'69 Charger Grill on a New Charger?

Just in case anyone’s still looking at this… I can assure you (since I’m the one who modeled it… lol) that it looks a lot different than this now.
And the possibility of it being available in the near future is looking good!

Just in case anyone’s still looking at this… I can assure you (since I’m the one who modeled it… lol) that it looks a lot different than this now.
And the possibility of it being available in the near future is looking good!

Just in case anyone’s still looking at this… I can assure you (since I’m the one who modeled it… lol) that it looks a lot different than this now.
And the possibility of it being available in the near future is looking good!

Just in case anyone’s still looking at this… I can assure you (since I’m the one who modeled it… lol) that it looks a lot different than this now.
And the possibility of it being available in the near future is looking good!

Just in case anyone’s still looking at this… I can assure you (since I’m the one who modeled it… lol) that it looks a lot different than this now.
And the possibility of it being available in the near future is looking good!

You guys oughta check out more of this dude’s work. http://www.smokingrafix.com/ is where you can see more of his stuff.

http://www.smokingrafix.com
That model is released For a low price, of just $125!

It looks good..
But i think take away two doors and kind of make the body lines roll like the one in the 60’s and it would be a winner.

Who cares on a freakin four door?

i think its a good omage to the old skool good looks of the old charger with a modern and mean look…good job i’d buy one…remember you can always get it changed to a two door and presto your set, remember car manfacturers design for 50-60 yr olds if we hot rod them they might remember that style also sells!

LOOKS REAL NICE. HOW ABOUT POWDER COATED BLACK/SUBLIME LIME FOR A 2007 DAYTONA?

Yes, can you make it happen……………minus the two extra doors please.

Just noticed… Don’t like the four doors.

I like… I’d prefer a black/yellow paint though.

Yea, that looks badass!

Its spot on, that car in a dark color would just devour everything on the road! Awesome!

I really don’t like how when i look at the rear of the car screams CHRYSLER. Reminds me of the 300c. They should retro that out to complete the job- then it would be truly badass

I think the Charger in stock v6 form looks OK- Black SRT8 version is really sharp and where its at. I feel that Ford did a better job with the Stang, its more of a complete retro job inside and out more so than the charger. and then theres the Saleen… ohh my!!

If we want our new cars to look so much like the old ones why don’t we just get the old blueprints and tooling out and build exact duplicates.

Thats awesome. They deffinatly should have made the car this way

Now that is more like it. They would not keep them in the show room had Chrysler built that car. If you build that as a kit, I think everyone who bought a new charger to re live the old days would buy that from you.

ew. I don’t like it. Stop trying so hard.

Chrysler had the right idea, this modification takes it further, but what happened to the coupe!! True sixties muscle cars didn’t have 4 doors. In fact most of us wouldn’t be caught dead in a 4 door!

Being the owner of an 06 Midnight Blue Pearl Charger, I about flipped when I saw these shots. I think its a nice change and even more of a match giving homage to the Chargers of the late 60’s early 70’s. I dont quite understand why people are so hard on a ride. I get contant great comments about my Charger and how it looks (even though it doesnt have the Hemi, it carries the 3.5L HO V6, but thankfully I get the best gas mileage out of all 3 rides (Charger, 300, Magnum) and with prices the way they are, every little but helps. I would definitely put that front end on my Charger if I could find one. GO MOPAR!

The Charger can’t be two things at once it wants to be a top selling full size family sedan and be a 60’s muscle car. To be close to either Chrysler will have to give up something. Do like Lance Diehl said go with a pillar-less four door coupe a la Mazda RX-8 and style the car to look like a true homage to the original. Or, name it something else and market it as a competitor to the Pontiac G8 a performance sedan. Pick your poison. The new grill would work as a after market piece through Mopar, but as a production piece it comes off like a Hollywood starlet; a new nose and lips don’t always get you the roll.

Cool if you are gonna keep it with the same body style and 4 doors. But if Dodge can retro the Challenger, then quit screwing around, and make a retro coke-bottle-ish ‘68/’69 Charger!

