Okay, so somebody with a bunch of money modded a Challenger. Anyone seen a photoshop of a current Charger done up with the Daytona Nose and Wing?
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/modern-day-plymouth-superbird-yep-194-mph/?utm_source=o1&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=o1gallery#/1
Doesn't the Hellcat go faster with less horsepowers.
I really have to learn to stop reading comments under stories...
Ugh, I cringe every time I see that.
The proportions are wrong, don't do the original any justice.
That nose and wing would look better on the current Charger.
In reply to ronholm:
Yes....yes it does
bgkast wrote: In reply to ronholm: Yes....yes it does
or was this just a standing mile?
I see what you did there... 
It looks better than the originals did, I say.
I know this really doesn't have much to do with the thread topic, but it always makes me laugh.
That throttle body!! 
The originals actually looked pretty awful in execution. It's obvious that fit and finish wasn't a big part of their deal with those two specials.
I actually like the modern take on it.
Just BRILLIANT, Pinchvalve ! ! ! ! !
tuna55 wrote: The originals actually looked pretty awful in execution. It's obvious that fit and finish wasn't a big part of their deal with those two specials. I actually like the modern take on it.
You got that right! When I bought my '69 440 6-pk Road Runner new, the dealer begged me to buy a Super Bird instead. He even offered to sell it for $500 less than what I bought. $500 doesn't sound like much in today's market. But I only paid $3300 or so for the car I bought. $500 was almost a 25% discount on what I paid & the Super Bird he was pushing listed at almost $4,000.
Plymouth & Dodge were trying to call their super speedway specials stock cars. So large dealerships had to sell X number based on their overall sales to qualify for deals on what they wanted to sell.
I thought the Super Bird was butt ugly then, so I passed. Despite what they sell for now, I've never thought I made the wrong call. For one thing, I only kept one car for over fifteen years in my life. And that ugly Super Bird wouldn't have ever been that car!
Fact is, I kept my Red Road Runner just long enough that if I tore something else up, it wouldn't be covered by the 50,000 mile drive train warranty. Less than three years time & more than ten tickets!
ronholm wrote: Doesn't the Hellcat go faster with less horsepowers.
Yep. I'm sure the "new" winged cars spent a lot of time in the wind tunnel getting things right and worked out the best gearing etc, etc...
In reply to Gearheadotaku:
I'm with you. I bet that nose creates nasty lift at speed. Kind of cool looking, but no thanks.
mad_machine wrote: I really have to learn to stop reading comments under stories...
Comments sections on the internet have exposed just how stupid/ignorant the general public actually is. We never truly knew about it to this degree prior to social media. I had a strong inkling from dealing with the general public at work for a long time, but social media solidified it.
According to comments sections, Obama is to blame for literally everything in the universe. Everything.
Oh yeah, the Superbird conversion is actually pretty cool, IMHO.
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