1972 Dodge Challenger Walkaround with Steve Magnante
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I’d take the old over any new one 👍🏻💯🇦🇺
They have this listed for $40k, which is way cheaper than any new ones you'll find on a dealer's "I know what I got" lot.
Got my used 2015 Scat pack for 40$ back in 2018. She runs perfect, the chin spoiler is annoyingly weak. I just wish the tires were cheaper 😆
Thanks for being you Steve. I'm a Mopar guy with a '70 383 Challenger that was born in LA with a 340 but not an RT. I also own a '14 6speed real RT. I love when you break down VIN's and trim packages on the home team. I never realized watching the auctions back then would lead me to your youtube world. Good job sir.
Thanks for posting. I had a 72 back in high school. Kind of a beater but I wish I had it now.
I love the "mean mug/frown" grill on these Challengers
I love the taillights on this mode Challenger along with the “mean mug”.
Какие же красивые и стильные автомобили делали в США в 60-70 годы! Просто красота!
the 800 thermoquad when in proper adjustment is an awesome carb, most guys ditch them because they don't know how they work...
👍Great looking Challenger!!!🙂
The Challenger and the Cuda were my favorite cars as a kid.
🏆Steve 🏆 I had a 73 😆 ladies love it ✌️
The biggest surprise about that car compared to today was the spare tire and jack in the trunk. You don't see the performance Dodge's today with one. I added an aftermarket wheel /tire for a spare in my 2022 Charger Scat. Ah, the good old days.
Surprising a lot of cars don’t have a spare tire. I read in 2017 28% of cars don’t come through with spare tires. Don’t know why. Could be cost but also I have read it’s to lighten the car due to increasing fuel mileage regulations. My 2019 Civic Type R didn’t come with a spare but it may be all Civic hatchbacks didn’t come with a spare. But yes, I wish cars came with spares. Got one for my Civic. I still have a polyglass spare tire with a tube in it for my ‘72 Challenger.
No complaints on the styling of the 1970-1974 E-body. All of them are beauties; I'd take any year!
I agree!
Steve couldn’t be bothered to change out of his slippers.😂
Great series Steve. Well done
Nice. In 1972 I test drove a new Challenger at the dealership. It had Barracuda logo on the passenger dashboard.
The Challenger is how some guys ended up with the family of 5 and the shotgun wedding.
Love the color and fog lamps👍
Love the car and great you went into the production numbers, fender tag and history. Some little discrepancies with some info mentioned but they’re covered in the comment section. Car looks great and I like the yellow high beams! BTW-although you could technically fit 5 passengers I believe these were 4 seater cars as I believe there are only 2 sets of seatbealts for the rear seats, at least in my ‘72 it is like that. From what I see this car as well only has 2 sets of seatbelts. Corporate blue I think was used for engine colors, not body color. This code TB3 = Super Blue for Dodge in 1972. Thanks for the thorough details showing the car!
A beauty. The color first got me. Spectacular
I had a 72 in this same color in 99. 318 powered. Paid $1500 for it. Never liked the grille and tail lights. Got a 70 with 340 speed,, 76 feather duster and a 383 4speed 69 charger now.
Nice to see you all cleaned up and out of those dirty jeans! LIKE the slippers!
I had a ‘72 with a 318. A 4 bbl carb and headers really woke up the 318. I can’t say the build quality was good at all. It didn’t handle very well; in fact, the only things it did well was burn up gas and tires, and attract the attention of police, but I had a lot of fun with it, and came to appreciate how good Mopar engines and transmissions were.
That's interesting because I had a 72 318 Rallye that was one of, if not the, best built cars I have ever encountered, and the absolutely most incredible handling car I have ever experienced. And, yes the standard hop-up mods did wake up the 318.
@George Wetzel Very cool! They didn’t make a lot of 318 Rallye cars! Very rare!
Exactly correct. People romanticize old cars. Back in the 70s I had the same Challenger only a 340 4bbl in super blue w/rallye pack. Strobe stripes. Terrible handling, terrible build quality, uncomfortable seats, hard plastic all over the interior. But a good looking car that attracted attention until it rusted out in 2 years. No front inner fenders!
@@stuffhappens5681 I had a 72 that was near perfect.
I don’t have my car registered so I only drove it around the house on the small streets a couple times and I remember going around a corner on the little 14 inch wheels and I was very surprised how much body sway there was cornering. It really was that bad. I don’t know if it’s because I didn’t have enough air in the tires? Can’t remember. But it was just not what I was expecting.
