Hi everyone thank you for your nice comments on the car and thank you again Nick and yes I'm not changing the car I'm keeping it all original. It's also a base model no extras it's also i think a middle line production it was on the production line when it changed from 69 to 70. So one viewer right it is half half . It's are little demon guys when you see me i really can't burn rubber but i can go further. 😂 It's staying as is we have a big demon and now there two Happy devil's his and her s . 😂😂
I test drove a one year old '68 Charger 318" automatic for my Mom, but Dad said $2500 was too much... it was a gorgeous metallic turquoise with white vinyl top and white interior... would have been a great investment... I think the color is the one Nick puts his thumb on at 03:57...
That 225, the leaning tower of power, went in everything! Cars, industrial equipment, water pumps, generators, you name it! A true testimony to it's reliability. Personally, I'd overhaul the motor, give it a little cam, port work and just drive it. Damn good motor....and I'm a Ford man!
@@BigUnitBeef A TURD is exactly what it is when you place it in a big heavy boat of a car like a charger. It had all of 200 ft lbs when it was fresh, set inside a car that deserves at LEAST twice the torque and that was 50 years ago. Today, you'd want much more. If you drove this car, a TURD is exactly what you'd call it, when a 20 year old 4 cyl honda civic blows your doors off.
@@BigUnitBeef I have a '68 t-bird with a 429/C6/3.25LS. I drive a 4 cyl accord as my daily driver. I wouldn't need to bring the T-bird out to smoke this boat. My little beater would smoke it with ease.
In 1970 my father opened a Texaco gas station and bought a new dodge power wagon with a slant six 4 speed for plowing snow. It worked great. And we get snow in Buffalo NY!
Nice to see something different. With it's matching Burnt Orange paint & interior, 150 mph speedometer and a 225 slant 6 it's definitely one rare '70 Charger!
Not only are they bulletproof, they take really nicely to performance mods as well and produce a lot of torque! I'd love to see Nick build one and put it on the dyno one day!
Slant six, 318, 340, 383, 440, or hemi… it doesn’t matter. The ‘69 and ‘70 Chargers are absolutely beautiful cars. Chrysler was on top of their game during the muscle car era. Thanks Nick for preserving these iconic vehicles.
Nick, Here’s your chance to build a 6 cylinder. A little bore and stroke work. Port and polish the head with a 3 angle valve job. Modify the intake. Possible multiple carburetors. Limited slip differential. Now you have a really nice cruiser with decent gas mileage. Keep the 6 cylinder. Worth more with numbers matching engine. Let Nick work his magic!
Had a 71 duster with a slant six. 25 below zero, pump it twice, hit the key. It was running smooth as can be. Let it run on high idle for 10 minutes, you were good to go, had some heat on the windshield. Life was good 👍.
It may be considered rare now but back when it was new I bet this car was harder to sell than Bud lite beer is now , lol I remember seeing oddballs like this in dealer lots , they would sit on the lots forever ....
Small engine for that car. Not much muscle in that muscle car. Actually, it’s not really a muscle car with that engine in it. They put those slant 6’s in everything. Real workhorses. Of course, I’m jaded. My dad bought a Chevy Nova for my mom, but I couldn’t get him to buy one with a v8. Instead, he bought one with a 250 cu straight 6. Of course, that was the car I got to drive to University on the days it was my turn to car pool. One of the other guys in the pool got to drive his mom’s brand new 1969 302 Mustang (white with a blue vinyl interior, bucks seats and console). I was so jealous.
Dr. Nick, you are 100% right, keep the charger as is, I have owned a few leaning tower of power slant 6, you can NOT kill them, thanks for the ride, cheers.
Nick- what a time machine! I NEVER knew that the 225 was available in a 70 Charger. Sure, Darts; Dusters & the like came with them. I had a classmate back in 73 that had a 225 slant six in his Dart & he tried his darndest to blow it up so he could drop a 318 or a 340 in it, but never could blow it up, no matter how hard he tried. Thanks Nick for the rewind on that!
I'm telling you Nick, I had an 83 Ram with that 225 in her. I put 400k on that thing and the only thing I ever did was brakes and of course starters. I kept a spare behind the seat. Had it down to about 7 minutes lol. It may sound silly, but I'd like to see that on the dynamometer! I pulled things my cousin couldn't with his GMC 1500 and a 350. She did 75 MPH up hill with a 30 foot camper. She did 75 MPH with no trailer. If it was going down hill (a mountain road) you could get her to go faster. But that's about it. I had a tree shift. Original clutch I bought from my grandfather. He had it replaced when I bought it. That thing was 100% indestructible! I agree. No way I would swap that motor!
I was wondering what is so rare about this 1970 Charger. Well I was certainly surprised when Nick opened the hood, and saw the slant six. The FK5 is definitely a rare color, and the orange interior is very unusual. You just never know what will show up at Nick's Garage, awesome!!
@@NicksGarage Good afternoon George. I never expected to see a 70 Charger equipped like this one, a true unicorn. I'm always looking forward to Monday's videos which are the high point of my day. My sister had a 1967 Dodge Dart GT Convertible, that had the slant six. It was Y2 yellow with a black top. A very nice car that got a lot of looks.
