This era of cars were the best ever.

Hard to believe that it's a 50 year old muscle car because the design still looks absolutely brilliant.

Long live the Mopar E body.. This is the car that makes me appreciate the new ones even more, staying true to their roots. These and the 70/71 Cuda are just so amazing to me.

Only a fool would think new cars and trucks are better than the old ones. I own and drive a 37 year old Ford truck and I wouldn't trade it for 20 new trucks.

Got to love a ‘70 Challenger R/T!

Reminds me of the film Vanishing Point with same exact white car.

Got to love some classic American muscle🔥

This car.The Charger. Superbee, Galaxie 500s, Mustang Shelby GT 500 67-70, 1998 Trans Am WS6, Roadrunners, 66-70 Chevelle, 64-70 Pontiac GTO, 68-72 Camaro, 60s El dorado, Ford GT 40, 68-72 Corvettes,. Chrysler 300s 50-60s, 60/70s Cadillac, 68-70 Mustang. Buick 6Os Rivera, 66-70 Coronet, 50s T-bird, C2 Corvettes, 55-62 Corvettes, the Cudas, Daytonas, 1932 Ford coupe, 1939 Ford coupe. and the 62-69 Impala, 67 Nova, are the best looking American cars ever produced. Hands down.

"pops out of second gear" Probably just needs a linkage adjustment.

Back when you had to know how to drive.

I've always loved the '70 Challenger and the 440 6-Pack motor. The image that pops into my mind instantly with the '70 Challenger is that of the film, "Vanishing Point" from 1971. The era of the American Muscle Car was truly an amazing, and fun time for Car Guys. I owned a '70 GTO Ram Air IV with p/s, but no power brakes while I was in 12th grade. Some kids had no idea what the car was while others adored it. I had it for over a year, and daily drove it to work and school before the motor blew up on my 18th birthday. Love these older muscle cars, and vibes of the classic simple lines of American Muscle. Great review Matt.

Love the sound of these old cars. Guy from vanishing point must of had mad driving skills lol.

Damm boy my grandpa would slap you if he seen you shifting like that 😂

I'd buy a 70 before any new one...

This is my dream car. A 1970 (specifically because i like the grill for that year) dodge challenger R/T. And i do want a 426 hemi with a manual but i know those are rare for an original one. Luckily mopar still makes them as crate blocks.

My friend had one of those cars back in the day, triple black. To say which one is better is not a fair question. It's a matter of choice, comparing the older one to the modern one is like compairing apples to oranges, the only similarity they both have is the name. The old is the old, and the new is the new, both great cars, but as for me, I prefer the old but thats me. I have a soft spot for "old school" Muscle cars.

Man the modern Challenger is my dream car. The Hellcat specifically. But these older ones are gorgeous.

Wow, a fantastic profile on my absolute favorite muscle car of all time Matt, a great job man! I had a Vitamin C Orange '70 R/T with 440 4-barrel & 727 automatic with 323 rear gears as well as a Black '70 318 Challenger of the many Mopars I had, only $2700 for my 440 R/T in the late 80's! I own & love my 2014 R/T Blacktop Edition with Super Track Pack & a 5.7 Hemi, it is a far better car in numerous ways compared to the 1970 as beautiful as it looks!

when you drive a 2018 scat pack challenger this video really hits home. thanx matt🐝

Back road reaction 11:09

Of course not. The new one is much more powerfull, reliable , etc. But the old one has a soul for itself.

I like how you're doing classic muscle car videos. It's good, because it seems like all the other youtubers are doing all the modern cars, which is cool but it gets old too. Keep it different bro :)

That's my dream car since I've saw the original Vanishing point movie !!

You look like your having a blast in these classic cars Matt, its fun watching. Thanks for bringing back the memories.

It’s my dream car yess

Looks a lot like Kowalski’s car!

I love the old Challengers, the new ones are great performers but don't look as good as the old ones.

The classic Challenger is THE muscle car to me. Everything about it is perfect. I really hope I can own one someday. Which is becoming harder as each year passes. They've been crazy expensive & rare for a long long time now. They are becoming rarer and more expensive each year. One day...... one day.

Really liked the scenery change in this one. Nice one Matt!

Would love to take this on the highway and evade police in several states! 😁

I like these classics car reviews. Keep up the good work

I'll take it over the new one, beautiful

Love the Dodge Challengers! I still can't believe these are local cars. I have never seen them out and about. Great review as always Matt!

Thanks for another great review.

