I pulled my 73 Challenger into a MickeyDs in VA last weekend. Parked next to a 09 Challenger and everybody spilled out into the parking lot to check them out! We parked them nose to nose and people were taken pictures and shaking hands. What a blast! I love the U.S.A. and my classic Challenger!!!
The guy driving the challenger rt is my art teacher !!! He has the car and pictures when the video was being made. He also had a picture of him and the car against the challenger srt8
Matthew H atleast these new challengers are starting to look like the ones from the 70s they're beautiful revisions. much better than the ugly muscle cars from the 00s
Let us all relive those days in the 70's. Most of 70's cars are gone. Have a 2011 and it's terrific and comfortable and reminds me so much of my 70 challenger. Please be positive. We both agree that there is nothing better than a mopar, no matter what the year.
I agree with you 100% there! I remember those old Cragar SS rims as a kid growing up in the '60s and a proper resto just ain't right without those famous Cragars seen so often back in the day! The Cragars can be defined as the "Holy Grail" of rims back in those days-the days when rims were called just that--"Mags"! When was the last time someone heard that word lately-"Mags"? Those days indeed will always be remembered as "The good 'ol days" of muscle cars and Hot Rods! : )
OK, let's talk Mopar... I was a Ford Mustang man until about 1975. I purchased a used 71 Dodge Demon off a used car lot. 340 with a thermoquad carb and a set of Hooker headers. and 727 torque~flight tranny. The car was a street killer. I put away many 454s, 427s, 396s, and even 383s and 440s. I didn't have the car long enough to find any or all the tricks that made this 12:04 et car a beast. Back in 75 a 12 second street car was a real killer. I did demolish it by the end of the year street racing. Never knew if that 340 was a freak running engine or what. I later purchased a 71 Duster 340, but with a smaller Carter 4 bbl. I did some tweaking and later slapped an Edelbrock manifold and a thermoquad carb on it. It was also a street beast, but not like the 71 Demon. As a Ford man I can say Mopar had the power!!!
Ford should’ve put their 4 barrel 351 Cleveland in their Maverick. It would’ve been the perfect competition against the Dart and Duster 340’s and even Chevrolet’s Nova SS
For me it screams RESIDENT EVIL because in part 7 that was Ethan Winters’ car, it makes fighting Jack in the garage of the Baker House easier, and in part 3 Jill Valentine drove an orange one into Nemesis and than drove it off the top level of a parking garage with Nemesis still hanging onto the grill.
great job on the driverside mirror anb delete on the passenger side. many replicas forget that detail. Also the mirror was fro the 68' camaro that they destroyed at the end. The shape of it was easier for filming reverse shots. Great job thanks for the "acurate" memories.
True, good catch, and it was a '69 Camaro they wrecked, not a '68. Had to review the old movie last night. Besides, I should've remembered because the Challenger I had back in the 80's had a 440 in it. At one time I had several Mopars. Should have kept them all!
The best scene in the movie was in the beginning when the police helicopter is fly beside the Challenger and Kowalski downshifts his Hurst pistol gripe shifter into 3rd gear and out runs the copter. The sound of the 440's AFB carborator howling is one of the best sounds in the world. The best in my opinion is the sound of a Rolls Royce British Spitfire passing over head. Now there is a sound.
I think that Challenger 70's is the best muscle car ever, I love this movie and I have a dream to visit America at least once in my life and see this miracle in person, and if I ever ride it, it will be something unreal. Hello in the U.S. from Ukraine!
My Dad rented me one of these Challenger 440R/Ts for a week when I reached driving age, as a birthday gift. Purple metal flake. I didn't sleep much that week, my friends and I cruised the blvd... a lot!
The original Challenger appears much more sleek and trim than the new one. They had to build the new Challenger around the same chassis as the 300 and Charger, forcing it to conform to the high fire wall and tall frame. The original Challenger was its own car, shared underpinnings only with the Cuda.
