Vehicle Description
1966 Dodge Charger
During the early-1960s, automakers were exploring new ideas in the
personal luxury and specialty car segments. Chrysler, fast to enter
the specialty car market, selected their Dodge Division to enter
the marketplace with a mid-size B-bodied sporty car to fit between
the "pony car" Ford Mustang and "personal luxury" Ford Thunderbird.
The intention was to create a fastback look while sharing as much
existing company hardware as possible.
For consignment a first year edition of the first-generation Dodge
Charger. This car has undergone an engine swap with the original
short block included, a power front disc brake conversion, and all
new front suspension. It sports the correct drivetrain and has
repair records to back up the work performed. This pearl white
cavalry horse is definitely ready to do battle...blow the
bugle!
Exterior
If you thought the Barracuda fastback was cool, get a load of this
fastback. It is truly the next level looking much like the concept
car of 1965 that Dodge rolled out to wet future appetites for the
upcoming muscle race. Nary a trunk lid here, although the gap
suggests otherwise, but the long sloping line hides it. Outside
shows the Charger badge on the long triangulated B pillar. The
sides showing the beginnings of the Coke bottle shape design have
well minded gaps and plenty of trimmings on the rockers and the
wheel wells, belt line toppers, as well as around the windows. All
this steel is bathed in pearl white and it shows in excellent
condition with no rust to be found but does have notable color
mismatch from panel to panel. Another highlight of the body is the
factory correct roofline pinstriping that contours perfectly to the
ever sloping fastback lines. Tucked in bumpers in mirror-like
finish gleam along with the chrome trimmings. Up front hidden
headlights give the grill the appearance that it runs the entire
way across the front of the car. The rear picks up on this and has
the taillight strip run entirely across the car as well. Fratzog
badges are seen within the grille and a large circular badge on the
trunk lid. 15-inch chrome laden Magnum 500 wheels are on all 4
corners and are wearing 235/60R15 Diamond Back red stripe radials
from the 39th week of 2019.
Interior
A swing of the doors and gold vinyl mixes with aluminum inserts and
gold carpet to create a sporty looking panel. Turning our attention
to the seats, pristine gold tuck and roll pattern seats in the form
of low back buckets in front and a duo of more buckets that have
fold down capabilities, and center armrest that folds allowing the
user to store many a cargo item under that large fastback. A center
console upfront as well not to be outdone by the snazzy rear setup
with its padded armrest and silver and chrome inlays around the
long arm shifter. Looking up front at the dash and it is factory
gorgeous. Very clean with its lineup of circular instruments,
including the factory tachometer, with a new electroluminescent
powerpack for the cluster, and a row of buttons, ignition switch
and knobs just below, all within perfect reach of the driver. The
remainder of the dash uses a rectangular pattern to add texture and
house the radio and airflow levers, and a glovebox. A duo of silver
face gauges hangs below the dash and gold carpet for the floors
remains mostly unmarred save for some staining on the passengers
footwell. A clean, tight suede-like headliner in tan is above.
Drivetrain
A surgically clean engine bay greets us with the hood up in the air
and it is just fab. An aqua block and intake, water pump, then
topped with aqua painted Mopar Performance ribbed valve covers and
I'm nearly ready to eat this engine as it presents as a piece of
eye candy. It is the correct but not original 383ci V8, and is
topped with an Edelbrock Torker intake, and Edelbrock 750cfm
4-barrel carburetor. A shout out to the chrome plated air cleaner
cover which can feed plenty of air for the fossils to mix with and
turn this V8. An A833 4-speed manual transmission, and an 8.75 inch
3.23 SureGrip rear axle with new bearings complete this nice
package. We note a new aluminum radiator has been installed along
with new electronic ignition and a new fuel pump.
Undercarriage
Underneath a new Flowmaster muffler equipped exhaust system guides
us through a very clean rust free structurally sound undercarriage.
Fully rebuilt independent torsion bar suspension upfront, and leaf
springs on the rear are in fab condition. A power disc brake
conversion is on for the front, and power drums for the rear can be
seen. For the chassis its miles of black undercoated steel with
little to no surface rust to be seen. This black helps highlight
the new brake lines, new 3/8" fuel lines and new fuel tank.
Drive-Ability
This horsepower embellished horse fired right up and ran very
nicely through all aspects of our test track. A good accelerator,
strong flow through the gears, and powerful and smooth ride left us
with a smile on our track test dummies face, (Wait! not dummies!).
Although we did note that even with the new headlight relays
installed light covers would not rotate back closed.
There are nice examples of many cars in Classic Auto Mall, then
there are really nice examples and this Charger is certainly in the
latter category. Well done, a fancy futuristic design line, and
that solid looking front grille, and you will be turned into a
sucker for a 66 muscle car. Da Da Da Dit Da Dee...Charge...r!
XP29G61254317
X-Dodge Charger
P-Premium Price Class
29-2 Door Sports Hardtop
G-383ci V8 2bbl
6-1966
1-Lynch Rd, MI Assy Plant
254317-Sequential Unit Number
FENDER TAG
a6-Console
b4-Bucket Seats
P6-Remote Driver's Outside Mirror
AB62-383ci V8 4bbl
C3-4 Speed Manual
R1-2 Watt AM Radio
SO NUMBER 41509083-April 15th Build
BDY XP29-Charger, Premium Price Class 2 Door Sports Hardtop
TRM P4T-Tan Vinyl Buckets
PAINT WW1HY-White, Red Roof Pinstripe, Medium Gold Upper Door
Paint
Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special
interest automobile showroom, featuring over 850 vehicles for sale
with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle
barn find collection is on display. This vehicle is located in our
showroom in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, conveniently located just
1-hour west of Philadelphia on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The
website is www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888)
227-0914. Please contact us anytime for more information or to come
see the vehicle in person.