Loving these classic reviews!! So cool to compare these ti today’s versions. They still pay much homage to them too!

Keep classic muscle cars reviews coming good job

Great vid on the sweetest looking vehicle Detroit has ever built! Nothing sexier than an E-Body! Crazy that they basically made an updated version of the 70-74 and has sold so well that the basic style hasn’t changed on the new Challenger it’s entire run. Pretty much proves how timeless a design that body style is. On a side note, you look like you could be actor Jimmi Simpson’s brother.

My favorite car since my family took me to see Vanishing Point at the drive in 1971 when I was just 6 years old....I ove your style and attitude..you made me smile!

Great job Matt relating your observations to our present day cars. I thought my 1969 Highland Green Mustang GT was incredible but it too jumped out of gear. Thank God it had disc brakes. It doesn’t even compare with my 2019 Bullitt.

The white exterior on the 1970 Challenger is one of the best color choices IMO. This example is MINT and appears to have been rotisserie restored better than it left the factory.

The new challenger is great, fast and exciting I’m so glad Dodge stepped up and did it right, still the sound,the feel, the ride in old muscle is amazing makes you smile no matter what crap happened in your day, no bells and whistles, no in dash display and bunch a nonsense, just a key, spark and loads of fuel sucked in through a big block 440

Nick from Nick's Garage just rebuilt one of those cars a 1970 Challenger R/T with the 440 6 pack with a 4 speed trans

road vibrations YES! you can hear and see it on the camera

Best looking muscle car ever made 😍😍😍

I think you are really at home filming these american classics. I really like Mopars, but never see them here in germany of course. Would love a go in a Road Runner, Challenger or Charger. Hope to see more of this collectiom👌👌👌

Hello from Russia! I bumped into this video randomly, or maybe because I like challengers :D This may sound weird, but ur smile reminded me that of Jim Kerry's :DDD Thank u for reviewing this wonderful car, I wish you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Or at least happier than the 2020 was... Same for anyone reading this! Have the health, the nerve, the money! And a dream car!

Was this car all original? Pretty cool to see how something like this is up close. Maybe I’d get lucky to see one at a cars n coffee but to see the interior details and learn how it drives us really fun. I always looked at them as much bigger than other pony cars, it was surprising to see how small it was inside. Great video!

They are fun to drive. I have one just like it only mine is Go-Mango in color and the black hood decal. No bumble bee stripe on mine.

Horn problems were relatively common on many cars back then. And the sensation of riding with 4 or more people all smoking cigarettes, each with their own ashtray, in a vehicle freshly loaded with 20gal of gasoline! Those were the days!

Great review. Cannot wait for this spring for my 50th anniversary Challenger scat pack to arrive.

I appreciate modern technology and all that. Dropping the right foot and banging through gears on my '70 Panther Pink beast is something today's generation will never quite understand.

I have questions about the one I had. 1970 challenger R/T 340 4barrel 4 speed. AHRA scatter shield, high speed clutch, pressure plate and throw out bearing. High rpm cam with solid lifters, adjusted to 10 thousands. What 340 heads were adjustable? Oh yes, long tube headers with 3 inch pipes

Imagine what the old Trans Am guys went through with the steering,etc.

It is insane to think the Original was only around 1970 to 1974 & the New One 2008 - 2021 & Beyond.

I'm loving the classic car reviews 👍🏿👍🏿

You know , i really really enjoyed the video , the content and the car , love you brother ❤️

Rash that the stock 5.7L RT, which we think of as not being that fast would absolutely blow this car out of the water. Progress is a wonderful thing.

Hi! Can you help me with the lights in/on the car? Does the dashboards light up when you are driving the car? Does it have an interior light? If yes does it turn on automatically when you open the door and fade out after closed? What lights are on the front and rear, when do they light up (break light, reverse light, how is the turn signal works on the rear and the front)? Thank you for your help! -Tom from Hungary

Awesome keep up those reviews

The steering on non-assist manual steering has that play in it by design. It is because when you hit bumps in road the steering won't jerk the wheel from you and cause loss of control. On the steering gear box there is an adjustment screw for the gears so you can adjust the backlash if to much play is there. If it is to tight you can't turn the wheel, to loose and of course you won't have control because gears barely mesh.

Keep up the great work. I'm loving these classic reviews!

Love the old E-bodies!