I saw this great film on a double-feature with "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". And the first time I saw breasts on film! But the car, the car... oooh. Fast forward to 1976, when I bought my first car, a '71 Challenger R/T. Bright yellow with the stripes on the side. Probably not the kind of car my Mom wanted in the driveway - though my dear Dad never said a word. Maybe he was envious. :)
221, 260, 289, 302, 351 Windsor. All Small Blocks. Love my 65 Ford Falcon sprint, with four on the floor. Back in the day. New Project is 72 Charger sitting next to the house waiting. Fun, Fun, Fun.
Back then there was no seatbelt laws,or child safety seat laws either.we have become a society of safety regulations so much, we have lost our freedoms in the 21st century.my God people wouldn't know what to do today, if we returned to the way it was when this movie was released.
I have a 91 Camaro and a 1969 Charger I'm rebuilding, so I'm set, but I will admit Vanishing point was one bad ass movie and the 1970 Challenger truely is a piece of history worth having, hell I saw a purple one with a 528 Hemi blow out a Lamborgini Countasch
That is a beautiful one and again, it is just one of a couple that were around. I was thinking internationally by previously mentioning today's cars and on the other side of that you had: the original VW Golf, original Toyota Corolla, Holden HX , original Honda Civic, Izuzu Gemini, and many BMW's in the 60's. Some Jags, Beemers, Benz's, and Ferrari/Lambos were obviously cool between the 60-80's but still, they're a severe minority of what was mostly available at the time.
I dig the 09 R/T with the 5.7 Hemi. To me it seems like the perfect muscle car for today. Not crazy bad on gas millage yet powerful and it can break and handle! Also it is at least 15 grand less than any European car with the same type of power. I can see your point about the Charger, man were they cool in the 70's as 2 doors or what? I think the Challenger is headed in a nice direction. I am going to most likely pick one up. (gotta drive it of course)
precioso este challenger r/t del 70, la esencia muscle car, jamas la podran igualar con nunguno nuevo!! impresionante el sonido de ese 440 magnum, espero poder llegar a tener algun dia uno asi, saludos
So right, I remember some of the cars I had, forget A/C & GPS what about no power steering, no power brakes, taxicab interior, all to save power, weight and money of course. My first car didn't even come with a radio from the factory. But you definitely felt connected to the road probably more than you wanted to be.
It looked clear as you can get a movie for the 70's, And it came with alot of Extras like the US and UK version the trailer and a load of commentary. im lucky as it was the only copy there.
wow the new one looks so much better on the outside. The old one starts out low and cool in the front but by the time you get to the back its as high as an SUV! The new one is awesome.
Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE the new Challenger. But for substantially less than the price of the new one, I could just find an old project Challenger, restore or resto-mod it doing the work myself, and have a car that not only has more soul and character but also gives me more pride of ownership knowing I built it and put it on the road.
With the 68's I loved the fact all the lights were round and lit. 69's were for all the people who like the 68 and did'nt buy in time. We all have a favorite.
Love em both...So happy to own a 2009 and loved my 1970. Of the two there is no question the 2009 is far better in almost all aspects but COOL...no ride ever is or was as cool as the 70 Chally....
So true. I went stopped by a dealer one day, the 25 year old salesmen made the mistake of asking what I was looking for, so I told him "a full sized, man's car" so he led me to a Buick Lucerne and said "this is a great car." I said, "no, not a compact car, a full sized car." He said, "this IS a full sized car." I went home, got my worn out 1972 Imperial, limped it to his lot, and said -- "one of these, just newer." The kid was totally befuzzled, he had never seen a car like that before.
When i saw this car @ the Auto Show in NYC i knew right away what it was without even looking at the name plate, but as the narrorator said, the old is still better.
Nothing beats the original muscle cars! They may try to duplicate the body shapes but they'll never match the raw muscle and love people had for these beasts back in the day. People fell in love with these cars back in the 60's and 70's. Those days are gone with all the car companies feeding us crap for the last 37+ years!
Cars almost drive themselves nowadays...we keep giving up real control. Feeling that 70 Challenger put power to the ground with no microchips diluting your powerslide has no substitute. Doing it the wrong way can get you killed, but doing it right always makes you a friggin' hero.
