Project T/A

[spoolinhard]

I have owned this car for about 7 years. Its been in storage while I have been working on my TM's. It is an origional 340 six pack 4 speed T/A. Burnt orange with a black vinyl top black interior and a stripper as far as options go. Car used to be drag raced in Long Island back in the day.

Most of the metal work is done, i hope to have it on the rotisserie this summer. My plans for the car are to restore it cosmetically back to origioanl, and drop a 416 6 pak stroker in it:evil: Just bought a New AAR fiberglass T/A hood for it. Its the first time since Ive owned it that Ive seen it with a hood!

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[raccoon]

project second mortgage! :thumb:

[spoolinhard]

project second mortgage! :thumb:

Haha! unfortunately.
More like project gonna take alot of time.

[t3rse]

Nice paint splotches on the walls...haha!

[86Shelby]

Looks good with a hood. You'll get it done in due time, it's come a long way since I saw it first years ago. :thumb:

[spyder]

FK5 is a Great color !! Be careful when having it mixed , I've seen a ton of cars that are Waayyyy too brown , the formula is incorrect ....

[butchsuppe]

Great car to restore, I'd give my left nut for one.:nod: E bodies rule.

[OneOfMany]

Nice project.. I love that FK5 Burnt Orange.. once the strip pack goes on, it really sets it off..

Grant

[Turbodave]

looks godo Kaleb, It's come a long way!

[ShadowBrad]

Old school Challengers have got to be one of my favorite cars. Good luck on getting it restored. It will definitely be worth all the time. :thumb:

-brad

[trbowgn]

That is going to be sweet ride.
Do you have the Numbers matching block?

[spoolinhard]

Nope, and beings that rebuildable long blocks are going for around 10k, I think that I am justified going my resto mod route.

[trbowgn]

Nope, and beings that rebuildable long blocks are going for around 10k, I think that I am justified going my resto mod route.

Completely agree with you on that.

My neighbor has an AAR and he has the factor motor and trans sitting in a corner in his garage and a nice crate 360 with the 6 pack set up doing the work right now.

Do you have any of the original T/A heads or intake?

[skitzo_inc]

It looks a lot better with a hood on it, in fact, it looks awesome! You're gonna make that car all sorts of pretty and I can't wait to ride in it. :D

[1966 dart wagon]

wow man, SUPER JEALOUS:hail::hail::hail: freakin love those cars, orginal 4 speed and the color :hail:

Do you have most of the parts to restore it, and those look like the new fenders that came out(well maybe not new but not original) how did they fit???

Love the car keep us posted on progress and pics:eyebrows:

[spoolinhard]

Completely agree with you on that.

My neighbor has an AAR and he has the factor motor and trans sitting in a corner in his garage and a nice crate 360 with the 6 pack set up doing the work right now.

Do you have any of the original T/A heads or intake?

I have collected the intake setup It will find its way onto the stroker. Not really going to bother with anything else



wow man, SUPER JEALOUS:hail::hail::hail: freakin love those cars, orginal 4 speed and the color :hail:

Do you have most of the parts to restore it, and those look like the new fenders that came out(well maybe not new but not original) how did they fit???

Love the car keep us posted on progress and pics:eyebrows:

I would say that I have about 80% of the car. Alot of the suspension and some of the iterior components are already restored and waiting to go on the car. Anything I need at this point is readily available in the aftermarket. Drivers fender is the origional one to the car. The pass fender is rust free but will need to be replaced as I learned to weld on that fender:o I am going with one of the goodmark ones. Judging by what I have heard they should fit pretty darn good but will need some adjustment to be perfect.

[spoolinhard]

I just purchased a brand new amd pass fender and rear valance. Also just got a complete T/A spoiler kit with all the mounting hardware. As for little things, I got a new hurst lower bezel to the pistol grip, 4 speed shift boot, and woodgrain for the console. i now have all the sheetmetal. That should keep me busy for a while.

[86seeS]

Had an AAR the same color mine was very rare option bench seat colleum shift car paid 500.00

[spoolinhard]

Had an AAR the same color mine was very rare option bench seat colleum shift car paid 500.00

Please do tell, how you got it, what was left, and why you sold!

[86seeS]

Car was in a storage bin the guy was a friend of ours and he passed away. We knew he had a mopar in storage but had no clue what it was. So we went and paid off his storage fee and got the car. Car was rust free but the 340-6 was gone it was replaced with 440-6. We tracked down the original motor it was in a duster drag car. Guy wouldnt sell it we tried to trade the 440-6 + $2000 but wouldnt budge. We ended up selling the aar for $8500 to a guy in cincinati, OH

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I got a few pics ill try to post them up today

[Turbo224]

Definitely will be following this thread. I am thinking about doing an AAR clone car with ym 70 Cuda, but I would still put the 440-6pk in it just because I already have the motor built and ready to go. Orange and black have always been my favorite color combo, when I repaint mine I really want to go orange!

[spoolinhard]

Car was in a storage bin the guy was a friend of ours and he passed away. We knew he had a mopar in storage but had no clue what it was. So we went and paid off his storage fee and got the car. Car was rust free but the 340-6 was gone it was replaced with 440-6. We tracked down the original motor it was in a duster drag car. Guy wouldnt sell it we tried to trade the 440-6 + $2000 but wouldnt budge. We ended up selling the aar for $8500 to a guy in cincinati, OH

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I got a few pics ill try to post them up today

Wow, practically stolen, then sold cheap.. I would have given up all my fwd cars before that. Just cause the aar block wasnt there doesnt mean you couldnt have put a regular 340 (or any engine in it for that matter). The downside to the trans am engines is that complete, they sell for more than you sold your whole car for.

[86seeS]

Ya I know should have kept it but that was ten ywars ago before I had fwd tm's

[coronet2fast]

Nice project, that will be awesome. You should go with a R5/P7 engine. That is what will hopefully be going into my dads cuda. With this being a T/A that would make it that much better.

[dds78910]

Very, Very cool man! I can't wait till the day I can do a muscle car. Hopefully a 70 Cuda'

[R/T]

Sweetness, Challengers are da Shizzle!!

[440dart]

make it light and go to hotchkis get the suspension done make it a high rever should be a fun car designed to do what it was made for

[spoolinhard]

I think that I am going to get some updated rear springs (due to the pitting of the Origional T/A ones) Stock fronts in pretty good shape. Should be more of a straight liner.

[moparmagic440]

beutiful car, a guy in the town i live in had a brown T/A that he painted plum crazy purple. theyre amazingly fast cars.

if i can remember correctly the heads from T/A block wouldnt fit on a normal small block due to differnt head bolt locations because the T/A block is physically differnt from a normal 340. could be wrong though

[86seeS]

There the same 340 is a 340 is a 340

[moparmagic440]

There the same 340 is a 340 is a 340

i thought the T/A had a unique heavier duty block?

found this on allpar.com:

J” casting cylinder heads were unique to the T/A, with unique pushrod holes to allow for oversized porting on the intake runners
a unique rocker arm/shaft/pushrod assembly
thicker webs in the pan rail and other areas
the ability to install 4-bolt mains on 2 3 and 4

[86seeS]

But they will all interchange internaly

[moparmagic440]

ahhh i see now. sorry for the confusion