1:24 70 Challenger WIP kinda sorta

[cityofthesouth]

If that doesn't make you point and get all fuzzy inside like a little kid at his first car show then i don't know what will. Challengers are my personal love and of course we all lust for things we can't have ... you know, unless i had lots o' cash to burn. AAAAANYWAY. I got inspired by the TV show Drive ... many of you probably missed it because it lasted all of 3 or 4 episodes and was quickly canceled after that. It wasn't a bad show though but it was on Fox. *crickets chirping* It's the show where everyone referred to it as the 73 when in fact the car in the show was a 70. The car in the show had an RT hood and stripe ... black car, blue stripes with big Bullitts and God it was sexy, even though the 70 RT stripe is my least fav. Well because no one makes an RT hood and I don't much care for that stripe I went with a TA appearance. The spoiler is wrong but I think I like them both equally and in real life this would likely be a clone. I would try to keep the car with TA racing function in mind and maybe even the 340, just hopped up a little with modern suspension and all that jazz. I planned for chrome bumpers but couldn't get it done and so they are off right now getting paint ... black. It will get the side exhaust as well. I hand masked the stripe based on the body lines and A: i'm not cool enough to do a pin stripe and B: I like it w/o the pin stripe so there ya go. Give me a couple days and the car will be complete. Oh, I've changed the stance some since this pic. Wait, there's more. I went and got me a Viper kit (before paying enough attention to find out it is 1:25th) and so you see its brakes and seats on this Challenger.

[white97ex]

lookin good!

[cityofthesouth]

Originally Posted by white97ex

lookin good!

i appreciate it ... could it be that i'm the only one who gets a hard on over Challengers?

[M-Tuning]

Wow, nicest american car i've see in 1:24

[Dylza]

Nice, it's not traditional but still classy looking. very badass.

[tigeraid]

Originally Posted by cityofthesouth

i appreciate it ... could it be that i'm the only one who gets a hard on over Challengers?

Coincidentally, they're my LEAST favourite car from the muscle-car era. But I tend to be a guy who prefers the "boxier" 62-67 cars... ie. I prefer the '66 Charger to the 68-70, I prefer the '64-67 Chevelle to the 68-72, I prefer the 64-65 GTO to the 68-73, etc etc..

But to each his own. I can understand the appeal either way. And I really like how you terminated the hockey stripe in line with the c-pillar, that's a really neat look!

[cityofthesouth]

Originally Posted by M-Tuning

Wow, nicest american car i've see in 1:24

that's a huge compliment to make cause there are people around here who cold smoke me in building skills. thanks just the same cause i'm pretty happy about this car.

Originally Posted by Dylza

Nice, it's not traditional but still classy looking. very badass.

nah, i don't really do traditional much. i'm all for modified cars. thanks.

Originally Posted by tigeraid

Coincidentally, they're my LEAST favourite car from the muscle-car era. But I tend to be a guy who prefers the "boxier" 62-67 cars... ie. I prefer the '66 Charger to the 68-70, I prefer the '64-67 Chevelle to the 68-72, I prefer the 64-65 GTO to the 68-73, etc etc..

But to each his own. I can understand the appeal either way. And I really like how you terminated the hockey stripe in line with the c-pillar, that's a really neat look!

ok, clearly responding to each post isn't the way to go here at AF so, sorry to everyone for having several posts in a row. anyway, i understand your tastes ... there really is a clear dividing line in the muscle car era where the definition of muscle car changed with the cars. No one uses the term Pony car because they must think it diminishes the image of their Hemi engine or whatever but I really think it's more accurate for cars like Camaro, Cuda and Challenger, and the Mustang. Anyway, thanks for checkin it out even when it's not your fav. I know people tend to just look at what they like and skip the rest.

[tigeraid]

On the subject of Pony vs Musclecar...

I like to think of it as small block and big block, in that case. Pony Cars as a class were "created" to compete in the Trans-Am series. They are, by nature, road racers. They're small, near-compact 2 door coupes with a functional back seat, a V8 and RWD, designed for a BALANCE of handling and straightline performance.

As a result, your 64-73 Mustang with a smallblock is a pony car, as is a 69+ Camaro and Firebird, as is a 64+ 'Cuda or Valiant, as well as the 67-69 Cougar, and I suppose a Javelin as well. And the Challenger T/A and AAR 'Cuda.

But when you put bigblock in any of these cars, the whole package really changes to a drag car. Ever driven a big block Camaro? I've never driven a COPO or a ZL1, but I have driven an SS396, and it handled like GARBAGE compared to a Z/28. That to me is the distinction. I'd call those musclecars.

Just my

[modeltech]

ohhhhhhh, oooooohhhhhhhh!!! i love it looks great and keep building what you like!! we have alot of the same tastes!!!! this is the way i would have built it as well!!!

[cityofthesouth]

Originally Posted by tigeraid

On the subject of Pony vs Musclecar...

I like to think of it as small block and big block, in that case. Pony Cars as a class were "created" to compete in the Trans-Am series. They are, by nature, road racers. They're small, near-compact 2 door coupes with a functional back seat, a V8 and RWD, designed for a BALANCE of handling and straightline performance.

As a result, your 64-73 Mustang with a smallblock is a pony car, as is a 69+ Camaro and Firebird, as is a 64+ 'Cuda or Valiant, as well as the 67-69 Cougar, and I suppose a Javelin as well. And the Challenger T/A and AAR 'Cuda.

But when you put bigblock in any of these cars, the whole package really changes to a drag car. Ever driven a big block Camaro? I've never driven a COPO or a ZL1, but I have driven an SS396, and it handled like GARBAGE compared to a Z/28. That to me is the distinction. I'd call those musclecars.

Just my

no i'd agree. since two cars with the same body could, by many people's def, fall into both categories, it's pretty hard to really take a side for me and I don't care to anyway. if you're of the crowd who sees the GTO as the first, then i think those cars - pre 65/66ish - are sort of a different muscle car. the idea of taking a light, not exactly sporty car and give it lots of straight line power under a new name or package, is sort of the original muscle car idea. Then again, if you consider that many big blocks are on the road course with this Pro-Touring era we're in now things get even more tricky ... but at the time they were new this wasn't the case. I'm not old enough to be a part of it and so i don't have that "frame of reference" or whatever ... personally speaking, i'm not a really big drag racing fan and i see more benefits in a small block for that reason. I guess all that combined gives me a skewed outlook on muscle cars ... add in an artistic side and this Challenger represents me pretty well.

[1sickbimmer]

Now I Have To Say That Is Sick

[cityofthesouth]

Originally Posted by 1sickbimmer

Now I Have To Say That Is Sick

thanks dude .. the finished thread is in my sig.

[Studio-VS]

My congratulations for their work, great! I love it the colors and the whole congratulations! opcorn:

[jabel]

I love it! What types of rims are under the car?

[cityofthesouth]

Studio-VS, thanks a lot, glad to hear ya like it.

Jabel, they are Pegasus - I think they call them chrome Ts. These are the larger version cause MOPARS had those big ole wheel openings.