View Poll Results: What is the greatest Dodge muscle car?
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What do you think is the greatest DODGE muscle car??
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Sorry, but the true "King" of Mopar is the 67 Plymouth GTX Hemi. The ACR version was a stripped down ringer. I think Chrysler ought to do the same thing with the new Challenger: no carpet or insulation; no rear seat; no radio; no a/c; and no sound insulation. That car weighed over 800 lbs less than a stock GTX. I agree that the Daytona was the racing king, but for pure street/track performer, no Chrysler product can come close. I'll have to find the Road and Track article again.
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85-87 Omni GLHS. OK not a 'muscle car' but what a sleeper almost 1hp/10lb. nice ratio. easy and cheap to modify and durable. Then there's the Shelby Z daytona w/innercooler. Or how about a 1991 spirit R/T 220hp DOHC. Who'd expect grandma car to spank some the 'performance' cars of that time.
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Someone dug up an old post, but to even qualify as "Greatest DODGE MUSCLE car of all time" I really think the car needs to have the 426.
Now, if you want to talk sport/performance then the list is very different in my mind.
Now, if you want to talk sport/performance then the list is very different in my mind.
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When you produce a vehicle that dominates the strip for over 40 yrs that to me is the the best, 1968 Hemi A-bodies. Unfortunately they were only produced in very limited numbers so were they truly a muscle car for the masses?
I have a SRT8 Jeep and the new muscle cars are so much superior in all aspects of driving, great muscle cars!
My vote goes to the Super Bee, cousin to the 1968 Roadrunner that really put the muscle car era into overdrive. Cheap reliable muscle from 383 to 426 Hemi. Mopar or no car!
I have a SRT8 Jeep and the new muscle cars are so much superior in all aspects of driving, great muscle cars!
My vote goes to the Super Bee, cousin to the 1968 Roadrunner that really put the muscle car era into overdrive. Cheap reliable muscle from 383 to 426 Hemi. Mopar or no car!
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Old thread, but new to me ...
The second-generation Dodge Chargers were the best looking muscle cars from any company in my opinion. They weren't the fastest, but they were fast enough with the top engine options. They also had a nice interior.
The 1969½ Super Bee (A12 package) was perhaps the fastest Dodge muscle car (not counting factory race cars like the '68 Hemi Dart), and among the fastest of the muscle car era in general. I consider it tied with its near-twin (A12 Road Runner) for the second-best looking muscle car of the era.
I don't consider anything made after '71 to be a muscle car at all. True muscle cars don't kowtow to the EPA.
Most chicks couldn't care less about muscle cars unless they are "shiny/pretty"; but then, they tend to like most any "shiny/pretty" vehicle. Do you think something like a mint-condition '68 Hemi Dart ...
... with its mismatched primer finish, spartan interior, and plain stamped steel wheels would be a "babe magnet"? Most women would roll their eyes at such a car as they walk past it to the guy in his brand new Honda.
Muscle cars are more of a "dude magnet" than anything, especially if they are "rough" (i.e., could use bodywork and/or a paint job). I have a '69 Charger that is "rough", and when it is sitting unattended in e.g. a store parking lot, guys are on it like a duck on a Junebug. I even have random guys knocking on my door when it is parked in my driveway, wanting to buy it or even just talk about it.
Aside from one exception where a woman in her 40s was walking by my car in the grocery store parking lot, swung around when she saw it and said "Awesome car"; women don't even notice it.
The second-generation Dodge Chargers were the best looking muscle cars from any company in my opinion. They weren't the fastest, but they were fast enough with the top engine options. They also had a nice interior.
The 1969½ Super Bee (A12 package) was perhaps the fastest Dodge muscle car (not counting factory race cars like the '68 Hemi Dart), and among the fastest of the muscle car era in general. I consider it tied with its near-twin (A12 Road Runner) for the second-best looking muscle car of the era.
I don't consider anything made after '71 to be a muscle car at all. True muscle cars don't kowtow to the EPA.
... with its mismatched primer finish, spartan interior, and plain stamped steel wheels would be a "babe magnet"? Most women would roll their eyes at such a car as they walk past it to the guy in his brand new Honda.
Muscle cars are more of a "dude magnet" than anything, especially if they are "rough" (i.e., could use bodywork and/or a paint job). I have a '69 Charger that is "rough", and when it is sitting unattended in e.g. a store parking lot, guys are on it like a duck on a Junebug. I even have random guys knocking on my door when it is parked in my driveway, wanting to buy it or even just talk about it.
Aside from one exception where a woman in her 40s was walking by my car in the grocery store parking lot, swung around when she saw it and said "Awesome car"; women don't even notice it.
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I looked up that 1967 Plymouth GTX that was talked about on the first page and man that thing is pretty. I'm going to have to go through my Hotwheels collections and see if I have that and if not keep searching.
Maybe someone on here can tell me if there is a saddening difference in the "original" muscle cars of the 50s, 60s and 70s compared to what's on the market now...
Maybe someone on here can tell me if there is a saddening difference in the "original" muscle cars of the 50s, 60s and 70s compared to what's on the market now...