Don Garlits tests Challenger R/T: Says it’s “triple tough.”

Don “Big Daddy” Garlits, King of the Dragsters, has driven his Dodge Hemi-powered fuel-burning rail to just about every national record and championship in the books. He is truly one of the all-time greats in American automotive competition. “Now Dodge has gene and done the real thing. Built the pony car of all pony cars. They watched the whole pony car thing develop, then built their own super-tough version … the Challenger R/T. Compact like a Dart. Wide like a Charger. Just the right size for anyone who likes his own personalized back yard bomb. Dodge should sell a million of ’em. Challenger, and especially Challenger R/T, are young peoples’ cars with young persons’ price tags. The standard R/T engine is the 383-cubic-inch Magnum V8, and you can go from there…

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Hot Rod (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 1969

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