yella71
Well-Known Member
Let's face it fast is fast...no matter how you get there, but the new cars drive like new cars and the old stuff well it drives like it drives. But I still like driving the old stuff fast.i think it's more of a challenge
Let's face it fast is fast...no matter how you get there, but the new cars drive like new cars and the old stuff well it drives like it drives. But I still like driving the old stuff fast.i think it's more of a challenge
Part of the thrill and necessary.Outta control is how they feel....
New cars do everything better, but they don't have the charm and nostalgia that our old iron does.
When you had to **** so bad you could taste it and that's all you had. I was born with a wooden spoon, a bought a silver one..... LOL. Just for the record, a 426 would have been perfect, a 383 would have been next to perfect, a 5.7 Hemi is my easy way out!!when were out houses Fun?
You do realize all that was in high gear for years (by good ol' Chrysler engineers) before the formation of FCA, right?I think Fiat needs to stop using our Mopar names: Challenger, Hemi, Charger, Dart... and our colors. Call me a bitter old fart, but "FCA" ain't Mopar. Government buy-out led right into foreign ownership. 700 hp will never entice me to buy one; I'm a pentastar guy.
That happened years before FCA, of course - but yes, I didn't agree with using "GTX", or "Super Bee" or any of those names on a pickup, sadly perpetrated by our own Ram guys at the time.Yup I agree look at this GTX. However, keeping the names alive is a good thing. But totally F'in it up by doing crap like this.
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That much is certain.I do not own a modern day muscle car, but I would love to. I truly believe we are in the second "golden age" of muscle cars.
Let's face it fast is fast...no matter how you get there, but the new cars drive like new cars and the old stuff well it drives like it drives. But I still like driving the old stuff fast.i think it's more of a challenge
After they get this new Jeep truck out of the way, I look for them to put a Dodge on the same frame. You may get your wish.Hell I wish FCA/Dodge or Ram even
would come out with a SRT Dakota 4x4 Hellaphant or Hellcat
to eat the Raptors lunch
Your mods do help quite a bit with what I've always had issue with on the late-model Challenger.I think that new muscle car and old school muscle cars can cohabit just fine together. Our 09 Challenger R / T classic is going to be 10 years old this year. They have come along way in 10 years. I hope to sell off a couple of project cars and buy a slightly used Hellcat Challenger within the next year. I did a few tweaks to my wife's Challenger to add some old school flavor to it. I added 70 Challenger R / T grille script emblems, and reconfigured the headlights to 70 configuration, added 71 style side scoops, because they go with the stripes,and help take some of the thickness out of that area of the car. I added the pentastar on the lower right fender, and scat pack decals on the quarter windows, some quad exhaust tips finish out the back. I got rid of the ram center caps and nose badge, and went with the ones from the Mopar 10 Challenger, and added chrome trim to the front and rear to mimic a 70 Challenger, as well as chrome trim around the taillights like a 70. I white lettered the tires too. It gives the car an old school look. The 370 hp 5.7 runns like a good 440 did back in the day. View attachment 761679 View attachment 761680 View attachment 761683 View attachment 761681
Yup I agree look at this GTX. However, keeping the names alive is a good thing. But totally F'in it up by doing crap like this.
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Your mods do help quite a bit with what I've always had issue with on the late-model Challenger.
The proportions that made the original ones so damn good looking are sort of still there, but the newer car is HUGE in comparison and is too tall and "thick" in side view, as you say. Throws the proportions off.
The original is low and wide, yet cuts a thin path through the air; the newer one is much blockier, chunky even.
I'm sure a lot of that is due to safety and fed requirements, of course - but it's quite noticeable.