1966 Dodge Charger 426 Hemi Muscle Car Of The Week Video Episode  

I was in 8th grade when my brother drove into the driveway with a brand new bright red '66 Charger. I was in awe then and I'm still in awe of that car, still the most beautiful car I've ever seen! He wanted the Hemi but the dealer talked him out of it, convincing him it would be too hard to live with as a daily driver, so he got the 383 four barrel 4 spd. To this day nothing turns my head like a '66 Dodge Charger.

That car makes its own music, who needs a radio?

Dodge stylists were in the groove at that point and for me styling peaked at 1970.

I was completely overwhelmed by this car in 66. Got a chance to ride in the back seat of one. The driver’s right foot was heavy on the pedal and we went from party to party, tires screaming every time we took off from a stop. One of the most exhilarating rides I had as a 14 year old that I still remember and when I do, I find myself grinning every time.

Those rear seats and console were IT!

HAVE LOVED THE 66 and 67 Charger since I was old enough to remember cars. Great job describing it. A before it's time beautiful piece of machinery.

One of my favorite cars of the Sixties. Really dig those rear bucket-seats!

My favorite car that I owned was a 67 Charger. Red, with a black interior. ...custom oredered car from Dodge.. Met the salesman who ordered the car... 440 Magnum. 727 auto. Kelsey Hayes 4 piston calipers up front. Police Interceptor suspension and handling package.... Bought it for one dollar....off of the 2nd owner, on two conditions. .. Number one....his ex-wife never got it. Number two...I never cut it up or modify it. Had it for ten years.... Sold it to the original owner... He did a complete restoration on it, and owns it to this day... This is the only car I owned that I regret selling, every day...since 1988. Damn, I miss that feeling....sitting behind that wheel....waiting for a light....

I FRIGGEN LOVE THESE cars ! We were teenagers and my friend had a red one with a 440 (a replacement for the blown 383) what a great car . Man if that car could talk, we used to sneak people into the drive-in in the trunk because that panel dropped down and you could crawl into the back. Four bucket seats way too cool and well ahead of it's time for sure .

I drove a 1966 charger with the 383 magnum in all black, all over Germany while stationed at Spangdahlem AFB. Couln't go anywhere without the german people wanting to look at it! Truly a special car.

I have a 1966 Dodge Charger just got her after 7 months she's been restored

this is my #1 favourite car of the 60s

That car is awesome. The first time I saw one in the dealership I was amazed. Those four bucket seats and console were a smash hit. And it didn't matter which engine was under the hood, that car was way ahead of its time.

Honest to God, i've never seen a two-door car with that much trunk space.

I don't see how anyone could hate a car that has an interior that is as beautiful as this one!

Loved the full length console and four buckets!

this is the most beautiful car I've ever seen! this and the late 60's chevelles are my favourite of all time. only in my dreams could I drive something like this lol.

I never really liked this body style but I do love the interior, best interior Ive ever seen.

My buddy Bob has 2 Hemi Chargers.1 66 and 1 67 and I had a 66 Coronet to boot. Loved those beasts!!! He still has them,the 66 was a 1200 mile drag car in storage since the 60s and I remember when he got the 67 in the mid 80s. My 66 was left to a buddy when I left for the Army. Thanks again.

Back in 1974 my older brother came home with a 1967 Dodge Charger. It was a beautiful medium blue with a blue interior and the 383 2-barrel engine with the Torqueflite trans. The body and interior were perfect. I think he got it for $750. It was love at first sight for me. That dash with the 4 pods and a 150 mph speedo was so cool looking. But the first night I went for a ride and I saw that dash lit up with that beautiful blue lighting was so fine. It looks had been made even better with chrome slotted mags that really worked with that body style. To this day I think that is one of the coolest looking cars to come out of that era. That interior with the 4 bucket seats and that console that went from under the dash and back to between the rear bucket seats was never used by any other car to my knowledge. It's now almost 50 years later and I still get excited when I think about that car. You hardly ever see them anymore, even at car shows. If I ever had a windfall, I think I would make finding a nicely restored 1966 or 67 Charger a must.

Absolutely love these cars! My dad had a 66 charger red, with black interior, 383 and 4-speed. Have always wanted one of these but the prices are through the roof on a nice one now..

Thanks Kevin and to the guys of M.C.O.T.W.! Another fine 'Brothers' MoPar. I always loved this look. it brought several design cues from my 2nd favorite MoPar the '66-'67 Dodge Coronet. What's my all time favorite? A black exterior, tan interior, convertible, push button Torqueflite Automatic Transmission, with white walls, a 392 HEMI. THE 1957 Chrysler 300C!

Loved the 66 Charger. I had a 66 with a 383 automatic. Was my favorite car. Sold it in 1988 when I went in the Navy. Regret it till this very day.