I've had both and while you'll never forget the experience of the 70's version, you'll want to forget how much tinkering they required. They were constantly going out of tune, blowing header gaskets, leaks, carb issues, and electrical issues. Really fun when they worked but you spent a lot of time on them. They were also evil handling- 14" bias plies and the rubber back then wasn't anywhere near as good as what you can get today. Had an '09 SRT 8 Challenger also with a manual tranny which was also pretty heavily modified. No comparison in build quality, creature comfort, reliability, and handling. And yes, with some mods my '09 was considerably faster than my '73. Loved them both but the modern era cars are vastly superior in every way except how much attention you get at a gas station; the 70's cars always attract a crowd.

The 70 Challenger has been my favorite car of all time since I was like 14, when they came out with the newer Challengers, it sorta felt like they did it for me, cuz no one ever seemed to talk about Challengers, but man I always thought it was the most perfectly muscle-car-looking muscle car out there! The lines and shapes are tasteful and not overdone, there's a straight lines look to it and a curvy look to it at the same time, I love every inch of that car! Maybe if I hit the lottery or get a crazy paying gig, i'll make the one I see in my head and my dreams, lemme paint a picture for those who would nerd out about stuff like that, haha: hard top only, matte gunmetal gray with matching bumpers with a matte black hood stripe, I want the shaker popping out of the hood, but I still want the classic hood with the iconic shape and racing stripe, just fabbed with a hole for the shaker, matte black 71 AAR Cuda side stripes (my 2nd favorite car of all time) with the duckbill spoiler painted gunmetal, blacked out trim and grilles, tinted windows and lamps, rollcage, little bit bigger fat drag rear wheels and a flat black set of the kinds of rims on diesel trucks and trailers and shit, the industrial stock steel rims, only a nice looking set, going for a very Batman/Punisher/heavy metal vibe. I also always wanted to add the little vent trim pieces for the side fenders, there's one on the 71 Challenger right in front of the rear wheels, and on the 73 and 74 right behind the front wheels, I don't want the racing stripes that come out of those,, too many racing stripes, haha, but i've always wanted to add both of those to the sides of a 70, might sound weird, but that's just me. Black interior, maybe suede, with Hemi orange accents, pistol shift and as cheesy as it is, I sorta want a spare chain style steering wheel, but I want it painted to look like it's burning hot metal, I also want the engine bay and trunk and shit to be Hemi orange, the trunk mostly rhino lined though, I want the interior floorboards to be rhino lined too, I don't want it to have fabric, and I want custom matching rubber Challenger floor mats, easier to keep clean, and i'd want a badass stereo system cuz i'm a death metal guitar player, and if the engine's gonna match the caliber of the look of the car, i'll need to overpower it when I do actually wanna hear my music :P maybe with a Hellcat dropped in there, idk haha, if we're talking lottery winner status, I'd find a shell and build a new car underneath as much as I could and just have the look of the 70 just cuz I'd want it to last and be reliable cuz I'd drive that thing every day and would want to pass it on at the end of my life.

Whats the toggle switch below the reverse light for??

Had mine in 77-82 rt/se with the raised sixpack hood ,,also had the 340 which handled way better in the corners,,just to have the one today but ,,,,every time i see one just shake my head in regret

see the movie Vanishing Point Matt!!!

car looks great you would never believe its 50yrs old

My favorite Muscle Car... Mopar is iconic...

question is what condition is a new challenger going to be in when its a 50yo.

Great review!

Thanks brother. Great video. God bless you.

I miss hearing the gear whines from a 4 speed and a posi rear, the even-from-the-factories-lumpy-cams and the whaas of 4 (or6!!) barrels coming on. Sigh.

Still one of my dream cars.

it has an awesome looking steering column

Awesome cars when vanishing point cane out everyone wanted one

The fact that the old V8’s did 6.3 seconds 0-60 shows how far engines have come. My brand new 2023 V6 challenger I had a best 0-60 so far of 5.6 seconds

Great car! Great review!

I owned that exact car. Well,maybe not "exact" mine was blue with a black vinyl top. I did a lot of extensive work on it. Subbed and tubbed,4link suspension. Motor work bumped it up to 563hp and 598 lb.ft. of torque. I was basically pro street before the term was coined. Nobody ever beat me during the 3yrs. I ran the car. Of course, had I known the factory version would be worth so much today I would never have changed a thing on the car! Nobody had a clue how the market would end up! But, I still had a helluve good time in my hotrod! I have yet to drive a Hellcat but just reading the specs tells me not to get in one. I can't afford the sticker price! So why torture myself!

