1971 Dodge Challenger Classic Mopar Muscle Resto-mod (number's Matching) on 2040-cars

This 1971 Dodge Challenger is a #2 show car with numbers matching engine, transmission & chassis. For comparison, a #1 show car is a museum piece that is not driven but rather trailered to concourse shows. This beautiful Challenger is one step down from a #1 concourse museum show car - a real fast beauty that you can drive & take to car shows. It's always a crowd favorite. This classic Mopar muscle show car is the proud recipient of countless car show awards including best of show, best paint, best engine, best interior, best muscle car, etc. This is a solid California car with all original body panels & only minor metal replacement needed during the restoration near the rear wheels & below the rear windshield.  Front windshield has been replaced & all other glass is good. This Mopar muscle street machine is more of a restomod than anything, despite the matching numbers. Countless performance upgrades make this 318/323cid LA smallblock engine, which was bored .030" over during the rebuild, a force to be reckoned with on the street with more horsepower than even the 440 six pack Mopars (395HP) that came from the factory back in the day. This smallblock engine puts out a stout 400HP & has excellent 3.55 sure grip street gears to get all that power to the pavement when you want it most. The engine has nearly double the power that it came with from the factory. Under the hood is pure eye candy with all the power & authority to back it up. With DOT BFGoodrich street legal slicks this car has run consistent 13.6 second quarter mile times at over 102 mph at the local drag strip & I have the time slips to back it up. The DOT slicks are no longer on the car but have been replaced with new BFGoodrich radial TA's, installed on genuine new Cragar-SS 7"X15" chrome wheels. The engine is very responsive & still ultra-fresh with only 5000 miles since the meticulous rebuild (See engine performance upgrade specs below). Every circuit of the fuel curve in this engine has been mapped with a computer & tuned to just the right specs for the most power when it's needed & good fuel economy at idle or when you're cruising. The interior is custom restored with all the original stock furniture, panels & controls with the addition of a nice 200W Pioneer CD player stereo. The only items not restored inside are the dashboard, seatbelts & dimmer switch. The interior dimmer switch for the dome light does not work properly. This is a very easy fix. Everything else inside was either replaced or restored. Inside there is a new headliner, new carpet, new seat foam & custom two tone vinyl seat covers with cloth inserts, new custom cloth & vinyl upholstery on the stock door panels, new upholstery on all interior panels, sun visors, rear interior deck, custom floor mats, & new burgundy paint on all the metal interior molding. The center console has also been repainted with burgundy vinyl paint & the chrome/woodgrain console insert was covered in the same burgundy pearl paint to match the outside of the car. The outside is PPG Burgundy Berry Pearl base-clear paint in excellent condition with only very minor blems & a few tiny nicks. This car is a driver, not a trailer queen, so it’s got some character road dust underneath & some tiny nicks on the lower rear quarters from doing burnouts at the drag strip. Brakes, master cylinder, brake lines, BFG TA/Radial tires, water pump, fuel pump & steering box are all new or rebuilt to the highest specs. A new heater core comes with the car but does not yet need replaced. The trunk has been painted, undercoated & detailed moderately (Nothin fancy in the trunk). All chrome has been re-chromed & the front grille is custom painted with great attention to detail & enough modifications to make it unique. The drivetrain specifications & performance upgrade details are listed below. See list below for all the performance upgrades throughout the car. Please contact me if you would like more details or to answer any questions you might have. I can also send more pictures if necessary, but please be specific about which items you want pictures of.

If you consider this model Challenger (318 2door hardtop) on the NADA classic car website & add in the performance upgrade of a 440 magnum engine (390hp) which is comparable in power to the existing 318/323 engine in this car, you will have a good idea of the value of this Challenger, with the added bonus of the facts that my car has more horsepower (400hp), the original numbers matching engine, more custom details, more performance upgrades & a much lighter front end weight due to the original lightweight smallblock engine with Edelbrock Aluminum heads, instead of the excess weight of a big-block non-matching boat-anchor transplant. This car is one stellar performance package by comparison to anything else in it's class - definitely the most bang for your buck. Unless of course you'd rather have that boat anchor transplant that can't get out of it's own way. This numbers matching original engine can literally scream north of 6000 rpm without so much as a hiccup & can make any factory big-block look sad by comparison. With that said, there is a rev limiter with various rpm chips for the MSD ignition box to keep your enthusiastic right foot in check & protect those Clevite bearings from becoming another statistic. Pure driving pleasure!

• Vehicle weight --- 3,300 lbs

• Mileage @ Rebuild --- 115,800 Mi

• Date Purchased --- September / 2000

• Restoration Started --- January / 2002

• Front Suspension --- Polyurethane Bushings w/anti-sway bar

• Engine --- #’s Matching 1970 Smallblock 318/323 cid

• Transmission --- #’s Matching Torqueflite 904 Auto W/Shift Kit

• Torque Converter --- 2,900 RPM Stall

• Rear Axle --- 8.75 Sure Grip 3.55:1 Gears

• Tires --- New BFGoodrich Radial T/A’s

• Heads --- Edelbrock Alum. 6077 Stage (2) Port & Polish

• Intake Manifold --- Edelbrock Performer RPM - Dual Plane

• Carburetor --- Holley 650 CFM Double Pumper

• Crankshaft --- Stock Forged & Polished

• Reciprocating Assy. --- Internally Balanced

• Clevite 77 Bearings --- Cam & Crankshaft

• Compression Ratio --- 10.06:1

• Pistons --- Keith Black Hypereutectic

• Timing Chain --- Double Roller

• Camshaft --- Comp Cams XE-256H W/1.6:1 Rockers

  • Lift Intake .476 / Exhaust .484

  • Duration 212/218

  • Lobe Separation 110

  • Installed Centerline 106

• Headers --- Dougs Chrome (4 into 1) 3” Collector, 1.625” Primary

• Exhaust --- Dual 2.5” W/Flowmaster 3 Chamber Mufflers

• Oil Pump --- Melling - High Volume

• Ignition System --- Mopar Performance/MSD With Rev Limiter

• Distributor --- Breakerless Electronic

• Plug Wires --- 8MM Pro Wires

• Ignition Coil --- 45,000 Volts - Mopar Performance

• Estimated Power --- 400 HP, 419 Ft. Lb. Torque @ Crankshaft

• Quarter Mile Performance --- The Numbers Never Lie!

  • W/2.76 Open Gear, Street Tires --- et 14.54 @ 97 mph

  • W/3.55 Sure Grip, Street Tires --- et 14.37 @ 98 mph

  • W/3.55 Sure Grip, DOT Slicks --- et 13.61 @ 102 mph

         Due to errors in the previous listing of this awesome Mopar, the previous auction ad has been deleted & relisted with corrections. Even though bidding had not yet reached my reserve price, Ebay would not allow me to delete the erroneous information due to website policy. Therefore I deeply regret having to delete & relist my ad. Being clear & accurate in my ad both for the sake of legitimate bidders & my own feedback rating is of the highest priority to me as an Ebayer. I deeply apologize for any inconvenience this has caused for my valued bidders & hope that you understand.