Streetmusclemag.com 1970 Challenger Article

[Finface]

Some of you probably get this free email from streetmusclemag.com. Nice write-up about the 1970 Challenger that started it all for us.

Since this was sent free to me I think it should be okay to put the link here.

https://www.streetmusclemag.com/fea...he-1970-dodge-challenger-r-t-hemi-convertible

 

[Hickster]

Great article. I grew up driving the 1964 Barracuda with the crazy back winder.

 

[B5Cat16]

Awesome article. Love all those cars. I grew up driving a 68 Cuda FB with a slightly less crazy back window . Still have it 35 years later. Honestly, I like the old ones better. Love my HC, I really do but all that technology in the cockpit just ain't for me. A radio and temp controls are really all I want. So why did I buy HC? Cool looks and 707HP.

 

[Prange]

Excellent. Thanks.

Those original 'Cuda's reminded me of something that Studebaker would have built.

Be sure to read the next article down, Rob's Car Movie Review of Bobby Joe and the Outlaw.

 

[recurveman]

September 1969. Ordered a 1970 Challenger R\T Go Mango. 440 six pack with a pistol grip four speed. No power steering or power windows or power brakes. Without these I could only get 3:55 gears so the first mod was 4:10s. Bets time was 12.28 @107 at Keystone Raceway in Pa.
Never beaten on the street. Window sticker was $3966. A monster!

 

[Hpmaniac]

My dad bought a 1970 challenger 383 4 speed green. I'll have to find some pics. He always tells me about a 375 hp 396 chevelle he couldn't beat lol. When I pulled up in my redeye he actually cried when he saw it. I'd always been a Chevrolet guy and didn't tell him I bought my first ever dodge product. Pretty cool moment.

 

[coolblue]

My dad bought a 1970 challenger 383 4 speed green. I'll have to find some pics. He always tells me about a 375 hp 396 chevelle he couldn't beat lol. When I pulled up in my redeye he actually cried when he saw it. I'd always been a Chevrolet guy and didn't tell him I bought my first ever dodge product. Pretty cool moment.

I only gave you a thumbs up 'cause your dad couldn't beat the BBC. I ran them for over thirty years.. Kidding. Seriously that's a great story.

 

[Finface]

I saw the original "Vanishing Point" movie which starred the 1970 Challenger when I was 15. Been hooked every since.