Tim Wellborn 70 +71 Mopar Reunion

[worthywads]

Anyone else going to Alexander City Alabama for Tim Wellborn's 70 +71 Mopar Reunion?

http://www.wellbornmusclecarmuseum.com/70and71-mopar-reunion

Gonna drive my 70 Challenger convertible from Boulder 2862 miles round trip.

Added Holley Sniper EFI a few months ago, looking forward feeling to how she runs below mile high altitude.

[worthywads]

Still on the road, made the half way return spot last night, I'll post more pictures when I get back to Boulder.  Here's a 63,000 mile U code that hasn't seen more than of few hundred miles since 1985 if I remember correct.  He filled the tank just before parking it here and it kept gushing gas out the cap as the day heated up.  Doh!

I did have a alternator failure leaving Tim's Saturday night, Tom Cannon a FAST driver with a 71 Charger had a spare and loaned me it yesterday morning. Staying at the same hotel and saw us and saved the day, Orielly could get one in 4 hours so Tom kept me on schedule.







Me and my brother drove from Boulder CO to Memphis and finished the drive from Memphis to Alexander City  AR with 2 cousins in his RR.  Rained all the way to Birmingham.

[Mopsquad]

That's a beautiful car and colour combo. 

[Cuda_mark]

Love the white with red interior and stripes.

[750-h2]

Love the white with red interior and stripes.

x2

[Marty]

 

[worthywads]

I made it home today, 13 hours 808 miles.  More pictures to come.

Total trip 3075 miles, thinking close to $1200 in gas.

[worthywads]

Some more photos, I realize I didn't take near as many as I thought, my brother did, i'll get some more from him.

This is just after the 2 day drive.  I see now I was parked next to Tom Cannon's F.A.S.T. Hemi Super Bee.  Little did I know then that Tom would be loaning me an alternator.  The Hemi Challenger to the left is an original owner car which he'd added the fiberglass hustle stuff hood scoop way back when.  It now has a 700+ hp Ray Barton Hemi.

I'm dripping a little oil on Tim's just cleaned concrete, the front gasket of my intake manifold failed along the way and oil was pooling and dripping down the water pump.....



Sweet 340 'Cuda parked next to us the first day at Wellborn's house.

[worthywads]

Inside the museum, Tim's Red with White convertible and in the background the previous White with Red convertible getting extra VIP treatment indoor.

[worthywads]

Video that my brother took as much of the group drove from the Museum to Tim's home the second day.  It's only a half mile apart.

https://www.facebook.com/1635381517/videos/1038575573568926/

[worthywads]

Fun story here, Tim Wellborn owns this is a unrestored '70 Hemi Road Runner. The couple in front are the original owners.  They are wearing shirts with a picture of them at their wedding about to head out on their honeymoon when it was a brand new car.

They would love to own it again, it isn't currently for sale.

[anlauto]

Great story on the Road Runner 

[Mr Lee]

Some really nice looking cars in those pics. Very cool.


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[340challconvert]

Great looking Challenger convertibles!
Is the plum crazy vert an A66-340 Challenger? No RT grill emblem, but has the wheel well molding!

[worthywads]

Great looking Challenger convertibles!
Is the plum crazy vert an A66-340 Challenger? No RT grill emblem, but has the wheel well molding!

No it's my original 318 B3 Blue that I've changed most things to look like an R/T but decided not to actual badge R/T.  Used the non-R/T stripe of course.

I've had it 28 years, added the wheel well moldings along the way.  Now it has a 360 Magnum motor with Magnum R/T heads.

I made my own 360-Magnum hood badging for fun too by combining a 360-Four-Barrel badge with a 440-Magnum.