Camaro Experts Build Coolest Car Ever: A 1969 Dodge Charger

[chargerman69]

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/autos/enthusiasts/camaro-experts-build-coolest-car-ever-a-1969-dodge-charger/ar-AAgCRxF?li=AAggFp5&ocid=iehp

[chargerman69]

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[Lennard]

Painted mirror? This car is another failed attempt to make a second generation Charger look better.  

[Mytur Binsdirti]

He should stick to bastardizing Camaros.  

[tan top]

He should stick to bastardizing Camaros.  

Painted mirror? This car is another failed attempt to make a second generation Charger look better.  

  clever stuff  nice work  ,  but   not for me  

[myk]

The car has painted mirrors, so what.  The rest of the car looks like a 2nd Gen Charger to me.   

[Lennard]

The car has painted mirrors, so what.  The rest of the car looks like a 2nd Gen Charger to me.   

So what?  It's my opinion that it's ugly.

[RallyeMike]

Not every Charger needs to be stock - there are ten thousand of them out there. The workmanship on this one is fantastic, and the basic Charger body was left pretty much alone other than elegant tweaks. It's the best modernization-style build I have seen to date.

The 70 RR hood is a good way to provided clearance without defaulting to the standard Camaro cowl hood - Finally something different on a new build! I love the throwback of keeping the vinyl top on such a slick modern style build. It must have been hard to make that choice for the builders. The door handles on the top of the doors is very natural - the door tops are so wide, it seems like they they were made for that type of modification.

[Lennard]

Yeah you're right!  Oh ahh, what a great looking Charger!  I love the new tail lights!  

[RallyeMike]

I knew you' come around 

[fc7_plumcrazy]

I am a purist but even I have to say I like the way the rear looks

Carsten

[HANDM]

First thought....no

After extensive analyization of the pics.....YES!

Nicely done

Only thing I could do without is the tailfin, Chargers already have enough upturn without it

[Kern Dog]

I was pissed to see a Camaro based front suspension on it.

[alfaitalia]

Mmmmmm. I like everything about it.....well, except the spoiler.....oh and the vinyl roof (car is too modern looking for that IMO)......and the tail lights don't like the way they go right across , not 69 looking enough! But other than that........!!!!

[fizz]

smooth and bad ass

[phantom]

This is an awesome Charger. Love the small mods, clean and smooth.

And since everyone seems to have an opinion on modified Chargers, heres mine: Stock Chargers are boooring. There, i said it.

[Mopar Nut]

I'm glad to see they left the best front end of any car intact.

Any interior/engine pictures?

[fy469rtse]

Yes I love it,
Lots of clever mods and performance upgrades, it still looks like a charger without ruining the body lines ,
Best of both worlds , modern and iconic
Have a look at the web site, build photos 
Name is the best.  Mayhem heh heh

[Baldwinvette77]

i like it, the only things i would change is keep the stock hood, and no spoiler

[472 R/T SE]

[Patronus]

Wow, ya gotta admit that thing is nice!!
But can it jump?

[Mytur Binsdirti]

No matter how modern you make the drivetrain, suspension, steering, brakes, dash & interior on  a 47 year old car, you are still going to be stuck with crappy wing window and roof rail gaskets that whistle and leak.   

[chargerbr549]

I really like the bulged hood 70 RoadRunner/GTX style, I just wished Chrysler would have at least gave us more than one hood option for the 68-70 Chargers.

[JB400]

I think their mods would have been better suited on a 70 model.

[1974dodgecharger]

The car has painted mirrors, so what.  The rest of the car looks like a 2nd Gen Charger to me.   

So what?  It's my opinion that it's ugly.

isn't every 2nd charger ugly to you that's NON STOCK 

[JR]

That interior is phenomenal. Very tastefully done.

Ive come around to liking the taillights as well.

I'd like to know how it handles on the new suspension/subframe. The GM stuff sounds a little cringeworthy, but I would assume it handles pretty well.

Didn't this build cost 600k or so?

I dig it.

[HPT BANDIT]

I like parts of it.

[BrianShaughnessy]

Camaro Experts Build Coolest Car Ever: A 1969 Dodge Charger

Well...  normally a 1969 Dodge Charger is the coolest car ever...   

I'm just not so sure about this custom being the coolest ever       There's some cool touches here and there but sometimes things are changed around just to say they're changed... not necessarily better.

[Mike DC]

   
GM guys.  They like to take the good bodylines & the motor, and change everything else that's signature Mopar because it's unfamiliar/uncomfortable to them. 

