Vote to make the Charger the Hemmings Musclecar of the year!

[Dodge Don]

C'mon guys....add your vote to help make NJSTEVE's 70 Charger R/T the Hemmings Musclecar of the year. Don't let those Ford and GM cars win.

Here is the wesite: http://www.hemmings.com/mmoy/

[moparstuart]

  I voted for it several times

[nelson_audet]

mee too vote couple time

[1969chargerrtse]

I Voted for it last night and never thought about posting it here.      Bad Rob.

[41husk]

Thanks! I voted.

[moparstuart]

I voted 8 more times

[njsteve]

Thank you for your votes guys! It is pretty cool to be considered for the Musclecar of the Year. I must admit that there are some other neat cars in contention, as well.

I celebrated the nomination by buying 10 gallons of 100 octane leaded aircraft fuel and throwing it in the tank.

-There's nothing like the smell of racing gas in the morning! - it's the smell of...money going out the tailpipe.


-Steve

[richRTSE]

Steve, I voted for you too.  Love your Charger.

..but man, that white A12 sure looks nice too, kinda surprised they actually had more than one Mopar...

[Dodge Don]

Looks like you can vote over and over.....so I did 

[WingCharger]

R/T SE Hemi? I thought you couldnt get the SE with a Hemi?

[1969chargerrtse]

His article in hemmings explains how you could.

""In 1969, there was some prohibition at Chrysler against ordering the R/T SE with the Hemi," Segal said. "There was an actual asterisk on the order sheet in 1969. Why, I don't know; Chrysler would just do dumb things like that back then. But the 1970 order sheet had no asterisk, so they lifted the ban, but they didn't seem to advertise it or tell anybody," Segal said. "

[Plumcrazy]

Done! 

[bull]

That's a great story, Steve. It was very nice (and smart) of that guy to send you all the paperwork on your car. Very thoughtful. I wish I could get my hands on 1/20th of the documentation you have.

"There's even an adding machine tape from when the car's cost was totaled up before it was ordered."

[Foreman72]

just clicked submit...thats one sweet car man...

[Ghoste]

Got mine in, there is some good competition there but your Charger does truly deserve the win Steve.

[chargerman68]

another vote x10

[71ChallengeHer]

Beautiful 70. I voted. 

[njsteve]

That's a great story, Steve. It was very nice (and smart) of that guy to send you all the paperwork on your car. Very thoughtful. I wish I could get my hands on 1/20th of the documentation you have.

"There's even an adding machine tape from when the car's cost was totaled up before it was ordered."

Thanks. The Ehnats, both the father and son, are great people. The son was the one who found the entire file and just sent it to me out of the blue. Can you imagine what someone today would try to make you pay for gold like that? The father was one of the original mechanics at Suburban Dodge who worked on the car when it was new. He said the original owner blew the clutch the second day they had the car and he had to do the warranty work on it. I actually had the father fill in my yellow antifreeze decal on the radiator support a few years back. I even photographed him doing it. How is that for originality? - having the Day 1, original mechanic redo your dealer prep decal!

Every time I go to a show, the two of them always seem to pop up like a genie in a bottle. I cant count how many times I have been parked somewhere, opened the trunk and then turn around and they are standing there. (que the Twilight Zone theme now)
If you dont believe me, here is a photo at the 2004 Chryslers at Carlisle. I had just set up my display and opened the trunk to get my camera to take a photo and I turned around and there they were:






-Steve

[OneofNoneRT]

everytime..a few votes cast!!

[njsteve]

I still keep in touch with both of the Ehnats since we live about 25 miles apart. This is something John Ehnat found at the dealership last year - the original 1970 rear bumper dealer sticker. It was on the underside of an aluminum step ladder! He photographed it and sent me the picture and I had the decal reproduced by ECS Automotive. (ECS now uses this original pattern to remake other dealers stickers as well if you want them to).



and here is how the finished decal looks on the car:

[njsteve]

And in case you guys doubt my claims as to beating on the car, Here is a shot from the stock musclecar drags held at Englishtown a year and a half ago:

Yes, it was a Buick. Yes, it had a Stage 1. Yes, I beat him 

[Finn]

As far as voting several times, they usually check the IP addresses of the votes for duplicates and sometimes disqualify them if they're "spamming" the votes. Hopefully they'll just drop it down to 1 vote but just so you guys know...

