Dynacorn has finally gone Mopar

[bamadukefan02]

I did a search for Dynacorn before starting this post and if I missed this already being posted I apologize.  I just saw in Mopar Collector's Guide where Dynacorn has started making Challenger bodies, I checked their website but didn't see anything about plans for a Charger but we can all cross our fingers and hope for the best.  I for one know that if they ever make a second gen Charger if there is anyway possible I wouldn't mind having one.

[Cooter]

Isn't this the ones that sell that shell for like $18K?

[Troy]

They are also reproducing 70 Challenger grills.

Troy

[maxwellwedge]

Who came up with their name though?

[bull]

Is this the same company that was very close to producing either new Challenger or Cuda bodies a while back and then dropped it?

[Old Moparz]

Is this the same company that was very close to producing either new Challenger or Cuda bodies a while back and then dropped it?

I'm pretty sure they are the only ones making any car body, so yes. There were posts on their Q & A page of their website saying that "We are not a Mopar company & have no interest in making any Mopar stuff." Guess the dollar signs changed that.  

[hemi-hampton]

Is this the same company that was very close to producing either new Challenger or Cuda bodies a while back and then dropped it?

I'm pretty sure they are the only ones making any car body, so yes. There were posts on their Q & A page of their website saying that "We are not a Mopar company & have no interest in making any Mopar stuff." Guess the dollar signs changed that.  

NOT SO, EMI makes a complete 57 Chevy body which can be seen in the lobby or showroom in bare metal of Sherman & Associates & last I knew maybe working on a complete 60's Camaro ect.  LEON.

[greenpigs]

Is this the same company that was very close to producing either new Challenger or Cuda bodies a while back and then dropped it?

I'm pretty sure they are the only ones making any car body, so yes. There were posts on their Q & A page of their website saying that "We are not a Mopar company & have no interest in making any Mopar stuff." Guess the dollar signs changed that.  

I think Rusty Muscle said Fiat made licencing VERY easy compared to how it was which may be why it came back. Making money was on there list also I would bet but possibly that made it more $$ to release the body.

[Mike DC]

   
I am totally confident that they will make a repro 2nd-gen Charger unibody sooner or later.  It's basically a matter of time as long as WWIII doesn't break out or something.  (I also wouldn't be shocked if the first all-new Charger unibody has to be assembled with a 40yo used plastic grille.  It would somehow be fitting.) 



$18K sounds like a lot.  And it is.  But when there is a new option, it will also put a ceiling on how high the prices of the 40yo stuff can go.  Maybe even drive down the 40yo prices a little over time. 

It's the same pattern that happens with the individual components when they get reproduced.  There are always some minor imperfections that make the O.E. resto community shit a brick and refuse to use the new stuff, but the majority of the hobby is content with the repro stuff as long as it's decent looking and functional. 

   

[1969chargerrtse]

They can make all the bodies they want of what ever they want.  As a collector/hobbyist I would never want one.  It's just not a Challenger from Mopar to me.  I have no issue with lots of replacement panels, but the whole shell being remade just isn't my cup of tea, but that's me. I can see it in racing though.

[Cooter]

 

It's the same pattern that happens with the individual components when they get reproduced.  There are always some minor imperfections that make the O.E. resto community shit a brick and refuse to use the new stuff, but the majority of the hobby is content with the repro stuff as long as it's decent looking and functional. 

   

Amen Mike, couldn't have said it better...

[y3chargerrt]

My question about these new bodies is how do you title one? I assume it doesn't have a vin number that comers with it.

[Mike DC]

They can make all the bodies they want of what ever they want.  As a collector/hobbyist I would never want one.  It's just not a Challenger from Mopar to me.  I have no issue with lots of replacement panels, but the whole shell being remade just isn't my cup of tea, but that's me. I can see it in racing though.

It wouldn't bother me to have a repro shell for a driver.  

IMHO a lot of the fun went out of the musclecar hobby in the last 20 years as the supply of decent vintage unibodies became scarce.  I mean, once upon a time people actually drove these cars in the snow.

   

[Chatt69chgr]

I wonder why they did a 70 challenger body instead of, say, a 71 cuda body?  Isn't the cuda the Mopar muscle car that everyone wants but nobody can afford?  I wonder if maybe they wanted to but Fiat said no?

[Old Moparz]

Is this the same company that was very close to producing either new Challenger or Cuda bodies a while back and then dropped it?

