Forget restoring...this 71 R/T Charger gets plucked from the junkyard and raced

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  • Опубліковано 14 жов 2024

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  • @shaunclifton5281
    @shaunclifton5281 Рік тому +6

    THIS is Entertainment at it's Finest ! Thank you. I Love this shit ! 👍💥

  • @dixoncole
    @dixoncole 11 місяців тому +1

    "Dude, you got a real hunk of s#!t right here." -Lennard. Quote of the year. I'm still laughing.

  • @anthonywright774
    @anthonywright774 Рік тому +26

    I was hoping this would last an hour, I'll just slip back into my coma and wait for the next one, nice Keith Black Hemi shirt.

  • @blucheer8743
    @blucheer8743 Рік тому +4

    Now you’re just showing off!!! Favorite channel on UA-cam!!!

  • @oompaen
    @oompaen Рік тому +11

    Yes! Best idea ever! Putting junk together for a good time,with leftover junk parts! All for it!

  • @DavidJones-hl5om
    @DavidJones-hl5om Рік тому +7

    What a series if you piece by piece that 71 R/T back together. Only when you found them at a Junkyard. 😂😂😂

  • @georgemartinez3656
    @georgemartinez3656 Рік тому +2

    I saw Chris Birdsong on TV yay! Now I know, there is Justice in this world. More Chris on TV please. More amazing recreation and restoration of beautiful classic cars from the Mopar master. And one beautiful Chevelle. Puhleeeeese!

  • @randyrussell4331
    @randyrussell4331 Рік тому +5

    You can restore it you can make it gooder.❤

  • @marklottero5345
    @marklottero5345 Рік тому +7

    Cool car, love that you figure out a way to enjoy them.

  • @julios1968
    @julios1968 Рік тому +16

    Way to give that Charger a second life.

  • @scottsmith6846
    @scottsmith6846 Рік тому +6

    Hey Chris what I was trying to say was thank you for the video and good luck with your new project

  • @tomeverson5782
    @tomeverson5782 Рік тому +3

    This is excellent!

  • @mrpurcountry
    @mrpurcountry Рік тому +17

    Nice save Chris, someone out there is going to want this car when you're done racing it.

  • @paulkoski8759
    @paulkoski8759 Рік тому +6

    Looks so good on passenger side almost makes you wanna cry but love the idea living the dream 💯

  • @frankrizzo3922
    @frankrizzo3922 Рік тому +1

    I had a 71' R/T Charger ❤ I drove it many years back in the 80s... I'm glad to see this one is rescued!!! 😊

  • @kingcountrytowing
    @kingcountrytowing Рік тому +10

    Man I actually really dig it, use some rough body panels on it, it's cool, and I'm glad your going to have fun with it

  • @ThomasSmith-hh8fp
    @ThomasSmith-hh8fp Рік тому +4

    After seeing your magic skills,,
    This car woild be an Easy Fix !!

  • @an-albumhole4400
    @an-albumhole4400 Рік тому +6

    I don't think anybody is a bigger hater of the 71+ chargers than me, Love the 68-70 chargers... but Not good seeing the 71 RT in the scrap yard and great to see it have a second life.

  • @davezacharias8756
    @davezacharias8756 Рік тому +3

    You are CRAZY but I LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @woecp
    @woecp Рік тому +5

    Screw restoring them just get em running and on the road 💪🏼

  • @efnmadaboutcivics88
    @efnmadaboutcivics88 Рік тому +1

    I watched it blow up here in Tucson! Amazing job sir

  • @chucklengyel6882
    @chucklengyel6882 Рік тому +4

    It's like Super Beeter version 2.0 , Looking forward to seeing it at the drags !

  • @andrewmonaghan8487
    @andrewmonaghan8487 Рік тому +5

    Love your videos, just need to be longer, cheers mate 👍🇭🇲

  • @mightyjoebean
    @mightyjoebean Рік тому +5

    I wanna be like you when I grow up :D

  • @randyrussell4331
    @randyrussell4331 Рік тому +5

    Rust and dust sure does taste 👍 good😅

  • @jeremiahgoodman3931
    @jeremiahgoodman3931 Рік тому +2

    Bro!!!! This Is Fu#&ing awesome! Genius!!! Yes some day this car will be worth restoring, but now just beat on it!!!

  • @neshpro6521
    @neshpro6521 Рік тому +4

    Perfect!

