http://www.popularhotrodding.com/features/0512phr_1970_dodge_challenger/photo_04.html
Posted on 05/21/2008 2:47:36 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks
http://www.popularhotrodding.com/features/0512phr_1970_dodge_challenger/photo_04.html
My brother had a 440 1970 Challenger when I was little. It did 12s. Then he dropped a rod through the side of the block. Never the same after he put a tame 383 in it.
As someone who just sold his 69 Vette roadster, not all cars are appreciating madly, for some reason, C3 Vettes are the best deals unless you’re looking for a 427, then you pay. Small blocks are a dime a dozen. Bought it in 2001 for 14k sold it for 22k, not bad but I got it cheap so thats why the price difference.
Now, if we only had 35 cent gas like we had in 1970 to go along with that 1970 look-a-like Challenger...
One thing I like about old Mopars, turn a bolt and change the front ride height since it uses torsion bars up front.
That thing looks kind of like one of Foose’s cookie cutter cars except it’s not silver on top...
I had to really look for the similarities.
Sold my 69 Z-28 a few years ago,wish I still had it.
Rumor has it that this car will in 2010 come from the factory with over 600 horsepower.
Adjusts drool cup.
Holy Ship!
Can that be street legal?
Yeah, I think they need to take it back to the drawing board and tweak it a bit. It's missing something. I wasn't awed by the design as I was with the new Mustang and Challenger.
I think this thing looks great! I kick myself frequently for selling my old Barracuda- now I’m finding that I can’t afford a new one or an old one!
I think the designer got a little foofoo/modren with the replication. Like Ford did with the new T-Bird only different. Definitely not like the Mustang or Challenger.
If I kept my 73’ Cougar XR7 there's no way I could have afforded the repairs to keep it this long. Probably the same with your Cuda. I think I have a better chance of affording a replica now than I would have of maintaining the old one.
“Can that be street legal?”
Sure. The 09 Corvette ZR1 is over 600HP.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=15&article_id=6349
FAST+CARS+RULE!
Looks like a Datsun 280 Z
;O
Sure. - Several factory muscle cars of the late 60s produced over 600 HP. The Ford 427 medium riser delivered about 650, the Dodge/Plymouth 426 sixpack put out about 610, and with a good blueprint and port match job got around 700, and the Corvette 427 rat block was good for around 590. They didn't advertise those numbers to the public because the insurance companies would surcharge the cars so much that they couldn't have sold them.
This doesn’t surprise me. With Vettes, it’s always been about the primo engines.
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