74 SE Question ??

[tndave]

I was traveling last week visiting one of my distributors in Raleigh, NC. One of their service techs told me that his dad purchased new and still owns a 74 Charger SE 440 4-speed car.

Was their such an optioned car built?

My research found that their were about 200 74 SE 440's but no 4-speed was offered that year. I have asked him to get me the fender tag numbers but he has not got them to date.

[71gtx]

there are no 73 74 440 4speed b-body

[Charger1974SE]

#DancingBanana# Yes i have once wondered thae same thing. But the truth of the matter is there where no 44ci 4speed cars eever built in 1973-1974. Due to the falling muscle car market chrysler failed to atleast go out with one last bang #smile_dissapprove# . Although i have heard that or read rather that back then you could of had it turned over into a 4speed from parts availibile for the 72 charger 4speed 440ci cars. Although not sure if this was true or not. But anyhow the guy probably did the conversion himself or the last owners did. Either or none where ever relaesed from the factory like that. Sad aint it damn goverment and ther laws!

[nakita7]

I didn't know that. I know a guy who says he has a bunch of them. Is he lying?

[csrieker]

hmmm, wonder if maybe, just maybe a couple snuck out of the factory early in the model year with a 4spd, cause ive seen a few around the local shows that claim they are numbers matching 440/4spds 74 chargers. Maybe nacho can set us straight, he knows these chargers better then his own self

[71gtx]

last year for dana 60 is 1972 354 only and the hemi tran

all 67 72 440 4bbl 4speed are have a dana 60 354 or 410
and 18 hemi tran

on 73 74 b-body charger se road runner gtx on fenner tag is e 86 440 hp d34 d32 auto

for 4speed is d21

[1972Rallye]

To expand on 71gtx's point... With less than 200 Chargers and less than 220 Roadrunner/GTXs built with the 440 4-speed in 1972, it wasn't financailly feasible to continue to build that combo. Those cars got a lot of other HD equipment that the autos did not get. Eliminating all the low production components kept costs down and profits up.

[nakita7]

Good point.