A" Mad Max" modified 69 Charger is being used as an Uber car in Seattle, yup.

[JR]

To promote the upcoming Mad Max video game for Xbox/PlayStation, a handful of Mad Max inspired cars are running around Seattle being used as Uber cabs. This is certainly interesting. There's a real Australian Xb Falcon too.

The charger sort of reminds me of the one in Half-Life.
















Details here.

http://newsroom.uber.com/seattle/2015/08/enter-the-wasteland/

[Baldwinvette77]

Nice, Too bad as far as i know there isnt a 2nd gen US charger in the game. There is a australian charger though 

[RallyeMike]

Hah ha. They are filling up at the gas station in front of the immigration building just south of downtown prime. Bringing in some of those Aussies I guess!

I'll have to keep my eyes peeled.

[TPR]

Cool concept. Would love a ride in the Charger or XB.
Sounds like a bit of a lottery though.
TPR

[tan top]

    

[Mike DC]

       
The mods on that Charger might actually be all reversible.  The front clip, doors, trunklid . .  it's all bolt-on stuff.  The rear springs could have been done with long shackles & extended leaf eye hangers.  There is a noticeable lack of changes made in the welded-on areas of the unibody.   

[Kern Dog]

It is a bit "dirtbag", but i like it. Heck yeah !!

[cbrestorations]

a friend met the guy who build this charger, sadly it is a real r/t but on the good side everything done to it was just bolt on and could be removed.

[JR]

a friend met the guy who build this charger, sadly it is a real r/t but on the good side everything done to it was just bolt on and could be removed.

Thats cool. It would be neat to learn the story behind this car. I wonder what it looked like before it got mad maxxed. I'm posting every pic I can find of it online.

[Mike DC]

   
I have a feeling the owner/builder didn't take off a decent original 2nd-gen Charger front clip & trunklid and just heave it all into the dumpster.  The car will almost certainly go back to stock eventually.

[1974dodgecharger]

look at the cover of mopar muscle a fellow Arizonian graces the cover with his rendition of mad max with Chrysler 300 

[wingcar]

Here we go again...Vampires, Zombies, and now the Mad Max road-rage winners.....I guess I am just not into the "end of the world as we know it" thing  ......But then, each to his own. 

[Mike DC]

  
I'll take Mad Max over the zombies & vampires any way.


Besides, the new Mad Max movie was really good.  Surprisingly so.  It was well-made and full of real stunts.      

[1974dodgecharger]

Here we go again...Vampires, Zombies, and now the Mad Max road-rage winners.....I guess I am just not into the "end of the world as we know it" thing  ......But then, each to his own. 

The funny part to it all is that all these folks who want a mad max life and/or zombie apocalypse is that they don't drive these cars  more than 10 miles then gets put back in garage. 

Can you imagine them driving 100 hundreds of miles and not knowing how to fix their car or have spare parts how do they know it will even last that long on the open road 

[manimal]

Hey everyone. I was poking around the interwebs for old event pics and stumbled across this (admittedly very dead) thread. The Charger in question is mine. I've updated the car a bit since these pics were taken. As someone above predicted, all of the mods are 100% bolt on/off reversible (minus the holes for the new Daytona wing). This car has been a ridiculous amount of fun. I initially built it primarily for messing around at Wasteland Weekend but I've put 100's of miles on it doing all kinds of stuff - including commuting. Hooning it out in the desert is where it really shines though. In the last year it was in a short film, magazine shoots, a music video, and will be in an upcoming feature film. For 2017 I (so far) plan to start my own small film projects and compete in the Gambler 500 off road rally. Long term I intend to restore the car once I'm done playing and finances allow (and after I've built a replacement).

Happy to answer any questions if you have them.

Cheers!
Chris

[birdsandbees]

Phone number for the gal on the roof? 

[Edelbroke]

Awesome car manimal...

[lukedukem]

Real R/T?

Luke

[aussiemuscle]

In the last year it was in a short film,

which is now on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LonW6-rJ5CU

[manimal]

Real R/T?

Luke

Yes. Though the original 440 and 833 were gone long before I got the car. Well - the transmission could be the original but I'll never know since there's no build sheet. Either way... nothing prestigious about it other than the vin.