Hi Nick, the slant six here in Argentina is a true legend, and by far the most common engine in Dodge vehicles. The only V8 we had in a Dodge, the Dodge GTX coupe (a car made only for this market and a really beautiful one) was the 318, and this is also a legend and still highly sought after. In 1969 my father purchased a brand new white Dodge Polara four doors with front disk brakes and a slant six with 145 hp, with a bodywork of the same family as the coupe I mentioned above. Great memories with that car, and obviously for this reason I'm a mopar guy 😀
Thanks for sharing Joyce, and Nick. It’s exciting to see another Charger with a slant six. I purchased my slant sixed ’68 Charger in 1973. I learned from a book on Dodge that it was one of 400 made. As the first car I ever owned, it was my daily driver throughout high school, college and beyond. Sad to say, when the engine needed some work, a mechanic friend, who knew it was my daily driver asked if he could just switch out my engine for another slant six as I'd be back on the road quicker. In my naivety I said "sure". Now, years later it has a 528 crate hemi. While scary fast can be fun, my mind goes back to the peaceful ride of the slant six, and pulling up to a light and wondering if the engine was even running as it was so quiet. EnJoy the peace.
Absolutely love this car. Please tell her to keep it as a slant six. Those motors were legendary. Maybe even more legendary than Hemis. When growing up we had two 3/4 ton Dodge vans. Each of these had a slant, six three speed on the column. I learn to drive on one of them. It had manual steering and brakes with a huge steering wheel. We drove those vans until they rusted apart with several hundred thousand miles on them. That sound brings back memories.
I bought a 1968 Charger in 1973 with the 318. It had a black interior , dark green paint , consol shift selector. Paid $1500 for it , by 1975 I could only get $500 for it because of high gasoline prices and V8 cars were called air polluters.
Most of today's collector cars were yesterday's daily drivers. I've had a couple of those engines. They deliver a lot without asking for much in return.
My father had a '70 Charger R/T (440) that was FK5 burnt orange with a burnt orange interior. It had power windows too. Unfortunately, it was a Northeast car and was rotted to almost nothing by the time he got rid of it. Bought it in '74 with 19k miles on it.
Hi Nick, great car video! Here in Australia we have 245 and 265 HEMI straight 6 cylinders that had 160hp stock and upto 300hp in RTs versions. Chrysler said they have the power of an 8 with the economy of 6 and apparently Chrysler spent 33 million in the 60/70's developing them. I know you would love one of these engines if you ever got your hands on one! Take care from Down Under
You must truly appreciate Nick's love for Vintage Muscle Cars, even ones with a Slant 6. If the car were properly restored it would be worth alot being 1 of 300 units produced.
Of the 300 6 cylinder Chargers built in 1970, I can imagine that only a tiny percentage of them are left with the original motor. This Charger might be more rare than we think.
There is a couple who own and restored a 1970 slant six Challenger convertible, red exterior and red interior. They brought it to Carlisle several times and the car was the center of attention! Kudos to them and to the owner of this Burnt Orange slant six Charger.
I'm so glad that this car survived all it's previous owners and any bad accidents. I certainly can't picture anyone from 1970 opting for a 6 cylinder muscle car!
I had a 63 Plymouth valiant 6 cylinder. I put a manual choke on it. It could be -30 below ,people cranking, fighting to start their cars. My slant 6 always started. Appreciate them for what they are.
My first car was a 1974 Plymouth 2DR Scamp with a 225 Slant Six. It was great on gas, lower insurance rates and a beautiful copper color called Sienna. It had a beige vinyl top and matching interior. I bought it off the lot for $3000, brand new. Drove it for four years and sold it to my sister who drove it another six years. Fun car.
Hello Nick ,George, krew and Everyone. My uncle love those Slant Sixs engines . He swore by them . He had one in a Dodge Dart , that he kept and drove for 30 years or so ...Beautiful Blue color . Tough old engines, keep the oil change and coolant in it and it will run forever ...
Cool car! I also noticed it has the plain jane trim too, no finish panel around the taillights and no upper door trim, no bucketseats, I've seen very few 70's with that plain trim level! Thanks for sharing Nick!
When you said it was a super rare car and I saw the single exhaust, I thought, "I'll bet this car has a slant six in it." Sure enough. I've seen lots of slant sixes; but never in a Charger. Very cool car.
Yes, it's a miracle that the engine wasn't pulled out decades ago when these cars were still within the reach of typical teenagers...swapped in a junkyard 383 or 400, maybe a 360 out of a pickup, or a 318 with an aftermarket 4 barrel intake that the kid "swore was a 340"(most teenagers couldn't afford a 340 even back in the '80's)...
Where's "Uncle Tony.?" Recall that he thinks the Slant 6 MoPar is the best engine they ever made, and so he'd be going nuts at finding a car like this.
Love to hear Nick's French accent. Takes me back to being a teenager and 2 friends from Quebec. Rael and Rejean Phanoueff. Great guys and both had epic Mopars.
As an 17 yo in 1975 I was given a 'hand me down' old/tired yellow 1969 Plymouth Belvedere coupe that had the 225 slant six and ran fine. But it looked just like the GTX the 'older' guys up the street had. Too bad that car got stolen in NYC and never recovered. This old man still thinks about that car now and then. Paul (in MA)
A friend had a duster with this motor back in high school. Mid ‘80s We couldn’t kill that thing. It’d leave one patch of rubber all the way down the street and we made more donuts than Duncan. The owner always claimed it was the toughest engine ever made I still have the original 318 in my ‘70 Challenger. It’s not long for this world though and a 340 is going in it eventually This car would be amazing with a full restoration to stock specs As cool as that would be I don’t know if I could resist dropping a 440 and 4 speed in it. Around here any Charger is insanely rare
I have never seen a slant Charger. I knew they existed, and in my 60+ plus years I’ve just never seen one in person. I love muscle cars with this kind of a twist.
