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I gotta be careful to choose the right expression. Oh yeah I've found it... :puke:
More at http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/images/oddities/thunder%20charger%201.jpg
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I think George had more :eek2: than he did :drool5:
Ive got the movie that this charger is in on dvd.
Just a sign of the times
It RERALLY looks like a Marlin now. I think it wasa customized Coronet as the rear quarter tells tale. Looks like Buick wheels too.
The back end of that car looks heavy. Not sure if that was the look he was going for. Not my favorite car either.
"Bondo Barris" is a Hollywood hack but somehow he got all the high dollar movie work back then. :shruggy: Later when he did cars for himself, just about all of them sucked.
Front looks like a 67 Olds 88 :eek2:
Just as a little side note regarding the "Thunder Charger"....I remember seeing an ad in Hemmings Motor News over twenty plus years back for the Thunder Charger. I called at the time and the owner told me that he had welded on a front roof section as the car was sagging so badly that you couldn't open or close the doors. Barris never added any supports to the bottom of the Charger to make up for the loss of the roof. But, remember that movie cars were not supposed to last much past the movie's release. Never saw the car in person since he was back East and I lived in California at the time. Would love to see the car today...if it survived.
That's not the orignal paint job either... that was the Hollywood version for the movie.... George was never that subtle.
Yup, still ugly... :P
Yes, but it was quite futiristic for the day... Sliding glass roof, ajustable rear spoiler controlled from inside the car, rectangular headlamps etc, and it had a Hemi.
It is a cool car :cheers:. What do you guys think off a 66 charger? Cool car or not? :cheers:
Quote from: wingcar on January 08, 2013, 03:51:21 PM
....I remember seeing an ad in Hemmings Motor News over twenty plus years back for the Thunder Charger. I called at the time and the owner told me that he had welded on a front roof section as the car was sagging so badly that you couldn't open or close the doors. Barris never added any supports to the bottom of the Charger to make up for the loss of the roof. But, remember that movie cars were not supposed to last much past the movie's release.....
Like I said before...."he was a HACK"!
Quote from: Musicman on January 08, 2013, 04:41:18 PM
Yes, but it was quite futiristic for the day... Sliding glass roof, ajustable rear spoiler controlled from inside the car, rectangular headlamps etc, and it had a Hemi.
I like the hood ornament. :icon_smile_big:
How about the Ridler Award winning Electro Charger?
I'd like to know what happened to that one too. :yesnod:
Awesome wheel/tire setup on that. :yesnod:
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I think it is the wheel\tire setup that make it look as good as what it does.
Quote from: Ghoste on January 09, 2013, 12:24:55 PM
I'd like to know what happened to that one too. :yesnod:
you know some guy has it in his backyard and once the movie gets popular he will sell it for 'ONE MILLION DOLLARS'
(http://theparanoidgamer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/austin-powers-millions.jpg)
The Ridler car wasn't in a movie though. Although you may just be right about that Barris one. :lol:
[Dr. Evil's thoughts].....
A million dollars isn't worth a lot of money these days....
Really?
Okay then, we'll hold the 1967 Charger Thunder ransom for.....
:think: .... One Hundred BILLION DOLLARS! :D
The Thunder Charger had a short piece in MCG a couple of years ago, if I'm not mistaken its whereabouts are known but the current owner just isn't dragging the car around to shows or anything like that?
Just curious if anyone knows the whereabouts of this car? If so please PM me. Like to see if it can be bought I have a Barris car and would like one more.
Throw an e mail to MCG, they might tell you. :shruggy:
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Thanks great info. I will talk to Rob at the Mopar Nationals and run it by him.
it really looks cool
Still would like to add a car to my collection and the Thundercharger would be a good one. If anyone knows the whereabouts please pm me. Thank you