FULL REBUILD: Upgrading A 1970 Dodge Challenger Restomod From The Inside Out
Detroit Muscle goes on the hunt for their next big build: Project Ultra Violet...a 1970 Challenger. This Mopar is in serious need of a sand blaster! The team salvages a rotted out '70 Challenger with how-to weld in a new metal roof, drip rails and A-pillars. Then, chassis guru Jeff Schwartz brings in his G-Machine chassis to convert uni-body Challenger to a full frame. We show you how to weld in a new trunk pan and fabricate a front cowl panel from scratch before the guys graft the world's first low deck, all aluminum Hemi and T56 six speed gearbox.
Then, it's step-by-step tech on how-to mini tub a muscle car rear end to create clearance for massive tires and celebrity builder Chris Ryan shows how-to lay down metallic paint and graphics on our very purple Challenger. The guys get into how to refurbish an expensive grill, insulate a uni-body plus tips on reassembling brightwork before fabbing a high flow EFI fuel system, serpentine belt drive and dual fan cooling system. Finally, the Mopar interior gets upgraded with performance seats, and a custom dash insert.
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Who needs a 2-hour movie when you can watch a satisfying 3-hour restomod? Keep'em coming!
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I jus watched this whole thing w out stoppin like it was a movie 😂 I Love the finished product
I'm same what an incredible finished product I love it 😀 😍 ❤
Felt that brodie. This is my third go round (second intentional). Ain't nothing like waking up mid full build video. 🤔💭 "Welp since I'm already here🤷🏾♂️🤓"
I did the same thing with the Street Regal video
I do that all the time 🦾🦾🦾🦾🦾
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TJ, I so happy that you guys had fun…. I’m egyptian american and just to let you know there is millions of Egyptians following and enjoy watching your channel. Keep it up brother. Peace from texas.
Wonderful work. That replacement chassis is a work of art. Excellent idea to replace the entire suspension in one piece, rather than modifying and still having to live with some of the disadvantages of the original..
This is my favorite build with two of my favorite host. Reminds me of Stacey building copperhead. Good times in CARtoons on saturdays
Stacey has a few full build videos like this on his channel as well. The knucklebuster pickup, the rat roadster, and the monster miata.
For me, this is the most beautiful muscle car ever made!!! I love challenger!!!
I'm torn between Challenger and Charger with its coke bottle shape. Either way Dodge/Plymouth made the best muscle cars of all time! ❤️
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I use to watch shows like this all the time on Spike. Good to see this show has a life on KZhead.
One of the better resto shows on KZhead. Having the full build on one video is excellent. Cheers guys.
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We would so love to see more full builds
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I am amazed at that young mans skills, and he stoops to the level of us backyarders to show us how we can do things with out high buck tools. He's also a pretty mellow down to earth man who would be pleasant to work with. If ya read this Tommy keep up the good work. We need more craftsmen in the field.
What exactly are you on? "Without high buck tools"? Everything he uses is high buck. Must be some top of the line fentanyl.
In what world is Matco not high dollar?
I believe that you were referring to the fact that all they needed were things like body saw's, air chisel's, a grinder and a welder to take care of whatever needed to be done to the car's body. All of which can be attained by the average person for relatively cheap without the need for "high buck fabrication tools". Even if people are crying about them using Matco brand stuff, you are still correct that they didn't need top quality brands as the same thing from harbor freight could accomplish the job just as well and it'd be far from using high end stuff
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I know nothing about cars, just how to drive them. This video hooked me for the whole nearly three hours. What a beautiful car.
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One of the best cars ever produced during the muscle mopar era of the US. Wonderful car indeed.
@Leo Coffy Awesome brother Mopar No Car. My dad has a 2019 Charger RT Scat Pack with the 392 Hemi V8 and man its a beast.
@Leo Coffy Downhill 0-60 maybe? The person who rented that must've thought they were really funny.
I've watched a lot of car restoration work videos so far, but this video is the best one I've ever seen. Congratulations and greetings from Istanbul.
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1969 and 1970s Dodge challenger are the cars that made me to go to Mechanical engineering college. I love those two than anything in the entire world.
I must be one of the really weird ones where I go to sleep by putting these videos on turning off the Monitor and then I wake up hearing this Southern dude's voice and it's the best morning ever I'm going to go hang some Christmas lights!
Thank you PowerNation for making these complete build videos available. Trying to watch one of these all split up over years of episodes is very painful.
I miss the days and time of watching these on tv on the weekends.
When I was at MIllington Tennessee for Aviation A school in 1973, there was no shortage of Challengers to be found. Always loved the look of these cars. Your restomod is absolutely gorgeous!!
