supercar1of1 said:
Matching #'s,I thought the R/T's all had big block's,383,426,440?
All R/T's
did have Big Blocks (N (383), U (440-4bbl) and V (440 SIXPAK) codes). However, if the car still has it's original engine/trans means it's numbers matching or not. If it retains the factory driveline and has matching dash, fender, cowl, rad support, engine and trans VIN numbers then it's officially classed as "#'s matching". If not, this means the factory block was replaced, stolen or removed sometime in the cars history and another block put in it's bay which is no where near as valuable. For a 383 car it would probably decrease the cars value by around $10-$12K+ in the current E-Body market. To sum it up, numbers matching has nothing to do with what engine came in the car. A 318 or slant 6 vehicle can be #'s matching. Hope this clears things up.
Thanks for the photos, I prefer the original any day of the week. It has soul and era presence about it. It's lighter, as fast (depending on engine), weighs less, is shorter, narrower, had more funky options, had manuals in all years and uses roughly 2-3mpg more fuel and in some cases have the same MPG. Love the job MoPar did though with it, they nailed it IMO and I'm happy they actually built it. We could so easily be sitting here today typing: "
Come on Dodge Build Us a Challenger" thread or :"
Why won't they build one!?!?!" so count your lucky stars Pentastar fans that Dodge actually listened to it's customers and built what we have here today. Keep an eye out to, options for these LX Challengers are only starting to warm up.
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