tonight's hot car
I stare at cars like this the way guys will stare at a chick with big tits. The lust in my heart when I spot a well groomed muscle car from the past borders on pornographic.
This here is a 1974 Dodge Challenger.
Make no mistake, I know very little about what lives inside the guts of a car. I couldn't tell a hemi from a semi. But give me a car that looks like this and I'll be making moves on it within seconds. I don't need to know what it's made of. I just need to know that it goes fast, roars loud and looks like the equivalent of a Victoria's Secret model in boy shorts and a black lace bra.
This car is almost menancing. Maybe that's what I like so much about it. Much like my fascination with Boba Fett or my love of any of Gary Oldman's bad ass charactes, my taste in cars I wish I had runs toward the dark side. If cars were movie villains, this Challenger would be Drexl Spivey.
Songs for a 74 Challenger:
Offspring - Bad Habit
Pennywise - Fuck Authority
RKL - Hangover
Slayer - Bittter Peace
Comments
Have you seen the Challenger concept car yet? Hopefully by the time my mid life crisis rolls around it will be in production. Here is a link:
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/01/04/dodge-challenger-concept-photo-gallery/
Posted by: mrbandw | May 8, 2006 08:25 PM
Good to see ya back and bloggin'.
You were missed.
Posted by: Timmer | May 8, 2006 09:21 PM
OMG!!! just saw on the Blogs4Bauer site that you are back!!!! yayayayayaya!!!!!!!
Well,gotta get ready to elope tomorrow with my favorite little Bostonian.
We need to find her a car ,so you have a karma thing going there !!!
Posted by: mbruce | May 8, 2006 09:39 PM
We are on the lookout for a 69 Olds 442 convertible,this or a Delta 88 with the 455 ( yes, a jones for Olds in this house)
Posted by: mbruce | May 9, 2006 08:06 AM
How could we forget the Sex Pistols cover of "Roadrunner"?
And let's add "Teenage Lobotomy", well, because everything goes better with The Ramones.
Posted by: Zarba | May 9, 2006 08:29 AM
And as an aside, AMC is running "Ronin" this month. It's John Frankenheimer's last movie, and a great follow up to his classic "Grand Prix".
Some of the best car chase scenes EVER. And a good movie to boot.
A new category: Best Car Chase Movies:
1) Rendezvous (a 9 minute short of a Ferrari racing through the streets of Paris. Not technically a car chase, but riveting.
2) Ronin
3) Bullitt
4) Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry
5) Gone in 60 Seconds (The Original, not the lame remake.
6) The French Connection
Posted by: Zarba | May 9, 2006 08:36 AM
This here is a 1974 Dodge Challenger.
Oh, yes. Yes it is....
Posted by: patrick | May 9, 2006 09:21 AM
mrbandw et al,
challenger is a reality.
http://www.allpar.com/cars/dodge/challenger.html
Posted by: coolrobc | May 9, 2006 11:47 AM
Car Chase Movies?
You forgot "To Live And Die In LA"
And the new Challenger is what I will buy when I sell my Mustang GT.
Posted by: Parabellum | May 10, 2006 07:57 PM