The engine in the Bullitt mustang was a 390. Which is a big block and the smaller variety of the 428. the 302 is a small block and on the same block as the 289. There was a Windsor and the preferred 351 Cleavland variety. The sound of the VP Challenger sounded identical to that of my '69 Dodge 440 RT Charger. It is a big deep moan of a big cube motor and not the high pitched snarl of a small block. My souped 318 had that high pitched sound. The 390 Ford sounded in between.
His Mustang did not have the 428, it was the 390 I believe and was only rated at 300HP or so. They tested it and the 0-60 was 7.5 and that was the actual car used for the film.
I like this quick little comparison video! I personally like both cars; each has it strong points. Dodge should sell "The Vanishing Point Edition": white RT with Pistol-Grip manual shift and an upgraded engine. Oh yeah, and a bottle of No-Doze in the glove box!
@dalotel You're so lucky to have driven those cars. I wish I could just have the opportunity to drive a classic Challenger and don't even talk about owning one; I'd probably sleep in it for the first week. Lol. I'm a true MOPAR man. I currently own a new gen Charger and will b trading it for a Challenger shortly.
I never realized that "There goes the challenger being chased By the blue blue meanies on wheels The vicious traffic squad cars are after our lone driver" was a quote from Vanishing Point. Listened to the song Breakdown by Guns N Roses hundreds of times with out knowing that.
I pulled my 73 Challenger into a MickeyDs in VA last weekend. Parked next to a 09 Challenger and everybody spilled out into the parking lot to check them out! We parked them nose to nose and people were taken pictures and shaking hands. What a blast! I love the U.S.A. and my classic Challenger!!!
I like the 70's stance much more than any other modern or lowered stance I have seen on a muscle car.
That was a great movie!! I was only 12 when I saw it at the theater, naked lady on a honda in the desert and everything!! ;-)
The guy driving the challenger rt is my art teacher !!! He has the car and pictures when the video was being made. He also had a picture of him and the car against the challenger srt8
Alexis Hernandez That’s the coolest art teacher on this world!
The old one beats the new one hands down for looks. It's beautiful.
+Matthew H , but does your old one have a Hellcat package?
Pax Humana 😂😂
Matthew H atleast these new challengers are starting to look like the ones from the 70s they're beautiful revisions. much better than the ugly muscle cars from the 00s
Let us all relive those days in the 70's. Most of 70's cars are gone. Have a 2011 and it's terrific and comfortable and reminds me so much of my 70 challenger. Please be positive. We both agree that there is nothing better than a mopar, no matter what the year.
Matthew. I agree. I own both cars, one of each. Looks--- 1970 chrome and all.
Remember that vanishing point commercial when I was 14 everybody wanted to see that movie
I lived that era...saw it at a drive in theater. Surpurb classic movie!!!
I agree with you 100% there! I remember those old Cragar SS rims as a kid growing up in the '60s and a proper resto just ain't right without those famous Cragars seen so often back in the day! The Cragars can be defined as the "Holy Grail" of rims back in those days-the days when rims were called just that--"Mags"! When was the last time someone heard that word lately-"Mags"? Those days indeed will always be remembered as "The good 'ol days" of muscle cars and Hot Rods! : )
Old Challenger will never die!!
Brilliant tribute to one of my all-time favourite films and cars!
Oh, and massive envy here! ;D
OK, let's talk Mopar... I was a Ford Mustang man until about 1975. I purchased a used 71 Dodge Demon off a used car lot. 340 with a thermoquad carb and a set of Hooker headers. and 727 torque~flight tranny. The car was a street killer. I put away many 454s, 427s, 396s, and even 383s and 440s. I didn't have the car long enough to find any or all the tricks that made this 12:04 et car a beast. Back in 75 a 12 second street car was a real killer. I did demolish it by the end of the year street racing. Never knew if that 340 was a freak running engine or what. I later purchased a 71 Duster 340, but with a smaller Carter 4 bbl. I did some tweaking and later slapped an Edelbrock manifold and a thermoquad carb on it. It was also a street beast, but not like the 71 Demon. As a Ford man I can say Mopar had the power!!!