[Chris G.]

How could any self respecting Charger owner not vote for a car like this?? 

[68rt]

Beautiful 70. I voted. 

me too

[resq302]

ya got my vote steve!

[Brock Samson]

isn't that the cover car for the HEMI book?..  four speed pistol grip?..    i think recognise the daisy wheels. 

[Dodge Don]

isn't that the cover car for the HEMI book?..  four speed pistol grip?..    i think recognise the daisy wheels. 

Yes it is

[Ghoste]

Which is not it's sole claim to published media glory btw. 

[njsteve]

Yup, she's been around over the years. 

The crazy thing is that the first time it appeared in a magazine was the September 1990 issue of MuscleCar Review. That was the magazine that John Ehnat, the young man at Suburban Dodge was reading during his lunch break in August 1990, when he and his co-worker were asked to throw out all the old dealer files. They dumped them out into the dumpster and guess what file landed on top?...my Charger's file. John then hunted down my address and sent it to me out of the blue. How's that for a Twilight Zone episode?

[Khyron]

One year off the cool year... but I voted for it anyways 

[1969chargerrtse]

One year off the cool year... but I voted for it anyways 

   Sorry steve, but.................

[grdprx]

Got bored at work today, voted like 50 times!   

[Dodge Don]

One year off the cool year... but I voted for it anyways 

Yeah, sorry it isn't a 71 Charger. I agree....71 R/T is smoking hot!

[mikesbbody]

One year off the cool year... but I voted for it anyways 

Yeah, sorry it isn't a 71 Charger. I agree....71 R/T is smoking hot!

I was just about to say the same thing 

[1969chargerrtse]

Just got my Oct Hemmings Muscle car mag.  It did a nice spread on old and new Challengers on the cover.  Inside are those annoying cards to reorder.  What picture of a car did they put on the card to excite you?  Steve's 70 Hemi charger.

[Chris G.]

One year off the cool year... but I voted for it anyways 

Since when did our '69 Pontiac owners become so jaded and jealous of the '70 Charger?  It seems like a consistent attack lately. Don't hate fellas, your cars look nice...from the back. 

[moparstuart]

One year off the cool year... but I voted for it anyways 

Since when did our '69 Pontiac owners become so jaded and jealous of the '70 Charger?  It seems like a consistent attack lately. Don't hate fellas, your cars look nice...from the back. 

[Dodge Don]

Can't we all just get along 

However I did notice that their avitars are side views. Hmmmmm 

You have to admit it though, the 69 grille really sets off the rebel flag and 01 numbers really well and the center section is perfect for cutting through the wind for those big jumps. (sorry, couldn't help myself  )

[1969chargerrtse]

And the change of direction for the thread begins.  Didn't we do a vote on the favorite year?  If I remember correct if it wasn't for some fake voting making 68 look more favorable than 69, 69 won ( just kidding )?  As for the grille issue of 69,  doesn't the fact that the 70 grille looks like the mouth of a blue whale bother you?    I crack me up.   No?  Chill baby, I love all 3 years.   

[moparstuart]

68's are the best , but i like all three years

[BrianShaughnessy]

You have to admit it though, the 69 grille really sets off the rebel flag and 01 numbers really well and the center section is perfect for cutting through the wind for those big jumps. (sorry, couldn't help myself  )

Too bad the beauty of the 69 grill had to be marred by the add on crash bar...  not like the 70 with that built in ugly mofo crashbar... ie mean bumper 


And it served a good purpose...  winningest short track car for 70 nascar season!!!   That built in pushbar really helped trading paint! 

[Dodge Don]

Okay guys, back to the regularly scheduled thread.

[Khyron]

I'm a trouble maker 

[resq302]

And the change of direction for the thread begins.  Didn't we do a vote on the favorite year?  If I remember correct if it wasn't for some fake voting making 68 look more favorable than 69, 69 won ( just kidding )?  As for the grille issue of 69,  doesn't the fact that the 70 grille looks like the mouth of a blue whale bother you?    I crack me up.   No?  Chill baby, I love all 3 years.   

Actually, I thought it was more like a large mouth bass.

[Big Lebowski]

  Very cool Charger.

[Dodge Don]

So who won?

[njsteve]

A 1969 Oldsmobile 350 won. My Charger came in second. Thank you to all who voted.