Nice to see a car not hot rodded once in a while.. not that there is anything wrong with that... I have a 74 C10 chevy truck... almost that same color but GM calls is grecian bronze... 6 cyl four speed with granny low.. all original 102 k miles... sometimes i want a V8 in it but it does everything i ask as a working truck ... my other car is the hot rod ... Thanks for sharing
A rare and interesting example of a higher end base car. The slant 6 is probably why the car has survived all these years, because it was not beaten to death by overly rambunctious teens. Someone loved and cared for it all these years. Be nice to see it all painted.
Very nice to see a Slant 6 225 my dad a had a 73 Valiant and 77 Volare with that same engine very bulletproof. Would be nice to see a rebuild of this and Dyno test. Oh and viewers don't know that the engine came with two piece exhaust manifolds 3 cylinder each so a nice upgrade that can be done to put true Dual exhaust front to back it will have a cool sound.
Nick, there is a Lady in my neighborhood with a 1969 Chevelle 2 door with a 6 cylinder automatic.. I believe She has daily driven it since new. Still does!
One of my buddies in the mid seventies had a 70 Charger 500 FK5 with burnt orange interior with white vinyl top. At the time the muscle cars were getting worn out and rust in the rear quarters, this one was pristine. We had never seen a muscle car with anything but black interior. A great ride.
Think the other thing this car actually does, is just remind people how good of a car the 2nd gen charger actually was. I had several of these and loved them. They had plenty of room, big trunk, easy to work on and rode very nice.
Wow Nick that sure bought back some sweet memories for you and me. I only wish I was there as that slopper sure sounded sweet. Like you I hope all Joyce does after you make it road legal is give it a coat of paint and leave the slopper in it. Thanks George great video too.
My brother has a LOADED six banger barracuda convertible. He wanted to put a Hemi in it and I talked him out of it. It's a unique car for sure. He can buy a Hemi Cuda easily. He can't buy a slant six barracuda convertible anywhere. I don't think I've ever seen one.
Wow what a beauty! I'm 55 years old, and still have a few things to sort out, but I very much want to buy me a '68 charger in the next 5-7 years (as God provides!).
I worked in a wrecking yard in the late 60's. The owner hated to see Mopars come in with the slant six. They would not sell! No one was hot rodding them and the cars that had them rarely ever needed a replacement.
Amazing the engine options available for the 1970 Dodge Charger; Engine:: 225 Six, 318 V-8, 383 V-8, 440 V-8, 426 V-8 Hemi, but the slant, can't kill them!
This is very cool. Who knows how many are still on the road with the Leaning Tower. I myself have a ‘74 D-100 club cab with a 360 in this medium burnt orange metallic but it looks more like this car’s current paint job.
Amazing. I don't think I have ever seen this color. I knew a guy who had a Slant-6 Challenger! This car evidently has TWO leaves in the leaf spring!!!! The guy I bought my AMX from a long time ago had a daily driver, a wonderful original 6 cylinder Javelin from his grandma. These rare 6s certainly have their place.
Nick, For completeness as you know, Chrysler’s slant 6 engine was known as “The Tower of Power”. They were one of the most reliable engines ever made and you couldn’t kill them if you tried. In my area, in the 1990’s, there were still some Dodge Swinger cabs with over 500,000 miles on them . They finally retired them do to other mechanical problems with ghe engines still operational. I think most died that way.
I think Nick is right, for highest value, keep the engine stock. But if it were my car, I'd consider putting a Turbo on the engine, a better cam, headers, etc. Pull up to a light and tell the guy in the car next to you, that you have a 6 cylinder, then blow their doors off.
So, I'm a prairie boy - went to university in late 70s. Muscle car enthusiast, but no money, no talent in order to work on one. One of my buddies, his MOM of all people had a 69 Charger and he borrowed it one night so we could go for coffee. It was sitting there idling - that blurble was SOOOOOOO cool ... he thought it was a 440 Magnum (440 for sure). SO, he's complaining all night about how badly out of tune this thing was, plus which it had 90,000 miles on it. We had 5 full grown adults - those are BIG cars - 3 full sized men in the back seat and nobody's shoulders touching! After coffee we were pointing north and the driver wanted to go south. So, he pulls into the intersection and WALKS on this thing! Tires howling, exhaust blaring ... half way up the block I got myself pulled out of the back seat cushions and looked back... There were two solid black stripes around the intersection that reached all the way up to us - the car was still spinning the wheels half-way down the block - and the intersection was full of blue smoke! 90,000 miles and badly out of tune!? I've been a Mopar fan ever since!
Only one I ever saw was in skyway junkyard in buffalo New York in the early 90’ it was green on green 69 charger slant. About 10 years later my parts manager at Best Dodge had a 70 challenger cream with a burnt orange interior and a slant three on the tree.
My buddy had a 73 (think it was a 73) Charger 3 speed Slant 6 back in high school. Jacked up, wide tires and the biggest hood scoop JC Witney sold in the early 80s late 70s. It looked FAST, had that reflective strip on the sides too. I had a Pontiac then with a 400 4sp I'd actually swap cars with him to save gas going to see my girlfriend an hour away and he'd race everybody he could with my car. Really didn't mind driving that Slant at all but stopped swapping with him when I noticed how bald my tires were. He never lost a race anyway. 😂
My first car was a Dodge Lancer with slant six and push button auto, bought when I was 16. Sweet memories, coming back when I hear and see this Charger.
