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Quote from: MoparCarGuy on May 01, 2024, 08:28:40 PMThe Rocker Panel Gills and the process to paint them from Mopar Connection magazine.Delete this site please. It has fake links that say your computer is locked up due to a virus and you cannot exit from it. But a simple reboot takes care of it.
Also, the pinch weld below the gills is blacked out with flat black.
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Cars For Sale or Wanted / Re: 1970 Challenger T/A, FE5, ...
Last post by cuda hunter - Today at 07:18:30 AM #3
I called my local NAPA store yesterday and asked the manager about this. Conveniently there was a NAPA trade show last night which she was going to and she asked the rep about this. In Canada NAPA Gold is still made by WIX. In the US it's about 50%, split geographically. WIX wants to move to only producing OEM filters so it's expected that over time they will move completely away from making filters for NAPA. So I guess if the filter says Made in USA it may be safe to assume that it's made by WIX.
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Cuda & Challenger General Discussion (ROSEVILLE MOPARTS) / Re: seatbelt laws?!
Last post by JH27N0B - Today at 06:51:25 AMQuote from: anlauto on Today at 04:18:40 AMIf the shoulder belt is optional, as in our 70-73 E Bodies, then it's optional to wear it. Of course the lap belt is mandatory. That's my understanding.Was the shoulder belt optional in E body hardtops? I've only seen that option code for convertibles. I have never seen a convertible with that option so don't even know what it looks like. Perhaps the rarest E body option?
In the late 70s into the 80s I don't recall how often I wore my seatbelt. They made it a law sometime in the mid to late 80s here that wearing seatbelts was mandatory. I learned to fly in the late 80s and seatbelts are required, and I think that really instilled the need to be diligent about using seatbelts.
In 1991 I was critically injured in a plane crash, and if memory serves I had a diagonal bruise across my shoulder and chest where my shoulder belt was. I doubt I'd be alive if I hadn't been wearing it. The shoulder belt hasps in those Cessnas were loose fitting and tended to come loose while flying, and not long before my accident, my club had installed some little plastic keepers in the shoulder belt hasps to keep the belt from coming unhitched. I may owe my life to that repair!
When the Cirrus airplane was designed in the 90s to be a revolutionary new design with many safety features including a ballistic parachute, one safety feature is the yoke (steering wheel for non pilots) is only half a conventional yoke and installed off to the side instead of directly in front of the pilot. The reason is that when they were researching accidents, they found that a large % of fatal injuries to pilots in crashes was thoratic injuries from the pilots torso impacting the yoke. So they designed one that is off to the side to prevent that.
I have become so dedicated to seat belt usage that when I bought my '71 Challenger at an auction in 2010, when I noticed it had no lap belts, I decided that when I came back the next day, I was going to bring the drivers seat lap belts that were stored in a box for my then stalled out T/A project, and install them for my 25 mile drive home in it. My first purchase after I got it was a set of repro seat belts from BE&A.
When I watch car reality shows like graveyard cars and Iron Resurrection, I always cringe when they go for a test drive and I don't see them wearing belts. I'd hate to see Amanda fly through a windshield!
Mark Worman, well maybe 
Of course my convertible has no shoulder belt so I am at risk cruising in that. I do wear the shoulder belt in my hardtops.
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Made me think of a certain member's car....
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Cuda & Challenger General Discussion (ROSEVILLE MOPARTS) / Re: seatbelt laws?!
Last post by Brads70 - Today at 05:36:21 AMQuote from: MoparCarGuy on May 01, 2024, 08:39:59 PMConsider changing to 3-point seat belts from Wesco or Seat Belt Planet.
Details in pictures to choose correct belts.
This is what I did years ago..... I'm happy with it.
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Cuda & Challenger General Discussion (ROSEVILLE MOPARTS) / Re: seatbelt laws?!
Last post by torredcuda - Today at 04:32:52 AMQuote from: tparker on May 01, 2024, 07:58:54 PMI ride a motorcycle as my daily driver, all year long. To me it is about managing risks. If I am in an accident I am screwed. I try to drive defensively and watch out for idiots (everybody but me), but I'm only half the equation. It seems odd for me to wear seatbelts when I am in a car in general where I am infinitely safer. I know I would be even safer if I wore a seatbelt but again, I am on a bike the majority of time. I do wear the seatbelt, but not all the time.
Every one has to manage their own risk. This is not a justification, but I do feel we are at less of a risk. For one, I tend to think we drive more cautiously in our 20-100K cars that can't be easily replaced and that we worked so hard on getting just right. In my regular car I tend to take things for granted that I wouldn't in my challenger. On the flip side, I think others notice our cars and tend to take a wider bearth or at least notice us. Basically it lowers the odds of a crash.
something like 20-30K people die from car crashes a year and "some" of those could have been prevented, how many we don't know, but some. So I'm not saying people shouldn't wear seatbelts, but if I was overly worried about it, I wouldn't ride my motorcycle. Life is a dangerous place in general
I have to admit years ago I never wore a seatbelt, heck some cars growing up didn`t even have them, I also rode my motorcycles with no helmet sometimes. Now I always wear my seat belt/shoulder harness and don not feel safe without it, I don`t ride street bikes anymore but do wear a helmet trail riding. I guess being older/wiser and more aware that I am not invincible like I thought when I was younger have led to me being a bit more cautious but I agree - everything has some risk in life and we all choose what risks are acceptable to us.
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Parts / Misc For Sale / Re: 1970 Challenger Ribbed Ins...
Last post by ebodyproducts - Today at 04:32:47 AMBump!!
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Cuda & Challenger General Discussion (ROSEVILLE MOPARTS) / Re: seatbelt laws?!
Last post by anlauto - Today at 04:18:40 AMIf the shoulder belt is optional, as in our 70-73 E Bodies, then it's optional to wear it. Of course the lap belt is mandatory. That's my understanding.
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Quote from: Deezel on May 01, 2024, 11:06:32 AMCrossing the block at Mecum Indy on May 18thLike everything about this car except the wheels, YearOne makes really nice looking 22" versions of the rally wheel, I would have gone with those..
