1966 Charger street racer from Dayton Ohio..*** update**3-16 PICTURES!!

[greenpigs]

I have talked a little about an orange 1st gen that had cragars & ran without a hood back in the late 80's & I believe I found it.

http://www.carcraft.com/featuredvehicles/ccrp_9902_mike_egnors_1966_dodge_charger/index.html


 It would be nice if he was a member here to chime in & post some old pics from back then. Car has been updated and is no stone, even back then I heard it ran low 12's but not sure if that was all motor or not.
 I could be off base and this is a different car or at least owner, anyone know Mike?

The reason for the pictures is I may want to build a "tribute" car as for whatever reason this car is constantly in the back of my mind. The price of 1st gens make it a possibility that I could build one up in a few years when the kids get a little older.

[ds440]

I have seen this car as well. 

It had to be 10 years ago at Edgewater.  I remember seeing the car and thinking it was probably a 11 second car.....then he rolled through the traps at a 9.17.  My jaw hit the ground.  It has to be the same car because it was when Ohio plates had the county listed on them and his read 'Montgomery.'  I spoke with the guy briefly (seemed like a nice guy) and he seemed disappointed he ran a 9.17!!!  He showed me the engine....and all I remember was seeing giant Indy heads.  What impressed me the most was he drove it to the track...no trailer queen....and that's when I took note that he was from the Dayton area - which about an hour drive (via highway only) for those not familiar with SE Ohio.

Sadly I don't have any pictures of the car, I only saw it once and have never seen it again.....but it definitely made an impression.  10 years later and that car still stands out in my memory as one of the baddest street cars I've ever seen.

[bobs66440]

Try here.

http://66-67charger.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=cfrm

I don't remember seeing it but maybe he pokes in now & then.

[greenpigs]

  I did some searching and he is on Yellow Bullet as mrmike so I will contact him through that. However the post I found was from 2005 & I haven't checked his posts yet to see whats up. I will see if he will post some pics here even if the charger isn't the one I think it is.

[Topher]

He should also be a member of the 66-67charger yahoo group as well.

[greenpigs]

Well I contacted him on YB & it is indeed the same car.

  Plus he said he has some old pics he will scan soon & post. VERY cool of him to do this & not just blow me off.  I mentioned this site so I hope he posts the pictures here also or I will.
 
  If anyone has a 1st gen CHEAP let me know.

Now I just gotta get the wife to agree, married people will understand or the ones that don't sleep on the couch will.

When it happens plans are visually a copy of the car but with a pined hood & 67 SS scoop so I can run hoodless when the mood hits me.

Drivetrain will be a 500 with a small NOS plate system & Dana rear, nothing crazy but with your guys help it should run 11's on the motor.


 

[mrmike]

Hello all! I am glad to have found this site, thanks greenpigs! I was asked to post some pics of my Charger the way it was back in the eighties, here are a few. These are the first shots I took of the car when I got it running with the first motor I ever built, I was 16!  The car has been through some major changes and has not been out in many years. I am working on this being the year of its return, I hope! Nice to meet you all, Mike Egnor.

[Brock Samson]

Very Nice!    Welcome! a first post with Pictures is the way to go! not enough first Gens around here either... Great Car for a 16 yr. old too... 

[bobs66440]

Wow! Awesome car!    Nice stance!  I agree, not enough 1st gens. Of course I'm a little partial...

Welcome!

[mrmike]

Thanks guys! Here are a few later on pics.....

[mrmike]

This was my last Indy head motor before the change!

[TruckDriver]

Your car is SWEEEEEEEEEEEET!!! 

And welcome to this site 

[FlatbackFanatic]

YES! Welcome!! Nice ride!! What changes are you doing to it now?

[tan top]

 hello & welcome MrMike     awesome first generation you have there dude 

[greenpigs]

YES! Welcome!! Nice ride!! What changes are you doing to it now?

BIG motor & a turbo!

That's about how I remember it, cept I think it had taller front runners & a K&N filter with a nitrous setup visible.

How about a progression of the ET of your Charger as the years went by?

Thanks so much for the pictures & I hope you frequent this site often.

[Roger 68 charger]

Welcome      Great looking car!!

[bobs66440]

 

[mrmike]

YES! Welcome!! Nice ride!! What changes are you doing to it now?

BIG motor & a turbo!