1970 was an odd year of trying to keep base prices down. New emissions required, new, "drive by noise level" test required, shoulder belts required, headrest required, side marker lights with reflectors required, locking steering wheel and shifter required. In response, Mopar started making molded plastic dashboards with plastic glove box door and plastic grills started replacing metal grills. The 273 V8 was no longer in production. The six cylinder was the only engine under 300 cubic inches. The slant six was available in the Charger and in the E-body cars for 1970. Some slant six cars have a V8 K-frame with an adapter mount, while some cars have a dedicated slant six K-frame. The slant cars not only had slant six torsion bars, but also slant six rear leaf springs, unless it was a taxi. Another cost saving feature for 1970 was, the base transmission in the Super Bee and Roadrunner was a 3 speed manual transmission, with the 4 speed and automatic as extra cost options.
I agree with you! I would leave it alone and give it paint and body work. Definitely looks like it was an 'old lady' car. It's refreshing to see one that hasn't been re-powered. So many of these 6 cyl and 318 cars have been turned into 'Hemi' clones or big block cars the ones that are left probably ARE as rare as Hemi cars now. I would say a good majority of ALL of the 318 Barracuda or Challenger convertibles are Hemi clones now. I usually left the 318 cars I had alone and just made nice cruisers out of them, but I generally try to keep my cars mostly original. That car would be really cool with a three on the tree! I saw a '71 Road Runner once that had the 'standard' 3-speed transmission with the floor shift. Can't remember if it was a 340 or 383 car.
@@stephenholland5930 Yup, thanks, I knew that, just never seen that many. Maybe one at a car show and the first one I really looked at was in a junkyard in Maryland in the early '90's. It was a 'non' pistol grip shifter, straight out of the floor with a black ball. Can't remember if it had the pattern or not. I believe it was a Hurst shifter. I think they did that to lower the base sticker price. My dealer pocket option book shows it was only STD on the RR w/383. $14.05 option on all other Satellite models except GTX N/A. Also N/A w/trailer towing. The 4 sp was $206.40 (NC on GTX) or $216.40 for the TF. GTX came std with TF but you could take the 4sp as a no charge option.
As a kid I had two Darts with slant sixes (A 71 with a 225 and a 66 with a 190?). Keep a spare distributor gear and ballast resistor in the glove box with the tools to change them.
Tell her those slant sixes are one of two of the most dependable engines out there, so smooth, so cool. The other would be the 60's and on Ford straight six. I've always enjoyed those slant sixes. We had a 74 Dodge Dart with the slant six. .
I have to vote for the Chevy 292 inline 6..I have one, it's the very definition of indestructible...stump pulling torque, too...but don't get one for the gas mileage...
A high school friend had a 74 Charger with a slant 6 in it. We ran it to college many times. It was a great little car. Of course he wanted something faster and sold the car. We were way ahead of our time, we took out the back seat upright section and put 2 - 12" woofers in a panel instead. This was 1981. I also had a 4 cylinder station wagon with loud dual exhaust. Way ahead of that trend also! 😅
Hi everyone thank you for your nice comments on the car and thank you again Nick and yes I'm not changing the car I'm keeping it all original.
It's also a base model no extras it's also i think a middle line production it was on the production line when it changed from 69 to 70. So one viewer right it is half half . It's are little demon guys when you see me i really can't burn rubber but i can go further. 😂 It's staying as is we have a big demon and now there two Happy devil's his and her s . 😂😂
Are you going to get Nick to rebuild the engine and paint it up? Would look great with the new Burnt Orange Metallic.
Thanks you for letting us show your car off a bit, Joyce. We hope you enjoy it for many years.
Enjoy the car, Joyce!!
I test drove a one year old '68 Charger 318" automatic for my Mom, but Dad said $2500 was too much... it was a gorgeous metallic turquoise with white vinyl top and white interior... would have been a great investment... I think the color is the one Nick puts his thumb on at 03:57...
So very glad to hear that you're keeping your car normal and enjoyable!
That 225, the leaning tower of power, went in everything! Cars, industrial equipment, water pumps, generators, you name it! A true testimony to it's reliability. Personally, I'd overhaul the motor, give it a little cam, port work and just drive it. Damn good motor....and I'm a Ford man!
If you were a Ford man, you'd know the 300-6 was a far superior engine and used far more often in industrial equipment than this turd.
@@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism I don't disagree, but turd is a bit extreme.
@@BigUnitBeef A TURD is exactly what it is when you place it in a big heavy boat of a car like a charger. It had all of 200 ft lbs when it was fresh, set inside a car that deserves at LEAST twice the torque and that was 50 years ago. Today, you'd want much more. If you drove this car, a TURD is exactly what you'd call it, when a 20 year old 4 cyl honda civic blows your doors off.
@@Warrior_Resisting_Colonialism then go drive a tuner
@@BigUnitBeef I have a '68 t-bird with a 429/C6/3.25LS. I drive a 4 cyl accord as my daily driver. I wouldn't need to bring the T-bird out to smoke this boat. My little beater would smoke it with ease.
In 1970 my father opened a Texaco gas station and bought a new dodge power wagon with a slant six 4 speed for plowing snow. It worked great. And we get snow in Buffalo NY!
Amazing it made it all that time without being swapped to a v8
Nice to see something different. With it's matching Burnt Orange paint & interior, 150 mph speedometer and a 225 slant 6 it's definitely one rare '70 Charger!
With that " six pack " under the hood I bet it was lucky to top out at 90 mph .... lol
We need to see a high performance Slant 6 on Nick's dyno.
Unless it’s a Clifford 4bbl-390cfm carb- the factory ones were mid 60s and u never see them period
Not only are they bulletproof, they take really nicely to performance mods as well and produce a lot of torque! I'd love to see Nick build one and put it on the dyno one day!
Slant six, 318, 340, 383, 440, or hemi… it doesn’t matter. The ‘69 and ‘70 Chargers are absolutely beautiful cars. Chrysler was on top of their game during the muscle car era. Thanks Nick for preserving these iconic vehicles.
