1966 Me and My Blue Charger

by Barbara Keith

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3.000 x 5.000 inches

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1966 Me and My Blue Charger

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Barbara Keith

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Photograph - Photograph

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A little history here: I got my driver's license at the ripe old age of 19. The following year my parents decided that they didn't want me driving THEIR car anymore (they might actually need to use it) so we went "car shopping". Nothing appealed to me until I saw the Dodge Charger... and here's more history:

During the early-1960s, automakers were exploring new ideas in the personal luxury and specialty car segments. Chrysler, fast to enter the specialty car market, selected their Dodge Division to enter the marketplace with a mid-size B-bodied sporty car to fit between the "pony car" Ford Mustang and "personal luxury" Ford Thunderbird. The intention was to create a fastback look while sharing as much existing company hardware as possible.

The Coronet-based Charger that resulted" was introduced in mid-season of the 1966 model year "in retaliation to the Rambler Marlin, Ford Mustang, and Plymouth Barracuda". Style-wise it was "a complete departure from the Dodge's mainstream cars."[3] The 1965 Marlin, along with the Charger that arrived during the 1966 model year, were "the two cars set the standard for radical fastback design in American mid-size automobiles." According to Richard M. Langworth, "because it was an intermediate like the Rambler Marlin, the Charger could have been an aesthetic disaster, but long side windows prevented its sweeping roof from looking too heavy."

So the 1966 Charger was born (Wikipedia).

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