I am new to this BB, as of yesterday, but by no means am I new to Challengers. I presently own a 2010 Rallye “G” package. I have owned several 70 vintage Challengers 3 of which was drivable one show/race worthy (72’), (70) 225 convertible, (70) 318, the remaining I parted out[
I will confess this is in response to the “up badging” thread; I am not going to comment on what was argued there; that string should have been locked long before it reached the level of absurdness that it did:fight:. I would like to simply state the packages that were once available for the “E-body” line.
Challenger, 1970-1971
Base 225, 318
SE (yes they did offer an SE Challenger in 1970 and it was available up to the HEMI package)
R/T 383,340(340 was the first upgrade over the STD 383), 440, 440-6 Pack, 426 HEMI
T/A 340-6 Pack
Challenger 1972-1974
Base 225, 318
Rallye 318 or 340(72) 360(73-74), Dodge dropped the R/T badge and renamed it Rallye. If your Rallye edition came with the 318 option you still got the “R/T” hood and the fake fender scoops but the hood was not badged
Note: in 1972 Chrysler dropped the high compression 275HP 340 and replaced with a lower HP one. This was done for both emission and insurance regulations. Also, how the horse power was rated changed in 72 so it is impossible to accurately compare one year to the next.
Barracuda, 1970-1971Exactly the same as the Challenger except the R/T was badge ‘Cuda, the SE is Grand Coupe and the T/A was the AAR.
The SE, Grand Coupe, was offered with additional standard features: a vinyl roof and a smaller rear window, luggage rack, and a roof mounted center console. The vinyl roof was necessary to hide the horrible installation created by installing the smaller rear window (the Super Bird had a similar issue). The SE badge was placed between the rear passenger window and the rear window I believe it is referred to as the “C” pillar.
As in the past today’s Barracuda owners refer to their cars as ‘Cudas even if they are the base package. I have never felt that was insulting to the performance based platform. Even though my 72 was a Rallye not an R/T many people referred to it as an R/T; that was what they were familiar with. Though not an “R/T” but a factory badged Rallye it was modified close to 375HP (Dino) and I placed R/T labels on it. So really what’s in a name most only saw DODGE on the back ( I think some of the hoses may have been left stockJ).:bigthumb:
At least we can all agree on one point the 80’s Mitsubishi version of the “so called” Challenger is not, should never be and can never be considered a Challenger
I will confess this is in response to the “up badging” thread; I am not going to comment on what was argued there; that string should have been locked long before it reached the level of absurdness that it did:fight:. I would like to simply state the packages that were once available for the “E-body” line.
Challenger, 1970-1971
Base 225, 318
SE (yes they did offer an SE Challenger in 1970 and it was available up to the HEMI package)
R/T 383,340(340 was the first upgrade over the STD 383), 440, 440-6 Pack, 426 HEMI
T/A 340-6 Pack
Challenger 1972-1974
Base 225, 318
Rallye 318 or 340(72) 360(73-74), Dodge dropped the R/T badge and renamed it Rallye. If your Rallye edition came with the 318 option you still got the “R/T” hood and the fake fender scoops but the hood was not badged
Note: in 1972 Chrysler dropped the high compression 275HP 340 and replaced with a lower HP one. This was done for both emission and insurance regulations. Also, how the horse power was rated changed in 72 so it is impossible to accurately compare one year to the next.
Barracuda, 1970-1971Exactly the same as the Challenger except the R/T was badge ‘Cuda, the SE is Grand Coupe and the T/A was the AAR.
The SE, Grand Coupe, was offered with additional standard features: a vinyl roof and a smaller rear window, luggage rack, and a roof mounted center console. The vinyl roof was necessary to hide the horrible installation created by installing the smaller rear window (the Super Bird had a similar issue). The SE badge was placed between the rear passenger window and the rear window I believe it is referred to as the “C” pillar.
As in the past today’s Barracuda owners refer to their cars as ‘Cudas even if they are the base package. I have never felt that was insulting to the performance based platform. Even though my 72 was a Rallye not an R/T many people referred to it as an R/T; that was what they were familiar with. Though not an “R/T” but a factory badged Rallye it was modified close to 375HP (Dino) and I placed R/T labels on it. So really what’s in a name most only saw DODGE on the back ( I think some of the hoses may have been left stockJ).:bigthumb:
At least we can all agree on one point the 80’s Mitsubishi version of the “so called” Challenger is not, should never be and can never be considered a Challenger