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The first use of the Challenger name by Dodge was in 1959 for marketing a "value version" of the full-sized Coronet Silver Challenger. From model years 1970 to 1974, the first generation Dodge Challenger pony car was built using the Chrysler E platform in hardtop and convertible body styles sharing major components with the Plymouth Barracuda. [1]
1971 Plymouth Duster 340 . The Duster was a success for Plymouth, so much so that in 1971 Dodge requested and received their own version, the Demon. In response, Plymouth was given a version of the Dodge Dart Swinger 2-door hardtop named the Plymouth Valiant Scamp. For 1971, only small changes were made to the Duster.
Dodge's early to mid-1970s factory-supported "Kit Car" program for short-track late-model stock car racing offered a choice of Challenger, and a few (less than 12) were made. Still, in 1974, Dodge ended the Challenger line, and they went to the Dodge Dart Sports and Dodge Aspen bodies over a steel-tube chassis. [16]
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Dodge gained a version of Plymouth's popular Valiant-based fastback Duster which was to be named the Beaver, [33] but when Chrysler's marketing department learned that "beaver" was CB slang for vagina, [7] the vehicle was renamed the "Dart Demon". As was the case with previous Dodge rebadges of Plymouth Valiants, such as the 1961–1962 Lancer ...
1971–1972 Dodge Demon; 1971–1978 Valiant Charger; 1969–1970 Valiant VF; 1970–1971 Valiant VG; This list is not complete: A-platform vehicles not included on this list were sold in some countries until 1981. [1] Wheelbases: 106.5 in 1960–1962 Valiant, Chrysler Valiant, and Plymouth Valiant (worldwide) 1961–1962 Dodge Lancer
Dodge Demon may refer to Dodge Dart Demon, a 2-door fastback coupe variant of the 1971–1972 Dodge Dart; Dodge Demon (concept car), first shown in 2007;
The 426 Hemi, in "Street Hemi" form, was produced for consumer automobiles from 1966 through 1971. Hemi-powered Dodge and Plymouth cars produced in the model years of 1966 through 1971 have become collector's items. For example, a 1971 Plymouth Barracuda Convertible equipped with the 426 Hemi engine sold at auction for US$3.5 million in 2014. [18]