Ford should’ve put their 4 barrel 351 Cleveland in their Maverick. It would’ve been the perfect competition against the Dart and Duster 340’s and even Chevrolet’s Nova SS
That old muscle screams "Badass!"
That was the ultimate movie!
Charlie, it also screams " sleeper" really cool car ,
For me it screams RESIDENT EVIL because in part 7 that was Ethan Winters’ car, it makes fighting Jack in the garage of the Baker House easier, and in part 3 Jill Valentine drove an orange one into Nemesis and than drove it off the top level of a parking garage with Nemesis still hanging onto the grill.
that was the best damn movie ever filmed to this day hands down number one awesome brother
the bolnde on the bike that seen sticks in my mind
You are totally and utterly correct my friend :)
love the car and loved that movie ...keep the videos coming
my brother took me to the drive-in to see that movie when it came out...I was 9.....loved mopars ever since...and blondes too!!!! ;)
1971 challenger is the best car in the world
More B-Rex ONLY a HEMI CAR
BTW, what a great movie "Vanishing Point" was. Clevon Little as "Super Soul" made the movie.
great job on the driverside mirror anb delete on the passenger side. many replicas forget that detail. Also the mirror was fro the 68' camaro that they destroyed at the end. The shape of it was easier for filming reverse shots. Great job thanks for the "acurate" memories.
Two words summed this beast up beautifully... "RAW" "INTIMIDATING".
How much this BEAUTY?!?!?!!? I absolutely want one!!!!!!
you look at them rev and the old dodge is shaking around from all the power driving it.
Like the old man once said "they just don't build them like they used to"
amen buddy
True, good catch, and it was a '69 Camaro they wrecked, not a '68. Had to review the old movie last night. Besides, I should've remembered because the Challenger I had back in the 80's had a 440 in it. At one time I had several Mopars. Should have kept them all!
Old cars are beautiful. I love this 1970 Challenger:)
These cars are like what my older brothers and there friends drove.They where a part of there generations and the future of America.
Hello
You see this movie?
Hello Lucy you home.
+Kevin Klink Yes back then I was 20 years old The movie is just one crazy chase a bit like Thelma and Louise without the guns
when i was in high school i drove a 1969 charger ,back in the 80's .. good old days
The best scene in the movie was in the beginning when the police helicopter is fly beside the Challenger and Kowalski downshifts his Hurst pistol gripe shifter into 3rd gear and out runs the copter. The sound of the 440's AFB carborator howling is one of the best sounds in the world. The best in my opinion is the sound of a Rolls Royce British Spitfire passing over head. Now there is a sound.
I think that Challenger 70's is the best muscle car ever, I love this movie and I have a dream to visit America at least once in my life and see this miracle in person, and if I ever ride it, it will be something unreal. Hello in the U.S. from Ukraine!
My Dad rented me one of these Challenger 440R/Ts for a week when I reached driving age, as a birthday gift. Purple metal flake. I didn't sleep much that week, my friends and I cruised the blvd... a lot!
Who would have guessed that a guy of Polish origin would be America's driving icon?
Had a friend in high school... who had a 1971 Challenger RT / 383 magnum....and it was bad ass.....fast!
The original Challenger appears much more sleek and trim than the new one. They had to build the new Challenger around the same chassis as the 300 and Charger, forcing it to conform to the high fire wall and tall frame. The original Challenger was its own car, shared underpinnings only with the Cuda.
Glad the New Challengers were Such Fateful Updates to the original, Unlike the Charger
Bullitt,Two Lane BlackTop,Vanishing Point and Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry.
1968 to 1971.Greatest time for cars and Greatest Car movies of all time.
I saw this great film on a double-feature with "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". And the first time I saw breasts on film! But the car, the car... oooh. Fast forward to 1976, when I bought my first car, a '71 Challenger R/T. Bright yellow with the stripes on the side. Probably not the kind of car my Mom wanted in the driveway - though my dear Dad never said a word. Maybe he was envious. :)
+Stephen Goodman , your dad probably smiled when he saw you with that car. Are your parents still married?
