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#FrontEndFriday Dodge Charger Scat Pack 392 🐝 in #OctaneRed #Repost from 🚘 @392_fish ... 📸 @santiphoto_915.dng . #19octanescat #brandnew #fresnomopars #chargerklub #moparmilitia #moparmisfits #poweredbysrt #scatpackclub #blackouttint #392fish #allmoparedout #dodgeofficial #dodgenation #moparnation #moparmadness #thatsmydodge @scatpackclub @fiatchrysler_na @dodgeofficial @officialmopar (at California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsgbUOIlwks/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wuqlw0eomahv

'66 Coronet 440 R/T at #homesteadfl #carshow, when I last posted this car someone indicated there was no Dodge Coronet R/T. I saw on Wiki but #mopar heads what do u say? #carphotographybyjjgarcia #dodgecoronet #coronet440 #coronetrt #hemi #dodge #mopar #moparmadness

This little guy was a #Craigslist bargain last summer, and even though it looks pretty standard, this #DodgeRampage hid a Mitsubishi V6 under the hood. The #Rampage is the most unusual version of the old #Chrysler #Lbody platform, based heavily on technology from the old Simca 1108/1204. In Europe, the next generation of this platform became the Simca (later Talbot) #Horizon, and in North America, it became the Dodge Omni/Plymouth Horizon. Although it's often said that the resemblence between the Plymouth and Simca Horizons was merely skin deep, that isn't entirely true. It is correct that the two cars share less than you'd think for cars so cosmetically similar; but part of this notion was Chrysler's attempt to distance the U.S. versions from anything to do with Simca/Talbot. The Omni/Horizon debuted as a '78 model, and a year later a set of coupes arrived on the L platform - in the mold of the VW Scirocco - the Omni 024 (Charger from 1983) and Plymouth TC3/Turismo. Although car-based pickups seemed to be fading away at that time, Subaru was having a fair degree of success with the four-cylinder, subcompact BRAT - and both VW and Chysler took notice. Chrysler had a compact truck to combat offerings from Toyota and Datsun (The Mitsubishi-sourced Ram 50), but VW didn't. VW launched the Golf/Rabbit-based Caddy/Rabbit Truck for 1981 and Chrysler responded late that year with the Dodge Rampage (a play on the @ramtrucks name). The Rampage took the front half of an Omni 024/Charger Coupe and grafted on a truck bed, all powered by Chrysler's 2.2 liter four. It couldn't handle very heavy loads and it was nowhere near as fast as the contemporary El Camino, but it looked nice and got great fuel mileage. For 1983 only, a Plymouth version, the Scamp, was also offered. But the Rampage never did take off with customers, and was dropped after 1984. Aside from the super-rare Shelby variant sold to a few California dealers in 1984, faster Rampages like this one are the domain of tuners and swappers (this particular swapper also took the photo). #Dodge #EngineSwap #ig_autoshow #carsofcraigslist #BCcars #1984 #1980s #eighties #sunset #Mopar #moparmadness #moparornocar #Chrysler (at Vancouver, British Columbia)

#Spottedinthewild - I was just out getting groceries when I came upon this growling ’66 #DodgeCoronet. The last time I posted one of these 2-door “post” cars it was a #Hemi - this one’s only a 383 but it was still nice to see it being used. Two-door sedans, or “Posts,” were the cheapest cars in most domestic lineups for a long time after the introduction of hardtops - and even into the 1960s when cheaper, smaller “compacts” arrived they were considered “value” vehicles. Lots of car at low price. Indeed, the ’66 Coronet 2-door post, newly squared-off and riding a fresh redesign, with a V8 was about the same price as a much smaller Dart 270 hardtop (a design introduced in 1962) with a slant six. They were also favorites of older, traditional buyers who’d always bought value cars rather than flashy hardtops. The “Car as appliance” phenomenon did not start in 1996. These buyers stuck by the same cars they’d driven since the 20s - straight sixes, few options, and few things to break. That meant that the overall image of 2-door sedans was one of value and fleet leaders. But a subset of 2-door post cars was radically different. Most the time, the 2-door sedan was the lightest car in any lineup - hardtops required more structure and weight and came with more things. That meant that combined with the most powerful engine available, the “post” was often the fastest car you could get if you optioned it correctly - at least in the early to mid 60s. 2-door sedans were often used at the drag strip and eventually became the preferred vehicle for factory-backed drag racing programs and limited production models (often sold without warranties) aimed squarely at the strip. By 1966 the compacts had overtaken the big cars in most respects at the strip, but the a-la-carte ordering system remained, allowing a buyer to mix and match bodies, engines, transmissions, and gear ratios to make sleepers just like this. The only clue to what was under the hood (Granny’s slant six or a Hemi?) were the badges on the front fenders.  #MoparMadness #1960s #twodoorsedan #twodoorpost #sleeper #hotrod #Dodge #night #muscecars #musclecarszone #soloparking #ig_autoshow

Richard Sais’ Coke-bottle #1968 #Charger might be the most successful #Dodge design in the company’s history - not bad for something that grew from a sketch designed to help Sais during his job interview. The first Charger, a fastback version of the #Coronet that had been hastily created in the wake of the Mustang, GTO, and Barracuda debuts (Dodge dealers wanted a badder Barracuda) ended up straddling the market between big coupes and the new pony cars, but it was a stopgap car - a thorough redesign in ’68 was expected, and work was underway before the ’66 went on sale. A furious debate ensued about what the ’68 would look like. Sais had been hired away from GM by Dodge’s chief designer Chuck Mitchell in 1964, and had brought along a sketch with him to the interview of a sleek sporty hardtop inspired by fighter jets like the Convair F-102 Delta Dagger. After he was hired, Sais worked on A-body (Dodge Dart) platform cars, but made a clay of his sketch, which Mitchell loved enough to present as a proposal for the ’68 Charger. Dodge’s executive design chief Bill Brownlie wanted to go with another crack at the fastback theme for ’68, and hated the model and reportedly ordered it destroyed - but Chrysler’s design chief Elwood Engel loved it. Engel had Mitchell and Sais develop the car during Brownlie’s 1965 trip to Chrysler Europe, even adding the distinctive racing-style fuel filler himself. Much of this took place before or during the early months of Mk1 Charger sales. Whatever Brownlie’s feelings - he later warmed to the design - Engel’s decision was final. The ’68 was a huge success, with sales rising from a paltry 15,000 ‘67s to almost 100,000 ‘68s - nearly 80K more than they expected. The base Charger that year was a 318, joined mid-year by the rare 225-cid slant six Charger, but most were meant as #musclecars - the 383 and 440 V8s were the norm, with options up to the pricey 426 #Hemi. Visually #fast and a terror on the drag strip, the Coke Bottle car was not a handler, but it did okay for 60s muscle. You don’t see them on this context very often, however.  #MoparMadness #ig_autoshow #DodgeCharger #ChargerRT #Mopar #1960s #speed #classiccars #retro_rides 

Had some requests to see this better. #dodgetruck #rusttruck #patinaed #48dodge #rusticdecor #rustseries #oldisgold #mopar #moparmadness

Another Custom piece done! #moparmadness #duster #70duster #plymouthduster (at Carlisle All-Chrysler Nationals)

Last one tonight. Whew... busy day. #viper #dodgeviper #srt #viperart #moparmadness #carartist #carlisle #carlisleevents #musclecar #sportscar #supercar