72 Charger

[Bill Howell]

Yeap, that is correct, that is a 71 but real close to my car. Actually you could not get a 72 in both SE and RT trim, but who's looking. You couldn't get one with a corvette suspension and 392 hemi either...hehe
I have even considered the rear wing, but just can not bring myself to winging it. The front spoiler is out, as I don't like the way it just seems to end mid way on the front fender????

[OLDFLM]

I think it'll look good like that on your hood Bill!!

Don't care for the front spoiler nor the rear one either...

Can't wait to see the hood painted and the grey billboards!

[BA.]

Agreed Bill, it looks 'unfinished' with the black hood.

I like what'cher doin' there.

[Roger M]

The car looks awesome, Bill! Nice work steppin way outside the box. I dont care for the black hood either. Another suggestion(just IMHO) would be to paint just the sides of the hood bulge black... or the same color you do the billboards.

Regardless, That is one sweet looking Mopar.

[thedodgeboys]

Now that is how she should look e body stuff on a b body just looks wrong...

Love your car SWEEEET

[Bill Howell]

I put the race wheels and tires on it today checking fit and clearance. It is amazing how much difference wheels make. Notice these have no chrome.

[OLDFLM]

Definately looks more "pitbull" than "show dog" with the 18s!

[ProdigyCustoms]

WOW! Those Forgeline EV3s are awesome but damned it that big Ole car does not make those 18s look like 15s! The 19s and 20s fill the wheel openings much better. Either way, sharp as hell and not another Camaro.

[Ron S]

Here is a quarter the same size as yours with a billboard,i think it looks pretty good and breaks it up nicely.Do love the Mopars, Ron

[srh3trinity]

Both sets of wheels look great, but the track setup looks a lot meaner. Very nice build.

[MoparCar]

Bill,
Nice build. Great to see it near completion.

Question regarding the XV front suspension:
Do you think there is room for air ride? I called XV about it for my project and got a response that basically said they didn't want to discuss air ride and they wouldn't sell their suspension without their proprietary valved shocks (AFCO). Any opinions on clearances?

Thanks, Wes

[Bill Howell]

Bill,
Nice build. Great to see it near completion.

Question regarding the XV front suspension:
Do you think there is room for air ride? I called XV about it for my project and got a response that basically said they didn't want to discuss air ride and they wouldn't sell their suspension without their proprietary valved shocks (AFCO). Any opinions on clearances?

Thanks, Wes

I don't know. Bret is here this weekend, I will ask him. I would think there is room for their system just looking at it but not sure. I will say this, the car rides great with the Avco shocks, I did have to put heavier springs on the front of it. Firmed up the ride, and certainly helped out in the turns.

Hot Rod shot the car this afternoon and tonight, I am looking forward to seeing the pictures.

[MoparCar]

Thanks,
I'd love to know if their set up (specifically the new titanium series with the remote resevoirs would fit).

I would appreciate Bret's and your opinions for sure!
Wes

[1971CHEVELLE]

Awesome build car looks very good

[bret]

I don't know. Bret is here this weekend, I will ask him. I would think there is room for their system just looking at it but not sure. I will say this, the car rides great with the Avco shocks, I did have to put heavier springs on the front of it. Firmed up the ride, and certainly helped out in the turns.

Hot Rod shot the car this afternoon and tonight, I am looking forward to seeing the pictures.

Although I have not yet fit an actual shockwave into an XV suspension, my visual impression after looking at Bills Charger is that it will not be any problem whatsoever. There seems to be plenty of room for the airspring portion. XV uses an Afco shock, as do we for the Titanium series. Matching the proper length will not be a problem. Our Sales VP Bill Floyd has a realtionship with John at XV and is planning a trip there in the next few weeks to offer info and training on our products so they can make a decision on offering them as an option on their suspension.
I see only benefits with using the Titanium series in this suspension...better suspension control - load capacity compensation - road or track condition adjustments - ride height adjustment. A shockwave would have eliminated Bill's coilspring change entirely...he could have simply increased the air pressure to compensate for whatever load the car was seeing.
From the suspension manufacturers view, I think they may be concerned about the customer "mis-adjusting" the units and experiencing poor performance as a result. I choose to believe that this group is a bit smarter than that.

[MoparCar]

Bret,
I appreciate the reply. That would be great if the two companies could come to an agreement using your titaniums. That would be my ultimate choice. When I asked they said they absolutely would not sell the frame without their afco valved shocks. Perhaps their rear 3-link/panhard doesn't have room for air and they don't want to redesign?? I won't be using their rear suspension most likely so for myself it would not matter. I do understand their commitment to performance and research which could be undermined if someone put poor quality shocks on their set up. Please keep us updated if possible.

Bill-thanks for following up also!

Wes