Amazing Mopar Concept cars from the 60s • The Dodge Challenger Message Board

by **Goldenblack440** » 11 Sep 2009 1:57

I recently bought a CD from Ebay. the author had compiled hundreds of Mopar pictures of many models and put them on a CD. There are these concept cars i have never seen before. Perhaps other people have seen them before but i found them so interesting. Unfortunately there is only the pics on the CD - no information, except on pages where they were advertised production vehicles.

by **dave-r** » 11 Sep 2009 7:48

I used to have little "Matchbox" or "Hot Wheels" versions of the pick-up and the Charger when I was a kid. :nod:

by **fbernard** » 11 Sep 2009 9:39

dave-r wrote:I used to have little "Matchbox" or "Hot Wheels" versions of the pick-up and the Charger when I was a kid.

Same here, I had the Charger III concept in dark green.

IIRC, the 64 Charger concept was recreated (by a private person, starting from a 64 Dodge Polara) a few years ago. I'd say the recent pics are of this recreation.
One other guy remade a Deora too, but the original concept is still around and will be sold soon :

http://blog.cardomain.com/2009/09/10/th ... ion-block/

by **Eddie** » 11 Sep 2009 10:59

Thanks Steve. :thumbsup:

by **patrick** » 11 Sep 2009 15:22

I had those Hotwheels too! :biggrin:

Nice looking concept's! :thumbsup:

by **drewcrane** » 11 Sep 2009 16:22

i still have my hotwheels of some of those cars :thumbsup:

,if they would have made the dodge deora i would have bought one :thumbsup:

by **Goldenblack440** » 11 Sep 2009 17:17

Yeah, Matchbox car...me too, now i remember. Amazing! What a pity they didn't make that 64 Charger in production. SO much better looking than the 66Charger (only my opinion). Probably a bit too space-Age for the common man.

by **ianandjess** » 12 Sep 2009 9:00

cheers for posting those pics steve some awesome design work there
cheers ian

by **dave-r** » 12 Sep 2009 17:37

Some of these on this link were also plastic kits and other models I had as a kid. They are all from one collection and are all going under the hammer!

http://www.rmauctions.com/search-upcomi ... e=&Model=#

by **Jon** » 13 Sep 2009 1:59

I seem to remember the Deora also. A striking design for sure.

The first picture in the thread of the 64 Charger, seems to have the 1970 Cuda front end design.

Gotta love the R & D department.

Great pictures, thanks!

by **drewcrane** » 13 Sep 2009 13:44

how about the duke boys "junk i mean jump charger" for 30 k a person could buy a really nice one! :s015:

by **Goldenblack440** » 14 Sep 2009 12:29

Jon wrote:I seem to remember the Deora also. A striking design for sure.

The first picture in the thread of the 64 Charger, seems to have the 1970 Cuda front end design. Gotta love the R & D department.

Great pictures, thanks!

No problems Jon, here's some more of the Deora. It seems to have been a chopped and modified production model, as from the info below. Maybe you have seen the nomal looking version from growing up? The R & D Dept must have had a lot of time on their hands to design and build the central swinging door of the Deora, but i think getting in and out would have been a little tedious.

I found out a little bit about it, here it is from a quote, "The Deora: Here is the world's second most famous Dodge A-100, the Deora. No-one is a bigger fan than Truck Trend Art Director Thomas Voehringer and we got some information on the Deora from his webside, Bonediggers.com. The idea of a custom truck to support the new '64 A-100's was initiated by Chrysler with the Alexander Brothers, famous Detroit customisers, who got the radical design from Harry Bently Bradley. It took three years and $10,000 to compoete and was unveiled in 1967 where it won the Ridler Awards. The original name of the truck was XTAB (Experimantal Truck by Alexander Bros) but a better name was needed when a scale model company decided to market a plastic kit. AMT sponsored a competition in Car Modelers Magazine and a 13 year old boy, David Hagedom, won with the name Deora. The built truck features a slant six and although sporting some Ford parts it nevertheless represents the most significant Mopar custom of its time"

Also, that gorgeous gold Charger III - the front area looks a touch similar to the early Stingray

by **Goldenblack440** » 14 Sep 2009 12:51

dave-r wrote:Some of these on this link were also plastic kits and other models I had as a kid. They are all from one collection and are all going under the hammer!

http://www.rmauctions.com/search-upcomi ... e=&Model=#

I just had a look at that RM Auction site. The Deora concept car is there! Here i was spending 20 minutes copying that information and there is 10 times more info on that auction site. Expected sale price between $350-550,000. Also some General Lee Chargers from the filming. No reserve, $30-60,000. Quite cheap if not much interest.

by **fal308** » 14 Sep 2009 15:11

The Supervan was on "Cut, Chop, Rebuild a couple of years ago. They did a complete restoration on it on the show.
http://www.ccr.tv/past-project.html no info or pics though

by **Dale1035** » 15 Sep 2009 5:55

The headlights and grill in the first picture remind me a little of a 65 Dart that I once had.Thanks for the pictures.