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This sinisiter Challenger is an awesome build that was first contemplated back in the early seventies! Check out John Cimino's Scat Pack Shaker Story:

Just love the journey with this car. I grew up in Newark NJ and a friend of mine had a 1973 Challenger with a 318 and 3 speed. As a teenager we cruised in that car until the wheels fell off. I swore that one day I would own a Challenger of my own. Well that day came and I bought this car as a Basic Black Scat Pack and just kept adding to it to make it my own. All red carbon fiber accents. Painted the SHAKER in Redline Pearlcoat. All engine accents from American Brother Designs. Oil Catch can from Billet Technologies. Borla Atak Exhaust. Marquee Red/Black Rims. 275/40/20 Cooper Tires. Barton Shifter. Custom Splitter from Downforce Solutions. Tiger Stripe Taillights from Luxe Auto and the list goes on. This is my daily driver with 84,000 miles on it. If you have something you enjoy you should use it! I still look back to admire it every time I park.

Check out more photos on Instagram s1nystr2016 and on Facebook John Cimino and Follow That Challenger!!

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This Awesome Cuda Tribute by Ruby Guerrero Workman is definitely a labor of love! Dedicated to her mom, Maria Romero Guerrero, it is a great modern rendition of the original Cuda. Now a word from the proud owner:

“This is my beautiful beast Rubyred. When I was a kid, my mom had a red ’71 Cuda and it’s what started my obsession with muscle cars! When my mom became ill with Cancer, I looked around for a Cuda I could restore but my budget wasn't great. I bought Rubyred and decided to do a total conversion Cuda kit for my mom. She passed away four months after I bought her. So it became a project in memory of her. I know she’s grinning ear to ear even though she never saw it completed. I'm still doing things to her but I love her to pieces. Even if don't win I hope people appreciate my love of muscle cars and the labor of love I took on!”

Ruby has a contagious passion for Challengers and is also the creator of the Facebook Group Dodge Challenger Owners & proud of it! ;). Check out the group and click here to connect with Ruby on Facebook and Instagram too!

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You meet all kinds of people when you drive a Dodge Challenger and sometimes, usually, they get seriously excited. They want to talk to you, and they want to know all about your car and about you. Sometimes that enthusiastic Challenger fanatic is Me!

I was just minding my own business with two go pros and external stereo microphones attached to my car when I ran into Collin. I saw his Scat Pack parked next to mine and immediately started taking pictures. Like in a movie scene, he walks over and, starts it up with the remote start. It sounded so cool!

We talked Challengers and all cars for about 15 minutes and then we went our separate ways. Well kind of! Had a lot of fun in a few minutes following him and then had to figure out where I was. Too much fun can be disorienting! Check out what Collin has to say about his Challenger and see his photos, my photos, and the video of our ride too!!

“I love the challenger since its close to the old school body style of the late 60s. My favorite car is the charger 68-69 style. The new challenger is pretty close to looking like a smaller modern-day version of what the charger should have been. At least to me it does. I put in the MBRP racing cat back exhaust to make it sound more old school. At some point I'll replace the cats with a straight to clear up the air flow through the exhaust and improve the sound some more."

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COTD Street Freak Tribute Challenger

Check out this amazing Tribute Challenger and story by Glenn Merrill! Street Freaks is a modern muscle car with direct ties to the original Street Freaks Road Runner. Glenn's Street Freak Challenger started as a concept drawing before being turned into a reality. This award-winning show car is also well at home on the street and the strip.

“The whole inspiration for doing the Street Freak theme goes way back to the 70's. Street Freak graphics are a tribute to a 69 Road Runner I used to own and race years ago. The first car to carry the design was a 69 Road Runner that Jeff Scozarro did at his paint shop Jeff's Place in California. It was done as a project for the car magazines and was the 1st car to go solo on the cover of Hot Rod magazine.The car then traded owners for a bit and was left in Salt Lake City at a salvage yard since it had blown an engine. My boss at the time and his brother (Howard and Wayne Field) purchased the car, put an engine in it and raced it for 10 years. I graduated college and went to GM as a designer working in the Camaro Studio for interiors (Best job of my life). When I came back out to Utah, I traded my snowmobiles for the Street Freak Road Runner and raced it out of St. George for a few years. Because of family issues, the car was sold and last seen in California.

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There is nothing mild mannered about the Superman SRT!

Scott Sonsalla’s 2012 Dodge Challenger is one powerful car. More powerful than a locomotive and faster than a speeding bullet too! Superman graphics and logos all around, with red LED’s and claw marks, really make this beast stand out. Let’s hear a few words from Scott:

“I am a car enthusiast. I have a great family and they are my priority in life. I do as much as I can myself with my car and my boys drive Mopars as well. We do a lot together between cleaning and working on our cars. It has been a great way to spend more time together.

Since I bought my car, my boys got me involved with Instagram and car shows. I have met so many people from all over. I’m always myself, really easy going, and really enjoy meeting new people. Car shows and social media have helped me meet people from around the world with similar interests. I hope others can have as nice of an experience doing things like I have!”

With almost eighty thousand followers on Instagram Scott is a real superhero. His Iconic photos and edits along with his Positive attitude are the special sauce for his success. There are very few people I know on social media who post relentlessly every day like I do. I like to think that people are waking up smiling looking at my photos or the photos I've shared. The truth is I wake up looking at Scott's Challenger every day and it always makes me smile!

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