Nick, love the car! There were only 182 slant six Base model 70 Chargers (XH29).....of those only 19 were FK5 Burnt Orange paint.
Thanks for the info.
Why does a '70 Charger have '69 taillights & tail panel? 🤔
....@@sportsterray66..... Was assembled early August of 1969. Change of year to 1970.
Nick,
Here’s your chance to build a 6 cylinder. A little bore and stroke work. Port and polish the head with a 3 angle valve job. Modify the intake. Possible multiple carburetors. Limited slip differential. Now you have a really nice cruiser with decent gas mileage. Keep the 6 cylinder. Worth more with numbers matching engine. Let Nick work his magic!
Had a 71 duster with a slant six. 25 below zero, pump it twice, hit the key. It was running smooth as can be. Let it run on high idle for 10 minutes, you were good to go, had some heat on the windshield. Life was good 👍.
It may be considered rare now but back when it was new I bet this car was harder to sell than Bud lite beer is now , lol
I remember seeing oddballs like this in dealer lots , they would sit on the lots forever ....
That powertrain was probably instrumental in it surviving the gas embargoes and insurance hikes of the 70s.
Small engine for that car. Not much muscle in that muscle car. Actually, it’s not really a muscle car with that engine in it. They put those slant 6’s in everything. Real workhorses. Of course, I’m jaded. My dad bought a Chevy Nova for my mom, but I couldn’t get him to buy one with a v8. Instead, he bought one with a 250 cu straight 6. Of course, that was the car I got to drive to University on the days it was my turn to car pool. One of the other guys in the pool got to drive his mom’s brand new 1969 302 Mustang (white with a blue vinyl interior, bucks seats and console). I was so jealous.
@@gorflunk Nah , plenty of hemis and 440's survived just fine ....
A good old reliable Slant Six. One of the best engines ever made in my opinion.
Dr. Nick, you are 100% right, keep the charger as is, I have owned a few leaning tower of power slant 6, you can NOT kill them, thanks for the ride, cheers.
They sure were hard to kill. Back here (New Zealand) in the day we used them in the stockcars and they never failed race after race just kept going.
Nick- what a time machine! I NEVER knew that the 225 was available in a 70 Charger. Sure, Darts; Dusters & the like came with them. I had a classmate back in 73 that had a 225 slant six in his Dart & he tried his darndest to blow it up so he could drop a 318 or a 340 in it, but never could blow it up, no matter how hard he tried. Thanks Nick for the rewind on that!
I'm telling you Nick, I had an 83 Ram with that 225 in her. I put 400k on that thing and the only thing I ever did was brakes and of course starters. I kept a spare behind the seat. Had it down to about 7 minutes lol. It may sound silly, but I'd like to see that on the dynamometer! I pulled things my cousin couldn't with his GMC 1500 and a 350. She did 75 MPH up hill with a 30 foot camper. She did 75 MPH with no trailer. If it was going down hill (a mountain road) you could get her to go faster. But that's about it. I had a tree shift. Original clutch I bought from my grandfather. He had it replaced when I bought it. That thing was 100% indestructible! I agree. No way I would swap that motor!
Her / she 😂
A 150 mph speedometer with that motor is the greatest act of faith I've seen I saw a Yugo with wide tires and a hood scoop. Cool ride.
I was wondering what is so rare about this 1970 Charger. Well I was certainly surprised when Nick opened the hood, and saw the slant six. The FK5 is definitely a rare color, and the orange interior is very unusual. You just never know what will show up at Nick's Garage, awesome!!
We could not agree more. A very unusual Charger. Thanks for stopping by, Eugene.
Very beautiful car the inside and the engine first time i see straight 6 in a charger regards from Greece Nick 🇬🇷👍❤️ nice video
@@NicksGarage Good afternoon George. I never expected to see a 70 Charger equipped like this one, a true unicorn. I'm always looking forward to Monday's videos which are the high point of my day. My sister had a 1967 Dodge Dart GT Convertible, that had the slant six. It was Y2 yellow with a black top. A very nice car that got a lot of looks.
Who would want a slant 6 cylinder motor under the hood of a charger
@@rodneyhopper22 Not me!!! My 500 has a built 440 under the hood. I would never order a Charger with anything less than a 426 Hemi, or a 440.
Hi Nick, the slant six here in Argentina is a true legend, and by far the most common engine in Dodge vehicles. The only V8 we had in a Dodge, the Dodge GTX coupe (a car made only for this market and a really beautiful one) was the 318, and this is also a legend and still highly sought after.
In 1969 my father purchased a brand new white Dodge Polara four doors with front disk brakes and a slant six with 145 hp, with a bodywork of the same family as the coupe I mentioned above. Great memories with that car, and obviously for this reason I'm a mopar guy 😀
Thanks for sharing Joyce, and Nick. It’s exciting to see another Charger with a slant six. I purchased my slant sixed ’68 Charger in 1973. I learned from a book on Dodge that it was one of 400 made. As the first car I ever owned, it was my daily driver throughout high school, college and beyond. Sad to say, when the engine needed some work, a mechanic friend, who knew it was my daily driver asked if he could just switch out my engine for another slant six as I'd be back on the road quicker. In my naivety I said "sure". Now, years later it has a 528 crate hemi. While scary fast can be fun, my mind goes back to the peaceful ride of the slant six, and pulling up to a light and wondering if the engine was even running as it was so quiet. EnJoy the peace.
In high school in the late 1960s six cylinder cars were very common. This charger is a real diamond in the rough. I am with you Nick keep it original.
Finally a 225 Straight Six, Can’t wait to see you build a modified leaning tower and get it on the Dyno.
