1968 Dodge Charger returns as trendy Quicksilver muscle automobile
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The most recent Dodge Challenger was impressed by the model’s muscle vehicles from the Nineteen Sixties, and now there’s a solution to make it look much more like considered one of them.
California customized automobile firm Exomod Ideas has designed a brand new physique for the Challenger that turns it right into a 1968 Charger, if solely pores and skin deep.
It has completed seven of the C68 Carbon builds, and 10 extra with updates are on the way in which.
The most recent is nicknamed Quicksilver.
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The Exomod Customs Quicksilver is constructed on a contemporary Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye platform. (Exomod Ideas)
It makes use of the platform of a Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye, which is powered by a 807 hp supercharged 6.2-liter V8 engine.
It retains the Challenger’s 807 hp V8. (Exomod Ideas)
The drivetrain stays intact, however the physique has been changed with light-weight carbon fiber panels that make it 4 inches wider than the unique Charger.
“It’s lighter and quicker than the Challenger it began out as, and it seems just like the late ‘60s Chargers we grew up with,” Exomod Ideas CEO Rick Katzeff stated. “It truly is the very best of each worlds.”
Exomod Customs designed the carbon fiber physique. (Exomod Ideas)
The swap reduces the Challenger’s weight by 400 kilos, however the adjustments didn’t cease there.
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The engine compartment has been dressed up, and the brakes up to date with Brembo six-piston calipers and huge 15.7-inch rotors.
Quicksilver weighs 400 kilos lower than a Challenger. (Exomod Ideas)
The automobile additionally will get a set of 20-inch Forgeline wheels which are 10 inches vast within the entrance and 12 inches within the rear.
The automobile’s styling is a widebody tackle the 1968 Dodge Charger’s. (Nationwide Motor Museum/Heritage Photos/Getty Photos)
The whole construct took 1,500 hours to finish, and the work is mirrored within the value.
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Quicksilver is listed at $345,000, which is for occasions what a inventory Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye goes for, however it does retain the manufacturing unit guarantee.
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