One of my favorite cars of all time. I really wish that the new charger was a little closer to this one in design. Oh well, there's always the Audi S7. :)

Absolutely one of my faves from back then and still is. I f i'd had the dinero when that was new -- I 'd of had one . Alas I was at home still and only 18. If in the market for a mid '60's car today that would be at the top of my list. I did have a distant cousin to that Charger in '68: a Fastback Barracuda Formula S 340 ....... with the same slopey and huge back window. With family and limited income it was all i could manage at the time.

Had '67 pale yellow 383 mag. she was nice and those full length tail lights lit up the world when you braked

Truly an odd and unique design. I know a lot of folks find these ungainly (to be kind) but I have always had a soft spot for the Gen 1 Chargers. Thanks so much for posting the video.

The car is amazing! The interior is gorgeous. I grew up in this era, but never truly appreciated these cars then as I do now.

My favorite Dodge of all time!!

My #1 favorite car

I love it. You really have to see that electro-luminescent dash lighting in the dark to appreciate it, compared to what everything else had. I think the 11” brakes were as good as you could get in 66, and they were very good, the disc brakes for the B body showed up in 67.

These cars were quite unique and the interiors were so well thought out. They kinda looked like a combination of the Coronet and the AMC Marlin.

I rode around town in the back of one of these as a kid in the 70's. Child seats, who needs 'em? lol.

What a wonder!! Beautifull car!!

Absolutely love it!! My dad was a chevy guy until this came out. Then he bought one and became the 6th mopar guy in our family. Now all these years later we are at 13, the number of mopar owners and less than 1 year from having 15.

Great presentation and information! Very professional and interesting. Amazing car!

Beautiful Mopar

love em! I had a '66 Coronet 440,close,but no cigar,i know, and a buddy has a '66 Hemi Charger 4 speed originally and exclusively a drag car from a major drag team back when it was new.she has just a tick over 1000 original miles on her only a quarter of a mile at a time. from what I remember of its history was she got 1 of the fenders crunched coming off the trailer pre-race.the team had a sister car with only a 440 in it,so they pulled the original Hemi race mill out and plopped it into the 440 car and she was subsequently shoved into the back corner of the teams garage until my buddy bought it in 1978.last i saw her she was still up on stands and he may've found the original block.he also had/has a '67 Hemi Charger automatic car,but the original block was replaced with a tired 383 when he bought it and was looking to track down the original block, last time I was there many moons ago. fun times. ☆☆☆

My brother owned one when I was but a wee kid. Black with white interior. Always loved this car, was my favourite Charger.

as kid in Canada north of Toronto, our neighbour had yellow 66 Charger. Black interior. With the hemi. From the first time I laid eyes on that car, I have loved it.

No radio needed when you got a hemi esp.426elephant🔥💥🇺🇸💪💯

My first muscle car. Forest green, 383 4bbl, disc power brakes, power steering, air cond, power windows, am/FM radio, 4 bucket seats It was ahead of its time. Loved this car so much. Wish I still had it!

mid 1980s a 66 Charger was in parking lot of the high school in Middlesex NJ. I would always look at it

I love this car because in 1969, when I was a freshman in High school, my sisters boyfriend .. who was a junior, had a silver one. Back then, the older kids would cruise there cars in front of the school and he use to pick me up and we'd cruise around. I thought it'd be worth mentioning that the 1966 Ford Mustang fastback 2+2 had rear folding back seats that allowed storage from the truck to the back of the front seats.

My grandmother took me to the 64- 65 World's Fair in Flushings N Y. They had a silver one on display. You could actually walk up to it and open the door. At that time being 15 yrs old , it looked like a car of the future, not only because of the style but the fact it had square push buttons embedded in the trim to open the doors. At that time.........WOW ! ! !

When dodge made quality cars. But the charger and the challenger are still very cool cars today

TY Dodge for making a real persons car!

I'm one lucky owner ☺

LOVE IT!!! I was young and friends of my parents had one of these...silver with red interior, and I thought it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen! LOVED riding in those bucket seats in the back! I'll never forget that car.

The '66 also had electro-luminesence lights in the automatic shifter & radio. In '67, only the dash had them.

Had one when i was 22. Fold down back seats and the back panel thzt leads to the truck. You put your surf board in there. Wish i still had it now. Beautiful car in red.

Love the 1966 Charger. I had one in the late 80's had the 383 V8 automatic. Sweetest car I ever owned. Wish I still had it today. Truly a work of art. Nothing like it.

absolutely one of the most beautiful creations of the time.

I remember when this car came out. I turned 17 in 1966 and I was a bit of a muscle car fanatic. I prefer GM and Ford but the '66 Charger is one of the few Mopars I'd consider owning if I had a collection.

My buddy had a charger, another friend had the Impala fastback and I had a Torino GT with the fastback. That picture of the three of us parked side by side on main street is one burned into my mind.

Awesome. Brings back good memories when I was a teenager.

