Okay, which Charger is the Coke Bottle style one

[last426]

Over the past few years I have come across some who say the second generation Charger is the Coke bottle one and other articles that claim the third gen is Coke shaped. Or are both?  I kinda see it in my 71 but second gens seem too straight.  And are you supposed to look from the side or top down? Anyone know the real story? Kim









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[Skinypete]

Its the Third Gens that are the Coke Bottle shaped

DJMIII

[XS29J8]

Over the past few years I have come across some who say the second generation Charger is the Coke bottle one and other articles that claim the third gen is Coke shaped. Or are both?  I kinda see it in my 71 but second gens seem too straight.  And are you supposed to look from the side or top down? Anyone know the real story? Kim

Hi Kim, I've always thought the new for 68 Charger was based on the Coca-Cola bottle and the Third Generation just made it more apparent. Here is a quote about Richard Sias and his GTO inspired design.....What designer Richard Sias came up with was a double-diamond design that would later be referred to as coke bottle styling. From the side profile the curves around the front fenders and rear quarter panels look almost like a Coke bottle. Front and rear end sheet metal was designed by Harvey J Winn. The rear end featured a "kick up" spoiler appearance, inspired by Group 7 racing vehicles. On the roof a "flying buttress" was added to give the rear window area a look similar to that of the 1966-67 Pontiac GTO
Hope this helps......

Cheers,

Steve

[Khyron]

my ex-wife has a coke bottle shape....

unfortunately it was a 2 liter.

[moparstuart]

my ex-wife has a coke bottle shape....

unfortunately it was a 2 liter.

  2nd gen is a coke bottle , picture the side of it and stand it up right .

[tan top]

my ex-wife has a coke bottle shape....

unfortunately it was a 2 liter.

  2nd gen is a coke bottle , picture the side of it and stand it up right .

always thought second generation also 

[MoparManJim]

Okay, take a coke bottle, I sugject a old glass one. take a good look at it. Then tilt your head over and look at a 2nd gen charger. Now pay no attention to the roof of the car but rather just the rear quarter skin line and run you eye up the side following the body line. As your eye goes up and down over the rear skin that would be like the first part of the coke bottle (buttom part) and as your eye runs across the center part of the charger over the door area you will see to body lines here kinda over laping (this would be the center top part of the coke bottle. Now as your eye runs up the door top panel line and starts out into the front fender of the charger you are now at the top part of the coke bottle almost, as your passest the hump in the fender this would be the hump part of the coke bottle top part. and as your eye comes to the front of the front fender edge you eye are now really and kinda at the top part of the coke bottle.      

You see, when you really really look at the coke bottle and then look at the 2nd gen charger, you can really see the coke bottle design in it alot    

[Troy]

Look at a 2nd gen from above - it's real easy to see the coke bottle shape. The reference came about with the 68 models.

Troy

[moparstuart]

Look at the angle of my red car in my signature looks just like a coke bottle . 

[Brock Samson]

 "kay, take a coke bottle, I sugject a old gtlass one. take a good look ay it. then tilt your head over  and look at a 2nd gen charger. Now pay no attention to the roof of the cra but rather just the reas quarter skin line and run you eye up the side following the body line. As your eye goes up and down over the rear skinm that would be like the first part of the coke bottle (buttom part) and as your eye runs across the center part of the charger over the door area you will see to body lines here kinda over laping (this would be the center top part of the coke bottle. Now as your eye runs up the door top panel line and starts out into the front fender of the charger you are now at the top part of the coke bottle almost, as your passest the hump in the fender this would be the hump part of the coke bottle top part. and as your eye comes to the front of the front fender edge you eye are now really and kinda at the top part of the coke bottle."
 

  to see a charger, or read your posts?.. 

[hemigeno]

 

[Brock Samson]

 
  http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,14937.0.html

oh, and this too,..

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,67022.msg752504.html#msg752504

[69bronzeT5]

Not the greatest picture but.....