  • @acardiac5983
    @acardiac5983 Рік тому +4

    Leonard doesn’t sugar coat!

    • @lennardlennard414
      @lennardlennard414 Рік тому

      Honesty is always better than sugar coated bullshit. 👍

  • @mobygodfrey4936
    @mobygodfrey4936 Рік тому +4

    One of the coolest cars there I'll bet I'm biased cuz I bleed corporate Blue and hemi orange but still junkyard to the track with minimal butchery I do love the shackle hanger and the wet sanding the crank with the garden hose cannot wait to see the rest just loving this

    • @craigcode7103
      @craigcode7103 Рік тому +2

      I'm with ya! That shackle hanger looks awesome! Rather watch this any day than a couple of actors bolt thousands of dollars of parts together that I will never be able to afford.

    • @shaunclifton5281
      @shaunclifton5281 Рік тому +2

      Reply of the month 🏆 👍👍

  • @kenmelrose3429
    @kenmelrose3429 Рік тому +4

    Looks mint

  • @craigcode7103
    @craigcode7103 Рік тому +4

    Thanks for the video, if we have to wait another two weeks could the next one be six or seven hours?😁

  • @christophersanders5007
    @christophersanders5007 Рік тому +9

    Too bad Chrysler did not keep the gen-2 Charger body style for at least one more year to 1971. When that gen-3 style came out sales numbers fell off immediately because that body style was not as popular.

  • @johnlee8231
    @johnlee8231 Рік тому +12

    I thought for sure you were going to cut that rear panel partiallly off and beat it back into approximate shape there then reweld it back on. Still might if you try to get your hanger back in place? Love this stuff

  • @shanekippa8507
    @shanekippa8507 Рік тому +1

    Always look forward to your next adventure m8,

  • @anthonyshelton6786
    @anthonyshelton6786 Рік тому +4

    nice score even if very rough and yeah that will be the thing enjoy it as is and it stays around making good stories and if it becomes worth restoring then hey it's in the fleet best thoughts

  • @millrays
    @millrays 11 місяців тому

    Poor Derek went from all clean and suave to sweaty and greasy just that quick what a guy

  • @ripplerbr
    @ripplerbr Рік тому +2

    You are doing the lords work. Great work. Great show. Chargers are King.

  • @Axial_Andrew
    @Axial_Andrew Рік тому +3

    Man is a Mopar magician...

  • @xlr8chevelle
    @xlr8chevelle Рік тому +5

    He ain't lying about hoods being crazy expensive... There is an okay one on Facebook marketplace right now for $3,200..... A set of those door at mopar nats this year was $1,100.

  • @MrWoodshoes
    @MrWoodshoes Рік тому +2

    Didn't know a steering wheel could be explained like that, LMAO Chris !

  • @mittenstategarage9093
    @mittenstategarage9093 Рік тому +4

    Mags make everything look better

  • @MidnightOilsRestoration
    @MidnightOilsRestoration Рік тому +2

    Awesome! Save them all 💪🙌 go Mopar

  • @c103110a
    @c103110a Рік тому +2

    I just saw a really nice one at HOT ROD Drag Week.

  • @rbarker4426
    @rbarker4426 Рік тому +3

    It's the Mopar version of gone in 60sec.

  • @martind701
    @martind701 Рік тому +1

    Chris, as an owner of a 71 Superbee you're right about parts, especially for a 71 as they are hard to find and stupid expensive.

  • @rayhope7957
    @rayhope7957 Рік тому +3

    Cool!

  • @stevencoughran6115
    @stevencoughran6115 Рік тому +2

    Chris just noticed you moved ,i can't wait to see this car

  • @Coalblack79k10
    @Coalblack79k10 Рік тому +4

    I was thinking hook the pickup truck to the quarter and pull that sum bitch back out roll with it other than that this is a great idea I love it 👍

  • @mikeclark740
    @mikeclark740 Рік тому +1

    Sweat we like it buddy!!!

  • @lau12342
    @lau12342 Рік тому +2

    That one had a strong parts car status 😀

  • @d.dolphinstriker5737
    @d.dolphinstriker5737 Рік тому +3

    I only see some scrap metal on wheels. I’m curious hou you get this one running and driving again 😜

  • @travelingtech3251
    @travelingtech3251 Рік тому +1

    Really hope we as viewers can come together and help you out.