Absolutely love this car. Please tell her to keep it as a slant six. Those motors were legendary. Maybe even more legendary than Hemis. When growing up we had two 3/4 ton Dodge vans. Each of these had a slant, six three speed on the column. I learn to drive on one of them. It had manual steering and brakes with a huge steering wheel. We drove those vans until they rusted apart with several hundred thousand miles on them. That sound brings back memories.
Looks like a painted roof instead of vinyl, Nick. Even rarer. What an awesome 70 Charger!!
Thanks for the ride Nick!
As soon as I saw the engine, I was so impressed I'm still smiling.
I bought a 1968 Charger in 1973 with the 318. It had a black interior , dark green paint , consol shift selector. Paid $1500 for it , by 1975 I could only get $500 for it because of high gasoline prices and V8 cars were called air polluters.
Most of today's collector cars were yesterday's daily drivers. I've had a couple of those engines. They deliver a lot without asking for much in return.
My father had a '70 Charger R/T (440) that was FK5 burnt orange with a burnt orange interior. It had power windows too. Unfortunately, it was a Northeast car and was rotted to almost nothing by the time he got rid of it. Bought it in '74 with 19k miles on it.
One of my high-school buddies drove an identical 70 charger with a 318, was spotless
Wow 8/4/69 scheduled production date. Probably one of the first built for the '70 model year. Odd that it has a '69 style tail panel.
Really nice to see such a rare charger
Original owner had Supreme self confidence ! Good for him/her .
Hi Nick, great car video! Here in Australia we have 245 and 265 HEMI straight 6 cylinders that had 160hp stock and upto 300hp in RTs versions. Chrysler said they have the power of an 8 with the economy of 6 and apparently Chrysler spent 33 million in the 60/70's developing them. I know you would love one of these engines if you ever got your hands on one! Take care from Down Under
You must truly appreciate Nick's love for Vintage Muscle Cars, even ones with a Slant 6. If the car were properly restored it would be worth alot being 1 of 300 units produced.
Thank you to Joyce and Nick for letting us watch this rare beauty👍
Of the 300 6 cylinder Chargers built in 1970, I can imagine that only a tiny percentage of them are left with the original motor. This Charger might be more rare than we think.
There is a couple who own and restored a 1970 slant six Challenger convertible, red exterior and red interior. They brought it to Carlisle several times and the car was the center of attention! Kudos to them and to the owner of this Burnt Orange slant six Charger.
I'm so glad that this car survived all it's previous owners and any bad accidents. I certainly can't picture anyone from 1970 opting for a 6 cylinder muscle car!
I love the color. All I have ever seen is the Green and the Black. This interior really stands out!
I had a 63 Plymouth valiant 6 cylinder. I put a manual choke on it. It could be -30 below ,people cranking, fighting to start their cars. My slant 6 always started. Appreciate them for what they are.
My first car was a 1974 Plymouth 2DR Scamp with a 225 Slant Six. It was great on gas, lower insurance rates and a beautiful copper color called Sienna. It had a beige vinyl top and matching interior. I bought it off the lot for $3000, brand new. Drove it for four years and sold it to my sister who drove it another six years. Fun car.
Hello Nick ,George, krew and Everyone. My uncle love those Slant Sixs engines . He swore by them . He had one in a Dodge Dart , that he kept and drove for 30 years or so ...Beautiful Blue color . Tough old engines, keep the oil change and coolant in it and it will run forever ...
The killer body style Joyce can't beat original . Love it everyday.
Cool car! I also noticed it has the plain jane trim too, no finish panel around the taillights and no upper door trim, no bucketseats, I've seen very few 70's with that plain trim level! Thanks for sharing Nick!
I would expect that most Chargers came with the LA 318 or the B 383. The slant 6 was certainly an unusual option in the B body cars.
Nice to see one still all together.
When you said it was a super rare car and I saw the single exhaust, I thought, "I'll bet this car has a slant six in it." Sure enough. I've seen lots of slant sixes; but never in a Charger. Very cool car.
Good eye!
That old girl survived alot. Just keeping that slant six after a few decades. Nice ride thanks Nick.👍♥️
Yes, it's a miracle that the engine wasn't pulled out decades ago when these cars were still within the reach of typical teenagers...swapped in a junkyard 383 or 400, maybe a 360 out of a pickup, or a 318 with an aftermarket 4 barrel intake that the kid "swore was a 340"(most teenagers couldn't afford a 340 even back in the '80's)...
Where's "Uncle Tony.?" Recall that he thinks the Slant 6 MoPar is the best engine they ever made, and so he'd be going nuts at finding a car like this.
Best engine ever built!
They sure have a wonderful reputation.
Love to hear Nick's French accent. Takes me back to being a teenager and 2 friends from Quebec. Rael and Rejean Phanoueff. Great guys and both had epic Mopars.
I like the interior color, it’s nice, I would leave the 6 in it, it’s original and that counts for something.
We completely agree. This car is great.
This is RARE ! After dekoding the vin tag one of 17 built, and one of the first built at August 4. 1969.
As an 17 yo in 1975 I was given a 'hand me down' old/tired yellow 1969 Plymouth Belvedere coupe that had the 225 slant six and ran fine. But it looked just like the GTX the 'older' guys up the street had. Too bad that car got stolen in NYC and never recovered. This old man still thinks about that car now and then.