     

[Charger_Fan]

I honestly don't get the disdain some of you guys are showing toward this car. So some Cramaro guys did the work on this, so what? They probably are sick to death of working on the same 'ol thing.
This is a restomod, and as such, none of them ever end up looking like a stock Charger. Other than a few minor changes (a few interior pieces), I would be perfectly happy to own this car! IMO, most of the body mods are subtle, yet tasteful...the main body items that stray from stock Charger are the hood, rear spoiler & the Vette door handles. Yet, all of which are integrated tastefully to look very nice.

I guess we'd better get right over to Stevearino's Daytona build & start nitpicking the shit out of it, huh?

[myk]

The car has painted mirrors, so what.  The rest of the car looks like a 2nd Gen Charger to me.  

So what?  It's my opinion that it's ugly.

So what?  So what?  I guess you don't like 2nd Gen Chargers since that car's lines are 99% faithful to the original.  Do you prefer Volkswagen Beetles or Mazda Miatas, maybe?

[Lennard]

  You have to have the last word huh? You win Myk.

[Kern Dog]

   
GM guys.  They like to take the good bodylines & the motor, and change everything else that's signature Mopar because it's unfamiliar/uncomfortable to them. 

     

Great point made here.

[DAY CLONA]

   
GM guys.  They like to take the good bodylines & the motor, and change everything else that's signature Mopar because it's unfamiliar/uncomfortable to them. 

     

It looks more like they were striving to retain the Mopar attributes, a gen 3 HEMI mill, the body lines are accentuated or cleaned up at various points, not like they stuck a Camaro cowl induction hood on it, or a 1st gen Camaro spoiler on the front and rear, they actually seem to have considered the styling changes they were making, the interior is very well executed, personally a 70 Charger front end with the bumper molded and color keyed into the sheetmetal would have made for a more dramatic front end styling Que, rather than the gawky 69 grille, and factory painted 70 racing mirrors rather than the aftermarket ones used, but even if it had a GM LS series engine under the hood it still would be a well executed vehicle

And as far as suspension/braking upgrades, vintage Mopars need all the help they can get, even if it's brand X/aftermarket components

Mike   

[Kern Dog]

Guys who race Mopars on road courses like Mopar Mitch and Andy F feel different. They have clearly stated that there is no clear advantage to using an aftermarket front suspension & steering setup as compared to a well optimized stock torsion bar arrangement.

[Mike DC]

It looks more like they were striving to retain the Mopar attributes, a gen 3 HEMI mill, the body lines are accentuated or cleaned up at various points, not like they stuck a Camaro cowl induction hood on it, or a 1st gen Camaro spoiler on the front and rear, they actually seem to have considered the styling changes they were making, the interior is very well executed, personally a 70 Charger front end with the bumper molded and color keyed into the sheetmetal would have made for a more dramatic front end styling Que, rather than the gawky 69 grille, and factory painted 70 racing mirrors rather than the aftermarket ones used, but even if it had a GM LS series engine under the hood it still would be a well executed vehicle

And as far as suspension/braking upgrades, vintage Mopars need all the help they can get, even if it's brand X/aftermarket components

Mike

     
That's what I said  - GM guys do like the Mopar Hemi engines & bodylines.  But the rest of the car can be GM/aftermarket as far as they're concerned.  

The result is nice but more generic than necessary.


The Camaro subframe is the LS motor of front suspensions.  Yeah, it works fine.  It's still disappointing to see it under a Charger.    

[69wannabe]

Looks cool to me but expensive!!!!! At least it's orange!! 

[bull]

Painted mirrors and bumpers don't float my boat but as long as people don't change the basic design of the body I typically like mods like this. I do like the interior quite a bit on this one for some reason.

[VegasCharger]

What the hell were they thinking here........

[Mike DC]

  

What the hell were they thinking here........

Camaro subframe --> removable inner fenderwells.

[RCCDrew]

IMO there have been much better pro touring builds...

[VegasCharger]

 

What the hell were they thinking here........

Camaro subframe --> removable inner fenderwells.

Okay that makes sense...............

Not used to the GM thing.

[Charger_Fan]

What the hell were they thinking here........

Actually that was one of the ideas I really like. I mean, it would only mean a day's worth of stitch work with a welder to make it look more appealing to the purists...but what the hell, this car is never gonna appeal to the purists anyway, so screw it, go for some original thought! And in the event there should ever be a mechanical failure extreme enough to warrant a cowl-forward surgery, never fear, zip-zip on a dozen-ish fasteners & you are done.

I genuinely like what they've done here.
I would choose to lose a couple inches of (wagon wheel) in favor of a bit more sidewall, and some adjustments on the interior, otherwise I am good to go!

[Mike DC]

   
Meh.  If the subframe is rubber-mounted then the body flexes all over the place + gets extra weight.  If it's solid-mounted then it's still extra weight.


The bolt-on front clip isn't necessarily a bad idea but I wouldn't do it quite like that.   

[Homerr]

Cool, start lining up more Chargers to destroy.   

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