Love it.I had a 68 and a 73 . Such a sweet interior.

First memory I have of my dad and his Car is of him taking me for a ride in his baby blue 66 charger - I was 2 yrs old and boy did I like this car

I had 1967 Charger with a 383, it was a great cruiser.

Love this car. My favorite mopar. Maybe because it's like the 69 GS I own. A two year only body style (68-69) and the 66-67 Charger also being the same love or hate 2 year only body style. It just resonates with me. And this example is off the charts impeccable.

Great car for golf trips, radio delete is weird, AM/FM would be fine. How can anyone hate it. A four on the floor would be better for a lot of reasons, however.

1966 Charger was still essentially a 1966 Coronet sans the side 1/4 panel scallops! The rest of the main body side panels and hood are all the same! And the Electroluminescent dash gauges came out first in the 1960 Chrysler and Imperial and through to the 1962 Chrysler and 1963 Imperial! 1966-'67 Charger was different enough to make it stand out against the Coronet though but Dodge never wanted to use hood scoops on the Charger because it would have interrupted the clean flowing lines but they should have used the 1965 Super Stock low profile hood scoop, especially on the Hemi cars, maybe as an option at least! Otherwise, they were great looking cars!

Who wouldn't like that car? Looks like a beast.

Ever since 1976,when I got my383 4spd, it has always been my all time favorite.

Just saw one of these at a car show in Waco Tx.Same color except it was a four speed car.I like the styling myself.Those rear seat buckets are nice.

I drove an identical car from South Boston to Cape Cod one Saturday morning with my buddy and our girls and i have never forgotten how awesome it handled. That power in what was really a mid-sized car was amazing. Thanks for the flashback. I wonder what happened to that car?

Luv It. Greatest of All Times.

This was my first car. I absolutely loved it and would love to have one now.

l was lucky to see one close up last yr and probably talked the owners ear off :) The young man early 20s was more than happy to tell me about the restro he did to it 383 4spd dark purple metallic .He was at an outdoor car show with his mom and grandma ,he was good ol farm boy ,and big boy at 6 4 ,300lbs :)

wow very nice ..gets me excited knowing mine will look like this. I have a 66 charger 383 4spd car blk with red interior like this. it's a project car but it's really solid.

I finally got one then got another ❤️❤️ I love it from every angle!

6:30 - The sound of a 426 Hemi roasting bias-ply tires was heard often as I grew up in the 1960s. All of the high-power V8 engines had different voices from firing orders and other factors, but these Street Hemi cars sounded just right.

I just bought one. Cost me a pretty penny but she is gorgeous. I love that interior. Can't wait to take the grandkids on the ride of their lives, lol

Dream Car!!'

Absolutely beautiful. great presentation.

I had a friend back in around 1980 that had one of these cars! Beautiful first generation charger! It was a real head turner! Beautiful mopar classic!!!

So underrated! LOVE THIS!

In the late sixties I was a pre teen who was fascinated with spotting the various muscles cars from the back seat of the family car as we travel through out Texas. I rarely spotted a 1966 Charger. How many were manufactured.

BEAUTIFUL LOOKING Car's

Beautiful Automobile !!!

It has a beautiful interior especially in the back. I wasn't aware of all the open area behind the seats.

60’s and 70’s cars were so COOL!!! Wish I still had my cars I had when I was young.

Great stuff loved these older cars

My dream car was a 70 chevelle LS6, and after seeing this car I now have a new respect for them and its now my dream car.

I can’t imagine the kind of person to not love this car (6:41). Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Brazil.

I had hoped to own a Charger (any from 1966 to 1970) someday. Well, I am an old man now, and am busted financially (becoming disabled at 46 years old doesn't lend itself to making money). I cannot see God allowing me to have one, at this point. But hey, that's okay. Plenty of videos online of them, along with the Woodward Dream Cruise every year to see some. Thanks for posting this video for us to see.

My dad had one growing up. What they didn't show was the divider between the trunk and passenger compartment also folded down. We would sleep next to the fishing poles when camping !

Absolutely beautiful, I have always loved the 66 and 67 chargers

Always one of my favorite cars. That interior still looks like a lux option for today!

I’ve always loved the long straight line of the 66&67 Charger. Remember street racing a charger in a 65 corvette. Charger blew the Bette’s doors off

My favorite 60's car.

My absolute favorite machine ever!

Fabulous 66 Dodge, I Love it. Thanks Kevin

Just got my 66 383 Charger today. She's a beautiful beast.

My favorite car of all times!

I love this one!

Disc brakes, radio and 4 speed. Beautiful car. Thanks

That's a real beauty. Love hearing that engine roar.

Didn't know all the items that make this car very cool. thx

Loved it… had a Platinum 426 HEMI model back in the 1970’s, sadly let it go because I ended up with two Chargers a 1969 440 - 6 R/T and the 67