For the 1970 Charger RT 440 Sixpack owners........

[Chad L. Magee]

This is an article that I have scanned from the Febuary 1970 issue of Hi-Performance Cars.  I hope someone can use the information.  Enjoy......

[Chad L. Magee]

the rest of the article and a poster in between.....

[Big Lebowski]

  Cool, that's my favorite Charger, I've had one for going on 17 years now. 

[Spike]

The engine is groovy.    Now there is some classic writing, great stuff Chad.

[charger Downunder]

Interesting no air cleaner decal,six pack base plate has no front guard,cool artical.

[Shakey]

Very cool article!

Thanks for postinig that.   

[Hemidoug]

Wow, that must be the rare right hand drive version. Looks like the master cylinder and battery are on the wrong side in the first photo. So much for proofing the article before going to print!

[Chris G.]

We have that plus many other articles on the site. Pretty interesting pictures. The PCV and grommet are not painted orange, and the negative cable is orange right up to the top. There's a few other interesting things as well (dipstick, valve cover gaskets, etc).

http://1970chargerregistry.com/Gallery/ClassicAds?page=12
http://1970chargerregistry.com/Gallery/ClassicAds?page=1

[Brock Samson]

i guess the first gen guys are gonna overlook their chargers being called "Four Wheeled Disasters".. 

"supersano" 

[6pkrunner]

We have that plus many other articles on the site. Pretty interesting pictures. The PCV and grommet are not painted orange, and the negative cable is orange right up to the top. There's a few other interesting things as well (dipstick, valve cover gaskets, etc).

http://1970chargerregistry.com/Gallery/ClassicAds?page=12
http://1970chargerregistry.com/Gallery/ClassicAds?page=1

Chris,
Notice that the intake manifold bolts, throttle cable/kickdown bracket, throttle spring bracket, valley tray and the valley tray retainer bolts are also not orange. Can you say 4bbl swapped over to 6 pack as a test mule? And also the fact that the engine in photo one is from mirror image land.

[hemi68charger]

Very cool pics..

Also, the solenoid wire bracket is missing.. They have utilized the throttle return spring bracket instead...  Also, the "six pack" decal wasn't a normal thing.. My first v-code '70 Charger R/T did not have the "six pack" decal on it, only the cleaning instructions decal.......

Troy

[Chad L. Magee]

Chris G.-  Cool, I did not realize that you had that up on the site.  Looks very good.  I think I will have quite a few articles to add to it when I get done scanning my collection......

Here is another sixpack article (sorry, but not a Charger this time)......

[Chad L. Magee]

last page......

[Troy]

  "Ridiculous stick and new grip are losers" 

Troy

[Brock Samson]

yeah both articles are extreamly critical of the four speeds... 
yeah super stick" F-70 14s.. 

[Hemidoug]

"Ridiculous stick and new grip are losers" 

Troy

That was written by a Cheeby guy that's way it's a little "negative".....

[BrianShaughnessy]

"Ridiculous stick and new grip are losers" 

Troy

That was written by a Cheeby guy that's way it's a little "negative".....

Hi... I'm a loser 

[Hemidoug]

Dude, you wouldn't want to be thrown to some of the lesbos around here......it's a fate worse then death. The lions would be the better deal...over quick!

[472 R/T SE]

Noticed the ground strap on the back side of the motor mounted to the firewall ala '69 style.
And the mention of a "Daytona" appearance package. 

[dpm68]

Wow, that must be the rare right hand drive version. Looks like the master cylinder and battery are on the wrong side in the first photo. So much for proofing the article before going to print!

The copy editor was taking a siesta...and besides, flipped negatives just display the mag's diversity...

[Chad L. Magee]

I scanned in a Speed and Supercar issue tonight (Feb. 1970) while taking a break from working on my thesis.  In it was two nice articles involving Daytonas (with a hemi buildup for one) that I thought I would share........

[Chad L. Magee]

continuing......

[Chad L. Magee]

I wander if the green Daytona is still kicking around somewhere......

[Chad L. Magee]

Last page for tonight......

[Ghoste]

i guess the first gen guys are gonna overlook their chargers being called "Four Wheeled Disasters".. 

"supersano" 

What's to overlook?  It's from the same source that we're ridiculing for "groovy engines", "ridiculous stick and new grip are losers", and flipped negatives.  It's pretty clear the writer had taken some of that brown acid at Woodstock.
Still a cool article to look back on though.

[Anders]

I love reading old test articles, even the editors seem to favor automatics. Thanks for sharing them.

[Brock Samson]

 


...so the wing is "all steel" construction?..   

what's your thesis on Chad?..

[Chad L. Magee]

Brock Samson-  Basically, a set of three unreported inorganic ligand systems that I have developed that could be used in determining metal concentrations (and filtering) of certain heavy metals out in the environment (ie. water system sensors).  They undergo a change upon complexation with metals that can be measured by various means for sensing the pollutants.  Wish I could say more, but it could compromise my research project.......

[Charger_Fan]

A factory 6-Pak Daytona? I wonder if that was a dealer swap, or...