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HEMMINGS FEATURE 1973 Dodge Charger Rallye Latter-day Mopar muscle is worth another look By Terry McGean from May 2019 issue of Hemmings Motor News In This Article Category: Hemmings Motor NewsMake: DodgeModel: Charger The story of the original American muscle car era has been told many times, and always with the same ending: sad, strangled offerings from the automakers standing in for the monsters they'd produced just a couple years earlier. These paper tiger muscle cars of the post-'71 period tended to be big on flash and light on actual performance, so it comes as no surprise that collectors have often been a bit less enthusiastic about them. However, as time has gone on, and the most desirable models of the golden age have soared in value, many enthusiasts have been inspired to take another look at the latter-day counterparts to the cars they've long admired. In doing so, many have found that those subsequent cars may not have been quite so compromised as they'd thought, and in recent years, the values for some have been rising. A good example is the B-body Mopars of 1972-'74. Chrysler maintained compression ratios, for the most part, through the '71 model year, along with High Impact Paint colors, and even the 440 Six-Pack and the pinnacle performer, the 426 Hemi. But 1972 saw the Six-Pack and Hemi go away, as compression dropped on the engines that remained. The Challenger and 'Cuda lost their big-block engine options entirely, leaving the 340 as the sole performer. And, as if to acknowledge that performance was on the wane, Dodge ceased its use of the vaunted R/T badge and turned its Charger and Challenger performers into the Rallye variants. But all was not lost, despite prejudices from hardcore fans. Even in 1973, the Charger Rallye still offered engines all the way up to the 440. It also continued to offer its four-speed manual and selecting one still brought the trick Pistol-Grip Hurst shifter. Unfortunately, you could no longer pair the 440 with the four-speed, though you could get a 400 Magnum or a 340 with the four-speed. A power bulge hood, hood pins, 15-inch Rallye wheels, and neat chrome exhaust tips that mimicked the look of machine gun barrels, were all still available. Still, it seemed to take some time for most muscle fans to care, leaving cars like the '73 Charger Rallye to be appreciated by those who'd owned one new. That situation continued through the '80s and well into the '90s. In fact, looking through our archive of Hemmings Motor News issues from that time, there are usually a couple of pages of 1970 Dodge models for sale and not even a single column for those from 1972-'74. As the turn of the century approached, a 440-powered '73 Charger Rallye in #1 condition still hadn't crested $10,000, while a '69 Charger R/T in similar condition could bring closer to twice that. By 2005, the '73 440 Charger had risen to $20,000 and was building steam—five years later the same car could be approaching the $25,000 mark. Since then, the growth has cooled, as it has for most muscle cars, but our example of a '73 Charger Rallye 440 certainly isn't losing value today.So, if you harbor a penchant for vintage Mopar muscle, you may want to take another look at the "post-era" models. As our feature car shows, they still had the look, and by now, many owners have rebuilt those 1972-'74 engines, often adding back some of the compression and cam timing the factories had taken away. This one was ordered with a 340 and an automatic, with the colors and options seen here. Bill Stech placed that order in 1973, and still owns the Charger today. What might he have done differently? "I'd have ordered it with the 440," Bill said. |
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| Source | 1973 Dodge Charger Rallye |
| Author | George |
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