Looks alright. Still not what a charger should look like. Now fix the rest of it.

Grill is nice but that awfull front spoiler relly spoils it. George Bush’s ass looks better.

Now that looks like ASS.

The new Charger is selling as many as the new 300 if not more. Chrysler knew exactly what they were doing.

The early concepts for the new Charger were gorgeous and true to the original ‘68-70 body style (google for pictures and video if you don’t believe me). The Charger they actually built is a complete 180 from the original concepts and pays NO tribute to the original. Updating the front clip now ‘aint gonna fix things…. go back to the drawing board and come up with something that DESERVES to be called a Charger.

The early concepts for the new Charger were gorgeous and true to the original ‘68-70 body style (google for pictures and video if you don’t believe me). The Charger they actually built is a complete 180 from the original concepts and pays NO tribute to the original. Updating the front clip now ‘aint gonna fix things…. go back to the drawing board and come up with something that DESERVES to be called a Charger.

The early concepts for the new Charger were gorgeous and true to the original ‘68-70 body style (google for pictures and video if you don’t believe me). The Charger they actually built is a complete 180 from the original concepts and pays NO tribute to the original. Updating the front clip now ‘aint gonna fix things…. go back to the drawing board and come up with something that DESERVES to be called a Charger.

The early concepts for the new Charger were gorgeous and true to the original ‘68-70 body style (google for pictures and video if you don’t believe me). The Charger they actually built is a complete 180 from the original concepts and pays NO tribute to the original. Updating the front clip now ‘aint gonna fix things…. go back to the drawing board and come up with something that DESERVES to be called a Charger.

The early concepts for the new Charger were gorgeous and true to the original ‘68-70 body style (google for pictures and video if you don’t believe me). The Charger they actually built is a complete 180 from the original concepts and pays NO tribute to the original. Updating the front clip now ‘aint gonna fix things…. go back to the drawing board and come up with something that DESERVES to be called a Charger.

Can’t even touch the ‘70 Charger R/T I had years ago. The “Coke bottle” body of the 68-70 Charger made it a classic.

Still Fugly! No matter how much make-up you put on that hog, it’s still a pig!

I don’t mind the newer nose so much as I dislike the four doors. 69 nose on a two door HEMI Charger would be great.

Looks sick! thats how it should be.

Not a bad idea at all. It think your on the rite track. Maybe something with more round like the 73 year look with 71 hide away grill. Add the 71 supper bee chin spoiler. Now for the back. Mabe for a easy change. Do something with the trunk lid to continue the lights as they did with the 69 thru 74 years. But I agree the 4 doors will still be a problem.

Yes, they couldn’t get the charger design right for new cars but yet everything else the others are getting right. Maybe dodge should step back and leave someone do the dang job right and make the charger how it should look. The person that design the new thing I guess didn’t know what a charger look like. Because it sure has can tell now. I would rather run the new ones right into a dang tree. The new cars looks more like a turtle then anything. They should have it the Dodge Turtle or Turtle instead of Dodge Charger.

still ugly

The grille does not make a difference….The design of the whole car is ridiculous..To call that a Charger…4 doors…bulkey…They might as well put the Charger emblems on a station wagon….At least the Challenger looks somewhat like the Challenger of old…But the Charger…forget it….The old charger was a big 2 door but at least it was a bit wedged and had nice body lines….This car is a box.

That… is… awesome! The current Charger looks more like a Mustang than a real Charger. This design REALLY IS what Dodge should have done. Why didn’t they? Hope this guy can pull it off! I’d love to see one in orange with an “01″ on the side! XD

The retro front looks great grille-wise and I like the hidden lights. A sedan is just another sedan though. Make it a hardtop and offer more practical wheels than the GOOFY dubs! Got a donut space-saver in the trunk THAT SIZE? Get for real. A four door HARDTOP is way cooler than a SEDAN anything. Two door hardtop, sportier yet. If
trucks can have 4-doors and open up to a cavernous, pillarless interior, why not cars?
Also, aren’t we sick enough of years of flush-mounted, blah taillights? The original’68 Charger had 2 small round-cluster lights on each side. They were enhanced, though with bright rings and a center spire. Cool looking, but weather and dirt were hard on them. Enhance the new cars taillights similarly behind non-yellowing clear-plastic.
Last of all, how about some small wrap-around chrome bumpers, similar to ‘63-67 Corvettes? The gigantacity of the new car “soft” bumpers offers little protection to the panels on all four corners. If done right, it will sell, shaking off some of this “new school”
junk. You DON’T want something like the last Thunderbird that as a
friend observed “It’s just like the original, but Ford left out the
ATTRACTIVE component”

You are halfway there. Finish it!!!!

boys no matter what u put on that car its still essentially a Crystler 300C, not what the charger should have been, but at least ur grandpa will look kool holding up traffic. Charger Blows.

Hey Jimbo GM has NOTHING to do with the DODGE CHARGER lol…

That nose does give a really nice throw back look though

GM WTH I meant dodge lol…

GM Should have kept it a 2 door… this charger looks sick tho!

Like it, I would drop extra money to get something like that in my driveway and Im a Jeep/off road guy. It would be cool to see what it would look like in a 2 door though.

ya the front looks good, but he didnt do anything about those 2 extra doors. cmon guys.

LOVE THIS …KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK….

Model it after the Charger 500 to keep it aero friendly while still retaining that HOT CHARGER look. I agree on refining/toning down the chin spoiler a bit too. YES YES YES!! A bolt on kit for those who have a Charger already would be a great aftermarket addition!!

Start Making it now! Change to classic 5 spoke rims and refine the chin spoiler.

I’m Pretty sure the new Challenger is chrysler’s way of making up for making the charger a 4 door and not “OLD LOOKING” enough, It’s pretty much the only old muscle car car that isn’t made to look retro, Mustang/thunderbird/camaro. I’m glad to have the retro challenger and the newer 4 door-more practical for daily life-charger than just having one/two retro muscle cars. but hell this would still be sweet to see!

The wheels and the lip, It’s almost 2010, why the hell does everything have to be old school?

should have been 2 door…

It would be interesting to see if they can make a prototype of this car for real. Yeah, the Charger should’ve been a 2 door but no use crying over spilt milk. This debate happened at the new Charger’s inception. For a 4 door, the new Charger does it well.

FYI- the 1999 Dodge Charger concept was a 4 door, not a 2 door. And yes, it was a way better looking car, IMO.

it would be better with 2 doors then it look right.

BUTT ugly, looks like a snow plow….

I think the lip is very rice, i dont like rice or “tuners”. Why put the homo wheels on muscle anyway, that just makes it look “hood”. I guess this is just the way “tuner” people f-up cars with a lip and big rims on every car they can get their hands on. If your going to go old style with the front end you need to do the whole car, what was stated by a few with loosing the 4-door, the lip, and the wheels. It needs to be burnt orange and black and have mags.

it honestly looks pretty sweet! keep the grill outline color matched with paint and keep the actual grill black. the front lip should look maybe a little more subtle. wonder how this would look like with headlights and where would they go??

name one good muscle car with 4 doors………yea loose the extra weight with those back doors

Yeah….it needs some headlights.

I don’t like the lip – just not practical and too front-heavy. For sure, two doors and as I have been saying since the 06 Charger first came out … I wish it came with standard transmission! As for the lights/grill on this one – not a fan. Let the ‘69 keep the look that its notorious for. Personally I would not have called the new Charger a Charger – it’s a bit of an insult. I agree with Jake – the had the right idea with the new Challenger. I still love my ‘06 modified Charger though, and think it’s the nicest car on the road, regardless of what it’s called. Check out my baby … just planning on posting pics of the new rims in the next day or two …

HATE TO SAY THIS BUT YOU CAN’T MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOW’S EAR. THEY REALLY SHOULD HAVE STUCK WITH THE 98 OR 99 CONCEPT CAR THAT WAS A TWO DOOR MUSCLE CAR. I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT ONE OF THEM IN A HEART BEAT AND THIS GRILLE WOULD HAVE LOOKED GREAT ON THAT. THEY STILL HAVEN’T GOT THE WORD, EVEN THO THEY SELL A LOT OF 4 DOOR CHARGERS THAT IS NOT WHAT THE WORLD THINKS A CHARGER SHOULD BE LIKE. THE CHALLENGER IS WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE THE CHARGER LIKE AND THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THE FORD MUSTANG.

Personaly, i think the Grill is off the chain! The lip is a bit much, i think he shou;d keep it, just make it more subtle. But on the real, That looks alot better!

The huge front lip is RICETASTIC.

The front design looks sick…. I agree wit everyone else about the 2 door and and the wheels though…

like everyones saying…loose the 2 back doors and the lip on the front
personally i think lips/kits are for ricers/tuners
im not saying i dont like tuners its just that they dont suit the muscle type vehicles

the grille tho looks amazing =)

I think he should make it, but not focus on the lip underneath the car. I prefer lower profile, rectangular floodlights/turn signals anyhow. (such as the pair sported by the Saturn Sky.) I also think he should invest in 2-door conversion kits for the Charger (hopefully with a matching pair of ‘68/’69 “coke bottle” scallops on both doors).

In truth, I’m wondering why Dodge jipped us and didn’t give us a car with a body that matched the (slightly) less snub-nosed NASCAR version. The Chrysler 300M body type effectively takes away from the Charger’s possible looks.

Make it a 2-door and put on some nice rims and it would be a hell of a car.

Nice…now lose the two back doors…that’s what really ruined these new cars. Chargers weren’t meant to be 4 door sedans. Dodge has no taste these days. I just hope they keep the Challenger looking like it’s supposed to. I love the design for the retro nose though! Nice work!

-Nate Mayfield

If you would lose the lower chin, Add in some filp lights where the grill insert is(pulls back and Flips to show headlights). It would be like their was just a grill, but it actualy pulls back and flips a certain way to show the headlights. Then with the bottom two lights those would be the fog lights. Then maybe redo the Charger r/t badge on the grill to a more updated look. It’s just an idea i came up with in my head.

I think it would be a cool kit if they lost the lower chin up front. But I could do anything to the new Charger it would be making it a 2 door like the old ones.

Don’t you have anything far more better than this one to feature in your blogs? This one makes it two f#*king blogs at the same time here together with that wacky protest so so blog.

Looks like the front lip could scoop up ROADKILL… rims.. GOTTA GO.. another color would make me say yes.. put the kit out…

I agree with the others drop the chin spoiler and make it look like the 70’s, plus make a rear end piece that would go with it. Polished aluminum wheels and nothing in a spider web look. And also whats sick about it? I think it looks good!

I really like the grille and look.

Just need to lose the lower chin spoiler and keep it flowing down with a normal front bumper.

The grille needs to remain argent and not body color.

the lip needs to be taken off and those wheels should be melted down and never spoken of again

holy crap!!!!
that is some sick shitt….i would definetly buy that

im lovin it i think he should do it thats sick

is this car really built? or is it photoshoped?

hey i love the look of this i have a white charger myself and i would love to do this to it. if anyone wants to make the effort to make one for real let me know. on the other hand, have you only had a budget for one nice car in your family and you have kids, and still want a nice muscle car? well Im glad they made it a four door cause i have a baby on the way and Im not going to lift up my seat to get my kid out or have more than two people in my car, so i have to thank dodge for doing that but keeping enough muscle look on it. put yourself in that position. don’t get me wrong, i love the new Chalengers, but Im glad they have them kind of options.

pretty sweet i think

unless you put on a rear end to match with possible side skirts…. that looks RETARDED

Eh, nice idea but in personal opinion the new front end fits the new front end. It’s like fitting the square into the circle. And like Cody said, a ‘69 front end belongs on a ‘69. Redo the front, and redo everything like the new Camaro and the recent Mustangs.

you can’t polish a terd…

F’n love it!!!! the only thing is the lip should be shortened up a hair

Yeah, it improves the looks alot, that is a mean looking mod, but it still doesn’t make the charger what it should have been. The new ones lost the status the old chargers had, putting a nice nose won’t fix that. The new challenger is the way to go instead of a charger. Personally, I’ll stick with my ‘97 TA.

Badass!!! But what with the damn 4 doors the old Charger wasn’t a 4door

Badass!!! But what with the damn 4 doors the old Charger wasn’t a 4door

YES JUST LIKE WEST COAST CUSTOMS MADE THAT 2 DOOR CHARGER!

Yes, two of the doors need to be lost. WHY didn’t Dodge do to the Charger what they tried with the Challenger? Any pics with a ‘70 front end?
“Killer Bee, with a wife an’ two kids”.

Its cool but in my opinon…the ‘69 grille belongs ON a ‘69…

I say WOW. If he can make that and say, patten it somehow, he would probly sell a ton of them.

i love it! looks good but yes 2 door a must!

reminds me of the new camaro, thankfully chevy got that right

The front end looks really cool. But I agree it would look better as a 2-door. Maybe with longer front doors and small rear opening back doors like on the saturn coupes.

if it aint broke dont fix it

Man that looks better that the new ones! looks amazing, absolutely love it!

Why the fuck is it a 4 door. i hate it when they try and “reinvent” cars and make them look shit. clearly the older version is always better just leave it original.

that is so effing hot. just cut the car in half and make it a 2door and call it a day.

That is hot!

I want mines like that NOW! LOL!

That’s Tight! I like it!

It’s Hot!

Definitely badass! But yeah, better if it was a 2 door!

nah….I like the way the chargers front end is. It looks badass, but isnt a direct copy off the older ones. It does need to be a coupe though.

thats thing looks absolutly badass, i dont really like the lower front bumper thing, and shaving the rear handles making it looks more like a 2 door would be sweet

Na… This thing needs londer doors, or at least the rear door latches gone…The rear would need 69 taillight treatments, and so on and so forth…
I’m not really feeling it either…

nah, not feeling it. they look sick the way they are!

looks awsome but them back doors gota go everyone knows that muscle cars only are the 2door versions

sweet…

That’s what I’m talking about!

that is fucking sick. the headlights automatically slide up when you turn on the car. they slide up from where it says charger r/t and the semetrical other side. i think that is how it should’ve been built. it is the best ride ive ever seen. i dont know why but i am very close to buying one and doing dat for real. ill get a 69 charger grill off ebay. ya… im gunna do it now…

If he makes this. I’ll definitely buy a charger.

im not even a fan of this car and i think it looks so much better. the old one looks like a pussy

now all thats needed is to drop the back doors, and make the rear end look like the 68

damn, this looks good. a real charger front end. looks better with the plain hood than the one with the scoop. should come either chrome or paintable black like the two pics suggest. and def must get rid of the snowplow lip and just make it come in and flow with lines of the stock skirts. somebody mentioned making the lip optional which is cool too. i think this is awesome and must be built. people will def buy it.

That’s a definite HELL YEAH!!!

yes it looks great but dont forget that the dodge SIGNATURE grille is a the cross u see today on all dodge vehicles!!

this wud be one sweet ass charger. i dnt like the bumper as much tho. i got a 69′ R/T and the 2 doors are sexy. they wud look good on these cars. they did good with the challenger its nice. i think u shud make the conversion.

this wud be one sweet ass charger. i dnt like the bumper as much tho. i got a 69′ R/T and the 2 doors are sexy. they wud look good on these cars. they did good with the challenger its nice. i think u shud make the conversion.

the front end looks sweet, but there’s still one thing wrong with the car: FOUR DOORS!!

dont get me wrong i love chargers and that is a beautiful car but it just looks………wrong to me.

