Ferris and friends, based in Canberra Australia flag, blog about the cars and games that inspire them most.

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Hey Charger! :)

The title won't mean much unless you are (a) older than me or (b) an Aussie muscle-car nut. Hey Charger was of course the catchy advertising slogan for the Australian-built and designed Chrysler Charger of the 1970s. The beautiful looking example in these photos - a 1976 VK Charger 770 -  belonged to me.  The Charger was my daily driver for around 8 years, and I loved every minute of owning it.  Well... that's not quite true, I didn't love spending the bucket-loads of cash to restore the car.  But you gotta blow a lot of money restoring an old classic car at least once in your life, right?  And you aren't doing it right if you don't lose a bundle when it comes time to sell the car :)

For those tech-minded readers out there, my Charger had a 4.3 litre '265' straight-six engine, a 4 speed manual gearbox, extractors and a nice sports exhaust.  It went well and sounded amazing!  More about the Charger, including restoration pictures, later...

1 comment:

Grantly72 said...

Hi there
I was wondering if you still own this Charger. I believe I was one of the original owners of this particular Charger and have been crying my eyes out and regretting selling her ever since...
I have photos to prove it.
Would love to come to a show and see her again. You've done an amazing job on her.
Please let me know..
grant.farmer72@gmail.com