One of the little upgrades that I have for it is I bought a set of 2003 mustang Mach 1 rims. They look like 17 inch versions of the magnum, 500 road wheels that came with these cars. There are nicer versions out there in the aftermarket but I wanted to get these because they were cheap. I got a set for $200 and they look decent. The only thing is you have to widen out the bore on the wheel so it fits over the front hub. Hopefully if one day I get the car running and registered these 17” Mach 1 rims will help with the handling.
Wow Steve! I never thought you would miss a fact but that gas cap was also available on my 69 Barracuda and Cuda's.
The Flip Top was not an option on 72 Challengers
@@randyhoepker5528 Guess you should recheck at 3:18 to see him open the flip gas cap. and as i own a 69 Cuda myself it has the flip cap as well and it can fit the Charger as well but my Cuda has no trim ring like the Rally or Chargers. Steve at that moment even says Rally's to 74 had them.
Definitely one beautiful challenger!👌😎👍
Sweet car.
I’d make those fake hood scoop’s work . To let some cool air in the engine bay .👍🏻💯🇦🇺
Thankyou steve
Yup, with the VIN, you win: J for Dodge Challenger, S for Special price class, 23 for two door hardtop, H for 340 V8 with four barrel, high performance, 2 for 1972 model year, B for Hamtramck, MI assembly, aka Dodge Main, which operated from 1911 to 1980 and the rest is the production sequence.
We got the tag, we can brag: N42 for dual chrome tip exhaust, N85 for tachometer, EN2 for end of sales codes, J25 for three speed variable wiper system, J54 for hood insulation, M21 for roof drip moldings, M42 for front end moldings, N23 for electronic ignition, N41 for dual exhaust, V1X for Black vinyl roof, U for US spec vehicle, B51 for power disc brakes, C16 for console and buckets, C56 for bucket seats, G36 for outside painted sport mirrors, TB3 for Blue Streak exterior paint, B6X9 for black interior trim, B11 for standard duty front disc brakes, E55 for 340 V8 with four barrel, and D34 for Torqueflite automatic transmission.
Nice decoding! You have two “B” codes for the brakes. Wild guess off the top of my head is that the B11 is not for brakes but I think it’s in the location for the Scheduled Build Date. If that is the case it might be a November 11, 1972 Scheduled Build Date which may coincide with the high sequence number. Could be wrong.
@@phw340 Possibly, however the door certification label confirms it was assembled in November 1971 (pictures are on the HOC website), not November 1972.
@@googleusergp Good eye! I didn’t see that!
Sure thing.
Cosmetics aside, any low compression 318, 340 and 360 can outperform any stock 340 with today's aftermarket parts. I"d take a 72-74 E Body any day.
70% Hemi powered and most in salvage yards with over inflated engine prices.
Nice car
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Beautiful restoration! But those stupid repair terminals on the battery cables!!
Nice car! Didn't the flip top gas cap cover first arrive on the 1967 Barracuda?
Problem with the Ins Cos meant by this year '72 the Balls were cut off from Challengers and Cudas 340 had maybe 240 HP - the '71 had about 300. My '74 'Cuda bought when I was 21 in '74 $4k was 245HP - a fun 245 if you pressed the thin pedal you got 7MPG - 15 mpg at 55 on highway. Gas was about 45¢ pissing is off 'cuz it WAS 35¢ year before, soon OPEC got tired of our sh*t and BAM the price tho still subsidized to be cheap went WAY up. Taxpayers hosed as usual by Corporations. 👀
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Beard looks Great!!!
I had a 72 auto on the column 318 , my dumb self passed buying a 69 R/T a day before I purchased the Challenger.
71 was the last year for the hemi but the only year for hydraulic lifters in that motor
I could not help but notice all the small paint flaws, is that an original paint car refurbished, just curious.
Interesting that '72 was probably the next to last year to get a 60s style engine in most any brand of muscle car. Of course it appeared as though horsepower had been neutered in 1972, but that was more due to going from gross horsepower to net horsepower on paper. I still didn't understand why Chrysler dropped big blocks in their Barracudas and Challengers for the '72 model year. I completely understand why the 426 was retired, but they still offered their 440 engines, and they were still potent. Heck, even if they didn't want to offer the 440 for whatever reason, they introduced the very venerable 400 in 1972 which would have allowed them to keep the 'Cuda and RT models until they retired the chassis in 1974. Oh well; thanks to crate engines and people with the time and/or money, there are NOW plenty of 1972-1974 440 and 426 Hemi Challengers and Barracudas running around, LOL
"Thanks to the crate engines....."
