but I'm changing it to black on black, which isn't a huge ordeal and I only need very few interior parts, such as sun visors, headliner, new dashpad and carpet. The rest can be dyed/painted or re-covered.

I'm not really counting how much I'm going to put into it because frankly I just don't know to know lol. I'm actually working on it right now just taking a break, and waiting for some help to remove the hood and fenders. This week I'll be removing the engine as well.

Well that's all for day, I hope you continue to follow the progress.