1965 Dodge Concept car Charger II

[Mikesmoparperformance]

To be honest, he never said either way if the Charger concept in the pictures you posted were a real car or clay.  Frankly, I never thought to ask.
BTW, thanks for the cudos.

Then we would never know what it was! a real car or not most concept car have survive, and some not most are ad Mopar collectors but Nobody has this car so maybe it was not a real car we never know what it was .

On the pictures it looks like a real car to me, because of the interior.
If I had post this early on in the year 2006 we had the chance to ask him .

[FastbackJon]

Thought I heard once that car was supposed to have the new 426 street hemi in it but since the engine wasn't available it had the polyhead 318.

[b5blue]

That was the 64 Polara built off Charger concept car, it kept it's 383 till it was restored. It was a open roadster with a cut down windshield.

[Mikesmoparperformance]

That was the 64 Polara built off Charger concept car, it kept it's 383 till it was restored. It was a open roadster with a cut down windshield.

Thats to was a beautiful car someone did also make a replica off the real one!

here are the pictures of it

First Picture is the real one Red
Second Picture is the replica one Silver

[Mikesmoparperformance]

More Pictures

[Mikesmoparperformance]

The silver one on the hood says hemi 426 but it has a 383

[ODZKing]

I have a copy of the original broshure on my site:
http://www.retrorarities.com/ChargerLiterature3.htm

[dodgecharger-fan]

Nice! I have an original that I've been meaning to scan. Now I don't have to!

[ODZKing]

The silver one on the hood says hemi 426 but it has a 383

According to the literature, it was supposed to come with a 426 but not a Hemi.

[Mikesmoparperformance]

The silver one on the hood says hemi 426 but it has a 383

According to the literature, it was supposed to come with a 426 but not a Hemi.

Didn't know That is indeed not a hemi just a bigblock with 426CI en 365HP
I always thought the hemi was the only engine with 426CI!
Nice broshure Thanks for the link.

[Mikesmoparperformance]

About the 65 concept car I have a Rare picture that the car was on Show in 65!
you can see it in the background

so where is that car now!!

[b5blue]

The 426 Max Wedge was still available in 1964 but the concept car was suppose to get the new Hemi. I can't see the concept 2 not being a real car, what happened to it?

[Mikesmoparperformance]

The 426 Max Wedge was still available in 1964 but the concept car was suppose to get the new Hemi. I can't see the concept 2 not being a real car, what happened to it?

Thats what I like to know also what happend to that 65 charger 2 concept car!

[nascarxx29]

http://www.carstyling.ru/cars.1965_Dodge_Charger%20II.html

[Mikesmoparperformance]

http://www.carstyling.ru/cars.1965_Dodge_Charger%20II.html

I know that website It didn't say what became off the car later on in his live!

[6bblgt]

Some of the styling cues from the '65 Charger II concept car appeared on the "Thunder Charger" movie car that George Barris built for the 1967 movie "Thunder Alley".  "Thunder Charger" started life as a '66 HEMI Charger.

[Mikesmoparperformance]

Some of the styling cues from the '65 Charger II concept car appeared on the "Thunder Charger" movie car that George Barris built for the 1967 movie "Thunder Alley".  "Thunder Charger" started life as a '66 HEMI Charger.

THANKS! Didn't know that I gonna look for the movie and the car it has the 65 concept rear end looks cool!
if he can make that 65 rear end so can we!

[Steve P.]

Ok. Hold on to your shorts.  There was a 1965 Dart/Charger that was sold and on the road. Few were made, but I have seen a rag top and a hard top. Both at the 04" MATS...  Check this link.

http://65charger273.com/  


Also I believe the 67-68 Newport came of that rear end...

Also I noticed there is no antenna. More than likely was a block of clay. 

[mauve66]

the charger designation on the dart referred to the "273 charger" motor, not that the dart was a charger, as one rag top owner likes to believe his is the "FIRST" charger, putting the charger script on the fender doesn't make it a charger

[Steve P.]

I really don't remember much about the two cars other than Charger emblems on both in the same places and a magazine article on the yellow and black rag top. 

[mauve66]

yes they have the other emblems but they convienently leave off the 273 when they call it a Dart Charger, its a Dart Charger 273, without the motor you couldn't get the Dart Charger in the same sentence
Dodge had been designing/building the charger for over 2 years at this point, do you (no offense, i mean these owners) really think they named it a Charger so they could say it came out in 65?  of course the mags like controversey so they print what the owners say and that sells more copies since everyone wants to see the 65 Charger
with the Dart Charger 273 emblems already on the car the owners added the Charger script that we all know later on to create controversey, the Charger script emblem wasn't available anywhere in 64-65 when these cars were made, only when the Charger itself started production does a part number come up

[Steve P.]

It works for me. I just thought I would add to the trivia... 

[Mikesmoparperformance]

Ok. Hold on to your shorts.  There was a 1965 Dart/Charger that was sold and on the road. Few were made, but I have seen a rag top and a hard top. Both at the 04" MATS...  Check this link.

http://65charger273.com/ 


Also I believe the 67-68 Newport came of that rear end...

Also I noticed there is no antenna. More than likely was a block of clay. 

maybe so indeed it was a block of clay we would never know I think
I saw that car on the net also and thats not a charger just a Dart
The newport looks a bit alike but not the same.

[RD]

the 65 was a california dealer option only, not a factory production vehicle from what i understand. so, literally, we can say the 65 dart/charger is just like the 70 daytona charger from a dealer standpoint (hehe  )

[mauve66]

but you might get a 70 Daytona with different motors, the 65 Dart Charger 273 ONLY came with that motor