PHR Charger: ALL BUSINESS!!

[Magnumcharger]

Popular Hot Rodding magazine.
Great article on an even greater car!
And lots of swell pictures too!

http://www.popularhotrodding.com/features/0711sr_1969_dodge_charger/index.html

[chargerboy69]

The car is sweet. But for $180,000, it better be. I am curious on how he got those rear 335 35 20 tires up underneath that girl. It sure looks good from the rear. 

The front spoiler looks good on the car as well.

[TK73]

Seen it around, we gots the SHI!T in Seattle 

Was at a show parked next to this one (local Mopar club member):

[HITMAN 149]

yo tim....
yea she does look bad azzzzzzz from the rear, with that rubber!!! damn!!!!! spiler aint so bad either?!?!?!? i like mikes better!!! even though it's from a camaro!!! LOL!!!

[Rolling_Thunder]

The car is sweet. But for $180,000, it better be. I am curious on how he got those rear 335 35 20 tires up underneath that girl. It sure looks good from the rear. 

The front spoiler looks good on the car as well.

mini-tubs and relocating the leaf springs will do it....       

[70charger_boy]

 

[Charger-Bodie]

im not much for customs and 2 tone paint but that thing is pretty damb cool!!

[chargerman68]

that car looks great....but not worth 180k for me

[chargerrt]

for $180,000 the thing better run something quicker than an 11.9 in the 1/4 with slicks on....

[Mefirst]

Cool looking Charger..

There is though one thing that I dont understand, why do these shops keep painting the cars with this stupid "two tone" paint job.. Like it has been done about a million times already -ENOUGH

Another thing that I personaly dont like is the "Pimp my ride" LCD screen in the dash..

/Tom

[PocketThunder]

Yes it is very nice but one thing i cant stand is when they put a street rod dash in a muscle car.   

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Seen it around, we gots the SHI!T in Seattle 

Was at a show parked next to this one (local Mopar club member):

Thats the Ideal Industries give-away Charger correct?  Sweet ride

[69bronzeT5]

I like the colour scheme on that PHR Charger

[Silver R/T]

outside looks pretty cool, dont like the interior

[NYCMille]

I just read the article on that car - really nice car and nice execution. I just hope for what he spent on it he drives it like he stole it. I'd be really curious to know how that thing handles as well with that alterkation front end.

[TK73]

Seen it around, we gots the SHI!T in Seattle 

Was at a show parked next to this one (local Mopar club member):

Thats the Ideal Industries give-away Charger correct?  Sweet ride

Yep, guy that won it wasn't even a car guy... is now...

If I'm not way off, NYCMille's car came from Seattle... 

[69Coronet]

That interior looks terrible

[PocketThunder]

That interior looks terrible

  thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Now IMHO, this is the sh!t...

[71ChallengeHer]

I like except the stripe just on the quarter. It looks weird just ending there.   Ok, I don't like the interior, either.

[Charger_Croatia]

Like - outside. Interior didn't go along with exterior, it's terrible as some members already said.

[70charger_boy]

Hey PT, why do you have to knock down the interior?  Aren't you the guy you paut a /6 in a c500?

[The70RT]

for $180,000 the thing better run something quicker than an 11.9 in the 1/4 with slicks on....

chargerrt is the sh!t..........those wheels make the car rock!!!..............for a lot less money I bet too. I would rather have chargerrt's 70 and the 69 2 tone

[41husk]

every body doing a resto mod seems to want the Foos two tone paint!  That white interior is getting dirty just thinking about driving it   I love the look of white interior but I have a tough time keeping my blue seats clean

[bull]

I work with a guy who's friends with the owner, Devin Meucci. He got some sponsors for the project so the entire $180k didn't come out of his pocket, but a whole bunch of it did. Part of his bargain to pay the sponsors back is to take the car to certain shows and promote certain aspects of the car such as wheels and tires, paint, etc. I gotta hand it to the guy, last summer (Aug. I think) he drove it all the way from his place in Washington to the LA area for a show so it's not a trailer queen. Even though it's spendy he built it to drive.

