@bmoreDLJ: Five and O, baby.
But seriously: Vikings fans, old timers that is, know nothing but angst over the certainty that the Vikes will choke, it's just a question of when...So allow us our cautious chest thumping...knowing that we are one "roughing the passer" penalty away from going back to the basement. #dodgechallenger
The Dodge Challenger is, dare I say it, the only new car that can pull off purple without looking like a pimp wagon. On ANY OTHER car this shade would look completely idiotic. On this one, it looks absolutely brilliant. #dodgechallenger
Years ago, I was in my own Plum Crazy Challenger (original recipe), and was stuck behind an overturned semi on a long stretch of elevated freeway, with no way to exit. Traffic was parked for about an hour while crews worked to clean up the mess. A cop came driving up along the shoulder, to respond to the accident. When he was next to my Challenger, he stopped. Rather than reporting to the accident scene, he wanted to chat about how good that color looked on the car.
FC7 was a very popular color on the first-generation Challengers when they were new, and is an even more popular choice when these cars are repainted.
I'm not sure why Chrysler didn't offer Plum Crazy as a color option two years ago. If you are going to build the best-looking of the retro cars, you ought to do it in the best-looking retro colors.
Oh, yeah. That whole Cerberus thing. Well, at least they fixed the grille in time. #dodgechallenger
I like the color. One thing that has been lacking in many color pallettes for most vehicles has been bright and exciting colors. The roads today are awash with so many dull greys and tans it would be fun to actually notice a car because of its color again! #dodgechallenger
@pauljones: I get it. You're funny. This Challenger is PURPLE!! They are wrong to call it plum. This is the WOPCC (World Official Purple Color Chart). #dodgechallenger
@GeeHalen: Me, me! Head over to allpar.com and click on their Charger link and you can see a couple somewhat crude renderings based off camo'd mules. I have high hopes for the new Charger, it could be my next car. #dodgechallenger
That is what the color sheet was missing. Make mine Plum Crazy, please. With a T/A hood out of the mopar catalogue. And one of them new 6.4 liter Hemis. #dodgechallenger
@pauljones: Thanks for that image; had it not been for the Hausgemachte Ravioli for lunch, that would have made my afternoon. I'm being held hostage (read as on business) in Germany and I can't do random Mopar searches. #dodgechallenger
Challenger in England? Well at least they never had to convert it.
Here in Australia up until recently, nearly all left-hand-drive cars (up to 30yrs old) had to be converted to right-hand-drive. Consequently there are a lot of American muscle in right-hand-drive format.
The main reason we can convert LHD to RHD so easily is because of the American heritage built into Aussie cars.
We use the running gear out of our 'big three' variants into the US 'big three' variants.
It saves doing a lot of custom work, Steering boxes, steering columns, engine mounts, suspension parts etc, they're just a mirror image of the LHD versions...
Example...
For a Dodge Charger or Challenger we use an Aussie Chrysler Valiant and Charger for parts.
For a Mustang or a Cougar we use an Aussie Ford Falcon. -almost a straight swap
For Camaro Firebird, Impala etc we use Holden Kingswoods
A lot of these parts are inter-changeable and in some cases the only custom job is the new dash cowling. We share a lot of parts with our yank variants and end up in a unique position to build RHD yank-tanks that's as close to factory as possible.
When I was in Italy last year I developed this perverse fantasy of buying a bright orange T/A and shipping it to Rome where I would dash from streetcorner to streetcorner, terrifying the locals and brazenly disrupting the traffic. Hey, if they can sell Calibers there with a straight face, why not?
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In Violet
Plum Crazy
Lime Light
Sublime
Vitamin C Orange
Go-Mango
Tor-Red
Hemi Orange
Lemon Twist
Top Banana
Moulin Rouge
Panther Pink
Sassy Grass
Green-Go
71
Curious Yellow
Citron Yella
Ford got into the act too, of course. Hell, it was the 60s/70s. Everybody was stoned. #dodgechallenger
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!teeeeeeewS #dodgechallenger
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But seriously: Vikings fans, old timers that is, know nothing but angst over the certainty that the Vikes will choke, it's just a question of when...So allow us our cautious chest thumping...knowing that we are one "roughing the passer" penalty away from going back to the basement. #dodgechallenger
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All they have to do now is get the 6.1l into the R/T, and it'll be perfect! #dodgechallenger
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FC7 was a very popular color on the first-generation Challengers when they were new, and is an even more popular choice when these cars are repainted.
I'm not sure why Chrysler didn't offer Plum Crazy as a color option two years ago. If you are going to build the best-looking of the retro cars, you ought to do it in the best-looking retro colors.
Oh, yeah. That whole Cerberus thing. Well, at least they fixed the grille in time. #dodgechallenger
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@pauljones: I get it. You're funny. This Challenger is PURPLE!! They are wrong to call it plum. This is the WOPCC (World Official Purple Color Chart). #dodgechallenger
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@skaycog: This officially awesome 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A disagree. It says it's plum crazy. I think it's plum sexy. #dodgechallenger
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Purple Porker People Pleaser? #dodgechallenger
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Hands up if you'd like to see the new Charger! #dodgechallenger
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@acarr260: Oh yeah. #dodgechallenger
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/snark #dodgechallenger
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Here in Australia up until recently, nearly all left-hand-drive cars (up to 30yrs old) had to be converted to right-hand-drive. Consequently there are a lot of American muscle in right-hand-drive format.


The main reason we can convert LHD to RHD so easily is because of the American heritage built into Aussie cars.
We use the running gear out of our 'big three' variants into the US 'big three' variants.
It saves doing a lot of custom work, Steering boxes, steering columns, engine mounts, suspension parts etc, they're just a mirror image of the LHD versions...
Example...
For a Dodge Charger or Challenger we use an Aussie Chrysler Valiant and Charger for parts.
For a Mustang or a Cougar we use an Aussie Ford Falcon. -almost a straight swap
For Camaro Firebird, Impala etc we use Holden Kingswoods
A lot of these parts are inter-changeable and in some cases the only custom job is the new dash cowling. We share a lot of parts with our yank variants and end up in a unique position to build RHD yank-tanks that's as close to factory as possible.
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