My neighbor in 1978 had a Superbird in canary yellow light the one pictured. Of course, he also had a lifted Chevy with 48″ tires that he used as his daily driver…
I’ve always preferred the lines and look of the Aussie Valiant Charger over the much longer Dodge Charger of the same era, aside from it being an Aussie-made car.
I won’t admit it outside this website, but the Kiwis made the best version. They imported CKD Aussie Chargers with the 265 Hemi 6-Pack (yeah, a six-cylinder 6-Pack), with 3 x dual-throat Webers, it made 302 HP as stock. That was sporty at the time, especially in the lighter, more compact Aussie two-door coupe. The NZ cars were assembled by a coachbuilder one at a time, the panel seams welded and filled before final painting. The Kiwis got themselves a tight, well-made and finished coupe that was essentially race-ready on the showroom floor. I wonder how many sheep they had to barter for them?
The Aussie coupe could be had with 215, 245 and 265 c.i. sixes, the 265 Hemi race motor, maybe some early ones with the little 273 V8s, the ubiquitous 318 Fireball, the 340 race motors, 360 and a few 383 V8 engines. Southern states commonly used the Charger/360 combo as a police interceptor.
I was looking at those cars and everything before 1973 was based on cheap gas, the world changed in ’73.
My neighbor in 1978 had a Superbird in canary yellow light the one pictured. Of course, he also had a lifted Chevy with 48″ tires that he used as his daily driver…
I’ve always preferred the lines and look of the Aussie Valiant Charger over the much longer Dodge Charger of the same era, aside from it being an Aussie-made car.
I won’t admit it outside this website, but the Kiwis made the best version. They imported CKD Aussie Chargers with the 265 Hemi 6-Pack (yeah, a six-cylinder 6-Pack), with 3 x dual-throat Webers, it made 302 HP as stock. That was sporty at the time, especially in the lighter, more compact Aussie two-door coupe. The NZ cars were assembled by a coachbuilder one at a time, the panel seams welded and filled before final painting. The Kiwis got themselves a tight, well-made and finished coupe that was essentially race-ready on the showroom floor. I wonder how many sheep they had to barter for them?
The Aussie coupe could be had with 215, 245 and 265 c.i. sixes, the 265 Hemi race motor, maybe some early ones with the little 273 V8s, the ubiquitous 318 Fireball, the 340 race motors, 360 and a few 383 V8 engines. Southern states commonly used the Charger/360 combo as a police interceptor.
I was looking at those cars and everything before 1973 was based on cheap gas, the world changed in ’73.