George Poteet's 68 Charger

[68ChargerJMP]

Does anyone have pics of George Poteets 68 Charger?

[Charger_Fan]

That's the guy who made this one, I believe...yes/no?

[Afflyer]

It'd look a helluva lot better without those pimpin wheels.

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

steve strope made that 68 charger, same guy who made 1970 roadrunner named Hammer-MATT

[Charger_Fan]

It'd look a helluva lot better without those pimpin wheels.

I dunno Man, it get's worse...

[bull]

I wish I had either of those cars so I could fix them.

What's with the deelywhoppers on the back window of the first one?

[Blown70]

I wish I had either of those cars so I could fix them.

What's with the deelywhoppers on the back window of the first one?

NASCAR/RACING INSPIRED?  Supposed to be anyway.

I REALLY DO NOT LIKE HOW LOW THE OTHER ONE IN THE POST ABOVE IS AND WAS GOING TO DO THAT....

[Charger_Fan]

What's with the deelywhoppers on the back window of the first one?

Yep, it's a NASCAR theme. See the little covers over the rear bumper edges, like they did back in the day? There's lots more NASCAR themed stuff inside & in the engine bay, but for the life of me, I can't remember where I saw those pics!

I knew I should have saved them that day. 

[BigBlockSam]

i'm not a big fan of those big wheels but if your gonna have them , thats how they look best. when you can only see 3/4 of them

[greenpigs]

I like the first one, sure it has BIG rims but at least they are not the standard "bling" style. Now that second one besides the motor choice was a mistake at best.

[Slowpoke]

And why do both have the wrong style stripe on them?
(the 69 -70 style single instead of the 68 double)

[6pkrunner]

If guys want to use modern styling licks on cars, why not use a modern car? While I am sure the craftmanship and execution of work is top drawer on these cars......they are totally out of their element - and a Honda Element may have been a better starting point.
Bloody crime about the lightening holes in the rad support.

[TruckDriver]

That silver one looks like something they would do if Chip Foose got ahold of it. What a waste of a nice car (except the hemi).  Shaved door handles and mirrors only look good on pre 50s hot rods in my opinion.

[Silver R/T]

I like second one. I like style hes building those mopars with, also love RR he did

[Blakcharger440]

I think that the first one is very,very nice and does look alot of Nascar inspiration.
I wonder what size the wheels and tires are on that white one are???


And hey if all Chargers were always restored to what their build sheet or fender tag
says than this hobby would be really boring....dont think it would be good for the hobby, but
to each their own.

[SuBLimE 69]

It'd look a helluva lot better without those pimpin wheels.

I dunno Man, it get's worse...

The first one looks good (white one) but this second one...... A waste     Looks more like an abortion than a Charger.

[68ChargerJMP]

I think the one Strope built for Poteet has 335 45 18's on the rear.

[Charger_Fan]

I think the one Strope built for Poteet has 335 45 18's on the rear.

So...if Strope built it for Poteet, is that 1st one the one you were thinking of?

[ChargerHound69]

Anyone notice the ugly hood scoop on the second one???

[bull]

And why do both have the wrong style stripe on them?
(the 69 -70 style single instead of the 68 double)

This is just a guess but overall I'd say they don't seem too concerned with the stock look.

[Charger Steve]

I am not impressed at all! To do this to a classic like the 68 Charger should be a crime. Just my opinion, I guess anyone can do what they want with thier car but this is sick!

[Silver R/T]

on white one you can see they didnt even undercoat in wheel wells, still looks white.

[sixpack70]

Those hideous wheels need to go! Whats up with this blinging wheels on muscle cars? They almost never match and look like they belong on a soccer mom suv! Put some real wheels on it no larger than 17's and then they would be better. Or if its nascar inspired, why not put nascar wheels on it? Other wise the bodies paint and other stuff look really great!

[Charger Aficionado]

  What a CRIME to put those holes in the rad support!  Mod all you want, it's your car, but don't start to kill another one!!!!

[General Ryan]

  What a CRIME to put those holes in the rad support!  Mod all you want, it's your car, but don't start to kill another one!!!!

I don't think they did.

Look at the rad support again, I don't see any shadow showing that its recessed like they are. I think they "boxed" the rad support and then cut holes in the aded metal.