I'm pretty sure they are the only ones making any car body, so yes. There were posts on their Q & A page of their website saying that "We are not a Mopar company & have no interest in making any Mopar stuff." Guess the dollar signs changed that.  

NOT SO, EMI makes a complete 57 Chevy body which can be seen in the lobby or showroom in bare metal of Sherman & Associates & last I knew maybe working on a complete 60's Camaro ect.  LEON.

Cool, I didn't see the '57 anywhere, & would love to see a '55.  

[Khyron]

I can see it in racing though.

thats exactly my frienda plan.... he is currently running a 40 year old shell as a pro street... grant it, not much is left challenger on it... but a nice new body would be nice :-)

[Highbanked Hauler]

 To put one together done to be streetable watcha think  70-90 K???

[Ponch ®]

They can make all the bodies they want of what ever they want.  As a collector/hobbyist I would never want one.  It's just not a Challenger from Mopar to me.  I have no issue with lots of replacement panels, but the whole shell being remade just isn't my cup of tea, but that's me. I can see it in racing though.

I agree...I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, its a good thing. On the other hand, part of the "MOPAR mystique" is that there aren't that many around, and that its hard to find parts for them, and so on...if they start making these and any clown with enough $ can have a shop build one for him, it'll erode some of that desirability. I'm also leery of builders that are gonna start putting GM or Ford engines in them "because they're cheaper / easier to find", just like they do with street rods.

[bull]

I don't know if it really matters when you consider the extent of some of these restorations...

[Ponch ®]

I don't know if it really matters when you consider the extent of some of these restorations...

yeah I know. it's one for Theseus' Paradox (or "grandfather's old axe").

[mikesbbody]

They can make all the bodies they want of what ever they want.  As a collector/hobbyist I would never want one.  It's just not a Challenger from Mopar to me.  I have no issue with lots of replacement panels, but the whole shell being remade just isn't my cup of tea, but that's me. I can see it in racing though.

Agree 100% 

[aussiemuscle]

My question about these new bodies is how do you title one? I assume it doesn't have a vin number that comers with it.

I imagine rebodying will become rift. still it'd be a nice to have a solid rust-free body.

[PocketThunder]

   
I am totally confident that they will make a repro 2nd-gen Charger unibody sooner or later.  It's basically a matter of time as long as WWIII doesn't break out or something.  (I also wouldn't be shocked if the first all-new Charger unibody has to be assembled with a 40yo used plastic grille.  It would somehow be fitting.) 



$18K sounds like a lot.  And it is.  But when there is a new option, it will also put a ceiling on how high the prices of the 40yo stuff can go.  Maybe even drive down the 40yo prices a little over time. 

It's the same pattern that happens with the individual components when they get reproduced.  There are always some minor imperfections that make the O.E. resto community shit a brick and refuse to use the new stuff, but the majority of the hobby is content with the repro stuff as long as it's decent looking and functional.     

thats the crowd i was in before i bought my survivor R/T. 

[Vainglory, Esq.]

I don't know if it really matters when you consider the extent of some of these restorations...

yeah I know. it's one for Theseus' Paradox (or "grandfather's old axe").

Ah, the "ship of Theseus" problem.  I was wondering if that would ever get brought up on this board.  Good to see I'm not the only one who thinks this way.

[E5 Charger]

There is an old post on this, if you want to read more about it.
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,75017.msg841653.html#msg841653

[68charger383]

My question about these new bodies is how do you title one? I assume it doesn't have a vin number that comers with it.

I think they are titled as 2011 cars. However, I've seen some of the shelby cobra kit cars titled as 1966s etc. This would be a major concern to me since a 1970 title allows me to skip CA smog checks!

[bamadukefan02]

The Cobras that are titled as 1966 cars are ones that were built from surviving parts that had been stored for years.  There were several frames and bodies that had not been completed and that is why they got to do those that way.  As for a title on these according to the website it depends on the state you live in.  Most states are going to title them as a kit car/home built car, and each state has a little different laws on how that would effect the emissions test the car has to pass.  I remember reading in Hot Rod or another magazine when the Camaro came out that it was officially licensed by GM and issued a parts number and therefore could be used to repair a damaged vehicle.  In other words if you had a rusted out car but all the rest of the parts were still good or new you could swap everything over to one of these bodies and it was perfectly legal.  I personally think if that has been done there should be a way to identify that the car is a re-body.  The problem with that is how would you prove it?  Now if I had all the parts to a Charger but the body itself was beyond repair if I could build a kit car of a Charger, and it was titled as such, I would be fine having a replica in my garage.