Anton's 68 Charger - 2012 Update

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Anton's 68 Charger - 2012 Update

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I've had the car since the 11 October and have been doing lots of small bits to the car since but today i have finally started to do the big stuff. My plan is to fit all new ball joints,bushes,shackles,pitman arm,idler arm, stronger torsion bars,re tempered and stiffened leaf springs and also all new brake lines.
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front end finally out ever after two hour fight with upper control arm
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car up off the ground ready to strip
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more pictures
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all ready for sand blasting and powder coating
all ready for sand blasting and powder coating
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:thumbright: going to be busy over christmas then matey :pentacool:
sure beats watching the crap on telly :lol:
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That is a cool 68 you've got there , with a lot of history :thumbright:
I'll bet there's one or two people down your way who will be able to enlighten you . RPM ?
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Fat Tony wrote:That is a cool 68 you've got there , with a lot of history :thumbright:
I'll bet there's one or two people down your way who will be able to enlighten you . RPM ?


oh right its that 68 is it :thumbright:
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Yup , the original reg no was 5WKD or something like that . Even got a photo appearance in ' The Ultimate Mustang Book ' by Nicky Wright . I had the privilege to drive it back from Farnborough to Rugby a few years ago :thumbright:
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Fat Tony wrote:Yup , the original reg no was 5WKD or something like that . Even got a photo appearance in ' The Ultimate Mustang Book ' by Nicky Wright . I had the privilege to drive it back from Farnborough to Rugby a few years ago :thumbright:


yeah i remember that funny reg number , yeah i think it was 5 wkd ....got a picture somewhere i think , & i remember seeing it in a street machine mag in the early eightys
..always been a real nice charger :thumbright:
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Goes pretty well for a 318 as well :twisted:
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thanks guys.Like the photo
i brought it off Dave Wilson in Coventry and he told me it came from Farnbrough . He also showed me all the books its been in so i know its been around for a while. It is prity fast at the moment but i am in the process of building a 400hp+ 318 to drop in and then we will see what it can do.At the moment i want to get all the suspension perfect so i can enjoy driving every where next year. some the the bushes look like they have never been replaced and as for the dampers they were rubbish. If you know anyone with more history on the car let me know as it is always intresting.
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Isn't this the one that used to be 3 VVO, originally mettalic blue? If so it used to be owned by a guy I used to know back in the '70's.
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:thumbright: :thumbright: :thumbright:


3 VVO


:P :P :P
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I`M PROUD TO BE AN ENGLISHMAN.......WITH A `68 GTX
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R.RUNNER wrote::thumbright: :thumbright: :thumbright:


3 VVO


:P :P :P


:thumbright: thats it ..... oh right 3VVO :oops: #-o
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:iagree:
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nice car, nice chubby tyres. Are those rims American Racing?
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yes it was 3 VVO a long time ago. I sold the wheels to Carl burger just after i brought the car.
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