Vehicle Description
Gateway Classic Cars Houston Showroom is proud to present this
awesome 1969 Dodge Charger. This high-gloss black beast features a
pearl purple enhancement that just needs to be seen in the sunlight
to be fully appreciated - it's quite impressive! This bad boy is
sporting a lot of hidden upgrades, too, and it comes with a
gigantic binder full of receipts, articles, specs, and manuals for
custom parts (such as the Dakota Digital VHX dash). It also has
copies of the broadcast sheet, as well...this is no "tribute"
Charger! Under the hood is a 383 CID Stroker V8, built along the
lines of the "Millennium Wedge", featured in a Car Craft Magazine
article in March 2005. It's topped off by a "Kenny Carb" (tuned by
Bumbera's Performance), a Mopar aluminum high-rise intake which has
been port matched to the aluminum Edelbrock heads (ported and
polished), has been bored and stroked, and uses BB Chevy truck rods
to achieve its 441 CID displacement. The valvetrain is actuated by
a roller bumpstick, and roller rockers. According to the dyno
sheets from Bitner Automotive, this big wedge put out a peak of
518HP and 505.7 Lb/Ft torque at 5395 RPM! The massive mill was
intended to be capable of being capable of being daily driven, as
well as being a real threat at the strip. To assist in keeping
everything running cool, a custom aluminum radiator and electric
cooling fan by Cold Case were installed, and they do their job
admirably. Backing the Max Wedge is a beefed up an SST A41 4-speed
automatic with overdrive. With its 3.55:1 gears in the limited-slip
equipped Mopar 8 3/4 inch third member, it's also quite usable on
that freeway cruise to the drag strip. It 3-inch dual exhaust is
served by Hooker Super Comp headers, and while it provides that
vintage muscle car sound, the large diameter tubes keep it from
being too obnoxious in the cabin. The entire front end has been
upgraded to a full QA1 Level 3 front suspension and K-member,
tubular control arms and fully adjustable QA1 gas shocks, plus a
beefy sway bar...It also has welded in subframe connectors, and its
rear suspension features Bilstein gas shocks, so this big
road-eater handles way better than it ever did "back in the day".
Speaking of handling, its vintage Magnum 500 wheels are shod with
radials, including the beefy Mickey Thompson E/T Street drag
radials out back, which certainly improve launch and handling.
Braking is courtesy of an electric power-assist booster, with
Wilwood 4-piston front calipers, slotted/drilled rotors, and
upgraded drums out back. Inside, the black synthetic leather high
back buckets and rear bench are in great shape, and the black
carpet is also good. About the only thing that's noticeably "not
stock looking" is the center console's TCI Street Fighter shifter
with its extra forward gear label, and the Dakota VHX dash. Even
the forward-facing vents for the Old Air "Hurricane" rear air
conditioning look like they could be original (but, obviously,
they're not)! Almost $40K worth of work was recently done at
Bumbera's in Katy, Texas, including installation of the A/C,
transmission, front suspension, rear shocks, alternator, and Kenny
carb, which are all new and have plenty of miles of smiles to
provide! Don't let this well-preserved and well-documented piece of
history slip through your fingers: call or email our Houston
Showroom today!
