Fishing Boat and 74 Charger

[71vert340]

 My wife has put her dad's 12 ft aluminum fishing boat (he recently passed away), trailer and outboard motor of FB marketplace for sale for like $1000. I have my next project, a 74 Charger in Aztec Gold, stored at my daughter's house next to the boat, so, when pictures were taken of the boat, there's the Charger in the background. All the phone calls that are coming in isn't for the boat but people asking if they can buy the Charger. I find that amusing. It's out of sight in the back yard behind the 6 foot fence with two dogs ( a lab and a Great Dane) who bark at anybody. I laughed about it when they told me about the calls. I'd think with gas prices being what they are, people would not be interested. It's interesting that people pay attention to the photos.
  Terry W.

[71vert340]

 I just remembered that my Charger has a towing hitch on it. I should hook the boat trailer up to it and sell them together.
Terry W.

[dodj]

Wow!
Wonder what those hitches could actually safely pull?
I've seen a few over the years. Flat bar bolted to the bumper...

[71vert340]

 Besides bolting to the bumper, it's also bolted to the sheet metal rear crossmember at rear of trunk floor. Someone probably pulled a boat with it. I've thought about putting it back on when I redo this car starting late this year.
Terry W.

[Mr Cuda]

Looking backwards,  a 74 charger is probably cool now. But when we were kids, a 74 charger was also called a boat. Charger boat! Especially with the rubber iso mount front suspension.

[71vert340]

Looking backwards,  a 74 charger is probably cool now. But when we were kids, a 74 charger was also called a boat. Charger boat! Especially with the rubber iso mount front suspension.

Yes, I agree the 74 Chargers were(are) boats but they sure cruise nice. I'm wondering if I made a mistake by replacing the rubber Iso mounts with solid ones in the 74 I'm finishing up now. This one, I want to strive for better mpg by going to an overdrive automatic ( Gearvendors?), fuel injection and more friendly highway differential(2.76). Still planning how to get better than 25mpg with it. My 71 Challenger has gotten as good as 22 mpg if I keep my foot out of it with the TQ carb and good gas.
Terry W.

[Mr Cuda]

I put solid biscuits in my 73 satellite regent s/w and had no I'll effects.  I also got rid of the rear rubber clamps on the leaf springs.  Drove like a 71 afterwards.
2.94 and a 440, so nothing to compare for mileage.

[JH27N0B]

Wow!
Wonder what those hitches could actually safely pull?
I've seen a few over the years. Flat bar bolted to the bumper...

They were the hot setup for pulling Airstreams then, back in an era when everyone didn't think they had to have a 1 ton pickup with a diesel just to tow a Uhaul trailer!

[cuda hunter]

I have picked up a few cars over the years by looking in the back ground of pictures on for sale ads.
Great way to shop without being invited.

[Mr Lee]

Hard to believe that Challenger is pulling an Airstream!  That can't be a light load.  I'd like to see that same photo from ground level.  I bet that suspension is squished down big-time over the rear wheels.   They sat low in the rear to begin with.


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[JH27N0B]

I'm wondering what the braking situation was on those rigs?  They couldn't have had an electronic brake controller set up, would those Airstreams have had surge brakes?
Imagine coming down a mountain road driving that rig with a Challenger or Charger, with 4 wheel drum brakes.  Or maybe you don't want to think of that!