Who designed the 2nd gen Charger?

[AKcharger]

Great post!     

[Bob T]

Thanks for taking the time to put up the Richard Sias article Brock, most interesting. Also, I had no idea about the CGT cars  

And a bit more newfound ( for me ) info on the CGT Cars

http://www.turbinecar.com/sia/sia57.htm

Hundreds of stories came out of the project. George Huebner once made the statement that Chrysler Turbines would run on anything which could flow through a pipe and burn with air. That statement was put to the test - several times and passed on each occasion. Turbines ran on unleaded gasoline, diesel, kerosene, JP-4, alcohol, Chanel ~5 and yes, Jimmy, peanut oil! However, one of the most interesting fuels ever to run the turbine was also the center of an episode of equal interest. George Huebner picks up the story: "The first car of the 50-car program was barely ready when it was - pressed into service on a world tour by Chrysler International. The car reached Mexico, and I got a call from one of the International people who said that the president of Mexico wanted to operate the turbine on tequila! I said that I thought it would work fine, but just the same. I went to the purchasing department the next morning and got two gallons of tequila. We drained the tank on engineering's car and dumped the two gallons in. The car ran all over Highland Park with no trouble. Meanwhile the president of Mexico ran the car there on tequila, but was later quite upset when reporters failed to mention that he was driving. The turbine and tequila stole the show, you might say."

[Brock Samson]

Does anyone know if Mr.Sias, or Bill Brownlie are still alive?

lost track of this thread...
Especially for the newbies.
Here's a thread a few yrs. old now on Carl Cameron death, designer of the First Gen Charger and the Challenger...
worth a look if you care about the Chargers designers...

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,18047.50.html

[Bob T]

Thanks for the link Brock. Some of the historic stories and anecdotes on D.C still continue to impress me, glad I stopped by.

Carl Cameron sounded like a true automotive legend and a great all-round guy. One of a great many team of top designers and visonaries


Back in 2003, Bob Hubbach from Chrysler USA ( Chief exterior stylist for the Australian Valiant Charger, tasked with developing the car in Australia ) came out here ( New Zealand ) for the R/T 6 Pack Club Nationals and was warmly received. He was the guest of honour over the weekend and spoke at the awards dinner with stories and anecdotes from the early days. Unfortunately I was not able to attend.
He also provided much insight for the ''Hey Charger" book which was subsequently written by Gary Bridger , and also provided fantastic watercolour renditions from the design studio at the time and his later work on the  1995 Chrysler Atlantic showcar and the 1996 Dodge Viper GTS coupe and 97 Dodge Copperhead showcar.

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

[Brock Samson]

maybe someday this can get all sorted out and be a sticky like the "proven combos" and "who wont be down for breakfast" threads... ya' know?.. so folks won't have to reinvent the wheel or have to - heaven forbid!    search for this stuff?...  

[sanders7981]

here's some more related stuff, though more to the third Gen.. Still..

SWEET JESUS!!!  Check out the prices for Hemi blocks in that ad!  $1397 for a stroker kit too!!!  I hate inflation...

[XS29LA47V21]

  I got the pages out of order but you can pretty much read them I hope..

I think I see muscle machine die cast in dar somewhere, check out that big fat coke bottle .