les Dodge Charger dans les expos du Québec

Comments: 1969 saw little change for the regular Dodge Charger. Instead, Dodge released two special versions of the Charger, in order to better compete in NASCAR. The first was the Charger 500, which was basically a 1968 Charger with improved aerodynamics. The Charger 500 had a flush mounted Coronet grille with a flush mounted rear window over the recessed backlight. Although the Charger 500 had some racing success, Dodge engineers felt they could do more. They went back to the wind tunnel and came back with the Dodge Charger Daytona, the most outrageous musclecar of the era. In front, the Daytona sported a pointed 18 inch nose extension which reduced drag and enhanced downforce. Out back, the Daytona retained the 500's recessed backlight but added a horizontal tail stabilizer on tall vertical extensions (known as a "wing" in today's lingo). The wing had to be tall enough on prodcution versions in order to open the trunk and some dealers had to remove them in order to sell the cars. Priced at $4,000, the Daytonas were available with either the 440 or the 426 Hemi and 503 examples were eventually sold. Weighing almost 300 pounds more than regular Chargers with the same engines, the Daytona's were hampered on the street. But they could top out at over 150 mph on the track -- and it was completely street legal. This was truly the height of the performance mania.

Eddy a écrit:Une question d'un non spécialiste : Chrys300, dans ta série de photos il y a une '69 grise dont la calandre est différentes de celle des autres '69 : Est-ce de l'after-market ou un modèle distinct ?

charger400 a écrit:Salut cuda19702, le noir que tu aime etais vert toit vert et interieur aussi il y a plusieurs année mais je n'ais de photo et si ma mémoire est bonne il possedais un 383 et maintenant 426 HEMI