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[Closed] PICs: Which '66? Dodge or Rambler

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(@Terence Slekar)
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At a minimum, it’d better be a Hellcat!



   
(@bob-jackman)
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Charger for me.



   
Frank Kocour
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The Charger for sure. When DM made this model it flew off the shelf.



   
Tim Kubiak
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Charger! Styling and engine options make it.



   
(@Galen Laird)
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Charger, much more sporty..



   
John Kuvakas
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They moved the Marlin to the full-size platform in '67, a much better design.


John Kuvakas
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Pics: My '66 Charger; bought in 1985 with 27,000 original miles on it and sold it in 1999 with 34,000 original miles in order to retire debt free.

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The headlights closed but I left them open after a re-lay died and I ended up with a Buick re-lay to fix it but unless I was in a cruise or show I left them open.



   
(@David Larsen)
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I'll echo what Terrance said: Charger because of what's under the hood.



   
(@jack-dodds)
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Agree. The longer body eliminated the slight hunchback effect of the earlier one.



   
John Kuvakas
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It went from being oddly proportioned to elegant.


John Kuvakas
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(@jack-dodds)
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Nice car Bruce. I always liked the interior trim and console on these.

The father of a kid I knew in school bought a new one; traded in his 64 Chrysler for it. It was metallic lilac with black interior. I got a few rides in it home from school and thought I had died and gone to heaven! He liked to drive fast and jazzed around a bit; I'm sure he could tell I was wide-eyed. The thing that got me the most was the awesome sound it made as he wound it up through the gears.



   
(@jack-dodds)
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For sure. Too bad there are so very few around these days.

I think the collector crowd appreciation for the Marlin started a bit later than other marques.



   
(@sizedoesmatter)
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Going with the Charger but the Marlin is a close 2nd.


John Bono
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