E-Bodies.org Cuda Challenger Forum

 :hungary:  If you get a chance, poke a pin on your neighborhood.  I'm pretty sure you are our first member from Hungary.   :veryexcited:  https://forum.e-bodies.org/googlemap/

 :welcome: from Colorado! Chargers are my next favorite car

Thanks Cody and everyone for the warm welcome!

Looks like a great bunch of people here as well.In Hungary, there are only 3 Challengers.A '70 convertible,a '71 318 and a '71 r/t 383 and only one '71 Barracuda.There are 3 '68 Chargers and 1 '69 Charger as well.There are some A bodies but they are project cars and won1t be on the road anytime soon.So as you can see we don't have a massive Mopar "collection".To be honest never seen a Cuda before seeing 303 mopar's Cuda.He has a '68 charger and helped me with advice on parts and such, really great guy!
Anyway, when I saw his Cuda something she looked so good next to the '68 and I fell in love.Then started to learn about e-bodies.Quiet confusing was all this barracuda cuda thing.Barracuda with 383-2 but cuda with 383-4 barrel and such.

When I bought our charger, I asked a good friend of mine outside of  Philadelphia if I could keep the charger there till I buy the parts I need.I literally spent 3 months solid buying parts every night after I put my 4-year-old to sleep.My head was spinning from all the parts because I was comparing various vendors prices and our car needed a lot.

Wanted to ship everything I needed with our car because buying from here is double the price by the time it gets here.
When we had our '69 Charger she needed a gas tank.Not a biggy you would think a $120, right?Got quoted for $400 for it.I was like wtf?So my brilliant wife had an idea why not bring it with us back from the States as we were there for 6 weeks on our honeymoon.
So 3 suitcases,2 full of front end and brake parts,and a gas tank we arrived at the airport.I'm thinking now way they are going to let me take a gas tank,brand new mind,on a plane.
But the lady at the desk only asked me if there were any moving parts inside and what was it.I said it was an aluminum water tank.She said that will be $40 have a nice flight  :rofl:

My family and I just got back from New York City a month ago and we came home with 2 suitcases full of parts and one for the clothes.My upper door pads I have bought were in my son's buggy.It was a good thing we brought the buggy because otherwise, I have no idea how we would have managed it!

One thing is for sure I don't miss looking for parts and buying them.Bloody mopar parts are so expensive.Over here I could have bought a 3-bed apartment what I have spent on our charger.The good thing is my wife understands me and she said as long as it's a RED car we can have a cuda :bradsthumb:

So here I'm now looking at learning about e-bodies!My upset the purist but my dream cuda would be a '70 with AAR hood,'71 grill but the '70 grill is okay.Strangely I don't like the '71-74 tail lights even though the '72-74 look a lot like the '68 Charger tail lights.Funny how the small details make or break what we like.

A great big MOPAR welcome,to you Peter from SoCal. This forum is a stellar place to be for MOPAR comraderie. I too owned a Charger at one time , a '69 model SE w/ 383, Auto on column. Bench seat interior, pull down arm rest. Yellow w/ bulk vinyl top.      Thanks,   Al

Great story!!!   :clapping:  You are hard core Mopar man.  Thanks for sharing your past and a little about yourself.  I can totally see you packing parts in to your suitcase and on the plane.   :drinkingbud:

Thanks Cody.Hope I didn't bore anyone with my little story!My wife wasn't happy about me using 2 suitcases for parts but when I told her how much we were saving on shipping and taxes she said nothing!
Still packing for 10 days for 2 kids and a woman in one suitcase wasn't easy.

Wasn't a happy moment when we were leaving!

I'm so impressed.   :bravo:  That's the way you do it and you better do everything you can to keep that woman you have.  She's special.

Hehhehe...thanks.She is hard work sometimes but aren't we all?
She used to sneak out our '69 without telling me as I was working abroad.People to this day think that '69 Charger was hers.Took our daughter to school with it.Gosh,wish I could have seen that but would have strangled her for doing it!

First day at nursery after the summer holiday this is how they went!Only my woman would take her kid to nursery on a motorbike.Mind my son asked her to do it.He always rides with me on my bike but never with her!

You can tell we love mopars and bikes  :D  My son 4th word was Charger believe it or not after boobs  :yes: mummy,daddy, and charger.

Okay,that's enough of me now,i'll stop!

Hogy vagy?  Joe Ganzler here - a Hunkie now living in SoCal!  My grandfather was born outside of Budapest, and lived with my grandmother Helen Locci in a vardo wagon in the Black Forest before coming to the USA in 1911.  My dad was JUST born Stateside, ~3 weeks after they landed at Ellis...

Köszönöm jól és te?   (Thanks I'm fine and you? )

I love to hear stories like that.Would be interesting to learn how they made it and what hardship they had to endure during that time!The people that they met, the places they were.Could listen to people with a good story.I myself believe in that the story we make is the important one and not here just to make money.

Take care!

Welcome from Sylmar, CA

Ducatis too! Your woman is a keeper for sure. My wife used to use my FM3 R/T to take my son to school as well.

Welcome to the site from  :canada: and good luck with your quest for an E body. Your wife surely IS a keeper and it's good to see you're starting your son off the right way, too! We were in Budapest a couple of years ago and I was blown away with how nice, clean and inexpensive it was! Pour momma a couple of palinkas, she deserves them!  :bigthumb: