Mopar Muscle Association UK

Site I have not seen before - got some lovely clear pics of filming cars. Worth a look for those who fall on the 'love it' side of Marmite...

https://www.rkmotors.com/blog/Mayhem-Flying-High

Said Sarmento, “While the police cars were fairly new (1977-1978), the Chargers were falling apart. We picked them up from all over Los Angeles, and we rarely paid more than $500. The transportation people in charge of the cars didn’t know the difference between a 318 and a 440 [ci engine]. Back then you could even get Charger R/Ts for under $1,000. It seemed like most of them were green for some reason — clearly that was a popular color from the factory. More than once, we spotted a car on the street, knocked on the door, offered $500 for the car and a clean title. Those were the days of cheap and plentiful muscle cars.”

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An interesting read. Thanks for sharing.

Good find Morgan

Thanks.
I particularly liked the bit that through trial and error they learned to ballast the cars in the trunk. (the first general had a load of concrete poured in the trunk). I think the article says 300lb for a small block and 500 for a big block. They preferred flying in a small block.
Also 383 cars the preferred weapon for general hooning and wheelspins etc. And they hated manuals. Really good article.

morgan wrote: Fri Oct 02, 20 6:45 pm
Also 383 cars the preferred weapon for general hooning and wheelspins etc. And they hated manuals. Really good article.

383ci-or-bigger cube-equipped car was preferred because they had the necessary torque.

The good thing about muscle cars is that they never go out of fashion.

Thanks Morgan, had not seen that, good read!!

Great find Morgan...very interesting article. Love the snapshots in time of the stunt crews etc.

Cheers Steve