Muscle Car of the Week Video Episode # 111: 1971 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi Pilot Car

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Muscle Car of the Week Video Episode # 111: 1971 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi Pilot Car
www.musclecaroftheweek.com/forum - There are many outstanding "Firsts" and "Lasts" in the Brothers Collection, but this car is a "First" twice, and a "Last" Once! This is the very first 1971 Dodge Charger Hemi, which is also the first year for the new body style, and the last year for the 426 Hemi engine! Being the pilot car, this one was not supposed to be sold to the public, as there are certain elements of the car that are not production ready. However, it made it our of the factory alive, and was even sold new a Mr. Norm's Grand Spaulding Dodge in Chicago. It's a very cool story, and an even cooler car.
Muscle Car of the Week Video Episode # 111: 1971 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi Pilot Car
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@CallMeMrX 7 жыл бұрын

That airgrabber hood is so sweet! I love the red wheels too

@orange70383 6 жыл бұрын

The 71 r/t chargers had the best looking exhaust tips, they look like afterburners .

@tomlea3713 7 жыл бұрын

As if it being a pilot car isn't enough, it's also a Mr. Norms car? WOW! Another over the top car and a fantastic video. It's only right that you run these cars for your viewers! Thanks for the trip back in time!!!

@josephromano7305 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome car! Love the 71 chargers! Mopars are the king of muscle cars!!

@moparkeith1 2 жыл бұрын

Great car and restoration. My friend Doug use to own it back in the 80’s until recently. Still has the classified ad it came from .

@V8TV 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's cool!

@jonathancohen479 7 жыл бұрын

The third gen. Chargers never get any love, so I was so glad to see this video. Everyone wants the second gens., and don't get me wrong, they're pretty amazing, but I have a '72 Charger and I never have anyone bash it for not being a "coke bottle" body style.

@chargermaster586 6 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Cohen. I mean by 1971 the game was almost over for muscle cars with increased insurance costs for muscle cars and the gas crisis of the 70s didn't help.

@soxfunny98 6 жыл бұрын

@@chargermaster586 Maybe but we were still building them Take the 383 errrr 400 and work it in a nice 72 or 73 SE CHARGER and you had alot of fun at the track and street. Had a friend that had a gorgeous 71 slapstick car with a mildly built 440 6 pack, 410s and a shift kit he would run high 11s in that heavy good looking beast all day long. Him and another guy ( 73 Challenger) used to grudge all the time The guy in the charger told and showed everyone what he had but the guy with the challenger said it was a mildly built 383. Some of us knew better by listening to it but eventually after what must have been 50 races at great lakes dragaway and racing on Archer ave in Chicago He showed us what we knew. All those years it was a 6 pack running a 66 Hemi Engine in that Challenger I swear those 2 must have gone as close to 25-25 as you can get. Both ran high 11s.

@MrJohnnyDistortion 5 жыл бұрын

When I was younger in the late 70's a friend's mother had a 383 or 440 version (I never found out Which) and she would let him take it for a spin once in a while. It was ridiculously fast. Scary and Mark was a very aggressive driver. He liked to scare people.

@johnspencer7291 5 жыл бұрын

@@chargermaster586 i own a first gen,talk ablout no love!!

@Jgeneraledger23 7 жыл бұрын

Now THAT looks good with those wheels!

@jamesbond9873 4 жыл бұрын

So nice to see rims like that and not all those stupid aluminum rims.

@IMMATURENGINEERING 8 жыл бұрын

I bought a 71 R/T around 78, it was a sublime green one with the slap-stick auto, 440 Magnum. It had been modded by moon-shiners to switch to alch. if needed and the engine was back further into the fire wall. traded it later as it was not dependable to start

@geraldjyrkinen7420 5 жыл бұрын

It's bad ass. And I'm glad it was saved as well.

@MercuryFanatic 9 жыл бұрын

Great video. I love seeing these as they come out. IMHO, I don't think the music works very well with the type of video it is. Keep up the great work guys!!!

@oliasofsunhillow7116 4 жыл бұрын

I think that I remember seeing pictures and reading the article about the 1971 Challenger R/T pilot car that was sold, the publisher of the Mopar magazine eventually bought the car and showcased it in the magazine! It had all of the available options including the tape deck and the sunroof, and it was Go Mango, which wasn't even offered in 1971, with white stripes, top and interior! That was decades ago but I still remember it! I forget the actual magazine but I remember the guys name Tom Shaw because of Tommy Shaw from Styx! It was either the pilot car or the first 1971 Hemi Challenger R/T but it was supposedly an original Go Mango!

@officialclownbusiness7788 7 жыл бұрын

nice to know this beautiful machine didn't get crushed. the only thing that could make a red and black Hemi Charger any cooler is if it were second gen (68-70), but this body style is still beautiful enough for me to spend a couple months building a lime green model with a 440. it's actually the favorite of my collection.

@terryschnereger8531 5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to see this one survive the test of time.👍🏁

@TRACYxBEAKER 8 жыл бұрын

I love these muscle car videos! :)

@willt9172 9 жыл бұрын

Awesome, rare indeed!

@stephensmart7388 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely Gorgeous Mopar Performance Muscle Car love 68-71'

@buckdesystem4562 Жыл бұрын

Finally they review a manual.

@jotcertorres1966 7 жыл бұрын

WOW...! Is a Beautiful Machine...!

