Just Want to Say Howdy

[Big Joe]

Me and my 70 Charger day Howdy.

[XH29N0G]

Welcome.  We look forward to seeing and hearing more about your car and hope the information and you find group on here to be helpful.

[bakerhillpins]

Welcome.  We look forward to seeing and hearing more about your car and hope the information and you find group on here to be helpful.

What he said!  Welcome

Feed us some pics!

[JB400]

Welcome
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[b5blue]

Welcome Joe!

[alfaitalia]

Hi Joe....from the British side of the Atlantic! Where are you hailing from Joe??

[CDN72SE]

Welcome to the site Joe, share your story with us.

[tan top]

hello & welcome 

[Lennard]

Welcome to the forum Joe.

[Hammer759]

  I am new here and now I can load pictures! 

[Big Joe]

Thank y'all kindly for the welcomes. As the C&W song says "Here's my story and I'm sticking to it " I recently bought the Charger from my neighbor across the street who parked it in 2005. After a year of negotiations, I aired up the tires and with the help of my son , chain dragged her home. He claimed that he drove it to his backyard so I removed all the plugs, dumped some MM oil down each cylinder and rotated the engine 1/4 turn over the next few days to loosen things up. Installed new battery, removed both bowels from the Holley carb, and unstuck the float valves. Changed oil and filter. Spun the the engine with the starter and pumped out the MM oil. Installed new plugs, disconnected the fuel supply line and hooked up a remote gas tank with siphon supply. Crossed my fingers, turned the ignition switch and within 2 revolutions see fired up. Boy was I smiling!! She smoked and rattled until the lifters pumped up. Next I checked all fluid levels and topped off antifreeze, tranny, PS, and brake fluids and took her for a drive around the neighborhood. Since all that I got busy with work and have some electrical issues that I'm sorting out.  I tried to post some pics last night but quite haven't figured out how to do it yet. Thanks again and looking forward to being a member of this forum

[VegasCharger]

Hello Joe and welcome aboard!

I can load your pics in here until you figure out how to post them.

If interested send pics to my email:

slayervegas at gmail dot com

Good luck with your '70. 

[VegasCharger]

Pics courtesy of the OP (Joe)

[VegasCharger]

a few more............

[darbgnik]

Welcome! Looks in decent shape by the pictures.

What kind of shape is the body in?

[moparfan53]

 Hello Big Joe and welcome.

Two things stood out to me about your car;

If the black on the hood is factory, it is the optional "V21 - Hood Performance Paint Treatment". I believe that is a fairly rare option.

Other thing is the speaker by the vin tag, which indicates the R22 AM/8 track player. That was the only optional radio that used the 3 speakers on the dash. While not rare, it is not common either. Does it still have that radio?

Trivia info about the radio. In '70 all the B body radios changed from thumbwheel to rotary style except for the AM/8 track. It was still the '69/thumbwheel type. I mention this in case somebody tries to tell you the car has the wrong radio (assuming it still has the original). I have seen this happen before.

Looks like a great car...  buckets, console etc.

[dual fours]

Hello Big Joe, Welcome to DC.com. Good to see you rescued a '70. Can't wait for more pictures.
Take lots of clear photos, cause you can't go back and get them afterwards. The dirt and crust some of us, well me anyway like to see how you found it. Then the clean up photos. Did you look behind the rear seat back for a Build/Production Broadcast Sheet, if ones there it can be fragile, be very careful. Looks like an XP model, of the approx. 27,432 made 191 had V21 option. If it is an XH model , of the approx. 9,163 built, 27 had the V21 option. I hope the fender tag is in place on the drivers side fender inside about a foot back from the battery.

[69rtse4spd]

Howdy, & welcome. .

[Big Joe]

Howdy all and thanks again for the kind responses. In response to the various inquiries this is what I have found, so far... The body is in pretty good shape except for rear quarters, where I discovered a bondo job. The trunk floor has been replaced and it looks like they did a good job. In regards to the radio it is the AM 8 track , thumb wheels with 3 front speakers and the F/R balance dial under the dash. In regards to the fender tag, sadly, very sadly, it's missing...I asked the about it when I bought it but who knows...Hopefully I can find the broad cast sheet. According to the VIN it's an XP car. 383 HP 727 St. Louis plant. Previous owner installed a HP 440 in her. Currently I just replaced all the rubber fuel and vapor hoses. Removed the alternator due to an alignment issue and discovered that PO cobbled together various parts and pieces to make it work, well.... I ordered new brackets from  Year One along with belts. Also removed the leaking water pump and ordered that also. Thanks again for all the replies and check back for further updates