Goddam!! Was it 38 year ago I went to the cinema to see that film????? Way to go Kowalski!!!!!!!!!!!!!
vanishing point was awesome
221, 260, 289, 302, 351 Windsor. All Small Blocks. Love my 65 Ford Falcon sprint, with four on the floor. Back in the day. New Project is 72 Charger sitting next to the house waiting. Fun, Fun, Fun.
New Challenger is a very nice modern homage to the old, but still doesn't really capture its essence. I strongly prefer the old Challenger.
Josh Sheets , you first, shithead, and thank you for telling me what you are in real life.
PURE BEAUTY AND POWER!
Fantastic video! I want both cars
Here you go, go have fun with this nice Dodge. Oh yes...lots of fun.
Vanishing Point, the best movie EVER.
Back then there was no seatbelt laws,or child safety seat laws either.we have become a society of safety regulations so much, we have lost our freedoms in the 21st century.my God people wouldn't know what to do today, if we returned to the way it was when this movie was released.
Wow, hate to post twice in a row but I am jealous! That car will be a classic fast! Absolutely beautiful. Props. (the 300C SRT-8)
So true. These old muscles are pure power! No computers and shit, just raw fucking power. I love it!
Wow, you just made me want a 70 Challenger!
Yeah, the older one seems to be wider as well.. Still nothing beats a "1970 Dodge Challenger white in color"
Brother, you are soooooo right on both counts!
I love this movie. I saw it when it was first released and havent seen it since. Nadine
I have a 91 Camaro and a 1969 Charger I'm rebuilding, so I'm set, but I will admit Vanishing point was one bad ass movie and the 1970 Challenger truely is a piece of history worth having, hell I saw a purple one with a 528 Hemi blow out a Lamborgini Countasch
There wasn't a Hemi in the old challenger they showcased, it was a standard piston head 440
That is a beautiful one and again, it is just one of a couple that were around. I was thinking internationally by previously mentioning today's cars and on the other side of that you had: the original VW Golf, original Toyota Corolla, Holden HX , original Honda Civic, Izuzu Gemini, and many BMW's in the 60's. Some Jags, Beemers, Benz's, and Ferrari/Lambos were obviously cool between the 60-80's but still, they're a severe minority of what was mostly available at the time.
I drive mine the same way. Nice video. Thanks.
Great movie & bad ass car.....New ones are nice too
I dig the 09 R/T with the 5.7 Hemi. To me it seems like the perfect muscle car for today. Not crazy bad on gas millage yet powerful and it can break and handle! Also it is at least 15 grand less than any European car with the same type of power. I can see your point about the Charger, man were they cool in the 70's as 2 doors or what? I think the Challenger is headed in a nice direction. I am going to most likely pick one up. (gotta drive it of course)
AWESOME Video! I have a 73, 340 4-barrel, It's not Kawalski, but i"m a happy guy!! Thanks for your knowledge pablof59!
Nice redo! Mopar or no car.👍🙏😎❤️🇺🇸
Old or New Dodge Challenger!!! OA5599 is the LIVING LEGEND
vanishing point is so badass.
both new and old challenger is a beautiful car!!
Great, well done video !!
Great!!! What a beautiful machine!
precioso este challenger r/t del 70, la esencia muscle car, jamas la podran igualar con nunguno nuevo!! impresionante el sonido de ese 440 magnum, espero poder llegar a tener algun dia uno asi, saludos
So right, I remember some of the cars I had, forget A/C & GPS what about no power steering, no power brakes, taxicab interior, all to save power, weight and money of course. My first car didn't even come with a radio from the factory. But you definitely felt connected to the road probably more than you wanted to be.
It looked clear as you can get a movie for the 70's, And it came with alot of Extras like the US and UK version the trailer and a load of commentary. im lucky as it was the only copy there.
This IS my favorite car.
Also, the movie kicked some ass.
wow the new one looks so much better on the outside. The old one starts out low and cool in the front but by the time you get to the back its as high as an SUV! The new one is awesome.
I am from England but have always loved the old American muscle cars, that challenger is awesome.
