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Before You Spend $50,000 on a 1969 Dodge Charger, Check the Rust Hiding Under the Vinyl Top

by Jack Harmon

You’ve found it: a second-generation Dodge Charger with the hidden-headlight grille, the flying-buttress roofline, glossy paint, and a seller asking north of $50,000. The vinyl top looks tight, the chrome is straight, and the V8 fires on the first crank. But on a 1968-1970 Charger, the most expensive problem usually isn’t under the hood. It’s under that vinyl top, in the channel around the recessed rear window, and in the trunk corners and lower quarters you never see on a sunny-day walkaround. Owners who have pulled the back glass on “clean” cars have found the window channel eaten away underneath. Here’s exactly where to look, and what to ask, before you hand over the money.

Rear view of a classic Ford Mustang with dual exhausts.

The 2000hp FURIOUS 7 Maximus Charger!

by Wes

Nelson Racing Engines’ Tom Nelson sat down with 1320video at SEMA to explain the Maximus Charger — a 2,000-horsepower 1968 Dodge Charger built to recreate a scene from the original Fast and the Furious inside Furious 7. Over 2,000 hours of bodywork went into a car commenters initially assumed was fake. Watch the full breakdown of the build above.

Dodge’s “Six Pack” Never Had Six Cylinders in 1969 — The 2026 Charger Scat Pack Finally Made the Name Literal

by Jack Harmon

Dodge’s new 550-horsepower Charger Scat Pack borrows a nameplate that goes back to 1969 — but the original “Six Pack” didn’t have six cylinders at all, it had six carburetor barrels bolted to a 440 V8. A week of real-world commuting captured with binaural microphones shows what the twin-turbo namesake actually delivers: a 3.7-second 0-60 time and a driving experience nobody expects from a car named after a decades-old carburetor joke.

Comparison of two cars with green themes and different styles.

Muscle Car Memes: Go green…

by Kiril

Before Mopar’s High-Impact color names became legend, a handful of green paint codes only existed for a single model year, vivid enough to earn nicknames like Sublime and Sassy Grass. This piece traces where those shades came from, why some vanished within twelve months, and how a traffic-light-inspired green ended up on some of the boldest muscle cars of 1969 and 1970.

A vintage Plymouth car covered in dust inside a rustic wooden garage.

Epic Barn Find In The Midwest!

by Wes

The Auto Archaeologist uncovers a genuine Mopar aero-warrior lineup hiding in a Midwest barn: a Plymouth Superbird, a Dodge Charger 500, and a Talladega, sitting together and largely forgotten. These are three of the rarest, most historically significant muscle cars Chrysler ever built, all found in the same place at the same time. The condition ranges from rough to seriously deteriorated, and the video doesn’t shy away from showing exactly how much work — and money — it would take to save them. Watch to see what years of barn storage did to some of Mopar’s most legendary aero cars.

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What Color To Paint it? Army Serviceman Buys 71 Charger To Put 572 Hemi In

by Pat C

An Army aircraft mechanic stationed overseas bought this rust-free 1971 Dodge Charger sight-unseen, with plans to drop in a 572-cubic-inch Hemi built for over 800 horsepower. Before the media blasting and undercoating are even finished, one question remains unresolved: stick with factory-correct yellow, or go full restomod with flat black and bold stripes? The build taps into a growing wave of big-block Charger restomods that trade numbers-matching originality for modern muscle and serious street presence.

Old, dusty car covered in debris inside a cluttered garage.

Epic Barn Find in Midwest, Superbird, Talladega, Charger 500 and MORE.

by Wes

Ryan Brutt, The Auto Archaeologist, finds a Midwest barn holding not one but several rare NASCAR aero cars — a Superbird, a Charger Daytona, a Charger 500, and a Cale Yarborough-linked Cyclone — all sitting in decades of dust and neglect. Nearly two million viewers have watched, and more than a few admit the Superbird alone brought them close to tears. These cars were built in the hundreds, not thousands. See what’s been hiding behind closed doors.

Dodge CHARGER RT vs CHALLENGER RT | STREET RACE!

Dodge CHARGER RT vs CHALLENGER RT | STREET RACE!

by Wes

A 2015 Dodge Challenger R/T and a 2017 Dodge Charger R/T share the same HEMI V8 but very different body styles, and Modern Muscle’s host puts his own Challenger up against @frederic_rt’s Charger to settle which one actually wins on the street. Rolling starts and dig starts each favor a different car, splitting the comments right down the middle. It’s one entry in a much larger local rivalry series. Watch to see who takes it.

Silver sports car with black racing stripes parked on a driveway.

Quick Spin: Review of the Dodge SRT Charger Hellcat

by Kiril

A four-door family sedan that can out-accelerate two-seat sports cars sounds like a contradiction Detroit would never build — until Dodge wrapped a supercharged 707-horsepower HEMI in one and called it the Hellcat. Bone stock, it runs an 11-second quarter mile from a car that tips the scales at well over 4,500 pounds. Read on to find out exactly what Dodge crammed under that hood.

Man working on a complex engine in a workshop.

1968 Charger 440 on the dyno! (pt.1)

by Wes

Nick Panaritis takes on a build with a deceptively simple goal: 600 horsepower from a 1968 440, on pump gas, reliable enough to drive every day. Part one follows the teardown and reassembly of an engine pulled straight out of a client’s own Charger, with commenters pointing to real-world proof the target is achievable. Watch to see how the build starts.

A green muscle car crashes into a burger stand in a dramatic scene.

7 Ways to Destroy a Charger

by Wes

From Steve McQueen’s Bullitt in 1968 to John Wick in 2014, the Dodge Charger has been Hollywood’s go-to car for spectacular on-screen destruction, and this compilation pulls together seven of its most memorable on-camera deaths. Along the way it traces how practical stunt work evolved from the golden age of Cannonball and Dirty Mary Crazy Larry through Tarantino’s deliberate throwback in Death Proof. Even the comments can’t agree on which Charger send-off hurts the most. Watch to see which seven films made the cut.

Three classic muscle cars lined up in a black and white photo.

1968 Dodge Dart, Coronet, and Charger: Three Very Different Roads to Muscle

by Kiril

This 1968 lineup photo puts three very different Dodges side by side: the lightweight Dart GTS, the full-size Coronet R/T, and the radically styled Charger R/T. Each one represented a different bet on what muscle car buyers wanted that year, light weight and agility, big-block brute force, or head-turning design. The Coronet R/T’s Hemi option was built in numbers so small that survivors are among the rarest Mopars around today. Which one would you have driven off the lot in 1968?

A classic car undergoing extensive restoration in a workshop.

1969 Dodge Charger Body Dropped onto Challenger Hellcat Shell, 6.2L V8 In Place

by Kiril

This 1969 Dodge Charger isn’t a restoration, it’s a transplant: the classic fastback body dropped directly onto the chassis of a 2016 Challenger SRT Hellcat. The donor brought a 707-horsepower supercharged HEMI, independent front suspension, modern brakes, and an entirely contemporary cabin beneath unmistakable Coke-bottle sheet metal. Read on to find out why builders keep choosing this approach, and whether a muscle car’s soul lives in its body or its bones.

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