My 71 SE Charger

[71charger]

Hello to you all,

Nice 3rd Gen site!

I bought this car from the original owner in 2001 in good shape. I have made little changes except for the removal of the 14 inch slotted mags...ugh! Sorry, don't like the slots! Went with Crager S/S with BFG Radial T/As. The gas tank has been replaced with a new one, removed the old offy intake and finned valve covers with and Edy performer intake and MP valve covers. Oh, and I haven't had the original carb rebuilt yet, so I am using a holley 3310 temporally. Other than that it is pretty much the same condition.

The original owner special ordered the car as a stripped down SE with 383 mag. No power anything and manual everything!

When he went to go pick it up they had made a few mistakes. First was a 440 mag instead of the 383 and the second one was that they had put black pin stripes on the car! Of course, I'm not complaining a bit about either one!

M21 M31 N41 R35 V7X Y14
V4X U C16 C55 J52 L37
TX9 CRX9 TX9 521 075465
E86 D32 WP29 U1E xxxxxx


M21 - roof drip rails moldings
M31 - belt and hood moldings
N41 - duel exh w/o tips
R35 - AM/FM multiplex stereo radio
V7X - accent stripes (black)
Y14 - sold car
V4X - black canopy vinyl roof
U - USA
C16 - console with woodgrain paneling
C55 - bucket seats
J52 - inside hood release
L37 - concealed headlights
TX9 - exterior color black
CRX9 - black interior
TX9 - upper door frame paint black
521 - build date May 21
075465 - vehicle order no.
E86 - 440 4 bbl.370hp engine
D32 - heavy duty automatic transmission
WP29 - Charger 2 dr ht
U1E - 440 370 hp, 1971, build plant Los Angeles
15xxxx - serial number

WP29U1Exxxxxx

[DynoDave]

Wow, a very cool car! Welcome aboard!

[glen]

I think I can barely see the black pinstripe in the 3rd picture of the rear of the car. Do you have to be up close to actually see the pinstripe?

[jpl]

Sharp man, any engine shots, my SE brother?

[Roy]

very nice car. I wonder what the pinstripe guy was thinking about an owner who ordered black stripes on a black car

Did he have to pay for the mistaken add-ons?

Would that be a state park outhouse in the background of the first picture? ;D

Roy

[71charger]

Thanks guys for the warm welcome.

Glen, the car has had a repaint about 20 years ago after the owners son backed into a tree. I think his excuse was that it jumped in his way. Oh, I didn't realize that it had the black stripes until I got my baby home and decoded the fender tag....boy, was I surprised. I asked him about it and he told me that when he went to go pick up his car that he didn't realize that it had the black stripes until the salesman pointed it out to him. I guess he was just so happy that he got a 440 mag instead of the 383 that he asked for.

I did ask the owner what wheels originally came with the car, hoping that he asked for the Magnum 500s. That would make this a quintuple black car, but he said that he couldn't remember. My guess is that he ordered with the cheapest wheels he could get, because he shortly thereafter added the old 14 inch crager slot mags, ugh! Oh, and I have looked everywhere for the broadcast sheet, but I haven't been able to locate it.

JPL, I will see if I can find some engine pics. I know that I have some, it is just a matter of finding them on which computer.

Roy, the owner didn't specify what color pin stripes he wanted. He just asked for an all black Charger. I guess they took him seriously. He didn't have to pay for the mistakes. And, yes the 1st 2 pics were taken at a park.

[72rallyeucode]

Triple black, Sharp Car!

[jpl]

Look for the broadcast sheet under the springs of the bottom part of the back seat, you should be able to pull it up, don't break it though.

[71charger]

JPL,

I looked behind the lower and upper part of the back seat. I looked behind the front 2 bucket seats behind the cap in the rear. I looked under the dash, on top of the glove box and under the carpet behind the bucket seats. I can't seem to find it!

I've heard that sometimes they put in the head liner....ah, I'm not pulling it down for anything. Well, not until it needs replacing and at this point the head liner is in perfect original condition. ;D

The interior is going under construction soon, I hope. When I can afford it. Anyway, I need to replace the dash pad, have the instrument panel fixed, replace the carpet and have the seats redone. When I get to this point I will hopefully find it!

[Jer]

WELCOME ABOARD!!
#A_Toast#
I think there are only about 5 of us in California on this site that
are "active" (okay 6 counting Doright who's literally right on the CA/Nev stateline!!).

Always glad to have another "West Coast-er", especially another
440 car!! (Me and mine are down here in Bakersfield, but Charger440SixPack is in the Bay Area, and Charger1974SE is over
in Turlock, near Modesto....not too far from you.)

I found two broadcast sheets in my 72 SE "U" car...one was in the springs
of the rear seat bottom (which you already looked in), but the
other one was "in the springs" of the BOTTOM of the right front
(passenger side) bucket seat...not in the top (back) behind the
seat back, like they usually are!!

You might check that out.

Also, I know a guy that found one on TOP of his fuel tank!!

My car was a Lynch Road car and they're supposed to have the reputation of
not being as reliable as the other plants (LA included) when it came to fender tags and build sheets.

Again, welcome aboard the site....FABULOUS & RIGHTEOUS CAR!!
#ChargerRocks#

"Father" Jer.