Great video!

Size wise back in 1970 this would’ve been considered an intermediate it is actually incredible that in the year 2021 the new challenger is actually longer with a longer wheelbase than the 1970 model so much for downsizing

That car is so cool. I wish I could drive it. I had a 70 340 Challenger auto trans.

I have 1970 Dodge Challenger Rt/Se 440 in perfect condition. A loaded car all the options. Seen on Facebook group called Original Reno Mopar's.

3:29 they call it “rim-blow” 😂 lmao

Older challengers just look so damn good

My dad had a 1970 Challenger R/T 440 Six Pack and 3 speed auto. It was Plum Crazy with the vinyl roof, you can actually see it in my profile picture. He also owned a 1970 Charger R/T with the same motor. He said the Challenger's front end used to lift up at higher speeds but the Charger was a great high speed car. I have a 2015 Challenger Scat Pack Shaker and love it. It's a far superior car to the old one obviously and a great high speed car. I would say if you're comparing the 1970 to the 2008-2014 Challengers, the 1970 wins looks wise by a bit. However, comparing the 1971 to the 2015 and up Challengers and the new ones win. Comparing the New Charger to the old one and I have to say the old is my absolute favorite Mopar of all time. Great review of an awesome classic Matt!

Good video!! The Dodge challenger r/t from 1970 is an awesome car

I had a ‘70 Challenger 440 6 pack Banana Yellow in the late 70s. Totally fun to drive but had recurring starter issues. For me driving a new Mustang is more fun - power and handling are great and the price point is more reasonable.

I have the one of one built 70 R/T that I got from Factory rep Lee Joyce. It ran a 9.67 right off the trailer at US 330 in Schererville Indiana Halloween week end of 1969 and was the first titled Challenger in my home state of florida. NO it is not for sale at any price so don't ask. The daily driver is a 68 road runner 440 six pack 833 and dana 60 super track pack 4.56 that I found 25 years ago outside of mount dora florida.

I usually dont like muscle cars but this thing is so dope to me.

I have a friend of mine that has a 70 Challenger RT/SE with the 440 six pack / automatic transmission in Burnt Orange. It is totally restored. He got 70K in it.

It is better! (Just my opinion) - I would never look twice for a new Challenger but for this one, I would happily break my neck why following it. Great Classic Review again!

Thanks for the video and with all due respect. You may not have been too comfortable if you'd had to drive any of those old cars that didn't have much as far as creature comfort...just basing this on your reaction to the seats and the the looks you gave. No hats intended. Just brutal honesty. Take care and God Bless All!!!

4:21 the clock is moving anticlockwise !!!! :D :D :D

I had a 69 Hemi Charger which had quick ratio manual steering. Acted like power steering or maybe because I was 21 and didn't notice. I do like your reviews

great video Matt I love the all-original of this car haha... I hope you've been doing well man.

They are both so different, but distinctively the same and is why the gen3s outsell Camaro right now to. Not only that, the red eye is packing almost 800 hp and is King of the blacktop as far as production cars. My 4th Mopar was a 70, and love the classics as well. But for an entirely different reason, as the OGs are more raw and in your face. Whereas the late model cars are comfortable high HP machines that you can take to the drag strip on Friday night, and then on a trip cross country. Yeah the 09-14 front grill and tail light assemblies were designed after the 70, and then the 71 from that point on. Same thing with the interior, and was redesigned for the 2015 model year as well. I own a 2010 SRT8 and is a blast to drive, especially with the line lock and other goodies that I've added 😃

I have owned both, a 70' 440SixPack, 4 speed with a super track pack...(4.10 dana) back in the 70's and kept it for almost 30 years, and a 19' Scat Pack Challenger 6 speed manual....they might look somewhat similar but the rawness of the original is just so much more appealing to me, mainly because I grew up driving the original....The new Scat Pack to me feels comfortable, but big and bulky and out weighs the original by almost 500 lbs....the original looked and felt more sporty albeit a dinosaur by todays standards ....I guess apples to oranges....but if I was given a choice between the two today....the 70' with no hesitation.

Love the classic car reviews! Awesome 👏🏻

I once owned a 1970 Challenge RT/SE back in 1973. It had factory air. front disk breaks, and a 383 Magnum. Slap stick automatic 3 speed. Rust bronze with a white vinyl roof. I kick myself every time I see a challenger on the road. If I ever see another one that comes close to the one I had, I’m going to buy it. Miss that car. It was VERY FAST.