I personally like what Strope did to the white one, I'd only add some big vintage NASCAR wheels/tires like that black open road racer 68 has.
If someone else on here took a 318 run of the mill Charger and did that, people would praise it but agree to disagree on the wheel choice.

[Brock Samson]

sure are alot of different "looks" you can make a car, like "Pro Touring" "Restified" "Salt Flats Runner" "Blinged" etc..

I like the one and i belive it's "Pro-Touring" Silver '68 has at the bottom of his page in his Sig. I think it's viper engined with an independant rear suspension...

  How Come the guys who have these heavily Modded Chargers are not on this site?....
  I think some times these guys arn't really Charger lovers or they'd know better about the little things like the stripes of different years having different looks,... seems to me, that to them, a Charger is "Just Another Car" to Modify and throw (someone elses') money at...

oh well, at least we got Kab... 

[Blown70]

Well my little toy falls into the heavily modified car.  More done to it before I purchased it but.... I do not want what everyone else has.  Not to say I am going bling it but I am going to do it to my taste.

Tom

[greenpigs]

on white one you can see they didnt even undercoat in wheel wells, still looks white.

Yeah, because those old nascar racers(the inspiration)wouldn't want the salt to eat out the car in the winter.


DUMBASS!

[Lowprofile]

I Like both of them. The wheels are different, but not bad.  The silver one has an air ride suspension system on it.

[Charger_Fan]

  Not to say I am going bling it but I am going to do it to my taste.

And that's how it should be.

[Lowprofile]

  Not to say I am going bling it but I am going to do it to my taste.

And that's how it should be.

I agree. 

[Johnny SixPack]

  Not to say I am going bling it but I am going to do it to my taste.

And that's how it should be.

I agree. 

Me too.

My "69 will be done my way.

I'm going big rims/tires, but not in a bling-bling way.

All about the handling and clearing big brakes. 

And filling up the wheel wells while doing it. 

[NYCMille]

Personally I love the car. White is not my color, but I love the wheels and the car has a great stance, plus it's functional. Everyone always bitches about modifing these old cars and I simply don't get it. For those of you who know my 68' it is extensively modified (with more stuff planned) and will actually be doing some autocross events as well a couple of vintage days at Limerock Raceway in CT. Now, would I take a 38 year old stock 68' on a road course or autocross course... nope I would not... sue me, but drum brakes frighten me. My only caviot is that if you are going to build a "Pro-touring/Modified" car... USE IT... don't do a full build and then stare at it.

I have big wheels, big brakes w/hydroboost, 6-speed OD, upgraded interior and upgraded suspension on my 68'. Does this make my car bad or ugly... is it a sin that a 68' Charger was "butchered" in order to make it go, stop and handle better? Personally, I don't think so - I think that if you like stock then fine, enjoy it, but don't criticise people for trying to make these old cars better. I can safely say that I can't wait to bring my car to the track because I KNOW it can embarrasse many a "new" street car. There is now better feeling than passing someone through a corner in a new "sportscar" with my 38 year beast, then getting the look of surprise on there face...

If you build them, drive them... don't stare at them, there's no point.

[Mike DC]

Everyone's got their opinion. 

I'm not annoyed that they modified a Charger per se. 
But just on principle, I wish these guys could find it in their hearts to start with a rusted-out shell a lot more often.  The magazines & press always write it off as just "starting with a solid foundation."  But those writers are basically in the business of blindly praising every project their editor puts in front of them whether it deserves it or not.  I'd bet money that those guys started with a clean & complete street car, just so that they would have an easier time gutting the shell & changing half the suspension under it.

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And the huge wheels look like crap.  That car shoulda had NASCAR wheels/tires on it.  I think those huge rims/tires are a ploy for media attention. They spoil the cool & different theme which is otherwise carried all throughout the car. 

But right now that's the condition of the car hobby.  If I bolted 19" rims onto a rusty '76 Monaco, a Popular Hot Rodding photo crew would be at my doorstep the next day.

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[volk68]

As with everyone else, the wheels are my biggest complaint on these two cars.  I also don't like the stance, hood scoop, shaved handles, and shaved mirrors on the silver one, but man, that is wicked paint.  If the silver one enjoys full ride air suspension, then just slap the mirrors and door handles back on, and I'm sold    The white one isn't bad either, but I prefer the silver.