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Hi Airedale. I was in A school in 74 but not there. I was in Pensacola. My next stop was RVAH-12, NAS Key West. Became a PC on the Vigilante. What squadron did you go to?
Used to watch Trucks and Horsepower with my dad when I was a kid. Glad they're all here.
The older guy should be the person that reads a book to you, or talk about a history story with that perfect voice for the job.
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Just what I need, a simple DIY project over a couple of weekends.
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I see that you have chosen humor and headaches as your poison of preference. :-D
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Define 'couple of weekends"? like 700?
Tommy is the GOAT! Is it just me or does he pretty much do all of the work on all the builds.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you so much for using an old style Hemi instead of a modern Hemi. It is very refreshing to see.
Being British we are SO jealous of your muscle car heritage! But love seeing an absolute classic come back to life. What you guys do is nothing short of amazing. You are superb mechanics. Keep up the good work boys!🇬🇧
Britain has had its fair share of fun cars though
OI, You got a locisnse fo that internet comment??
@@user-iu6vt1tz7v agreed, the Jensen Interceptor being amongst them
Just finished watching this video. The most beautiful Mopar I've ever seen and I was 20 years old when this one was born.
All car, no piss-poor drama acting. This is top of the line entertainment
Boy Tommy, you never get bored working with the same guy every day. I watch you working with a different person in many episodes
I'm in my late 30s, this car, in original purple, has been my DREAM CAR since I was in middle school. I've always dreamed about rebuilding one from the ground up, and y'all just made a 20+ year fantasy come true.
Love the down to earth delivery, no hype, just factual content, Awsome access to new parts, love the modern chassis. Keep it up yous are informative with skills. Mopar all day.
it shouldn't have been a modern chassis . it should have been a classic one for the feel.
I like these shows no drama no yelling no bullshit you actually show the full restoration .
Wish my dad was here to watch you guys he was a big Mopar from imperial to fury, I'm 61 I grew up on these cars thanks for the memories and rescue of a legend.
While all those cuts in the chassy is not my thing I have to appreciate the craftmanship. You guys did a great job
it seems like their builds always go SO smoothly lol. I feel like people in the real world deal with soooo many more issues but that is probably because these guys have a huge budget and all the tools possible.
The tools make all the difference in the world.Most guys have a box of wrenches,a vice grip, and a hammer. Lol
Plus they get paid to spend 40+ hours a week working on it
You know everything will go smoothly, they're on camera😂
tools, organization, space
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the amount of time ,skill and money to pull all this off has got to be astronomical... basically built a new car from scratch
Great Video For One Of The Greatest 1970 Dodge Challenger Muscle Car The Best Car Of The 70’s Completely Rebuilt By Detroit Muscle The Great Team Of Guys
These are my favorite videos on KZhead. I love muscle cars and I love to watch you guys do your thing. Great job.
This the best detailed car restoration I've ever watch. 🥰🥰
Every time I hear that man's voice it takes me back to my childhood with my dad on Saturdays watching the horsepower hour
My first car was a 1971 Challenger. Not a RT, but had a 318 and factory positrac rear end. That car rocked.
My first was a 71 challenger as well. Didn’t have a posi but I swapped the carrier from the 8 3/4 with a Road Runners and had a 3.23 Sure Grip. Swapped the 318 with a 440 from a low miles totaled 70 New Yorker and had a drive shaft shortened to use the 727 long tailed automatic. After a bunch of speed parts like a six pack intake and carbs, cam, headers and even had a complete 4 spd set up that never got installed, my first kid was born and the car went away. Missed that car forever. Now I drive a 2010 Plum Crazy RT which honestly drives and performs so much better so it’s all good!
I have been binge watching this rebuild all day from the first one. No way I could do this. I lack the knowledge, the tools, the patience, and I guess the desire. Hats off to these guys. I would have run screaming from the garage long ago.
Someone handed me a 68 fastback rn you’d find me calling rpg racing because I’d find a way to make a 1300whp 68 fastback
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I really like these longer builds, something I can sit down and get into for a few hours. Cheers 🍻.
Being from Detroit I'm happy to see her back on the road ! 👍 That car was originally build about 15 minutes from my house in Detroit !
Man, I love the old MOPAR Builds!
How I wish had a car like this, or those you builds which are built to perfection. Dream car of almost every muscle heads or just someone who wants a car. Dang, so beautiful. I want one but don't have the money so just keep dreaming. 😂
You guys did a awesome job on restoring that Challenger. You all do have the best job going . Well done
Hard to believe that cars 53 years old now and still one if not the most beautiful rides that they ever produced
with all those machines and equipment, i wanna work there for entire of my life
Love POWENATION, great idea putting a whole build in one video
I used to love watching these shows on TV. It’s great seeing each build compiled here. Great build and craftsmanship guys.
