You may be surprised to learn that the first car to bear the Challenger name wasn’t a muscle car. It was just a special edition of the then current Dodge Coronet. Released May 1, 1959, the “Silver Challenger” was a car released by Dodge solely to entice sales during the summer months. It was only available as a two-door Club Sedan, and as the name suggests, was painted only in … [Read more...] about History of the Challenger
Archives for August 2018
Silver Challenger
The First Challenger Most car guys (and girls) think the history of the Challenger began with the first-generation Challengers in the late 1960s. Makes sense, after all it’s called the “First Generation” for a reason. Problem is, the Dodge Challenger had a proto-generation a decade before. Here’s the story about how the first Challengers were sold for just one summer in … [Read more...] about Silver Challenger
Common Loan Misunderstandings
Most car buyers like to buy their cars locally, which makes a lot of sense. If you purchase a car from a local dealer, you have the security of being able to deal with actual humans who can help explain the myriad of details involved in the transaction. And, this often occurs when one arranges a car loan because like any financial arrangement, there are a lot of details … [Read more...] about Common Loan Misunderstandings
Five Decades of the Dodge Charger
For some, the utterance of “Dodge Charger” stirs up images of a gloss black 1968 R/T Charger screaming through the streets of San Francisco with Steven McQueen right behind. The movie was “Bullitt” and the 1968 R/T Charger has become one of the most iconic of the second-generation Chargers because of this movie. After many decades banished to the ranks of lower-performance … [Read more...] about Five Decades of the Dodge Charger
Airless Tires
The pneumatic tire over 150 years ago by Robert Thompson. As it turns out, “a rubber doughnut filled with air” was only one of several tire ideas he was working on.It seemed like a great idea at the time, but he wasn’t sure that it was possible to keep the air contained within the tire.Other designs he had involved filling his proposed tire with resilient substances such as … [Read more...] about Airless Tires