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Dodge didn’t send ordinary Chargers to the 1967 International Auto Show — it sent cars like this one, loaded with the 426 Hemi and built to represent the absolute peak of what the new fastback could be. Muscle Car of the Week pulls this rare, well-documented example straight from The Brothers Collection to explain exactly what made a factory show car different from anything a dealer could order. It’s a piece of Dodge’s own marketing history, preserved in metal. Watch to see what a genuine 1967 Hemi show car actually looked like up close.

Long before regular buyers ever saw a 1967 Dodge Charger on a dealer lot, this particular car was built for one purpose: representing the best-optioned Charger money could buy at the 1967 International Auto Show. Loaded with a 426 Hemi and options most customers skipped to save money, it’s a rare surviving example of Detroit’s own idea of automotive perfection. V8TV’s Muscle Car of the Week traces its story from show floor to The Brothers Collection. Watch to see what made it worth building this way.

Just 117 buyers ordered a 426 Hemi in their 1967 Dodge Charger, and barely half of those got the four-speed manual built to handle it. Dodge rated the engine at 425 horsepower, though race-tuned versions of the same basic design made closer to 500, numbers that trace directly back to NASCAR’s decision to ban the original 1964 race Hemi from competition. This Auto Show Hemi Charger was Dodge’s way of proving the connection between what it raced and what, rarely, it actually sold.

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