1966 Dodge Charger Fastback | Ardell Brown Classic Cars
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1st year for the famous Fastback Charger. Sold new at Douglas Dodge in Charlotte, North Corolina. This frame up restoration started with a well maintained and garaged car. Beautiful Cranberry Metallic paint set off by the Gold Bumble Bee stripe. The 383 ci engine has 11 to 1 pistons and develps at least 375 hp. Art walker built the 355 posi rear end and added front and rear Hemi sway bars. Rear Hemi heavy duty leaf springs were also added. This is an original factory air conditioned car and come with the original warranty I.D. All new or re-chromed parts throughout, and less than 1000 miles since built. The mild custom interior make this Charger stand apart from all others.
The Charger made its debut in mid-1966. Sharing its chassis and front-end sheet-metal with the mid-sized Coronet, the Charger "still looked a lot like a Coronet or AMC’s conceptually similar Rambler Marlin ... [and] substantially more expensive than either. The Charger with a $3,100 base price "was immediately paired up in the automotive press with American Motors' year-old Marlin, another fastback specialty machine that came in at around $2,850" and some called the Charger "a good-looking Marlin."
The Charger's interior was different from all other cars with its pseudo-bucket back seats folded down to interior space accessible via the rear hatch. "The Charger didn't begin with the performance/ muscle car image, though you could get a Hemi with it." The Charger evolved into possibly the top Chrysler-made muscle car.
