1973 Dodge Challenger

Introduction Interior Specs Exterior Specs Drivetrain Specs

Exterior Specifications Taillights: • Four lenses, paired at opposite sides, with the backup indicators mounted within the center of the inside taillights lenses. 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. Bumpers: • Due to more new safety restrictions, the 1973 bumper was revised from the 1972 model. These bumpers were beefier looking, and stuck out away from the body more. Also, rubber pads were placed on the "bumperettes". This new bumper setup was commonly called a "5 mile per hour bumper", and this bumper was designed to yield no damage in a 5 mph impact.

Gas Caps:
• Body color, flush mounted filler cap.

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:
• Rallye cars had "broken" effect stripes leading out of the non-functional fender vents, running down the doors.
• Base models coud be ordered with an accent stripe that ran the length of the body along the upper body contour. This stripe was available in White, Black, Light Bright Blue, Medium Gold, Light Green, and Parchment.

Roofline Options:
• Vinyl roof was offered on all hardtops Challengers. The offered vinyl roof colors were black, white, gold, or green.
• 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":
• The non-functional front fender vent scoops were still present.

Exterior Colors Offered • Dark Silver (A5) • Light Blue (B1) • Super Blue (B3) • Bright Blue (B5) • Bright Red (E5) • Pale Green (F1) • Light Green (F3) • Dark Green (F8) • Parchment (L4) • Autumn Bronze (K6) • Hemi Orange (V2) • Eggshell (W1) • Black (X9) • Top Banana (Y1) • Honey Gold (Y3) • Golden Haze (Y6) • Dark Gold (Y9)

Wheel Options: Tire Options: • 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. • 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 14 X 5.5. They came with a plated center cap, larger than before, and no beauty ring. • 318ci models came standard with 7.35x14 Firestone tires, and if disc brakes were chosen the Challenger came with F78x14 Goodyears. F70x14 Goodyears were an option, but only with heavy duty suspension. • 340 models came standard with F78x14 Goodyears, and if disc brakes were chosen the Challenger came with F78x14 Goodyears. F70x14 Goodyears were an option, but only with heavy duty suspension. • 340 Rallye models came only with F70x14 Goodyears.