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Car Of The Day: May 6, 2017; Mattel Fast and the Furious '70 Dodge Charger
Topic Started: May 6 2017, 09:25 PM (235 Views)
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Today's Car Of The Day is Mattel's Fast and the Furious 1970 Dodge Charger.

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The Dodge Charger was introduced during the 1966 model year. It featured a two-door fastback body design and a four bucket seat interior. The intermediate-sized Charger shared components with the Coronet that also used the Chrysler B platform. The base engine was a 318 cu in (5.2 L) V8 with a three-speed floor shifter. Larger and more powerful engines were also available. Sales were low.


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I'm not sure what they were thinking when designing this one for the movie. Mad Max meets The Dukes Of Hazzard perhaps?

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The Charger was changed slightly for the 1970 model year. This would be the last year of the 2nd generation Charger and featured a large wraparound chrome bumper and the grille was no longer divided in the middle. New electric headlight doors replaced the old vacuum style. The taillights were similar to those used in 69, but 500 and R/T models came with a new more attractive taillight panel. On the R/T, new rear-facing scoops with the R/T logo were mounted on the front doors, over the door scallops. A new 440 or HEMI hood cutout made the option list for this year only.

Dodge painted the hood scallop inserts black and put the silver engine callouts on top. New "High Impact" colors were given names, such as Top Banana, Panther Pink, Sublime, Burnt Orange, Go Mango and Plum Crazy (sometimes nicknamed "Statutory Grape"). The 500 returned for another year, but as a regular production Charger.

Interior changes included new high-back bucket seats, the door panels were also revised and the map pockets were now optional instead of standard. The ignition was moved from the dash to the steering column (as with all Chrysler products this year), and the glove box was now hinged at the bottom instead of the top as in 1968-69. The SE "Special Edition" trim option added luxury features and was available in as the 500 SE and R/T SE models. The all new pistol grip shifter was introduced, along with a bench seat, a first for the Charger since its debut.

A new engine option made the Charger's list for the first time, the 440 Six Pack. With three two-barrel carburetors and a rating of 390 hp (290 kW), it was one of the most exotic setups since the cross-ram Max Wedge engines of the early 1960s. The Six Pack was previously used on the mid-year 1969 Dodge Super Bee and Plymouth Road Runner. Despite this new engine, production slipped again to 46,576 mainly due to the new E-body Dodge Challenger pony car, as well as rapidly increasing automobile insurance rates. In the 1970 NASCAR season, the 1970 Charger had ten wins, more than any other car, including the 1969 Dodge Charger Daytonas and Plymouth Superbirds, thus giving Bobby Isaac the Grand National Championship.


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pjedsel
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:( :huh: :o mostly speechless - it does nothing for me.
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juantoo3
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This era Charger (68-70) is one of my favorite cars, but this one doesn't look right. Not sure how it compares to the movie car, but this seems to me to sag a bit in the middle. I can deal with the 4x4 stance, bull bars, and open trunk with spares (not sure what that's about), but the lines of the body are off.
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
My sentiments follow what Wes says above. I buy most 68-70 Chargers, usually a handful at a time. and enjoy them all. I had a hard time buying just one of these, but I did it for a file copy. I don't see much I like about this one, and I don't even see any parts usable for customs, etc. :( :unsure:
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