Paul (in MA)
A friend had a duster with this motor back in high school. Mid ‘80s We couldn’t kill that thing. It’d leave one patch of rubber all the way down the street and we made more donuts than Duncan. The owner always claimed it was the toughest engine ever made
I still have the original 318 in my ‘70 Challenger. It’s not long for this world though and a 340 is going in it eventually
This car would be amazing with a full restoration to stock specs As cool as that would be I don’t know if I could resist dropping a 440 and 4 speed in it. Around here any Charger is insanely rare
NICK , IT SOUNDS LIKE THE VALVES NEED TO BE ADJUSTED AS THIS ENGINE HAS A SOLID LIFTER CAM !!! BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE FOR 1970 !!!!
An XH29. Only in 1970. Bench seat with column shift.
Right on. This one was turning heads at the shop.
Phenomenal! Never saw a B body with original Slant Six. I knew that was an option. Keep it original. What a fun car to cruise and enjoy.
Standard would be a 225 with a 3 speed manual. Anything else would be an option.
Would love to see this car again once it’s been painted. Thanks for posting this video of Joyce’s car, it’s beautiful 👍👍
I had a slant 6 in 79 dodge powerwagon, it burned more oil than it did gas but it got me there.
I have never seen a slant Charger. I knew they existed, and in my 60+ plus years I’ve just never seen one in person. I love muscle cars with this kind of a twist.
The 225 slant 6 has history in Australia. We also had straight 6 in 245 & 265. The 265 is in the Australian VH Charger 1971.
Also 215
Nice to see a car not hot rodded once in a while.. not that there is anything wrong with that...
I have a 74 C10 chevy truck... almost that same color but GM calls is grecian bronze... 6 cyl four speed with granny low.. all original 102 k miles... sometimes i want a V8 in it but it does everything i ask as a working truck ... my other car is the hot rod ...
Thanks for sharing
A rare and interesting example of a higher end base car.
The slant 6 is probably why the car has survived all these years, because it was not beaten to death by overly rambunctious teens.
Someone loved and cared for it all these years.
Be nice to see it all painted.
Very nice to see a Slant 6 225 my dad a had a 73 Valiant and 77 Volare with that same engine very bulletproof. Would be nice to see a rebuild of this and Dyno test. Oh and viewers don't know that the engine came with two piece exhaust manifolds 3 cylinder each so a nice upgrade that can be done to put true Dual exhaust front to back it will have a cool sound.
Nick, there is a Lady in my neighborhood with a 1969 Chevelle 2 door with a 6 cylinder automatic.. I believe She has daily driven it since new. Still does!
One of my buddies in the mid seventies had a 70 Charger 500 FK5 with burnt orange interior with white vinyl top. At the time the muscle cars were getting worn out and rust in the rear quarters, this one was pristine.
We had never seen a muscle car with anything but black interior.
A great ride.
Great ride ! How many are still out there today ?
I perfer the V8s, but awesome find! Hope it gets restored.
Respect to all the old mills.
Happy Tuesday morning from Adelaide Australia. Best way to start my day.
Thanks for starting the day with us, Steve. ☀️
Restore to original absolutely! Very sharp colour I do recall that from my youth. Looks very dazzling on a bright day.
Think the other thing this car actually does, is just remind people how good of a car the 2nd gen charger actually was. I had several of these and loved them. They had plenty of room, big trunk, easy to work on and rode very nice.
Wow Nick that sure bought back some sweet memories for you and me. I only wish I was there as that slopper sure sounded sweet. Like you I hope all Joyce does after you make it road legal is give it a coat of paint and leave the slopper in it. Thanks George great video too.
Thanks Blinkie!
My brother has a LOADED six banger barracuda convertible. He wanted to put a Hemi in it and I talked him out of it. It's a unique car for sure. He can buy a Hemi Cuda easily. He can't buy a slant six barracuda convertible anywhere. I don't think I've ever seen one.
Stay with the 6 cylinder.
My son had a 75’ Coronet with a 225, ran great and easy to work on. We also had an 82’ D100 short box pickup worth the 6 cylinder. Bulletproof!
Wow what a beauty! I'm 55 years old, and still have a few things to sort out, but I very much want to buy me a '68 charger in the next 5-7 years (as God provides!).
I worked in a wrecking yard in the late 60's. The owner hated to see Mopars come in with the slant six. They would not sell! No one was hot rodding them and the cars that had them rarely ever needed a replacement.
Amazing the engine options available for the 1970 Dodge Charger; Engine:: 225 Six, 318 V-8, 383 V-8, 440 V-8, 426 V-8 Hemi, but the slant, can't kill them!
This is very cool. Who knows how many are still on the road with the Leaning Tower.
I myself have a ‘74 D-100 club cab with a 360 in this medium burnt orange metallic but it looks more like this car’s current paint job.
Amazing. I don't think I have ever seen this color. I knew a guy who had a Slant-6 Challenger! This car evidently has TWO leaves in the leaf spring!!!! The guy I bought my AMX from a long time ago had a daily driver, a wonderful original 6 cylinder Javelin from his grandma. These rare 6s certainly have their place.
Yeah, in the scrap pile.
Nick,
For completeness as you know, Chrysler’s slant 6 engine was known as “The Tower of Power”. They were one of the most reliable engines ever made and you couldn’t kill them if you tried. In my area, in the 1990’s, there were still some Dodge Swinger cabs with over 500,000 miles on them . They finally retired them do to other mechanical problems with ghe engines still operational. I think most died that way.
That was the leaning tower of power and came in different cid sizes .
👍There’s room for them all! Thx Sir Nick
Nice ride. I agree. Keep it original. Drive it and keep it rust free. That's the most important.
I think Nick is right, for highest value, keep the engine stock. But if it were my car, I'd consider putting a Turbo on the engine, a better cam, headers, etc. Pull up to a light and tell the guy in the car next to you, that you have a 6 cylinder, then blow their doors off.