Much prefer it to the new one.
this was a great movie
god listen to that magnum motor purr. You surely could not beat the dodge scat pack of the early 70's
Now don't get me wrong, I LOVE the new Challenger.
But for substantially less than the price of the new one, I could just find an old project Challenger, restore or resto-mod it doing the work myself, and have a car that not only has more soul and character but also gives me more pride of ownership knowing I built it and put it on the road.
With the 68's I loved the fact all the lights were round and lit. 69's were for all the people who like the 68 and did'nt buy in time. We all have a favorite.
68???? 69???? dumbass read a book once in a while
Love em both...So happy to own a 2009 and loved my 1970. Of the two there is no question the 2009 is far better in almost all aspects but COOL...no ride ever is or was as cool as the 70 Chally....
So true. I went stopped by a dealer one day, the 25 year old salesmen made the mistake of asking what I was looking for, so I told him "a full sized, man's car" so he led me to a Buick Lucerne and said "this is a great car." I said, "no, not a compact car, a full sized car." He said, "this IS a full sized car." I went home, got my worn out 1972 Imperial, limped it to his lot, and said -- "one of these, just newer." The kid was totally befuzzled, he had never seen a car like that before.
600+ hp on those tires, ur crazy😂
This was the first movie I ever saw in a movie theater ......
When i saw this car @ the Auto Show in NYC i knew right away what it was without even looking at the name plate, but as the narrorator said, the old is still better.
I've got the original movie on DVD, I just want to find the remake that was done in the 80's now.
Nothing beats the original muscle cars! They may try to duplicate the body shapes but they'll never match the raw muscle and love people had for these beasts back in the day. People fell in love with these cars back in the 60's and 70's. Those days are gone with all the car companies feeding us crap for the last 37+ years!
Cars almost drive themselves nowadays...we keep giving up real control.
Feeling that 70 Challenger put power to the ground with no microchips diluting your powerslide has no substitute. Doing it the wrong way can get you killed, but doing it right always makes you a friggin' hero.
The engine in the Bullitt mustang was a 390. Which is a big block and the smaller variety of the 428. the 302 is a small block and on the same block as the 289. There was a Windsor and the preferred 351 Cleavland variety. The sound of the VP Challenger sounded identical to that of my '69 Dodge 440 RT Charger. It is a big deep moan of a big cube motor and not the high pitched snarl of a small block. My souped 318 had that high pitched sound. The 390 Ford sounded in between.
old school all the way!!
His Mustang did not have the 428, it was the 390 I believe and was only rated at 300HP or so. They tested it and the 0-60 was 7.5 and that was the actual car used for the film.
yeah, the film stock and only looks SO good, some people probably expect an old movie to look new with BlueRay
i'd like to get a player sometime
Those classic Dodges are the shit!!
its natural mate. classic muscle. nothing better! but that new one still looks very similar! i love it!
That was a great video!
Awesome car I just want one sitting in my driveway!!
This vid is 10 years old now. Wow
I like this quick little comparison video! I personally like both cars; each has it strong points. Dodge should sell "The Vanishing Point Edition": white RT with Pistol-Grip manual shift and an upgraded engine. Oh yeah, and a bottle of No-Doze in the glove box!
@dalotel
You're so lucky to have driven those cars. I wish I could just have the opportunity to drive a classic Challenger and don't even talk about owning one; I'd probably sleep in it for the first week. Lol. I'm a true MOPAR man. I currently own a new gen Charger and will b trading it for a Challenger shortly.
Classic movie for sure 👍🇨🇦
it was a great leap in technology in the earlier days
I never realized that "There goes the challenger being chased
By the blue blue meanies on wheels
The vicious traffic squad cars are after
our lone driver" was a quote from Vanishing Point. Listened to the song Breakdown by Guns N Roses hundreds of times with out knowing that.
I have a 70 and a 71 challenger both are 440s . Thinking about painting the 70 white like the one in vanishing point
Excelente homenagem a um grande clássico!
Wow, both Challengers are probably the best looking muscle cars out there! I'd take the original any day over the new one though.
i really want to rent this movie now