[SFRT]

2nd and 3rd generation

[MoparManJim]

"kay, take a coke bottle, I sugject a old gtlass one. take a good look ay it. then tilt your head over  and look at a 2nd gen charger. Now pay no attention to the roof of the cra but rather just the reas quarter skin line and run you eye up the side following the body line. As your eye goes up and down over the rear skinm that would be like the first part of the coke bottle (buttom part) and as your eye runs across the center part of the charger over the door area you will see to body lines here kinda over laping (this would be the center top part of the coke bottle. Now as your eye runs up the door top panel line and starts out into the front fender of the charger you are now at the top part of the coke bottle almost, as your passest the hump in the fender this would be the hump part of the coke bottle top part. and as your eye comes to the front of the front fender edge you eye are now really and kinda at the top part of the coke bottle."
 

  to see a charger, or read your posts?.. 

The car! the Car!   

Okay, so I was in a hurry earlier and didn't proof read my reply     

[68X426]

Second Generation is and was the Coke Car.

[RD]

both 2nd and 3rd gens.. not just 2nd gen specific

[Dans 68]

The '68 started it all...it's the real thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EY8DFqFpws&feature=related  


Dan

[Khyron]

The '68 started it all...it's the real thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EY8DFqFpws&feature=related 


Dan

I watched all those damn hippys sing and didn't see one Charger in there

[Dans 68]

The '68 started it all...it's the real thing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EY8DFqFpws&feature=related 


Dan

I watched all those damn hippys sing and didn't see one Charger in there

That's 59 seconds of your life you won't get back.    "It's the real thing" refers to the '68 in my post. That is all.

But I always thought the assembled crowd at the end of the clip resembled the arrow-like "dart" symbol the Charger used....     

Dan

[Skinypete]

Guess i was wrong lol, oh well...Learn something new every day

[Brock Samson]

 I've read the third gen was called in the styling studio the "Fuselage Design".

[Khyron]

But I always thought the assembled crowd at the end of the clip resembled the arrow-like "dart" symbol the Charger used....     

Dan

o.k....now you're just reaching

[mikesbbody]

This thread is making me thirsty I think I'll go have a ....
Seriously, I thought they were talking about the 2nd Gen's either way their both cool IMO

[THE STIG]

I prefer Pepsi

[68X426]

I think the Coke Car is way better.

[flyinlow]

I've read the third gen was called in the styling studio the "Fuselage Design".






On fighter aircraft they sometimes use a wasp waist or coke bottle shape fuselage. the waist is where the wing protrudes. This helps streamline the over all cross section of the aircraft. As the wings start to add to the cross section , the smaller fuselage waist  helps keep it total cross section from having a big bulge. Lowers drag.

The coke waist on a 2nd or 3rd gen. Charger is where the cabin starts to protrude into the airstream.

Windtunnel or styling? ...... Don't know, however ir's a win/win for us.

[Mr.Woolery]

Both the 2nd and 3rd gen Chargers are "Coke bottle" designs, with the 3rd gen bodies also being called "Fuselage" designs.  They took the Coke bottle design from the 2nd gen and made it more pronounced in the 3rd gen.

[Brock Samson]

 lettuce beat on this old paint some more shall we?..

 


Kim you'r a Troll,.. you know that right?..  

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,15865.0.html

 

 

my point is showing these GTO profiles is that the Charger and Dodge in general was chasing Pontiac in the market
disagree if you like with my feeling that Dodge's designs for both manufacturing and style reasons aped the GM design 
started by Bill Michell of the wasp waists begun on the Mako Shark show cars in the early to mid '60s..
The third Gens had in common with the '68 G.M. intermediates the lack of a defined rear fender line seperating the roof from the rear fender also, the rear window designs were basicly carbon copies the same can be seen in the Torino designs especially the fastbacks of both the '68/69 and the 70/71 then again on the 72 up which even more closely followed industry practice,.. I suspect ease of manufacture as well as design trends, wasn't the third gen significantly  wider?.. interior space across the rear could be maximized by widening the roof to the outside edges of the rear fender.
Just my thoughts and 2 cents. pardon my pontifications but I do love these Designs...

[last426]

I got my information from this article.  http://musclecars.howstuffworks.com/classic-muscle-cars/1971-dodge-charger-hemi.htm  But Brock is correct on one thing for sure.  When I bought my car from the original owner I asked why he had chrome side mirrors and he said to distinguish the car from the GTO.  Kim







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[Brock Samson]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_bottle_styling

i found a charger III pic I've never seen before over on allpar.