So, I'm a prairie boy - went to university in late 70s.
Muscle car enthusiast, but no money, no talent in order to work on one.
One of my buddies, his MOM of all people had a 69 Charger and he borrowed it one night so we could go for coffee.
It was sitting there idling - that blurble was SOOOOOOO cool ... he thought it was a 440 Magnum (440 for sure).
SO, he's complaining all night about how badly out of tune this thing was, plus which it had 90,000 miles on it.
We had 5 full grown adults - those are BIG cars - 3 full sized men in the back seat and nobody's shoulders touching!
After coffee we were pointing north and the driver wanted to go south. So, he pulls into the intersection and WALKS on this thing!
Tires howling, exhaust blaring ... half way up the block I got myself pulled out of the back seat cushions and looked back...
There were two solid black stripes around the intersection that reached all the way up to us - the car was still spinning the wheels half-way down the block - and the intersection was full of blue smoke!
90,000 miles and badly out of tune!?
I've been a Mopar fan ever since!
Only one I ever saw was in skyway junkyard in buffalo New York in the early 90’ it was green on green 69 charger slant. About 10 years later my parts manager at Best Dodge had a 70 challenger cream with a burnt orange interior and a slant three on the tree.
My buddy had a 73 (think it was a 73) Charger 3 speed Slant 6 back in high school. Jacked up, wide tires and the biggest hood scoop JC Witney sold in the early 80s late 70s. It looked FAST, had that reflective strip on the sides too.
I had a Pontiac then with a 400 4sp I'd actually swap cars with him to save gas going to see my girlfriend an hour away and he'd race everybody he could with my car. Really didn't mind driving that Slant at all but stopped swapping with him when I noticed how bald my tires were. He never lost a race anyway. 😂
Amazing for a 6 cylinder Charger to survive in such good condition and without having a big block shoe horned into it. Very awesome Charger.
My first car was a Dodge Lancer with slant six and push button auto, bought when I was 16.
Sweet memories, coming back when I hear and see this Charger.
1970 was an odd year of trying to keep base prices down. New emissions required, new, "drive by noise level" test required, shoulder belts required, headrest required, side marker lights with reflectors required, locking steering wheel and shifter required. In response, Mopar started making molded plastic dashboards with plastic glove box door and plastic grills started replacing metal grills. The 273 V8 was no longer in production. The six cylinder was the only engine under 300 cubic inches. The slant six was available in the Charger and in the E-body cars for 1970. Some slant six cars have a V8 K-frame with an adapter mount, while some cars have a dedicated slant six K-frame. The slant cars not only had slant six torsion bars, but also slant six rear leaf springs, unless it was a taxi. Another cost saving feature for 1970 was, the base transmission in the Super Bee and Roadrunner was a 3 speed manual transmission, with the 4 speed and automatic as extra cost options.
I agree with you! I would leave it alone and give it paint and body work. Definitely looks like it was an 'old lady' car. It's refreshing to see one that hasn't been re-powered. So many of these 6 cyl and 318 cars have been turned into 'Hemi' clones or big block cars the ones that are left probably ARE as rare as Hemi cars now. I would say a good majority of ALL of the 318 Barracuda or Challenger convertibles are Hemi clones now. I usually left the 318 cars I had alone and just made nice cruisers out of them, but I generally try to keep my cars mostly original. That car would be really cool with a three on the tree! I saw a '71 Road Runner once that had the 'standard' 3-speed transmission with the floor shift. Can't remember if it was a 340 or 383 car.
Yes, you had to option a 4 speed.
@@stephenholland5930 Yup, thanks, I knew that, just never seen that many. Maybe one at a car show and the first one I really looked at was in a junkyard in Maryland in the early '90's. It was a 'non' pistol grip shifter, straight out of the floor with a black ball. Can't remember if it had the pattern or not. I believe it was a Hurst shifter. I think they did that to lower the base sticker price.
My dealer pocket option book shows it was only STD on the RR w/383. $14.05 option on all other Satellite models except GTX N/A. Also N/A w/trailer towing. The 4 sp was $206.40 (NC on GTX) or $216.40 for the TF. GTX came std with TF but you could take the 4sp as a no charge option.
As a kid I had two Darts with slant sixes (A 71 with a 225 and a 66 with a 190?). Keep a spare distributor gear and ballast resistor in the glove box with the tools to change them.
Nick, if I ever find a 68-70 Charger, and have the money, I'll be bringing it to you. Hopefully you'll still be in business. Love your videos.
It is the most wanted design in the history of muscle car ❤️❤️Chrysler corporate should reproduce this imaginative and charming design
That Charger would make a nice home for your 528 Hemi 😊
Tell her those slant sixes are one of two of the most dependable engines out there, so smooth, so cool. The other would be the 60's and on Ford straight six. I've always enjoyed those slant sixes. We had a 74 Dodge Dart with the slant six. .
I have to vote for the Chevy 292 inline 6..I have one, it's the very definition of indestructible...stump pulling torque, too...but don't get one for the gas mileage...
This car is a real gem.
one mechanical engineer said to me the lean design has something to do with increasing the torque, he also went on about the intake length.
Hey Nick, Uncle Tony just put up his comments on the Black Ghost Challenger. Would love to hear your take on it.
A high school friend had a 74 Charger with a slant 6 in it. We ran it to college many times. It was a great little car. Of course he wanted something faster and sold the car. We were way ahead of our time, we took out the back seat upright section and put 2 - 12" woofers in a panel instead. This was 1981. I also had a 4 cylinder station wagon with loud dual exhaust. Way ahead of that trend also! 😅