The Malaise Era Really Fucked Up The B-Body Charger

"S65" (granthp) 09/14/2016 at 19:39 • Filed to: Malaise Era, Dodge Charger, B-Body

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god damn, it got hit harder than the C3 Corvette.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > S65 09/14/2016 at 19:43

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I like the C3

shop-teacher > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/14/2016 at 19:44

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Me too. Even the crappy late ones.

shop-teacher > S65 09/14/2016 at 19:45

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I like a lot of the Malaise Era stuff, but this .... This is an affront to the human race.

S65 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/14/2016 at 19:48

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It’s cool in cheesy 70s sort of way

lone_liberal > S65 09/14/2016 at 19:50

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The C3 predates malaise. The general rule is that if something was designed before malaise and then stayed mostly unchanged then it was probably ok. See: Corvette, Camaro, Firebird.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > S65 09/14/2016 at 19:50

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I think the Mustang got hit worse.

camaroboy68ss > S65 09/14/2016 at 19:54

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Really the only thing that hurt the corvette in the 70s was the dismal outputs of the 350, I mean the “hot” L-82 in the latter C3s was 210 meager horspower. The styling didn't change much other than meeting regulations with the swap to rubber bumpers in in 73/74.

S65 > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/14/2016 at 19:57

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I don't

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > S65 09/14/2016 at 20:04

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I’d love it just for the sake of saying that I own a classic Charger and can show them this!

C62030 > S65 09/14/2016 at 20:06

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I think the actual Malaise Era, or the worst of it, was the 90s. The 70s had a few bright spots.

daender > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 09/14/2016 at 20:31

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1982 Collector Edition hatch FTW. Too bad they’re expensive (both the whole car and replacing the rear glass) and the seals are apparently questionable at times.

Scary__goongala! > S65 09/14/2016 at 21:17

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S65 > Scary__goongala! 09/14/2016 at 21:19

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Oh god I’m so sorry, have this

Scary__goongala! > S65 09/14/2016 at 21:43

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Wooo that better.

*slows breathing

S65 > Scary__goongala! 09/14/2016 at 22:17

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Are you well yet?

ranwhenparked > S65 09/14/2016 at 23:38

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Muscle cars were out, personal luxury coupes were in, and the Cordoba was pretty much the best-selling Chrysler in history, so Riccardo figured what the hell, stick some Dodge badges on it and see what happens.

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > S65 09/15/2016 at 09:35

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Wheres a ‘68 when you need one????

Ah thats better.

Scary__goongala! > S65 09/15/2016 at 09:50

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Doing good now. Thanks mate.

RT > S65 09/15/2016 at 11:44

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Because of the extreme squareness of the bodystyle, NASCAR teams were forced to rely on the previous years (1974) sheetmetal for race-spec cars. In order for Dodge to be represented, NASCAR allowed the 1974 sheetmetal to be used until January 1978, when the new Dodge Magnum was ready for race use..

This is just sad.

S65 > RT 09/15/2016 at 11:50

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Malise era- Oh how the mighty have fallen...

RT > S65 09/15/2016 at 12:03

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Though I still think it was a pretty good era for European and Japanese manufacturers.

Well, apart from British Leyland. ¯\_()_/¯

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > S65 09/16/2016 at 09:54

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Hey you take that back about the C3!

I will admit though that it started out strong

And progressively got worse through its run