Weather beaten '68 Charger 4-speed Hurst

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jun 03, 09 10:15 pm

Not updated the thread for a while. Been really enjoying putting miles on the 383. As of today I reckon I've done good 650-700 miles. Opened it up a bit today coming home from Reigate and it was glorious. Handles well in the curves too - I was surprised how well the car copes. It must have something to do with the new torsion bars, shocks and leafs.

The car stinks of waxoyl after it was doused in every orifice. One thing's for sure, the bugger won't be rotting again. While we were there we copper greased the window mechs so now all 4 windows drop down for the pillarless glory. Good thing too as it smells horrendous.

Cruised to Billing last weekend for the NSRA (?) event as the sun was shining so hard. Will post pics soon.

Really enjoying the car and its surprisingly smooth Hurst.

Will get back to everyone asap I'm intending to buy parts from (Brutus, Tony O, Paul W etc etc

STILL ON WANTED LIST:
Rear view mirror
Rear window lower surround trim
Gear shift gaitor

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jun 03, 09 10:18 pm

THE FIRST DAY I DROVE IT. FIRST FILL UP OUTSIDE A RATHER REDNECK NORFOLK FUEL STATION

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jun 04, 09 1:07 pm

Nice one mate,how does she drive,what are the plans now?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jun 04, 09 1:12 pm

Drives really damn well actually. Enjoying the cornering and fairly stiff ride. Plans now to refit badges and few trim bits, find doorcards, fit black steels (and Cooper Cobras with redband from www.mrwhitewalls.com), get the TicTocTach and speedo reconned, drill the boot floor to fit fuel gauge sender, stop the driver's door lock flopping out (needs a spring clip or something?), get tracking done and fit a new master cylinder.

I'll keep driving it and doing the jobs as I go. Just want to enjoy it. Must change oil and reconnect choke though.

All in all I am VERY

ANTON · Post by **ANTON** » Thu Jun 04, 09 1:21 pm

Hey Patina
Why are you drilling the boot floor to fit a fuel Gage sender when you can replace the old one from behind the rear axle without removing the tank. Your old sender may be fine and all that is wrong with it may be that there is a hole in the float as mine was. A land-rover one soon fixed that problem.
Anton

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jun 04, 09 1:31 pm

Sorry Anton, I made a mistake - the sender etc is all new but the repro boot floor doesn't have a hole for where the fuel gauge connector needs to be fed through. At present I don't have a clue how much I fuel I carry but I can tell you it cost £50 to drive 210 miles. I was pleased with that. 55mph mind (running-in).

Another thing I gotta do is look at the light switch because the headlamp doors stay open due to a vacuum leak. I think it's a damaged coupling on the back of the switch.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jun 04, 09 4:06 pm

sounds good mate,cant wait to see it,are you ocmng to shakey at the end of the month?

LuckyTom · Post by **LuckyTom** » Mon Jun 08, 09 3:35 pm

Lovely car, best year!

Nice to see another young 'un with a Charger (no offense intended senior members). Hope I get a chance to see it some time.

Rich · Post by **Rich** » Mon Jun 08, 09 6:04 pm

[quote="Patina Charger"]THE FIRST DAY I DROVE IT. FIRST FILL UP OUTSIDE A RATHER REDNECK NORFOLK FUEL STATION

Your telling me its red neck,they still fix Montego`s there....Here we just fill em full of scrap and weight em in...

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Jun 08, 09 8:24 pm

Looks fantastic - when I first saw it on Page one I was hoping you won't get the brushes out - glad you didn't - looks dynamite !

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Jun 09, 09 8:26 pm

top stuff love it

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jun 24, 09 2:49 pm

Just collected my bits from WASP (headliner, carpet, Hurst shifter boot, oil filter and sound deadening) and am about to fit up the new black steelies with Cooper rubber. See anyone who is @ the Nostalgia Nats this weekend. Safe drive and all that.

sidewaysjas · Post by **sidewaysjas** » Wed Jun 24, 09 10:19 pm

Charger looks great, how you getting on with it being a manual?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Jun 24, 09 10:23 pm

Am loving the manual trans actually. It is positive, pretty smooth and not at all agricultural which people assured me it would be. I'm impressed. Perhaps I'm just lucky and have a low mileage box though.... Even when the oil's cold it shifts precisely. Just need to fit the new rubber boot to stop fumes coming into the cabin and making me feel strange....

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Thu Jun 25, 09 9:55 am

I really enjoyed driving the manual Charger. I know it seems to be a "Love/Hate" thing, but I'm definitely a manual lover. (Oooeerr...

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Don't get put off by the horror stories.

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