Thank you chris i wish they still had chargers in aussie land.

i would do it if i had the car

i like the old chargers but when i seen the new ones i didnt really like them but after seeing this i love it its awesome go for it should see what a new general lee would look like

super clean !!!!!! but where are the head lights???? but i’d buy it!!!

i want to see someone actually build that

Now that screams Charger!! When i first saw the new charger on the road, i was like, what kinda car is that? thats a charger?!? WTF? Yeh, just get rid of the 2 rear doors, and then it’ll be even more of a big hit!

they should have done this along time ago, like 5 minutes before they made the decision for the way it looks now, as aposed to this…

Badass, should’ve definatly come stock like that.yes they put 4 doors on the charger, i know the baby boomers dont realize this(or maybe they do) but if im a parent lookin to buy my son a car and her wants muscle and i want a functional car its a great option. Sure every kid wants am mustang but it being a coupe comes higher insurance and less “family” space in the back. i think the chargers look damn good stock and could have ended up much worse cough cough avenger. and if you want muscle but not mustang, well thats why they brought back the challenger haha

honestly
i agree with tony, dodge ruined the charger image when they decided to put 2 extra doors on the new ones. like wtf were they thinking???
they musta let chev design that one cause you think they would understand the concept of the dodge charger

and all i know is that if he makes this conversion. i would talk to daimler chrysler and see if you can get it from factory as an option
call it “the real dodge charger conversion”

It would be an big improvement but it is still a big 4 door luxury type of car lets see them fix that lol j/k does look good though just dont make the front spoiler on it make it an extra bolt on so people have a choice

A real up grade to the new model

absolutely love the look this guy did with the old style! hope to see some of these kits out

WOW, if he does do it you gotta put some pics up

yo i like it hope he does make them i have an idea for a charger but this one would be of the chain.i dont like the bottom piece shortn it n it would be great,hope to see them in production soon.

yo me compraria un charger solamente para ponerle ese frente ya ahi en existencia? donde lo puedo comprar

Sign me up

DO IT

The guys over at dodge really messed it up but this guy can really revive the legend.

much better looking than current version…first picture at least…the second picture has an ugly bottom lip..

how about this shave the rear door handles since most of u dont like the rear doors proplem solved an yes that kit is sweet new charger meets old an u gotta respect the old charger bows head an remmbers the 440s an 426s then remmbers gas is 6bucks an says ill stay with my 4 banger lol

Front end makes the stock Charger look much meaner. Bottom lip needs to come back so as to not look to unbalanced. My wife sees one of tehse kits and my goal of upping to a Challenger likely shot down by just kitting our Charger, but i’d be okay with it. Do us hopefuls a favor and post again if the guy actually starts making these.

and where do you guys manage to find all this stuff?

- slow

love it. hope dodge sees this and puts this on the 2 door charged in 2010

good god that is beautiful.

wow…I love it.

If it had the fastback roof it would be cool but the nose and the roof line just don’t do it for me. But with the roof from a 69, and a longer trunk and it would be a really sweet ride.

I think if someone puts a 71 Cuda Grill on one of these or the new Challenger I will wet myself.

if you think this looks good, then check your belt buckle… you might be a redneck.

If you think that looks good, just close your eyes and imagine it in as a widebody. And now go clean yourself up.

coupe would look better, but i think the grille looks way better than the current ones.

yes YES yes yes yes! wow thats awesome, true retro sryleing great idea for all the bodykit manufacturers to make avalable kits for mustang charger and best the camaro!

I like it! Any car that pays homage to the older classics that made them what they are, are great in my book! I know some of you don’t agree, but I get so bored with the cookie cutter sedans out there, I am happy Dodge has done something different.

I also think the 4 doors kill the look.

thats the illest shit ever. If I owned a new charger, I’d buy one lickety-split.

Way better than the caravan grille that they come with.

Great Idea ! I like the non-split nose better though.

That is sooo cool! I think I’v found a new desktop wallpaper

I LOVE IT. Very close the mark up I drew when the Charger first came back….

I know in 71, 07 and 08, the Super Bee was on the Charger body. It looks good. I think it would look better it you went back to Super Bee roots and use some ‘69 or ‘70 designs like the grills, tail light designs and side scoops. Just my 2 cents.

Love it…now if he could only make the back doors go away.

Yes That looks way cleaner than the current one!

if they came in two door id buy it!