On the vertical face of the side of the block down by the oil pan rail on the passenger side, half way down the block. Its on a machined out three inch by one inch section.

Proper ammeter bypass

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My block does not have that pad.

Google search looks like 2536430 is a 1970 service replacement short block.

Excellent! Glad you found the weak link and glad it was relatively easy to find considering it could have been anywhere!:biggthumpup: Wait, something I suggested was actually the solution? Man...I think this will go down in history as the first time that I actually helped someone over the internet fix a car rather than the other way around! :headbang:

Love the sound of that burnout!

Cheers:beers:
Dave

----There's the blood and the arthritis for me as well, Charley. I feel your pain.....daily!...…..Bill S

Engine date on top pad beside distributor. Should have a F (for 70 model year) 440 for engine size, and a month and day number. Should also have an HP or HP2 on there - hiding under the spark plug wire bracket. There could be other symbols as well for bearing size info etc.

Here is a pic of a 69 which has an E. 70 is F. Date is 4 8 ....which is April 8

VIN pad right side, above oil pan toward front of engine. Should match the trans VIN exactly

I always thought of Charlie as the ultimate Camaro,Yenko,Copo guy. In recent years I have seen his Ford Convertibles Pontiac,Riviera and now tinkering with a Mopar. There is hope yet!

That is a good casting number.
I have never seen any 440 block without a VIN pad....unless it's early....like maybe a '66-'68. Before they were stamping on the top rear of the block, near where the trans mates to the engine. After you stop bleeding have another look :).
Wonder what the casting date is. Block almost looks turquoise in the pics....may be early.

What year is B ?

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Is that a 4/18/1968 casting date code on the intake?

1966 Charley. Probably out of a large Chrysler or Dodge. Chrysler called it the 440 TNT (IMO)

https://i.postimg.cc/Vkzfm4Rw/screenshot-6772.png

https://i.postimg.cc/0y2SFCkf/screenshot-6773.png

What I thought was I was buying was a #'s matching car. The dealer I bought from has apologized and agreed to refund my money. Bummer.

That’s cool they are giving your money back.

Have you checked the engine,trans & rear of the Cyclone too?

Old skin...
 

Try this before your next project...it is supposed to help "mature skin' :wink:

Bummer Charley, I thought you were gonna finally join us Mopar-ites! Too bad, but glad to hear it is all getting unwound.

Another thing on the stripes. In addition to the (incorrect) ’71-style stripe is the whiteout on the hood. That is also incorrect. The only hood treatment available on 1970 Challengers was the V21 option, which is a similar-looking hood treatment like this, but was only available in black. While white may look great on this car, unfortunately it was N/A. This car is coded for V6W, which would be the white ’70-style longitudinal stripe, but was not coded for the V21 hood blackout treatment.

- Wade

I been joined forever. Still have the Chrysler sno runner here waiting for Saruk to pick it up

Charley . . . glad you were able to return the car and get your money back. Lots more wrong on that car:

https://i.postimg.cc/xCKVKMzr/IMG-4180.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/bvShwKYw/65.jpg

That isn't the original vinyl top. The 1970 Challenger had a unique placement for the seams (it was a styling que) as seen in the bottom photo. Compare them to the car you had

Here is what the car looked like color wise as per the fender tag:

https://i.postimg.cc/cH8Qx7bn/urf.jpg

Yours didn't have the hood pins, rear spoiler or color matching mirrors.

Charley is the guy who sold you this Challenger,the same guy who sold you the Cyclone too?

Yes

It will be a cool car restored but not by me. Optioned killer. Now I have to find another plum challenger crazy

https://i.postimg.cc/ydcCF5GY/qq.jpg

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds...r/2203486.html

If it helps, FC7 Plum Crazy was by far the most popular color on US-shipped 1970 Challengers. For the performance-minded Challenger R/T models, 22.2% of them (~3000 cars) were ordered in purple, almost 3x more popular than secondmost color chosen (EB5 blue, at 8.3%). But purple on white, which a lot of guys (including me) really dig, will be harder to come by. Maybe Lee’s onto something?

- Wade

Wow! In this day and age, how could one sell a car as numbers matching when it clearly is not? Just a quick internet search by anyone would answer a bunch of questions. What a shame, Charley.:thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumb sdown::thumbsdown:

Amazing they are agreeing to give you your money back. That is unlike most.

Well, that’s it then...the one time I helped someone and back the car goes to where from which it came from.:hmmm:

Glad it all worked out in the end for you though. You need a 70 FC7 340 Shaker 4spd Cuda! You can’t just drive it home after MCACN 2020:laugh::laugh:

Cheers:beers:

Dave

When I told them about the engine they offered to take it back. I offered to even take a 1000.00 hit but they insisted on refunding all my money. I think they just assumed by the history and how orig. looking under the hood that it was a #'s car. As did I. The paint etc was done over 30 years ago. It is optioned just about perfectly how I want one and I'll probably regret it.

I really hope you don't regret your decision Charley. There was so much wrong with the car. No one mentioned that the FT shows power brakes (B51) but there's no power brake booster! Wrong paint scheme, wrong engine, wrong vinyl top, wrong brake setup, etc.

So you want a Plum Crazy Challenger R/T with 440 magnum, PS, PB (PFDB?), AT and A/C. Is that the configuration that you want?

I don't have to tell you of all people the difference between buying a finished car versus one that needs a full resto as far as money, time and headaches go.

Wintertime is a good time to buy cars. Prices will be at their lowest. And winter just started.

It does have the power brake booster and the fender tag does show V1W= white vinyl top.

It has a booster? Hard to tell from your photo:

https://i.postimg.cc/vZ0zrdCG/IMG-4173.jpg

https://i.postimg.cc/DwNGfft4/654.jpg

As I explained. Vinyl top is incorrect. Not stock.

What am I missing ?

OK - MUCH better picture. Go back to the top of page 7 to see the correct way a vinyl top was installed at the factory on a 1970 Challenger.

Would have been easier if you had just stated that the vinyl top that is on it was done incorrectly. The way you stated it I got the impression you were saying it shouldn't have a vinyl top. Wrong tires also if we are going that route. Wrong brakes ?

Does anyone reproduce the correct vinyl top with the wide seams? I remember that was the big dilemma back in the day when I was playing with these Mopars.

Year One and Classic Industries

Does anyone know this car ?
https://www.mecum.com/lots/FL0119-36...ge-challenger/

Plum Crazy with White interior
426 CI Hemi engine
4-speed transmission
Award winning build
Numerous appearances in Muscle Car Review magazine
Estimated in over 100 national magazines
Named in the Top Ten Hot Rods in the Hot Rod magazine
Featured in YearOne catalog and Diamond Piston for advertisement
World famous Dave Dudek 1970 Challenger
White vinyl top

Originally a 340 car, built for FAST. If it still has the Dudek FAST spec motor (I'm guessing not) it should be a ball to drive.
https://www.hotrod.com/articles/hrdp...ge-challenger/