[manimal]

In the last year it was in a short film,

which is now on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LonW6-rJ5CU

Funny story about that film. There were so many problems. We just didn't have enough time. The drone footage came out beautifully but the lead bad guy car was going sooooo sloooooow that they had to speed up footage. They ran out of time to film my fight scene and death so a whole section of the story got cut out. They "fixed it" with the Charger exploding after only a few seconds of chase for no reason. I laughed when I saw it. And it looks all desert-ish but this was central WA in November so it was cold. 12-17 degrees each morning. Overall it was a fun experience to make a super cheesy little film. I'd do it again in a heartbeat... though I'd insist on being the bad guy lead so we can go a bit faster

For the feature film "Scorched Earth" the car went up to BC. I couldn't go with the car... so nervous letting someone else drive it but at least it was a paying gig (and heavily insured). I was on the phone with the stunt coordinator a couple of times asking how it was going. He was like "oh we're just taking it easy - maybe 10-30 miles an hour". I responded with "are you mad? there's a gas pedal for a reason. Get on it. spin the tires. Put on the show for the camera!" No idea what the results will be like. Have to wait till the movie release like everyone else.

Cheers!

[JR]

Awesome

[ACUDANUT]

Not a fan of the show/series. sorry

[TexasStroker]

Nice!  What music video is your Charger in?

If you are ever doing Route 66 or roll thru Amarillo let me know!

[JR]

I just noticed how much this car looks like the 69 in the video game Half_life.

I can't help but imagine the builder was inspired by it.

[Dino]

I just noticed how much this car looks like the 69 in the video game Half_life.

I can't help but imagine the builder was inspired by it.

Actually, you noticed it when you started this thread. 

[JR]

I just noticed how much this car looks like the 69 in the video game Half_life.

I can't help but imagine the builder was inspired by it.

Actually, you noticed it when you started this thread. 

Did i? Whoops, I shouldn't post at 5 in the morning.

[Dino]

 

That was an awesome game! I loved running around in that charger.   

[odcics2]

Hey everyone. I was poking around the interwebs for old event pics and stumbled across this (admittedly very dead) thread. The Charger in question is mine. I've updated the car a bit since these pics were taken. As someone above predicted, all of the mods are 100% bolt on/off reversible (minus the holes for the new Daytona wing). This car has been a ridiculous amount of fun. I initially built it primarily for messing around at Wasteland Weekend but I've put 100's of miles on it doing all kinds of stuff - including commuting. Hooning it out in the desert is where it really shines though. In the last year it was in a short film, magazine shoots, a music video, and will be in an upcoming feature film. For 2017 I (so far) plan to start my own small film projects and compete in the Gambler 500 off road rally. Long term I intend to restore the car once I'm done playing and finances allow (and after I've built a replacement).

Happy to answer any questions if you have them.

Cheers!
Chris

Question: Where do you strap down your blood bag?   

[Godsmack635]

I could see this thing down at Burning Man!  Do you have plans to take it there someday?  That photo shoot would be epic!

[manimal]

Here's the music video it was in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xarqIWTtZk4&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DxarqIWTtZk4&has_verified=1

A lot of people compared it to the Half Life 2 car. I am a fan of the game but I swear it was coincidental. I just happened to have a yellow Charger when I started! The comparison happens less now that I have a Daytona wing

With the tunnel ram and velocity stacks I already have visibility problems so alas... no bloodbag strapped to the front. The cargo rack up top would work well for that though. I've had six models up there at one point so I'm sure it'd hold.

I doubt the car will ever make it to Burning Man. I'm in Oregon and it's already plenty expensive getting the car and all of our gear to WastelandWeekend every year (post apocalypse desert festival in Southern Cal). Plus I worry about the fine dust of the playa vs the much coarser (and more easily filtered) mojave dirt. It's a fresh 440 in there and I don't really want it dead too prematurely. I suppose that's another fun fact: All of the mechanicals - engine, trans, rear, brakes, suspension - are freshly rebuilt and done. It looks like it's fresh out of the wasteland but it's closer in reality to fresh out of the Summit catalog.

Bonus points if you can identify the grill behind the metal mesh. And another pic from a film shoot for fun because how many 69 chargers go off road these days?

[Bronzedodge]

Mustang II grill?

[manimal]

Mustang II grill?

Close!

72 Comet

[Vegas_Nick]

Hey everyone. I was poking around the interwebs for old event pics and stumbled across this (admittedly very dead) thread. The Charger in question is mine. I've updated the car a bit since these pics were taken. As someone above predicted, all of the mods are 100% bolt on/off reversible (minus the holes for the new Daytona wing). This car has been a ridiculous amount of fun. I initially built it primarily for messing around at Wasteland Weekend but I've put 100's of miles on it doing all kinds of stuff - including commuting. Hooning it out in the desert is where it really shines though. In the last year it was in a short film, magazine shoots, a music video, and will be in an upcoming feature film. For 2017 I (so far) plan to start my own small film projects and compete in the Gambler 500 off road rally. Long term I intend to restore the car once I'm done playing and finances allow (and after I've built a replacement).

Happy to answer any questions if you have them.

Cheers!
Chris

Chris,
What sized rear tire did you have on the rear? I am starting a build somewhat similar. Wanting to get 31's on all four corners.