😉 😂 💯 😂 😉
Such a well done car....other than the positive battery cable end...??
Gear clamps, fuel filter, plug wires, incorrect breather, heat riser/stove missing, hoses appear incorrect, battery, battery hold down, cables, voltage reg., etc, etc. But, it's still pretty cool.
The Challenger is near the top of my list for most beautiful shapes of any car, even the 1972 still had the goods. Really nice car, and call me a nitpicked, a jerk, OCD, whatever, but whoever owns that car needs to pull those door panels and give them a respray, as well as clean the back seat really well. Then there’s the paint. That’s what you call a twenty-footer. Does anyone know the term “solvent pop”? It’s when a painter applies finishes in such a way that the first, deeper coats of paint have not released all of the solvents within before a subsequent coat of paint has been applied and started to dry more quickly which means a thin film has formed. Sooner or later, either within the hour, or even a week or longer down the road, those buried solvents make their way out of the upper paint layers and the resulting exit leaves holes in the top layers of paint, from the size of pinholes on up to maybe the size of an eraser head, this car is chock full of those. The only reason I bring this up is because I love the car and it deserves better.
They didn’t bother to mask off the fuel tank filler tube when the trunk was repainted. Makes me wonder if more corners were cut. I did notice some rust on the bottom right rear quarter. Still an awesome car👍
Change the heads from a 71 340 or earlier and brings back the higher compression
Had the exact color but a 73 & 340 with rubber bumpers & black stripes on the side fenders, slapstick auto & big carter carb,I put headers on then put a edelbrock & holley 650 carb & it was slow as shit, the carter had small primaries & large secondaries which threw you back in the seat on acceleration, the carter sucked gas, seen the gas gauge move during acceleration BUT the acceleration was good
I had the same car but Red
Where's your magnet?
Was this '72 model available in a convertible or 4-speed manual ?!? Either way, even without the functional cold air induction this model was still capable of decent performance. Great presentation and many THANKS Yo ! 🤜💥🤛
For 1972 Challengers were not offered in a convertible. The 4 speed manual was offered typically in the form of a Pistol Grip shifter but surprisingly the 3 speed manual was a standard offering but hardly seen. I think it may have just had a black shifter ball.
The hood on I believe all challenger hoods have block off plates that when removed could offer some cold air but due to the rain guard on the inside of the scoop within the hood, there isn’t a smooth air transition and also the scoops were low on the hood and didn’t receive a lot of air, as compared to if they were higher. That is why on the 1970 Challenger T/A cars they have a raised snorkel scoop. ‘Cudas had block off plates as well but from what I recollect when those are removed there is no opening leading air under the hood.
@@phw340 yes, the rallye scoops on the cuda hood have to be removed entirely and the backing of the hood itself physically cut out for airflow. I've always thought it was a weird inconsistency between the two E-bodies. And, if they were going to make removable block off plates a thing on only one of the cars, why not have it be the Cuda, since it was marketed as the sportier of the two?
@@Rgh71fish Exactly! It would’ve made perfect sense if you pulled off those block off plates on a ‘Cuda then have openings like the Challenger. Scratched my head when I saw that the first time!
@@phw340 mine has a pistol grip.......love running through those gears...
@@patcocivera7555 That must be sweet to drive!
Fix the challenger call out on the back fender....way off!!! Or just take em off
I think the 340s were blue in 1972, but looks cool in orange nonetheless. 🙂
Indeed, maybe an early build?
@@sdmoparmaninsd6713 That could be, sometimes those running changes are made once the model year is underway.
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@@sdmoparmaninsd6713 That possibly could be but this car I think the schedules build date is B11 which I think makes the scheduled build date November 11, 1972 if I’m guessing right off the top of my head. I thought it might be 811 but I think it’s B11 especially since the sequence number is high.
I have a ‘72 Challenger with a scheduled build date of 8/17/1971 and it’s odd but when I got the car some of the driver side valve cover blue paint was peeling and orange was underneath. Could have been a left over 1971 valve cover or the valve cover could have been replaced but the original owner confirms that the engine has never been taken apart or serviced aside from routine maintenance. My car also has the original Rallye dashboard that has a tachometer that goes to 8,000rpm and a speedo that goes to 150mph. This car does as well so my suspicion since this car has a high sequence number that the dashboard was replaced with a different gauge cluster. Later cars were built with a 7,000rpm tach and the reset knobs were in a different place. I think the speedo only went to 120mph. Could be wrong.
