Posts Tagged: Dodge Charger
Gas Gears and Glory’s short documentary “The Complete History of American Muscle Cars” traces the genre from its 1960s birth through the decades that nearly killed it and the modern era that brought it roaring back. It’s the kind of overview that names names — Mustang, Camaro, Challenger — while asking what actually made these cars matter beyond their horsepower figures. Watch to see how the story gets told this time around.
A 1969 Dodge Charger SE sat dormant for more than twenty years before Dylan McCool’s Backroad Garage helped move it to a new home, and the metallic blue paint and black vinyl top are still holding up better than anyone expected. It’s a documented factory 383 car, though the engine currently installed isn’t original. Viewers couldn’t stop comparing it to the General Lee — see why this rescue struck such a nerve.
The 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona was born out of necessity, but it became an icon of speed—and questionable fashion choices. With a nose piece that added 1,200 pounds of down-force and a rear wing that looked like it moonlighted as a surfboard, this car wasn’t winning beauty contests, but it sure won races. The 440 Magnum engine roared to 205 mph, while the optional 426 Hemi made it a rocket on wheels. Alas, the Daytona’s glory days ended with a new NASCAR rule, proving even legends need to retire.
This 1971 Dodge Charger arrives at a genuine turning point in muscle car history — the final year for Chrysler’s workhorse 383 V8 and the debut of a dramatically restyled Charger body. See why this transitional model year matters more than most collectors realize, and what set this particular fuselage-era Charger apart.
The 1973 Dodge Charger arrived just as Detroit’s horsepower wars were quietly ending, squeezed by insurance surcharges, emissions rules, and a fuel crisis on the horizon. Dodge kept a 400 cubic inch big block on the order sheet anyway, offered in both 2-barrel and 4-barrel form. The numbers on paper look tame by today’s standards, but that’s largely a story about how horsepower was measured, not how the engine performed. Here’s what was really under the hood.
In 2016, the muscle car market was shrinking almost everywhere except one corner of it – Hellcat sales climbed nearly 70 percent while overall Challenger and Charger volumes both fell. The family SUV mentioned almost in passing in this piece would eventually get the same supercharged treatment, at a price tag nobody saw coming back then.
The first Dodge Charger looked so unusual in 1966 that some showroom visitors walked right past it, yet within three years the nameplate was setting sales records and spawning a NASCAR aero legend. Production swelled from under 40,000 units to nearly 100,000 in a single redesign, while engine options stretched from a mild six-cylinder all the way to the 425-horsepower 426 Hemi. Here’s how an awkward-looking fastback became one of Detroit’s most recognizable muscle cars.
A 1969 Dodge Charger gets a modern supercharged Hellcat V8 transplant in this build, appropriately named ‘Reverence,’ from the specialists at Cleveland Power & Performance. The test drive captures how a decades-old muscle car icon behaves with more than 700 horsepower now sitting under the hood. Watch to hear exactly what a Hellcat swap sounds like packed into a classic Charger this size.
This 1968 Dodge Charger isn’t running a period-correct big-block – it’s powered by a genuine 707-horsepower Hellcat engine pulled from a 2015 Charger SRT. It’s regarded as the first running, driving example of this exact swap. Here’s what it took to fit six decades of engineering into one classic body, and why builders keep repeating the formula.
A four-door family sedan that runs an NHRA-certified 11.0-second quarter mile sounds like a contradiction, until you look at what Dodge actually built for the 2016 Charger SRT Hellcat. Two ignition keys, 707 horsepower, and a reinforced 8-speed transmission changed what a family car could mean. One Hellcat owner liked it so much he bought two.
A commercial for a TV show that aired more than four decades ago is still getting comments today, and not all of them are nostalgic. Some are corrections. The video’s own description claims something about which Dodge Charger model years wore the General Lee’s iconic orange paint, and the comment section wasted no time setting the record straight. Somewhere between Hollywood’s version of the story and what actually rolled onto the backlot in 1979 is a surprisingly detailed piece of muscle car trivia. Watch to see who was right.
Chrysler’s muscle car lineup is like a buffet of horsepower and style, with the sleek 300L kicking things off in 1965. The Dodge Charger, a true icon, doubles as a practical muscle car with its fold-down back seat perfect for impromptu camping trips. The Challenger, Dodge’s lavish sibling, offers nearly every power combo in the Chrysler arsenal, making it a muscle car lover’s dream. Meanwhile, the Plymouth Barracuda, predating the Mustang, races ahead with its unique fastback design.
The 1970 Dodge Charger R/T’s 440 Magnum never got the magazine glory that the 426 Hemi did, but it delivered nearly all the same street performance with far less hassle and a lower price tag. Only about 10,337 R/Ts were built that year out of nearly 50,000 total Chargers. Here’s why the ‘lesser’ big block still earns so much respect from Mopar fans.