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Here we have the product of the Danbury Boyz impersonating the Dodge Boys. And I’m here to tell you that they’ll convince you of the charade. It was as if they scaled down the 1967 Dodge factory to 1:24th and used every blueprint, tool and material needed to build the genuine 1:1. An all-new diecast work up, this is the first totally precision scale sixty seven Charger today. Danbury has given us a plethora of Mopars, but none any better than this latest effort. In fact, our forum’s resident Mopar maven extraordinaire, Christopher Novak, posted after viewing photos of the new car in September ’09 to let us have his initial thoughts. “Hey, those exhaust headers for the Hemi are new; they have more detail, and exit into exhaust system more realistically, and the trans mounts are more detailed than even the '67 GTX.”
He went on to say, “It's more refined, with more detail of the brackets and screws and the engine compartment has the ballast resistor painted correctly, and, and, etc. This is much more detail-updated than the last Mopar.” He also caught the reproduced factory door jamb sticker, but more on that as we look the new tooling over from top to bottom. I first confirmed that all the delicious DM details and operational features were present in the new Charger. Let’s add ‘em up; scissors springs hood hinges, check. Internal door hinges, check. Revolving headlights, check. Extending antenna, check. Spring-loaded door pins to hold doors tightly closed, check. Opening fuel filler door, opening front console, opening rear console and folding rear seat backs, check, check, check and check!
Detailing is sumptuous throughout; stickers adorn the engine compartment and door jamb in terrific scaled miniature and they’re where they belong. The big 426 is plumbed and wired to perfection and carries its detailing down with those headers Chris referred to into a wonderfully crafted chassis. Torsion bars, steering arms, the starter and the transmission are all represented in perfect precision. The metal-foiled scripts and letters are everywhere; sealed and dimensional. The color choice is grand and I like the complimentary redline tires to the red interior. Don’t overlook the abundance of chrome trim on the car. These are separately fashioned pieces and the fit of each one just blends into the entire model imitating a genuine Charger.
DM keeps upping the game with these Mopars. But until they have to give back the factory, I’m hoping the Boyz keep ‘em coming!
(09/24/2009)
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