  • @JT-un7dc
    @JT-un7dc Рік тому +3

    Bring back the mullet for this ride.

  • @karensavarese5684
    @karensavarese5684 Рік тому

    Kool. At the least, a silver medal in the waste of time olympics! Awesome (?) use of a "buyers remorse" 71 R/T. Keep @ it,,Izzy Strong,,,,

  • @robertbisson9499
    @robertbisson9499 Рік тому +3

    Dodge only made like 2100 (idk the exact # but they are rare) R/T Chargers in '71. That car is totally worth restoring!

    • @brianbartlett7313
      @brianbartlett7313 Рік тому +2

      This was of doing it is way more fun though. Don't have to worry about it.

    • @junkerup
      @junkerup  Рік тому

      It still exists and I have all parts off of it

  • @perryanderson2376
    @perryanderson2376 Рік тому +2

    Now that's what I'm talking about I had one of those and sold it so my eldest son could have a forien car to drive to college

  • @travelingtech3251
    @travelingtech3251 Рік тому +2

    Chris, I’m going to work on starting a go fund me to get you a shop. Working in that desert heat and desert winter night has to suck. I’ll figure it out can’t be that hard if every sub donates $2 that should get you what you need

  • @toddhunter2511
    @toddhunter2511 Рік тому

    The Dodge models based on the B-body were the Coronet, Super Bee and the Charger. The 1969 Charger Daytona was a Charger with an extended nose and high-mounted rear wing, offered for the same reasons as the Superbird. The Charger Daytona was produced only during the 1969 model year.

  • @randyrussell4331
    @randyrussell4331 Рік тому +3

    You can fix it time to get to work😅😮❤.

  • @jasontaylor7837
    @jasontaylor7837 Рік тому +1

    This is the best dumb idea yet I love it

  • @pentastarobsessed8427
    @pentastarobsessed8427 Рік тому +2

    The most valuable part of this car was the fenders, one year only. A good pair of used 71 charger fenders that need work are bringing 2500$ a set.....

  • @440phoenix
    @440phoenix Рік тому +2

    Slap it together and run the Bzlls off of it!🤘🤘🤘

  • @dennishart2772
    @dennishart2772 Рік тому +2

    Just take her down to the paintless dent removal shop.

  • @SuperSportstudio
    @SuperSportstudio Рік тому +2

    👍
    ✌ Mopar madman

  • @repairman969
    @repairman969 Рік тому +1

    wire the trunk lid down and buff/ polish that right finder make it alone as shinny as possible

  • @jmendo2546
    @jmendo2546 Рік тому +1

    Does it have the Vin on dash and does it have fender tag? The hoods are $800 at AMD power bulge. I have a strong feeling AMD will be making Door skin's like they are making for 1968 69 70 Charger. AMD already makes the quarter's. I'm not a big fan of the 1971 72 73 74, but there are still alot of them out there. So demand is there for R/T superbee hoods and doors for regular everyday chargers. There was a Air grabber hood package a year ago New steel hood was $1,395 with hood door. They sold out I haven't seen them since

  • @putinkhuylo
    @putinkhuylo Рік тому +1

    How to make chicken salad outa chicken sh\t. 😝

  • @sdmoparmaninsd6713
    @sdmoparmaninsd6713 Рік тому

    Surprised you didn't pull that quarter out, you love straightening near impossible to repair things :P

  • @ctwolfgang433
    @ctwolfgang433 Рік тому +1

    If anyone can, it's you. But, check out the GTO from pole barn garage, she a real peach. He plans on being there.

  • @pentastarobsessed8427
    @pentastarobsessed8427 Рік тому +1

    Also the front structure and most of the floor pan is e-body....

  • @petecrabtree6734
    @petecrabtree6734 Рік тому +2

    🦅🇺🇸💪😎👍

  • @dbc105
    @dbc105 Рік тому

    Chris, I saw the shord vid of it running, what cam did you use?

  • @danielstrachan8988
    @danielstrachan8988 Рік тому +2

    😁😁👍👍

  • @pentastarobsessed8427
    @pentastarobsessed8427 Рік тому +1

    You can use 73-74 charger doors and front end parts there much cheaper and will bolt on, but they are NOT exactly the same....

  • @mr42ndstblvd
    @mr42ndstblvd Рік тому

    Did you ever do anything with the nascharger you was building?
    I tried to look back through the videos but I didn't see anything.

