It looks like Chris Birdsong has been bitten by the third generation Charger bug!

[chargervert]

I saw a video today of Chris Birdsong buying a third generation Charger R/T! I was just like him a die hard second generation Charger guy,with the exception of the occasional E body or ten,until I started hanging out with Gary and Pam and the third generation Chargers and Plymouth cars started to grow on me like a fungus that won't go away! At one point I had nine third generation Chargers and a 71 Plymouth! That's how it starts!

 

[chargervert]

More pics. These things stacked up like cord wood in my garage and yard!

 

[SteveSS]

I learned a lot about my 1971 Charger 500 from that video.

 

[dadsbee]

When you start running out of second gens.....

 

[chargervert]

That's kind of what happened to me, the second generation Chargers started getting too expensive and harder to find, and third generation Chargers were plentiful and somewhat affordable.

 

[DeltaV]

Being bitten by the 3rd generation Charger bug is not a bad thing.

 

[chargervert]

No not really but one day I woke up and there was nine of them in the yard!

 

[chargervert]

I sold two 71 Chargers,gave a third 71 Charger away and sold a super solid 72 Charger. I also sold a 71 Satellite and a 72 Satellite and parted out a 72 Road Runner parts car,so I am getting the third generation addiction problem under control.

 

[6PKRTSE]

I have owned one triple green 71 Charger 500. It was a Texas car and had absolutely zero rust anywhere. I should have kept that car. The only thing I hate is the tail lights on 71 500's and R/T's though.

 

[chargervert]

I have owned one triple green 71 Charger 500. It was a Texas car and had absolutely zero rust anywhere. I should have kept that car. The only thing I hate is the tail lights on 71 500's and R/T's though. View attachment 1957817

I think the taillights are fantastic, they have more detail than any other taillights from the muscle car era.

 

[Coelacanth]

I like the RT taillights too. My buddy bought his 1971 Charger not long after I bought my '70 back in the late 80's. He later added the bulge hood, Go wing, RT doors and the RT taillights to an otherwise plain-Jane '71 Charger. He also replaced the original column shift with a console.

 

[r4sedan]

I think the '71 R/T tail lights are the best as well. The only other car with a better *** end is a '70 Challenger.