[NYCMille]

I'd bet money that those guys started with a clean & complete street car, just so that they would have an easier time gutting the shell & changing half the suspension under it.

Why wouldn't you start with a clean complete car? What start out with a rusted hulk... makes no sense, rule #1 in any build is get something solid right from the go - rust only causes headaches. Go to "http://www.purevisiondesign.com/" click on "In Shop" and scroll down to 68' Charger - the car was solid but by no means a show pony of any shorts.

[68ChargerJMP]

The tires on Poteets car are not huge at all, they look like 17s and 18s.....not hardly huge. In case some of you havent noticed ,our cars are 17'4" long and at least 3800 lbs, I think they need the bigger wheels and tires to add some stability to these behemoths and to fill out the wheel wells, cant do it with just tire, or it would handle like ass. Plenty of cars come from the factory with 17s and 18s everyday,like Mustangs ,Vettes, etc...,and they are significantly smaller cars, but dont look "blinged" out. If tastefully done, the big wheel tire combo is the sweetest thing you can do to an old car for its appearence.The stance on Poteets white one is right on the money. A lot of technology has came our way in 38 years, and believe or not the bigger wheels/tires and brakes offer far greater performance than the 14x7 redlines and drum brakes they came with. Its alot more beneficial than everything in sight being chromed out, with glasspacks, jacked up air shocked rear, wrong offset wheels hanging out of the wheel wells like the 70s. Now that is ugly in my opinion, but its just that, my opinion.  Thanx.

[Rolling_Thunder]

I plan on going to 17" wheels sooner or later...    no reason not to take advantage of newer technologies

[Mike DC]

Why wouldn't you start with a clean complete car? What start out with a rusted hulk... makes no sense, rule #1 in any build is get something solid right from the go - rust only causes headaches.

click on "In Shop" and scroll down to 68' Charger - the car was solid but by no means a show pony of any shorts.

You can call it rough, but that looks to me like the most sought-after kind of 1968 Charger in the hobby right now: It's a totally rebuildable & complete & solid car, but it's rough enough to drop the price down to within range of the weekend amateur.  Lots of people in the hobby spend years looking for that kind of car.

They were copying old stock cars & modern G-machines with the project.  But aren't both those kinds of cars interesting in large part for their stock appearance with MAJOR hidden structural modifictions?  It's not always true, but I think this particular custom car would have come out much more interesting if the builders HAD needed to rework 2/3 of the body & chassis.  Instead, I see mostly bolt-on stuff to aviod cutting the sheetmetal. (I mean, why the hell does that car still have the sheetmetal inner fenderwhells in place?) 

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Let's see . . .
They cost the hobby a clean restorable 1968 Charger in order to avoid rebuilding a rusty shell (when all they really needed was the shell). Meanwhile, the fact that it was clean & solid probably discouraged more extensive & interesting modifications and limited the project. 

Yep, sounds like a winning plan.

I don't hate the car or anything, but it's an example of what I think is wrong with the custom-car hobby right now. 

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[dodgey68]

may i ask who built this charger and who owns it

It'd look a helluva lot better without those pimpin wheels.

I dunno Man, it get's worse...

[suntech]

Hi Guys
Lost this one completly, since i was in Korea at the time it went on, and had problems to log on to the site.
I happen to like the White one....A LOT!!
There are things that i would have done differently ofcause, but in general it is a damn cool car, with great stance IMO.
The rims is not in my taste, and i think the rears are a LITTLE to big .  They are 19´s, with 345/30 rear, and 265/35x 18 front, if i remember right.
It is not the rad support that is cutted holes in. It is the extra sheet metal added, to box it, that is, and it is a hell of a lot stronger and stiffer than the original one.
I am also sure he could have afford a splash of undercoating in the wheelwells, if he WANTED that........ after all it is a 200 K + car 
I have talked to Steve Strope a couple of times, about that car, and he is a very nice guy

The silver one is not really in my taste, at least as it "sits" there on the pictures, but i am sure there are many people that likes it. Think i saw it up for sale at craigslist Dubai a while back.

As for why the builders are not on here.... maybe they are buzy building cars, instead of listening to all of us telling them what they did wrong?