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[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by njsteve

Thanks. The boy really wants to put a factory shaker setup on it but altogether that runs around $5k. ($1,200 for the hood and $2,000 for the shaker hardware, $500 for shipping, then another $1,000 for paint?)

$500 to ship a hood ?? I know shipping has gotten stupid expensive, but that seems unreasonably high. Where is it coming from ?

Have you tried finding a set up from a crashed car locally that you can go get ?

[Andy]

I wanted to put a shaker setup on mine too, but the cost was nuts. My justification for not doing it was I could trade mine for a scat pack shaker at the time with a little more dough than what the conversion would have cost on my R/T and got 110 more HP to boot. But with the high cost of these cars now, the hood is likely a more cost effective option. I drove a scat pack shaker when I considered the trade and and I can say the cool factor was there 100000%!!!! haha

Maybe try looking on copart or junkyard websites as you can find these cars wrecked and they are willing to sell the parts for a fair amount less than the dealers.

[njsteve]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

$500 to ship a hood ?? I know shipping has gotten stupid expensive, but that seems unreasonably high. Where is it coming from ?

Have you tried finding a set up from a crashed car locally that you can go get ?

It's a big piece of metal. I think it was around $200 actually but if I overestimate I can only be pleasantly disappointed if it costs a bunch less.

I'm a "glass half-broken" kind of guy. (Mega-pessimist)

[njsteve]

I borrowed my son's Orange car to make a run out to Pennsylvania today. Around 120 mile round trip. I was at a stop light out in PA and an old guy in the car next to me at the light, rolls down his window and he and his passenger (both in their late 70's) give the thumbs up. The driver then says: That's an awesome looking classic!

I said: "Thank you! It's my son's car and he doesn't know I borrowed it today. It's a stickshift too!"

They both laughed and said "We won't tell him".

Fun times with old car guys!

BTW, the car sure runs nicely on the highway even with the 3.92 gears. Got 24.5 mpg for the trip.

[njsteve]

I was thinking the other day how long newer cars actually last. When I was 14 and got my first car, a 1969 Z11 Pace Car Camaro, it was only 8 years old in 1977. It was a rusty mess with a 1964 327 in it. Cars back then just fell apart without any assistance from their owners.

My son's 2011 R/T was 12 years old with 24,000 miles on it when we found it a few months back. The advances in metallurgy and chemical coatings alone are amazing in terms of preserving the exposed parts. The underside of his car is pristine (having never seen a winter yet). Last week I had the bottom of the car coated in Fluid Film by a local guy. I also had him do the crusty underside of my 1995 Suburban as well. This is his winter business as a landscaper in Doylestown, PA when he isn't snowplowing. Cost around $300 a car and he spent a total of five hours under the cars. Wheels off and up on jack stands. He uses the spray cans for the suspension and then brushes on the heavy stuff out of a gallon can for the rest of the bottom of the car. It's a lanoline based goop that stinks a little for a couple days and then goes away.

This way the Challenger should get a little help in staying nice just in case the boy has to drive it this winter if one of our beaters isn't available.