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1971 Dodge Challenger
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Exterior Specifications
Headlights:
• Dual, recessed
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Taillights:
• Two lenses at opposite sides, with the backup indicators
mounted within the center of the taillights.
Bumpers offered:
• The standard chrome 197 bumper
returned for 1971, but only for a brief time, due to new safety
requirements. Elastomeric front and rear bumpers were offered in
1971, and were color coded,but were only offered in five colors,
B5 blue, Y3 yellow, V2 hemi orange, C7 plum crazy, or J6 green.
Starting in April 1971 all painted bumpers were cancelled except
for Y3 yellow.
Hoods offered:
• Standard flat hood with low rising center molded peak.
• Power Bulge Hood. Contained a raised
center section which ran almost the width of the hood towards the
rear, containing 2 air vents, with the engine designation on each
outer side of the bulge, and a chrome Dodge logo along the front
of the bulge, now with the option of the large R/T log on the front.
• Shaker Hood. This hood system,
unlike the Power Bulge Hood, did feed air directly into the engine.
Hood scoop was actually affixed to the carburators, and moved with
the engine while poking through the large hole cut in the hood.
Gas Caps:
• Body color, flush mounted
filler cap.
• Chrome, raised, flip open race style cap
with "FUEL" in raised chrome letters on the black background.
Exterior Mirrors:
• Standard manually controlled chrome mirror.
• Optional chrome
or body colored remote controlled "racing mirror".
• Passenger side chrome or body colored manually controlled
"racing mirror".
Exterior Striping Offered:
• A thick
vinyl stripe was offered on all models, and standard on the R/T,
and like the prior T/A model, it ended above the rear wheel well.
Roofline Options:
• Vinyl roof was offered on all hardtops
Challengers. The offered vinyl roof colors were black, white, green
or gold.
• The Deputy came with a white vinyl
roof, and it was a brighter white than what was offered on non-Deputy
models.
• A power sunroof (option code M51) was available in conjunction
with the vinyl roof, and worked both by a switch or by hand.
"Cooling Ducts":
• On the 1971 R/T models, a non-functional brake cooling duct
was mounted in front of the rear tires on the quarter panel.
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Light Gunmetal Metallic (A4)
• Light Blue Metallic (B2)
• Brite Blue Metallic (B5)
• Dark Blue Metallic (B7)
• Plum Crazy Metallic (C7)
• Bright Red (E5)
• Med. Green Metallic (F3)
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Dark Green Metallic (F7)
• Green Go (J6)
• Dark Bronze Metallic (K6)
• Burnt Orange (K3)
• Butterscotch (L5)
• Tan Metallic (T2)
• Hemi-Orange (V2)
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Brite White (W3)
• Black (X9)
• Top Banana (Y1)
• Citron Yella (Y3)
• Gold Metallic (Y8)
• Dark Gold Metallic (Y9) |
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Tire
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Standard steel wheels came one of two ways, painted
to match the body color until March of 1971 at
which point they were all painted black, with
a small "dog dish hubcap" which only covered the
lug area; or they came painted black with a full
rim cover. The full rim cover came in three styles,
a simulated wire wheel (W15), deep dish (W13),
or deluxe (W11). On Challengers equipped with
a slant six or 318, the stock rim size was 14x5
inch. Big block cars came with 14x6 inch steel
wheels, or an optional 15x7 inch steel wheel.
Hemi cars came with the 15x7 inch steel wheel,
standard.
• The Chrome Road wheel (option code W23)
was one optional wheel, and came in 14x5.5 inch.
This was also known as the Magnum 500 wheel.
• The slotted Rallye Wheel (option code W21),
which has become one of the most popular "Stock
wheels for restroration projects, and they came
as either 14 X 5.5 or 15 X 7 inch. They came with
a grey painted seperate center cap and painted
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For slant six models and 318ci models, E78x14
Goodyear was standard. F70x14 Goodyears were an
option, but only with with heavy duty suspension,
and E60x15 Goodyears were also optional, but only
with heavy duty suspension and disc brakes, or
heavy duty brakes.
• For 383ci models, the E78x14 Goodyear Polyglas
GTs were standard, with a F70x14 Goodyear Polyglas
GTs option (standard on the R/T), but only with
with heavy duty suspension, and E60x15 Goodyear
Polyglas GTs were also optional, but only with
heavy duty suspension and disc brakes, or heavy
duty brakes.
• 340 models came standard with F70x14 Goodyear
Polyglas GTs, with optional F78x14 or E60x15 Goodyear
Polyglas GTs.
• 383 R/T models came standard with F70x14
Goodyear Polyglas GT with an optional F78x14 Goodyear
Polyglas GTs.
• 440ci and 426 Hemi R/Ts came standard with
F70x14 Goodyear Polyglas GTs, but as as option
E60x15 Goodyear Polyglas GTs were offered. |
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