@shawnjerome8599 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much that is my dream car that is the nicest most unique most rare car you have ever had on this show in my opinion and that's probably worth more than anything I could ever have but boy I would do anything to own that car I am in love with it

@soxfunny98 6 жыл бұрын

I loved the 71-74 chargers. The 71 for the brute power and 72-74 were comfortable and you could still get a few big blocks including but certainly not limited to the 1973 SE 400. IF YOU BUILT IT RIGHT, NOT CRAZY JUST RIGHT YOU COULD GET THAT BEAUTIFUL HEAVY SLED DOWN THE TRACK IN THE LOW 13s with a slap stick auto and the right gearing. How do i know.. I owned a 1972 with a 70 440 and a beautiful 1973 with a 400. If you equipped them right, nice paint and interior ( the SE WAS GREAT) they were very nice street cars still We DO NOT TALK ABOUT 1975

@MOPARMuscleLEBANON 2 жыл бұрын

agreed man , check out my 1973 SE 400 4 speeds

@ddoss383 6 жыл бұрын

wow that is awesome

@MrJohnnyDistortion 5 жыл бұрын

Nice story. Historically important.

@natejones963 Жыл бұрын

such a cool car.

@lewisyoder8067 5 жыл бұрын

Pilot car, HEMI CAR, MR NORM CAR RARE AND NOT OFFERED OPTIONS LAST YEAR FOR THE HEMI. THIS CAR BELONGS IN A Museum. ULTRA RARE I LOVE THAT CAR. IT PRICELESS

@johnnygordon5947 3 жыл бұрын

That's real cool

@luckyb0y15 3 жыл бұрын

NICE!

@pilotop517 8 жыл бұрын

awesome!!

@gocubsgo7609 7 жыл бұрын

awesome car!!!

@theoriginalmungaman 4 жыл бұрын

When you push the gas pedal the air grabber scoop opens up? All the ones I had are manual!

@ronstewart3431 Жыл бұрын

Nice car 🚗

@markfonseca4641 5 жыл бұрын

Nice

@rrmech11 9 жыл бұрын

Great story guys

@Moparmaga-1 5 жыл бұрын

71 charger r/t is the best to me. I've had 30 years to make up my mind. I love all of them but optioned to the fullest it is bad ass. Big sexy ASS on her. I remember when this car graced mopar action. I love it.

@thereallantesh 9 жыл бұрын

Great video. I disagree with not fixing the non-working idiosyncrasies though. As long as they are well documented, and reversible, I see nothing wrong with making them functional. A followup video with more information on these items would be great.

@williambeck3029 5 жыл бұрын

SWEET

@danreinholdt1263 3 ай бұрын

COOL

@muslihlih9540 5 жыл бұрын

I like

@skipperruhl1430 2 жыл бұрын

embarrassed to say when I was 21 I demolished one. I am truly sorry Wish I had it back it was a dark rich brown with the flat black R/T packaage.

@chargermaster586 6 жыл бұрын

You guys should do the 1972-1974 post muscle cars well the rest of the cars with these famous names like charger gto 442 etc for 1972-1974 towards the end.

@beenyroy 5 жыл бұрын

What is The Brother's Collection? Can you please do a video on how it started etc. Love your vids, keep up the good work.

@GregJay 6 жыл бұрын

440 is better, 440 Magnum that is, had one loved it! Ah memories of banging gears

@danieljacobson5774 3 жыл бұрын

A good running and properly tuned hemi was way more than a 440 could handle

@71superbee39 4 жыл бұрын

Now we're talk'in ......

@ronyeahright9536 2 ай бұрын

these are ok, don't get me wrong, but 68-70 were the absolute best looking Chargers, and I've never come across anyone who said differently.

@rqkeating 9 жыл бұрын

It would have been interesting to hear of some of the things that didn't work on this particular car (the "idiosyncrasies".)

@V8TV 9 жыл бұрын

Russell Keating YOU, my friend, are an amazing talent. I hope you don't mind us sharing this, but WOW! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gcVlet2lmKvPaI0.html

@rqkeating 9 жыл бұрын

I don't mind at all. Thanks for the compliment and thanks for sharing my video.

@halmerch2229 6 жыл бұрын

It's weird how the 71 roadrunner is in my top 3 muscle cars. But the 71 charger is probably in my bottom 3.

@petermurgatroyd2002 Жыл бұрын

How did that car ever survive the crusher??👌

@mightylonesome9426 5 жыл бұрын

Please, someone make a quick list of what didn't work and why. Dying to know.

@chocolatte6157 4 жыл бұрын

HOW do The Brothers GET these cars? This car must be worth a fortune. And who are The Brothers? The Jackson 5?

@apesplanet3198 8 жыл бұрын

What about the 69 charger

@oi32df 9 жыл бұрын

Like those steelies wheels who always talk to me how the '70 car is all about straight line performance , kind of first gen V-max

@wolftmfg 5 жыл бұрын

🤤

@culcune 6 жыл бұрын

There is an older video of a guy who owns what might be one of the last of the '71 Charger Hemi cars. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rrmCjNF5r8DMe58.html

@hemi57 8 жыл бұрын

How does the Brother's Collection finance all of these cars? I mean these are the best of the best.

@johnj.baranski6553 7 жыл бұрын

Aren't they rich brothers who made their money in dot com

@Jgeneraledger23 7 жыл бұрын

Rumor-has-it, they are the Koch Brothers, billionaires who could buy any car they dreamed.

@collhandluke9491 5 жыл бұрын

fireman's car

@lukeprowse3215 6 жыл бұрын

The shape of the rear quarter window looks odd.

@hanktorrance6855 4 ай бұрын

Dodge/chrysler/plymoth pulled a fast one in the horsepower/torque ratings for 71, its not possible for the engine to produce the same horsepower and torque ratings in both gross and net ratings methods, they may not have changed the mechanicals, but the numbers have to be different dont care what engine or make, gross and net power cannot be the same.