Yep Garner had different years of a Firebird Esprit depending on which Season
Was a Clean Firechicken...
Dodge, Plymouth, Chrysler Historical Photo Archive
Drop your photo's of vintage Dodge, Plymouth and Chrysler vehicles into this section. Auto Show photo's, vintage drag racing shots and vintage photo's on the street are welcome in this section. No new era models after 1979 please! Click on the thumbnails below to open up the photos in full sized views on your device.
I'll start it off with some very early history in the Dodge Challenger line-up...
In 1969 the Dodge Challenger was officially introduced to the public. To enhance the introduction at the countries major auto shows, they grabbed the first Challenger produced off the assembly line in Hamtramck, MI and used it as a base for a Concept/Show Car named the Yellow Jacket. This particular car was a specially built triple-black, 4.10 axle ratio equipped four-speed Hemi Challenger that packed the full options list available at the time. The photo's below show this exact car in the promotional photo's taken at the time.
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I'll start it off with some very early history in the Dodge Challenger line-up...
In 1969 the Dodge Challenger was officially introduced to the public. To enhance the introduction at the countries major auto shows, they grabbed the first Challenger produced off the assembly line in Hamtramck, MI and used it as a base for a Concept/Show Car named the Yellow Jacket. This particular car was a specially built triple-black, 4.10 axle ratio equipped four-speed Hemi Challenger that packed the full options list available at the time. The photo's below show this exact car in the promotional photo's taken at the time.
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That's the first thing I did - for about a week...had to quit and actually do some physical activity (housework) eventually because my body told me it's not good to lay around lazing all day.
Hmm Speaking of Emergency aka Squad 51 don't know why but always loved the Squad Vehicle the older one with the White Grille not as much lol.
BTW me and my Girlfriend watch both the Emergency, and Adam-12, Hunter, and many other Classic TV shows together every night. Also got a list of
ones yet to watch.
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BTW me and my Girlfriend watch both the Emergency, and Adam-12, Hunter, and many other Classic TV shows together every night. Also got a list of
ones yet to watch.
Just as the major auto manufacturers had concept cars, so did those various companies such as Hurst that specialized in working with the manufacturers to create low-volume specialty cars. Two of the lesser-known Hurst concepts were the Swinging Bee and Merada, based respectively on the Dart Swinger and the Charger R/T and presented to Dodge in March of 1969. Bob Lichty had the full story on the two in SIA #95, October 1986.
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Good catch!
That's a REV-N-NATOR aftermarket ignition system component by R/T Garage. Not sure if they're in business anymore but that was quite popular back about 10 years of so. Guess it really upgraded driveablity, power and it even had a built-in rev limiter.
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