Motor swap done. The all original 460 now in the orange boat. Well all original except the HEI distributor. But still all original Harmin Marine never rebuilt just stored 30 plus years.

1976 and 1977 Challengers

1976 and 1977 Challengers

That's awesome ur bringing the boats back to o.g..
I am doing  the same with my 80 bahner. Seems too many go to big scoops and ot headers for looks. 
Looks good

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Thanks and yeah just about got this one to exactly as it was in 1977 off the showroom floor. All that is different now is the starting wheel, HEI, and they cut the headers short while it was in the other owners hands for a few years. My other Challenger sits on the same exact trailer but it's brown. The yellow trailer has seen many many more miles so a trailer swap is going to happen as well.

I know California has the yellow and black plates you can get now. Need to check into if the yellow and blue plates are still available that's what the trailer had originally. If so I would like to get the yellow and blue plate with the same numbers and letters it had originally also.

1976 and 1977 Challengers

Nice ,
Mines still sitting on the o.g. competitive  trailer being re painted  and re wired ( first and last trailer I'll do) I still got the same motor  that it came with and o.g. gauges had to replace the pump with a dominator  Berkeley  combo as the 12g would unload  pretty bad at higher rpm due to a lot of top end upgrades


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Very nice! I think anyone with enough cash can build an awesome boat but but very few vintage jets can be kept that way

1976 and 1977 Challengers

Hoping to get some time to stretch her legs this weekend for the first time of the season.

1976 and 1977 Challengers

Weekend boat pics

1977 Challenger