  • @johnspencer7291
    @johnspencer7291 10 місяців тому

    im a die hard 1st gen charger guy,but i do like the 71s

  • @roycervantes1341
    @roycervantes1341 Рік тому +2

    Yeee😃

  • @cannabineros
    @cannabineros Рік тому +3

    nice

  • @Captaincurtsgarage
    @Captaincurtsgarage Рік тому

    About time you did some work on a cool car

  • @sdmoparmaninsd6713
    @sdmoparmaninsd6713 Рік тому

    No clock in the tach on a 71-74 rallye cluster, interior hood release was an option not standard... it will almost definitely cut your fingers with the peeling chrome over plastic tho...

  • @junkyardhero5202
    @junkyardhero5202 Рік тому

    Very cool.

  • @scottsmith6846
    @scottsmith6846 Рік тому +1

    Hey they you for the video

  • @brokennutsgarage
    @brokennutsgarage Рік тому +1

    🤙🤙🤙

  • @stephengordon8968
    @stephengordon8968 Рік тому

    I can't believe will all your resourcefulness you couldn't make that a daily driver if you wanted to , im sure you of all people could manage that . !

    • @junkerup
      @junkerup  Рік тому

      Waste of time…I can buy better

  • @xbullettoothx
    @xbullettoothx 9 місяців тому

    What ever happened to the gold 71 back end your bud had in Vegas?

  • @chadandersen2774
    @chadandersen2774 Рік тому +3

    Not to mention 71 Chargers are hideous body style coming off the masterpiece in 68, 69, and 70

  • @chadvetter8190
    @chadvetter8190 Рік тому +1

    would look great at the autocross

  • @shanewright6958
    @shanewright6958 Рік тому

    👍👍

  • @DaPenceman
    @DaPenceman Рік тому

    I fully support the idea of not restoring the 71 Charger, but maybe pull the quarter to get it in somewhat of a crinkled charger shape

  • @sampson7941
    @sampson7941 Рік тому

    Plasma ? Aww man i was hoping to see you try to pull it out lol

  • @shannonschneider8413
    @shannonschneider8413 Рік тому +1

    Did you try to sell it to Roadkill Garage,it'd be a two horse race to get a 71 Dodge charger GT out of their hands,buuuuut,it would be the best beater,cut stuff off,weld what's gonna fit,and drive it

  • @mr42ndstblvd
    @mr42ndstblvd Рік тому +1

    Man that charger he's building with the cage is gunna be badass.
    I like the fact that he kept the cage.
    If he cut it out he could have put something way better in.
    It's kinda like Mike Finnegans charger death metal.
    Has a old junky rollcage both chargers.
    Both where found in the woods basically.
    It's the same story.
    Only you got the nicer rollcage! Haha
    Its okay Mike has done stuff to make his cage safer so it's not really a death charger.
    Just thought it was weird there were two racecar chargers that had junky rollcages and both found in the woods.
    How many people where building water pipe rollcages back then 😅.

  • @jmendo2546
    @jmendo2546 Рік тому +1

    Period correct aluminum slots and side pipes mid-70's the time it probably was last on road

  • @RedZeppelinAirship
    @RedZeppelinAirship Рік тому

    I thought for sure you were going to part out everything of value, then use the money you get doing so to buy cheap body panels, or weld in fake doors and make a early 70s dirt track racer. Still rad.

  • @jameswarren1871
    @jameswarren1871 Рік тому

    Just curious, are you still ruining flat tappet cams in new engine builds?

    • @junkerup
      @junkerup  Рік тому

      Yes roller is expensive

  • @chrishuisingh1742
    @chrishuisingh1742 Рік тому

    A 10 ton Porta power would've straighten most of the wheel well

  • @harveymlesko427
    @harveymlesko427 Рік тому

    Must know name of song and from first few minutes of video

  • @Captaincurtsgarage
    @Captaincurtsgarage Рік тому

    Third gen's a way the hell better than second chance

  • @ralfbond258
    @ralfbond258 Рік тому

    #Temu...shop like a millionaire!!🌴🌴

  • @dreamchasergarage690
    @dreamchasergarage690 Рік тому

    Ok, I'm 2 minutes in, and you're going to do what with this hunk of shit? This I have to see! Cheers bud :)