@@phw340ey had the Rallye dash in 70-74. 70-71 had the 8k tach and clock adjust knob and trip reset was off to the right in 70-71. 72-74 clock adjust knob and trip reset were on the middle of the gauge at the bottom. 7k rpm tach as well
The last build date for the forged crank 340 was April 11, 1972. I believe you are correct though that some early 72 challengers got left over 71 engines. 72 the correct color would have been blue. 70 and 71 were the only orange painted 340s in the e bodies. I currently have a 73 challenger 340 with a 4 speed.
Note that all Rallyes DID NOT come with the flip top gas cap, and NONE came with radial tires. The tires on that car now are aesthetically disruptive, and will destroy it's ride and handling characteristics.
Very true regarding the flip top gas cap. According to the 1972 Dodge Challenger brochure it’s not even an exterior option but I guess someone could buy one from the parts counter and install it. In the brochure there is a passenger side view of a Rallye and it is a body colored gas cap. Also my ‘72 Challenger Rallye didn’t come with one.
Challenger R/T was 440 standard engine!
70/71 Challenger R/T was standard with the 383. Charger R/T was standard with the 440.
Nice car but the paint is not. you can see the orange peal and pits easily.
Gosh i hope no one paid 40k for that roach. I musta sold my challenger too cheap then. My paint was way nicer than this. Look at the huge dent in the rear trunk lid. And mine had a stroker roller motor with 500 horse.
That flip top gas cap was not offered after 71 on Challenger someone added it. You can also remove the hood scoop block-offs and get some fresh air into the engine.I had a 70 R/T383 that I bought needing rear clip and rotten floors. In1983 paid $300.00 and bought 74 and swapped front clip and torsion bars into $500. 00!
Wrong engine, that is a 1971 340 with the 72 air cleaner. The paint color was called Basin street blue not Petty blue .
B3 was "Blue Streak" in some literature.
Basin Street blue is the paint name that year for Plymouth. Code TB3 codes to Super Blue.
That is a 73
The original B3 Blue Streak would be SO much better than that friendly pettyblue splatterjob. Surprised the engine compartment isn't Chevy rattlecan black...
B3 was also called "Blue Streak" in some literature.
Just my 2 cents but the paint code for this car is TB3 and it’s called Super Blue. I have a ‘72 Challenger with the same paint code. Plymouth called it I believe Basin Street Blue. Super Blue is listed in the ‘72 Dodge Challenger brochure.
“You can’t win them all”. While you have a wealth of knowledge about Mopars in general, you can’t know it all! It is not true that R/Ts and Rallye Challengers came standard with the Flip Top gas cap. It was available as an option on 70-71 Challengers, but dropped after the 71 model year. Today everyone puts them on their Challengers, because they like them. This blue Challenger definitely has a few mistakes for a correctly restored Challenger. No strobe stripe, the incorrect Flip Top Gas cap. Wrong material on the bottom of the back seat bottom (doesn’t match the rest of the seat material, which is correct). The taillight panel is incorrectly repainted. It has sloppy paint and bodywork and could sure use a new paint job. There’s all kinds of dirt in the paint. The Challenger name plate is in the wrong place on the quarter panel. Had a Challenger in my garage continuously from 1975-2017. Better luck next time.
R/T stood for Road Track. No “and”.
I had a 72 white with white interior it had the black hash marks down the side of the door fading out it was a 340 cubic inch motor yes and it would do every bit of the 150 miles an hours is set on the speedometer absolutely love that car I have pictures of it and I absolutely love the grill on it it looked menacing I did and my god when you take off from a red light you felt like you could almost lift the front and that 340 small block was just absolutely amazing and I've had 67 GTO convertible 68 GTO convertible Hideaway headlights 67 Firebird all of them had the big block 400 I had a 66 Plymouth Fury 3 with a bench seat 4 speed on the floor from the factory 383 cubic inch and that Challenger well I just don't know what to say about it anymore
Hey Steve I have a question I’ll bet you can not answer. I’ve asked several MOPAR gurus and not one has an answer. Let us see if you do. Why is the Challenger fuel filler cap on the right side? I know the answer no one can answer.
so at the servo, theres more spaces,, ausie,, '73. r/t 340 sublime, clone.. i have a 71 grill & lights for it..
Why can't i find one this nice for $40k 11 months later?🥲