That's about how I remember it, cept I think it had taller front runners & a K&N filter with a nitrous setup visible.

How about a progression of the ET of your Charger as the years went by?

Thanks so much for the pictures & I hope you frequent this site often.

Man do you have a great memory! I did run taller front tires and a tall K&N filter! I will look for some pics of it around then! I changed things so much around then!

[mrmike]

YES! Welcome!! Nice ride!! What changes are you doing to it now?

Well the 499ci Indy motor was a bad boy for the times, it made 846hp on motor with 450hp of spray on tap! Definitely put the stock block with alum main caps to the test! Now I have an EFI 509ci KB aluminum low deck block with B1-TS heads and an intercooled 106mm turbo! The car was stripped down to nothing and built from the ground up! I even found NOS fenders and quarters in factory wrappers! The car now has a Chrome Moly everything 25.2 chassis certified down to 6.0 up to 3200lbs. It now sits 53 inches to the bulge of the roof line with 33x10.5w tires on it. I am working hard to put a lot of stock interior stuff back in, kind of hard though with all those bars! Still has a lot of work to do but I am pushing to get it done this year!

[mrmike]

This is how it sits now.........

[mrmike]

Another.....

[mrmike]

Just a few more....

[grdprx]

Bad ass!     I love the pictures from before, middle, and now!      

[Charger´69]

That´s perfect 1gen!!!!  Those pictures makes me like first gen Chargers more and more all the time 

[68X426]

Great thread greenpigs. Welcome aboard Mike. Keep the stories coming

[mrmike]

I guess this is more like how it really sits in my garage right now! Please excuse the mess! LOL!

[charge69]

All the pics are great , especially the older ones from a time gone by. You have a beautiful 1st Gen Charger and you will find this a very nice site. Welcome again and get that bad boy back on the road !

P.S.  I really like the pic of you and the Plymouth putting the hammer down !!

[bobs66440]

Please excuse the mess! LOL!

That just means you're busy!  What color is it going to be?

[mrmike]

All the pics are great , especially the older ones from a time gone by. You have a beautiful 1st Gen Charger and you will find this a very nice site. Welcome again and get that bad boy back on the road !

P.S.  I really like the pic of you and the Plymouth putting the hammer down !!

Ya that was the good old days of Mopar "King of the Street" races! That was myself vs Bill Mays down at Clay city, Ky. That was when a high 8 sec street cars were fast! Lol! Miss those days!

[charge69]

I guess I am getting old but ..... high 8 second street cars ARE fast !!

[FlatbackFanatic]

Looks more Bad Ass than it did before!!! What color are you going to paint it?

[69rtse4spd]

Welcome, did you ever run at Muncie Drag Way.  .

[ChgrSteve67]

Welcome to the site.

I'm generally not a fan of cowl induction hood scoops on Mopars but that looks really good on a first gen.

Do you have to drop the rear axle to change the tire? WOW

[mrmike]

I know what your saying, but I had the idea way back in the early nineties and had WS fiberglass make the first one they ever did. They sold so many, they gave me the next one for free! I just thought it would look good with the roof line and to me, it did!
Just drop the shock bolts and its all good! :-)

[greenpigs]

Update

Mike, you find any of the other pics you were talking about?

[GPULLER]

That thing sits perfect!  Is it a tube chassis or back half, would like to see more pics.  Got to love the 1st gens!   

[mrmike]

Hello all! Someone just sent me this old pic of my charger, I think the set up that was originally asked about? Mike 

[Ghoste]

Like the stance as well as the wheel and tire combo.  Is that you driving?

[mrmike]

Like the stance as well as the wheel and tire combo.  Is that you driving?

Yep that's me but about twenty years or so ago! LOL!

[tan top]

 

[Ghoste]

Thats quite the rollcage structure inside that car.

[RIDELIKEHELL]

Very cool! I love the stance! Sounds like a rocket

[472 R/T SE]

That's gotta be one of the coolest 1st gens. out there.

Where's the current pix & ETs'?

[greenpigs]

Yep, that's how I remember it.

What did it run back then when that picture was taken?

[GordonGriggs]

 
Great looking car. Looks kinda like one of the 1966 Dodge Charger's I own.

[GordonGriggs]

[1974dodgecharger]

damn first and 2nd gen next to each other in order too.....