New Dodge Muscle vs Old Dodge Muscle.

These old jalopies were bound to be overtaken by technology and they fully have, but you can't recreate nostalgia.
It's ok - different cars for different things.

Jalopies?
How O L D are you ??

I love our FF 10 supercharged SRT, but I love my 70 and 72 Chargers, Also made good use of the parking spaces for EV cars here while heading out to The Nats a few years ago.

The one on the left ('12 Charger R/T) actually has been down a track. Ran 13.96 (!). I just pointed it straight and turned off the a/c long enough to make the pass...and it gets driven pretty much year round, all weather except snow.
Flawlessly kept me in one piece early this year when I fell asleep and went in the median swale with it; took a heck of a ride and came out of it with only slight cosmetic damage on the left, now repaired.
No need for sub-frame connectors or anything; these things are structurally tanks (5 star rating!).
It's so cute when it lifts a wheel off the ground when I straddle our drainage ditch beside the garage.
Stupid thing gets high 20's mpg on the highway with a legit 370hp, has all the bells and whistles.
It's the wife's car; I sometimes get visitation rights on weekends.

The one on the right (Fred!) well, let's just say he's a little more selective on driving conditions.... and has never been down a track to boot.
Maybe one day...but dang, when he's feisty and I feel decent,
he'll get your attention in all sorts of ways and makes me remember - and I really, really need that in my life these days.
Besides, you get out of it afterwards feeling like you've had a gym workout.

In his own permanently assigned parking area is the workhorse/snow beast/retired former commuter rig:

(That's about 10 years ago; there's a haaa-yuge carport of sorts on that side
now specifically built for the truck and my tractor now).
2004 Ram SLT 4x4 hemi. A short bed/standard cab 4x4 on 20's, he's a real stump jumper...and has been my constant, reliable, no second thought buddy for all these years. Dead nuts reliable for 170k miles now, runs like new with routine (and sometimes forgotten) maintenance.
Surprisingly, a billy goat in the snow, too. The non-MDS hemi in him has been flawless.

Lookit, I've owned a lot of cars in my life (including a checkered past I'm not proud of in my teens involving several GM products) - but in the last 20 years, they haven't varied much.
I've always owned strictly Mopar since the 80's, whatever new or old and short of a certain GLH Turbo I bought when Ma had no V8/RWD offerings, they've all been stupid reliable and they've all had personalities.
Fred gets all the attention and love wherever he goes, rightfully so - but the others just calmly go about carrying the daily load of packmule duty for us through life without so much as a fuss.
I specifically picked out the former ('06 R/T) and current ('12) Chargers for the wife to daily drive because I know their reputation and test data for crashworthiness (and wound up being the test dummy myself!).

In the end, the late-model ones all perform the tasks I ask of them; they've earned there place here and I've no plans of ever replacing either until they catastrophically fail, if they ever do. I'm as loyal to vehicles
that take care of me and mine as much as any human.

But Fred?
Come on now.... Fred provides the PASSION of being a car nut, stokes the ol' fires of younger days, reminds me of when I wasn't some older dude with all sorts of medical baggage, beaten down by life.
Not only that - he isn't the product of efficient, robotic modern manufacturing, but the polar opposite.
He's perfectly imperfect.
He has a strong personality, wrought of all the Frankenstein bits and parts and he's suffered all my ham-handed efforts to bring him back to life without so much as a grunt of protest.
Things always need attention, there's always tons of room for improvement and not much is original.
As my wife says.... Fred is ME, assembled in mechanical form.

She's dead right about that.

chargervert said:

My friend and his wife bought a 2019 redeye widebody Challenger, and they are selling all their old school muscle cars and they have some Hemi stuff too. All one off cars that they built themselves, and they said the redeye is so good that they have completely lost interest in the old school stuff.

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71 G Series correct ?

https://www.revmusclecars.com/

Pretty damn cool cars over the years - I loved there attention to detail

Bee1971 said:

71 G Series correct ?

https://www.revmusclecars.com/

Pretty damn cool cars over the years - I loved there attention to detail

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I had a chance to meet Gary Beineke several years ago at his house. I purchased a few parts from him through another forum. He was just finishing up the Petty car and showed it to me. That thing is awesome! Super nice guy, very knowledgeable and helpful. I see that all of their G Series cars are now for sale. I need to hit the lottery!