[Back N Black]

Dodge did not produce 2 gen Chargers with 2 tone paint jobs for a reason. and the the interior does nothing for me.

[Troy]

There is though one thing that I dont understand, why do these shops keep painting the cars with this stupid "two tone" paint job.. Like it has been done about a million times already -ENOUGH

Yeah, he should be original... and just paint it... black.

The magazine is called Popular Hot Rodding for a reason. I like a lot of the subtle touches on this car that make it unique without straying too far from the factory look. However, if he was going for something "not being obnoxious" then he could have definitely picked a different color for the interior. The dash does look a bit plain compared to the design of the rest of the car but as long as it's functional then I could live with it. It's his car though and he's had it for a long time. It was cool/different/unique enough to get him an invite to the SEMA show in the Mopar Performance booth (even without a Hemi). It sounds like he took his time to figure out exactly what he wanted instead of throwing together some monstrosity with every popular doodad available. If he's happy with it then who really cares how much it cost or if anyone else likes it? I know a lot of guys who will have 35-50% of that money tied up into making a bone stock, ho-hum restoration that they'll be scared to take out on the road. There are others who will have at least that much in a concourse car that they'll be scared to take on the road. As for the performance, he didn't set out to build a race car. The engine seems to have a fairly mild build (in my limited experience) and it was meant to be driven. I think 11s are plenty for a car that also has 3.55s, a 3200 RPM converter, overdrive, and what appears to be A/C.

That white interior is getting dirty just thinking about driving it   I love the look of white interior but I have a tough time keeping my blue seats clean

Just FYI: That white interior is autodynamics car (in the "hottest pics women on chargers!!!!!!" thread) - the magazine car has a red interior.

Troy

[PocketThunder]

Hey PT, why do you have to knock down the interior?  Aren't you the guy you paut a /6 in a c500?

No, its a Hillside HEMI! 

[Old Moparz]

It's a nice car, probably a blast to drive, but there's a few things I'd change if it were mine, but it's not. I like the overall appearance of it, including the interior colors.

1)   Lose the two tone paint & half tail stripe. I never liked it on 2nd generation Chargers for the same reason I never liked pinstriping on them. The lines are sculpted nicely & do not need to be "over-defined" to see them. The term "Less is More" comes to mind here.

2)  The tires with almost no sidewalls have to go. On a Viper, a Corvette, a Cobra, or a GT-40 they look fine, but they're just out of place on a bulky muscle car. Yeah, I know they'll handle better, but on streets with potholes & other obstacles, it isn't practical.

3)  The dash layout seems erratic. There isn't anything too terrible about it, but I think different gauges, vents, switches, etc., in different locations would be much better aesthetically. Too much going on, or it looks like different parts from different cars.

[autodynamics]

thanks for that pocket thunder!!!! i think the car is well executed.!

[Brock Samson]

  ain't as bad as that chopped one posted a few weeks ago, that has been shortened... still it's too, busy for my taste...

[chargerrt]

for $180,000 the thing better run something quicker than an 11.9 in the 1/4 with slicks on....

chargerrt is the sh!t..........those wheels make the car rock!!!..............for a lot less money I bet too. I would rather have chargerrt's 70 and the 69 2 tone

thanks!  It's pretty cool to see my car and autodynamics' getting complemented in a thread about a $180,000 "supercar"

[The70RT]

for $180,000 the thing better run something quicker than an 11.9 in the 1/4 with slicks on....

chargerrt is the sh!t..........those wheels make the car rock!!!..............for a lot less money I bet too. I would rather have chargerrt's 70 and the 69 2 tone

thanks!  It's pretty cool to see my car and autodynamics' getting complemented in a thread about a $180,000 "supercar"

Not everyone would agree but I can't help seeing my car through yours when it is done

[70charger_boy]

Hey, my '70 is a POS, but it's mine!

[Ghoste]

  Ditto my 67.