It's HEMI time !!! Compliments of NJSteve

sixbrl440 · #1 06-22-2006, 12:22 PM

Enquiring minds want to know...did you beat that big bad GS 'vert?

**njsteve** · #2 06-22-2006, 10:58 PM

Yes. As you can see from the photo I cut a semi-good reaction time as the green light is still illuminated in the photo and I'm already 1-1/2 car lengths in front of the Buick. I ran a 13.80 to his losing 13.40 (I was on street tires and he was on DOT slicks)

**njsteve** · #3 07-09-2006, 05:32 PM

I brought the charger to Chryslers at Carlisle on Saturday. It seems like more of the "Christine/Twilight Zone" story but every time I go to a show and pop open the trunk, who should appear but the father and son team of Larry and John Ehnat. Larry was the mechanic who worked on this car when it was first delivered. He regaled us with a story how the original owner just could not drive the car and how it came back to the dealership seven days after being sold, to have the clutch replaced under warranty. His son worked at the dealership 20 years later and was the one who, in a twist of fate, found the original sales file folder for the car sitting on top of the files in the dumpster waiting to be hauled away. Some of the docs he found are shown framed, next to the car. People were joking at the show that we had documentation longer than the car -about 18 feet of it to be exact, this is just a portion.

Great people, a couple of true saints.

**njsteve** · #4 07-09-2006, 08:10 PM

I saw my old orange 1971 hemicharger sunroof car I sold back in 1994. Still looks good. It was kinda funny, the current owner Tim W was giving me grief that even after all these years everyone who walked by would stop and say: "Hey isn't that Steve's old car?"

**bashton** · #5 12-09-2006, 04:22 PM

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I saw my old orange 1971 hemicharger sunroof car I sold back in 1994. Still looks good. It was kinda funny, the current owner Tim W was giving me grief that even after all these years everyone who walked by would stop and say: "Hey isn't that Steve's old car?"

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WOW Steve, I gotta say that car has been one of my all time favorite Mopars ever since the first time I saw it back in the 90's when you were still the owner.

If memory serves me correctly, we had a brief discussion at Mopar Nats back when you still owned the 71 Cuda, shortly before it found its new "home" in Oxnard.

I enjoy reading about the history you are able to dig up...keep it coming!

**njsteve** · #6 11-12-2007, 04:02 PM

I am looking for a pair of 15x8 or 15x9 Cragar SS rims. I am thinking about going back to the originals that were on my Charger when the original owner had it back in 70. I had the sense to keep the 15x4-1/2 fronts but cant seem to remember who I lent the rears to 20 years ago! These are the 4-1/2 bolt pattern (not unilug) versions. Anyone have a pair? I will end up sending them out to be restored with my fronts. Here is a shot of them way back when...

**mockingbird812** · #7 11-12-2007, 04:58 PM

Good call Steve. Concur they look terrific!

**olredalert** · #8 11-12-2007, 05:03 PM

-------Have you got the "Parnellis" to go with the Cragars???......Bill S

**njsteve** · #9 07-09-2006, 10:21 PM

Here's the photo of the Ehnats next to the Charger. I just can't say enough nice things about them.

It really is bizarre how they magically appear like a jeanie from a bottle every time I go to a show within a 150 mile radius of New Jersey. Maybe they're the the car's guardian angels? At least they show up on film... I was worried there for a while when the first posting of the photo disapeared.

**njsteve** · #10 12-08-2006, 02:24 AM

I just got a gift from the Ehnats the other day: They found an original 1970 vintage Suburban Dodge decal stuck under one of the dealership's step ladders. They were able to get me some photos and I sent them to ECS Automotive ( www.ecsautomotive.com ) and they were able to reproduce it exactly. This particular decal was used by a ton of dealerships back in the 60's and 70's. They can make one for just about any dealer out there. Great people, too. Their phone # is (636) 207-7767. I also sent them the original emissions decal from my 72 Trans Am and they were able to reproduce it exactly and they are now selling them as well. They are known for their 100% accurate Mopar decals but are expanding into GM as well. If you allow them to use your original decal for a pattern, (which they send back to you, of course) you get the new reproduction one(s) for free.

Here's the original:

Here's the finished product on the car:

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