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Folk it up! I put that $heat on everything!
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The Willomet Charger
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A desecration to Mopar nuts everywhere, this is my protouring, LS-powered, 1970 Dodge Charger; built at my shop, Willomet Motor & Fabrication.
Getting in all the little details I’ve had on my mind before quarters and the tail panel consume all the “build oxygen.”
David
David
When I was a little kid, my father and 3 of his brothers would race at Byron and Union Grove a lot. And they would say it was a "Folk Family Fun Farm" on the PA system. Then I overheard one of the other racers in the pits say they "got Folked" after they lost to one of them in the race.
One day my father won the race in his 79 Stepside chevy shortbed with a 454 at Byron, swapped the street tires on the back, drove it to Union Grove(it's a couple hour drive), bolted the slicks back on and won again at two different tracks! I remember riding in the back of our old Suburban following him up there, back when we would just lay down in the back because no seat belt law.
That's a lot of sheetmetal to work with!
One cup of coffee, and a quarter *very* roughly hung.
David
David
Thats one big ass “quarter”. Looks more like a half!
IMO best body lines of the era!
It's a very interesting comparison. How does that compare to a Suburban or short-bed? What is the overall length?
sub is 19' if you leave the ball mount in it is 19.5' I had to measure mine way back when you could still drive your own car into Zion canyon. They restricted anything over 20' at the time
I am pretty sure the suburban is longer, by at least 1 foot, probably more like 2
A square burb @ the same size a mature female great white shark...... hmm new paint scheme idea.
Weigh about the same too
Weigh about the same too
When I was a kid my best friends parents had a ~90 suburban, two tone black with white, we called it the killer whale, was an awesome burb.
Seriously. And it weighs about 30 lbs, too. It's...unwieldy.
I've thought about this a while as a part of considering what I owe to the original designers versus what I feel like I need to fix, and settled on this general notion.
It's a unique mix of full length body lines and individual panel details that few other production cars have in one harmonious design. The proportions are just on the edge of being overexaggerated for the footprint. And while you can find many its design details in other cars (sail pillars in a Chevelle, hidden headlights in a Camaro, non-functional reliefs and blisters in almost any make), they brought them all together into something beautiful; simultaneously recognizable as being from the muscle car era while also holding itself separate as a timeless design.
So, I tell myself, "don't F with it. Just take out the ugly."
From one end to the other, it's a long distance call.
David
Seeing you build this car has made me really like a charger, it’s unique body lines are special.
That being said, my favorite car is a 70 chevelle
That being said, my favorite car is a 70 chevelle