I have a '16 Scat Pack Charger and '71 RR in pieces. I had a '73 Charger that the po put a '69 440HP in (I still have the motor & trans but not the car). This was my first car. There is no comparison between the '16 and '73. They're different experiences in my opinion. Hearing both when slamming the pedal put/puts the same smile on my face. I do love my heated steering wheel and heated/cooled seats, navigation, stereo and the reliability of the '16 but miss the smell of exhaust and lumpy exhaust note at idle of the '73.

The one on the right is when I want to drive a car that is fun to drive , the one on the left is when I want to drive a legend!

Sorry Broken Mopar I didn't see your comment earlier. We have three TRX's two white and one red. I have to admit they are pretty awesome.

Love the old muscle, had a shitload of them now
I have a more kindred connection with old cars
they have a different spirit, raw
a visceral feeling, all senses are activated

but;
I also would love to have a Rebel TRX, a new Power Wagon
SRT-8 Durango, SRT-8 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk,
SRT Hellcat 707hp Challenger, a Viper GTS ACR
50th Anniv. Daytona SRT Hellcat, a 797hp Redeye
&/or 840hp Demon too, a few Jeeps threw in for good measure

along with a couple of other brand-x cars too

if I had the extra funds & much more garage space

IMO there's room in every garage for both
old vintage iron, loud, stinky, ill-handling, gas-guzzling beasts
& the new far more comfortable iron, with 575+ to 840 usable HP
A/C, power seats, power windows & all the amenities

They're just different animals

we are in another HP wars era
you're fortunate to be able to drive all of them

In reality, if I had $90K to burn I'd put it down on a rental house here in Colorado Springs and turn it into a big-fat cash cow while it gains equity.

SteveSS said:

In reality, if I had $90K to burn I'd put it down on a rental house here in Colorado Springs and turn it into a big-fat cash cow while it gains equity.

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I have own enough of them already here...
long before I spend $$$ on more cars
most renters suck ***, fortunately, some are OK'

more to life than just $$$
you only go on this wild trip once, you don't get a second chance
enjoy it while you can
if cars/trucks blow your skirt up, well go do it
if real-estate, dealing with renters BS & fixing other people problems constantly
blows your skirt up, then more power to ya'

Bee1971 said:

71 G Series correct ?

https://www.revmusclecars.com/

Pretty damn cool cars over the years - I loved there attention to detail

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Yes that is correct, Pam and Gary are selling all.of their street cars.

I have a Hemi Ram but my daily driver is my /6 Coronet. I love the nostalgic feel AND no engine lights to worry about. Unless there's snow on the ground or I need to haul something I drive the Coronet. Just my opinion.

I am lucky enough to have several old Mopar Muscle and a newer 12' Challenger R/T Classic. For an 8 year old car now, it has been flawless. Only had to buy tires and brake pads so far. As much as I like it I would never sell my old for new. Just my opinion.

I'd sure like to have some new MOPAR muscle but since I can't afford it I just contentedly putter about in the old junk.

SteveSS said:

Sorry Broken Mopar I didn't see your comment earlier. We have three TRX's two white and one red. I have to admit they are pretty awesome.

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Thanks for the reply. I am pondering trading my 2020 GT 500 Mustang for a TRX. Totally different animals.

Reminiscing can only be done in our old iron. Happy times, but most of my family and my few, old best friends are deceased. The new iron has its place.

I found the solution. Couldn’t make up my mine either so I went with all 3. 68 RR original 383 auto. 2019 Hellcat. And in the process of of build of 68 Charger with Hellcat motor, auto. RMS suspension.

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I found the solution. Couldn’t make up my mine either so I went with all 3. 68 RR original 383 auto. 2019 Hellcat. And in the process of of build of 68 Charger with Hellcat motor, auto. RMS suspension.
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