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Lot number 87
Hammer value £33,500
Description Dodge Charger
Registration SVR 525H
Year 1970
Colour Black
Engine size 7,200 cc
Chassis No. XH29G0G135375
Engine No. 135375
Documents V5C; due to have fresh MOT

The late Sixties was the heyday of the American ‘muscle car’ era and the Dodge Charger immediately shot straight to the top of the tree.

Launched in 1966 as a response to the Ford Mustang, AMC Marlin and Plymouth Barracuda, the Charger was more expensive than all its rivals and also far more menacing thanks to its unique ‘hidden headlamps’ grille which gave the car its trademark ‘psycho killer’ blank-eyed stare. No wonder the producers of Bullitt chose a black 1968 Charger R/T for the baddies in the greatest car chase ever filmed, giving Steve McQueen a good run for his money before meeting a fiery end in an exploding gas station.

Under the swooping fastback body, the Charger had the go to match the show and was available with a range of rumbling V8 engines from the base 318 (5.2-litre) to the range-topping 440 (7.2-litre). For 1970 it had a mild facelift including a wraparound chrome bumper framing the grille which was now one piece instead of divided in the middle. The interior was also upgraded with high-back sports seats and more luxurious trim, sales receiving a boost when it had 10 wins in the 1970 NASCAR season, thus handing Bobby Isaac the Grand National Championship.

This 1970 Charger was restored about five years ago in Detroit and was imported from America by the vendor in October 2014. Looking suitably sinister in black on black, the VIN number shows that it is a Dodge Charger 'High Price Class' Two-door Sports Hardtop built in the St Louis, Missouri plant, originally with a 318 engine and TorqueFlite transmission but now with a 440 engine under the hood. In single carb form (as here), the 440 produced 375bhp and 480lb/ft which gave it a 0-60 time of 6.4 secs and a standing quarter mile time of 14.8 secs at 96.7mph.

Said to be in good condition throughout with a particularly smart interior, it is also said to drive as a 440 should with plenty of poke and a sound track that the vendor describes as “stupendous”! Since it arrived on these shores it has been treated to around £2,000 worth of fettling, including an overhaul of the power steering and brakes. Due to have a fresh MOT in time for the sale, it is ready for some serious Spring posing and is sure to turn heads and drop jaws wherever it goes. We like it a lot!

It may interest bidders to note that the 1968 - 1970 Dodge Charger is singled out as one of Quentin Willson's 'smart buys' in the March 2016 issue of Classic Cars magazine, with prices moving up fast in America and in Europe.

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