You guys have the greatest hobby in the world...
I love this video, my dad was a transmission specialist, he worked on cars & trucks all his life. Mostly muscle cars ( Mopar ) dealing with 4 barrel carberators, his favorite engine was a 440. Learned a lot from him about Hemi, went to a lot of drag races & muscle car shows with him. Great memories! Thank you for sharing this video
It needs lots of love and patience to restore , simply you become a peaceful man.❤️❤️❤️ Thanks for your efforts.
please keep making videos like these i absolutely love em and watch every minute
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The Challenger is coming out beyond beautiful and awesome.........and I'm a great fan of the crazy purple color. By the way, I keep seeing a '49 or '50 Ford sitting in the shop.......that was my first car, a 1950 Ford; and you always love your first car and your first girlfriend. That said......hope you put up a total upload on the '50!!! Tom
I really like the sound of this guy, would love to hear him sing the "folsom prison blues"😂😂
You guys did an awesome amazing full restoration, love the fact that it's a 3 hours video I got to see from start to finish the hole restoration and bringing back the classic to it's full glory you guys are the best, keep this videos coming great job I tip my hat to you 2.
Gotta be honest, that roof repair looks like a ginormous amount of work. Cool stuff though!
My Father had a 70 Challenger. I loved that car so much as a child, that when they started making them again I had to have one...which turned into two when I realized I "needed" to upgrade to the 392. When buying, I refused to even look at anything 2015 or newer, because in 2015 they switched over to the 1971 tail lights. That wasn't what was in my heart. My Dad's 70 was what was in my heart. The point is, I have a lot of history of loving this exact year model of this car. And I have to say, the changes you are making...don't piss me off. As you listed them, I was waiting to hear something that would make me cringe...but you didn't. You are keeping the car what it is, and for that, I salute you.
....aaaaand then...you changed out the whole chassis. If you mentioned that at the beginning, I missed it. ...nevermind --Don't get me wrong. You are still making a bad ass car. And I ain't mad at ya, because that Challenger was dead anyway. But what you are making aint gonna be a 70 Challenger. Haha...I'd still like to have it, though.
This type of work is a hell of an undertaking .. all that work and had the ultimate cheat code of having every tool you can ask for..
Hey Tommy, This was one of the best videos that you guys have put up to see. The most explanatory and visual video to date. Well done it is amazing to see such skilled work being done and a pleasure to watch. Thanks very much and well done.
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The only classic muscle car that stayed true to its shape and body lines in the modern age
These guys are out of this world Iv never seen this quality of work I love watching them
Well now, learning about sound deadening is neat. True story. Riding around in my Dad's 70 Challenger as a kid, you had to really speak up in order to have a conversation. In later life, when I had my 5.7 followed by my 392, the interiors were perfectly quiet. You could FEEL the engines, but if you wanted to HEAR them, you had to roll down the windows. I wondered how they accomplished this difference in my newer models. Now I know. Very cool!
Definitely one of the most awesome full builds these guys have done. Bravo! I have to say though....this is Tommy's build, honestly. Joe's great and all but it looked like he did more unpacking boxes and fetching Tommy his tools than anything else.
Ole’ Tommy wouldn’t have a job if it weren’t for Joe. Without him the, “Powernation” wouldn’t exist. You can see the quality of builds really drop off. Just compare this to the Buick that Ole’ Tommy build without the watchful experienced eye of Joe Elmore. Joe would have never let that Buick go out the door with the original auto column shifter still intact… IMO.
@@TheRealA-A-ron That's all great, Joe does seem to know his stuff. But that doesn't change the fact that Tommy did all the work. Joe did nothing but talk. I would have nothing against it if they didn't try to make it look like he did more than what he actually did. We all know he's probably too old to do any real work, or he may just be above it all. But it seemed to me like they went out of their way to make it seem like he was actually doing work. Which clearly, he didn't.
i love old moparrs, so thanks for rebuilding this car, it looks great. beautiful job!!
this is EXACTLY how any car should be restored. Gorgeous challenger
Great content, thank you for the tech demos!
Incredible upload, so great to watch - no shortcuts taken , everything done right - captivating !
BEAUTIFUL car! Excellent job guys! Those rear wheels are more along the lines of what I expected to see on the Chevelle. Much better suited to 993 hp
All 3 hours nonstop was amazing
"Wow"...!!! You boys killeded it on that one!
