"Sn210" (sn210)
11/14/2013 at 10:08 • Filed to: Prowler
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"Sn210" (sn210)
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Anyone remember the Howler concept? Plymouth built it themselves for the 1999 SEMA show. They gave it a 4.7 v8, which according to Wikipedia, made about the same hp as the v6, but bumped up the torque tremendously. They also gave it a 5 speed manual transmission.
Furthermore, they addressed their customers' complaints about storage space and gave it a proper trunk. I kinda like it over the regular Prowler rear end.
The Wikipedia article blames low sales figures and the end of Plymouth for blocking the Howler from getting into production, but didn't they rebadge the Prowler as a Chrysler for a few more years? I would think the Howler would have boosted sales more than offering Inca Gold as a color...
Related posts: calzonegolem found a v8 swapped Prowler
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Which was sparked by Der Kafer's question about which cars needed different powertrains
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Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
> Sn210
11/14/2013 at 10:17 |
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I car like that is almost un-American with a V6 in it. My goodness, it is a modern interpretation of a hot rod. That 4.7 makes so much more sense. I'm sure it has more headroom and a much better sound. Plus V8 torque.
Whatever happened to American straight 6's? That would have been more appropriate than a V6, haha.
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Sn210
> Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
11/14/2013 at 10:19 |
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Oh man, what if they had used the Jeep 4.0?!
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Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
> Sn210
11/14/2013 at 10:34 |
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That would've been sweet, it was available to Chrysler till 2006! So they could've.
I just wrote a little bit more on American straight sixes:
http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/american-strai…
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Milky
> Sn210
11/14/2013 at 11:03 |
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I have a model of that sitting in a box somewhere. #memories
