The seller of this rare 1966 Dodge Charger tells us that 37,344 Chargers were produced in 1966 of those, 468 were equipped with the mighty 426 Hemi engine and only 257 of those came with a 4-speed manual transmission. We’re looking at a pretty rare automobile! It’s listed for sale here on eBay where there is a Buy It Now option of $99,900 (!!) although you can choose to make a lower offer. The seller’s home is in Gaithersburg, Maryland if you are already planning your trip to pick up this rare car.
The 1966 Charger was a fastback in the truest sense of the word. Too large to be considered a “pony car”, the Charger went on to star in NASCAR and drag racing. It was featured in advertisements as “the new leader of the Dodge Rebellion” and in Hemi form (an $880 option) was conservatively rated at 425 horsepower. It’s a good thing that when you ordered a Hemi you got larger brakes as part of the option package!
The seller tells us that this car has only had 3 owners since new, with the first owner keeping the car until the late 1980s. The engine was previously rebuilt and the car has been driven about 2000 miles since then. You are even looking at the original paint! Interestingly enough, two hoods come with the car, with the seller highlighting a “fresh air” version that I think is visible through the windshield in the interior picture below.
We’re told that the interior is original at the moment but it will be replaced with new-old-stock upholstery prior to the end of the auction. The seller plans to box up the original seat covers and included them with the sale.
Under the hood, while the engine is definitely a Hemi, not everything is original and it may take some searching to find original components to replace the aftermarket ones. Or you may choose to drive it as-is! Let us know what you would do with this Charger!
Wow! Very nice surviving’66-especially considering that Hemi was actually a 500HP machine and not a lot of people can drive a car like that to its fullest without wrecking the car..
how can you ask 100 grand with ten pictures and no video !
This, my friends, is the Real Deal. This is one of the all-time great American muscle cars. It just doesn’t get much better than a 1966 Dodge Charger with a 426 Hemi with an honest to goodness 4 speed manual transmission. It’s even green! For me, this is absolutely the best imaginable package ever.
This was my dream car in high school, the car I lusted after. A local dealer had one similarly equipped (though in silver). I used to walk past it almost every day, dreaming and drooling.
Dave Rhodes, you’re absolutely right, 10 pics and no video is ridiculous for the ask. But if it’s really the original paint, and is as good in person as it looks, this is the ultimate unicorn. You’ll never find another one like this.
Unfortunately (for me), at $100k, I’m no closer to being able to buy it now than I was in high school. The lust continues undiminished, 50 years later.
Answer!!
When you get in this money range, you spend 1000.00 give or take for a plane ticket. I do that with cars 25k and up.
The only problem with traveling long distance to see cars is that most of them usually end up being heaps, or at least disappointing and not what I’d expected from the listing (like what seems to be the case with the AMC Sportabout here). Everything looks good in on-line photos, but usually isn’t as nice in person. Showing up and finding out that a car isn’t what I’d expected, I might pressure myself to buy it anyway so as not to have wasted the trip. At $1000 give or take for a trip, x 10 or 20 trips to see what will likely be a bunch of piles of junk, = the price of a car. One plane trip to see a car would be fine, but it’s too rich of a way for my wallet to just go shopping.
You can come drive one with Sawtoothcruises.com We have a 66 Hemi Charger that you can Rent and drive on a guided 2 day cruise.
This is one of my lol time favourite cars. I’d take one with a 318 automatic just have one. The price is pie in the sky for me so maybe I’ll just have to make a wood carving of one and put it on a shelf next to my 1951 dodge.
Lol. Same here. My 3rd car was a 66 in the same color but it had the white interior and the 318.
Unlike some of the hopeful sellers out there, this one is likely to get his asking price. What a car.
Maybe not, more than a few expensive parts in the engine compartment have been changed such as the carbs, air cleaner and distributor. Who knows what else isn’t “original”, that’s a lot of change for a car touted as original. Any potential buyer needs to go over this car with a fine tooth comb, when this much money is at stake you need to be fully aware of what you are buying.
Steve R
Well this Hemi peaked my interest👍
Its very nice and kept original….
I think Hemi stands for …
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Its good to see one make it past possibly being sold to drag racing, burnouts and adolescences driving these few cars left.. 😂
I remember in my youth riding with a friend and taking turns driving a 68 king cobra 428 mustang etc.
Let me preference i was 19 young and stupid and going to live forever which allowed lighting the tires up and speed shifting past 120 on many occasions.
This was just part of a Friday night out on country roads drag racing and letting off steam .
I wish i would of bought it when it sold on the cheap….but having my 55 Chevy hardtop or my 69 rally Z28 would be nice to have back too which survived hot rodding while i owned them…🤔
I’d be willing to bet that this one IS original paint…it has that distinctive sheen which is impossible to fake
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That’s a rare & beautiful beast! I saw an original barn find ’66 in Iola Wi that they were asking more for than this one.
What did they get for it?, that’s what matters.
I had a 66 charger which i bought in the 70’s from a friend,383/4spd.,same color.had it stored @my sons ,lost it 2yrs. Ago in a fire !
got the power and the gearbox all looks good but to me its a ugly lump . but each to his own . have the wheels been banded . hope it goes to the right owner .