One of the BEST muscle cars made in the 70's !!!! 🤜🤛👍
What a project, man you guys have the patience of saints. Thanks so much for the super enjoyable entertainment! : )
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About 30 seconds in we knew it would be a MOPAR, which is great. A MOPAR friend of mine told me one time that most of them were not very aerodynamic so they just beat the air into submission. I agreed because they had the power to do it.
Something that worth watching on KZhead
hey Dylan McCool worked on the satellite(2:42) in 2018, was left exactly where he last got it running. Gotta love an old Mopar!
dude i immediately realised it, that thing runs like a dream.
Finally!! This is my dream car! Hope it gets a hopped up 440!
Brian Finch is a wizard. I am astounded at the improvements in the course times after his adjustments.
At a shade under 3 hours long, I'm a little hesitant at beginning to watch something of this epic length. So I gave it 5 mins initial investment time to see how it felt and ended up watching all of it. No boring recaps which kept my attention intact throughout and little if any dumbing down, which is a great plus factor. The only negative point with the production value was the almost constant heavy rock music which was distracting and needless when I just wanted to hear the commentary. Great content and well presented. Little remained of the original car and a huge stack of money apparently thrown at building something new, with just the skin and rear seat springs of a Dodge Challenger. In no way was this a restoration or preservation, this truly is a Full Rebuild. 👍 Epic.
Admittedly I am not a gear head…only done minor work on my cars. But this show can be really fascinating to watch. Of course, I am a red blooded American so I love to see muscle cars take shape. It’s like watching a badass piece of art being put together. I may never do anything like this but I have mad respect for the skills it takes, not to mention the determination…
you probably won't, stick to working on your junkie trailer trash cars mericaa!! 🤣🤣😂
I miss Joe Elmore sooooo much these episodes plus engine power always makes it magical for me...
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Restoring Americas long lost muscle Mopars, one Car at a time...❤😊👍🏻
So this is what they call ART... Thank you for sharing this video.
Great looking car ... I love those Challengers !
Wow!!! You guys are amazing, what I wouldn’t give to have a car like that.
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gotta love plum crazy.....back in the day , so many peeled off right away.
ABSOLUTELY LOVE this unibody to frame conversion... wow, AWESOME!
I am so glad they saved money by repairing that grill.
You guys get a ton of work in each video. With minimal corny jokes
WOW GUYS , thanks for taking us along. Pure enjoyment and entertaining to watch what Detroit Muscle can look like . Beautiful. Who doesn't want one!
Rare for reality tv to leave out the garbage. I also appreciate the lack of satire & brand placement etc. Folks like Vance Gregory are pure gold.
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This video just might be the best ever made!
Damn I'm loving that body saw... how have I lived this many years never seeing one of those??
You guys couldn't have found a better candidate! Now you guys can do whatever you want with this Challenger and never have any fear... All you guys did was add value and appeal, and went from lump of coal to a diamond! As always, you guys did an amazing job, and the finished car is awesome!
I've seen alot of re-store shows, and this one was worth seeing ! The best one ever ! Taking me through all of the important parts and steps..! Thankyou for a radd episode !! 😳🤯👍🏻
Tennessee Crossroads! I love his voice reminds me of my childhood.
What an exceptional well detailed and so meticulous in every aspect of this build, I had a 70 Cuda a real BS23 the body work, that I paid for was done horribly and the car never drove straight. These details and amounts of patience and planning it took was above and beyond anything I’ve seen, I wish these guys did my restoration I would have been a much happier customer and it would be a well sorted beast! Really great video Thank you very informative and helpful on how to do the next project!
Wow! Watching that big car handle that way on the track is amazing. You guys did a great job on the car.
what car? What job? They built a new car from new parts. A monkey can put it together.
@@MikkaZKitka And if a monkey did build that Challenger and drove it on the track like that and it looked just as good, and shot the video and did the editing work and did voiceovers and actually went so far as to put it on a KZhead channel. I would still compliment them because the result is wonderful. But these guys aren't monkeys and they did a great job. But maybe you can show us what you've got.
Yes great video and why?. Because you guys show and go thru all the problems and techniques you need to accomplish projects like this. So many others just whip thru their builds and make it all look too easy in the interest of video time. As a 25 year bodyman, I can appreciate your attention to the details. Nice job! And thanks
my brother's friend stops at home 5:45 am wintertime 1971 in Vancouver to pick us up to go skiing to whistler mt. bc. in his brand new 1970 dodge challenger 383 magnum , blk interior ,purple paint ,white stripe, hurst shifter...........wow great ride. looks like your build is awesome 😊
I had some Valiants when. I was young. This video brought back good memories.
Such a interesting build, thanks for that lesson on setup at the end. Love the care and attention you put in. Regards from Scotland
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