The stance doesnt look original, lifted in the rear, but an absolute dream car for me. I remember a car listed last year, a hemi 4 speed original paint silver ’66 that went for mid 50kish. I think he’s a bit optimistic.
In the interior picture, If you look out the windshield, There is a hood scoop! But all the pictures of the body show a stock hood on the car.
This is mentioned in the write up. There are two hoods. The scoop hood is seen in only the windshield shot.
I love the color and the drive train. When I look at this Charger or any of my other favorite cars of my youth, ones which one saw frequently on the street ( more or less), my brain thinks it is 1966 and wonder how in the hell they can ask 100 K for this (or that) car. lol
It’s one of the great things about cars of our youth. I see them and I am transported to a gauzy fuzzy time of amazing cars that exists only in my mind.
Better than getting high :)
Hey Charger! Sweet looking car. I haven’t seen many of this generation Dodge Charger in a while. The only thing I’d upgrade would be the braking system, giving it disc brakes and ABS. Other than that, it’s perfect!
Oh man oh man….this is my Dad’s car except his was a 318. Same color, interior, everything…..I loved this car as a kid. We’d drive back and forth from Cleveland to Youngstown for family visits and I’d be in the back with the fold down seats and that massive picture window just looking at the stars. That car was awesome in every aspect. Later, he and Mom would buy a 70 Dodge Challenger convertible….that was one badass garage…well today it would be.
Love it! As mentioned before, the ’66 / ’67 Charger is my favorite Mopar and so glad they are still in a decent price range.
I was delighted to see that they are working on one these (it’s a Hemi of course) on the latest season of GYC.
Did it say any where in the add numbers matching? Where is the battery mounted?
Isn’t there a big factory tach already in the dash? Would it not be accurate?
I thought all ’66 chargers came with hidden headlites. On a car with that price, they should work & should also be shown closed.
I wonder how many accidents were caused by a master cylinder like THAT failing. Or can you “pump up the brakes” if the pedal goes to the floor(to make it to a repair shop)?
RE: hidden headlights-to my best recollection, each manufacturer had to make a specific number of models of whatever car they were using in NASCAR competition in order to be considered as homologated; it had to somewhat resemble the actual race car, hence the fixed (non-retracting) headlights akin to the one Mario Andretti raced for Cotton Owens at Daytona in 1966..
The “silver fox” took the NASCAR championship in 1966 driving the #6 Dodge Charger for Cotton Owens. Mario who ?
Then the king took the 1967 championship with 11 in a row with his Hemi Plymouth….just for the record.
Mario blew up the car about halfway through the race..
And speaking of The King (truly a real hero of mine), he was responsible for the racing name change being accepted by the public; it happened when Petty showed up with the new STP 1972 Plymouth in its new paint job. Cale Yarborough walked over to their pits and said “Hey Richard!! Nace Car!” and thus was born the accepted referral to stock car racing as NASCAR… 😂
If you look at the interior pictures, the switch to keep the headlights open is flipped up.
I don’t get why the owner wouldn’t flip it down to close the lights making the front end look much better.
100k is a fully restored price. This car is far from that. Don’t get me wrong, its rare and very cool for sure but I don’t want to take on a full resto. project right now because of health. Later………….JIMMY
Nice Car no Doubt but $100k Nice that Price is just under the #1 Concourse Price of $107,000 at Haggerty’s, Excellent $81,000 and Good is $56,200 so where would you price with the After Market Parts on the engine?
I say “Good” $56200 it’s not a Concourse or Excellent condition Charger sure
is it just me ?? look at the picture of the inside, if you look real close the hood has a hood scoop on it but none of the outside pictures do ?????????
Robert, both the ad and the post mention that the car comes with two hoods. Good eye, though!
A real menace to society, gotta love it. The car sells itself whether there was five or a hundred pictures. You just don’t see rare muscle like this everyday.
Neat car for sure but what an ugly dash… they took the regular Coronet dash and shoved those big round dials across the front of it and do they ever look tacked-on.
I love the dash. The only thing I don’t appreciate is the aftermarket tach.
I believe I knew the second owner as this car color and drivetrain combo is as rare as it is. Second owner told me he bought car from first owner’s widow. Second owner was a big mopar fan and knew his stuff. I think he went out of his way to find the right guy to match paint on the second hood to factory paint. I bought a rare car from him to help him facilitate the funds to purchase this car. I don’t recall an aftermarket tach back then. I did sit behind the wheel and the interior was like new…even the interior smelled like a new car. As far as changes to the car after he sold it to current owner, I don’t know. Maybe not as well loved? But then again, it is a 54 year old car. Perhaps a survivor would be a better category for it rather than a restoration.
You’re a lucky man, Poncho! What a beaut this one is-I’m not crazy about this style of Charger but this one would be well loved in our garage-as I hope it will be with the new owner.
Does anyone know how many were produced in 66 with a hemi in it??? Great car and I still think the early chargers are under valued!! Even though they look a lot like the Marlin it’s got nice lines and sweet grill!!!
I had a red ’66 with a 383 when I was a sophomore in high school in 1972. I wish I still had it!!! I had the car over 10 years and sold it with a mere 66,000 miles. I LOVED that car!!!