"Banana Crazy"

This 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T is finished in Top Banana, one of Dodge's High Impact colors introduced for 1970 as part of a lineup so deliberately outrageous that the names were as memorable as the paint. Green Go, Go Mango, Plum Crazy, Top Banana, these were colors engineered specifically to be impossible to ignore, and on a Challenger R/T they deliver exactly what they promised. White leather bucket seats, black dash, black carpet, and wood interior accents give the cabin a clean, bold contrast that suits the exterior without competing with it. Under the hood is a 426 Hemi V8, the most powerful engine Dodge offered in the Challenger, backed by the three-speed TorqueFlite automatic and power brakes. The engine is not numbers matching to this car, but a Hemi under the hood of a Top Banana R/T is a combination that is as visually and mechanically compelling as the first-generation Challenger gets.

Dodge built only 287 Hemi Challengers in 1970 across all body styles combined, making the original Hemi R/T one of the rarest factory configurations of the first-year car. The 426 Hemi produced 425 horsepower from the factory with two four-barrel carburetors on a cross-ram intake, and it earned a reputation on the street and at the dragstrip that no other Mopar engine has matched before or since. By 1971 the Hemi was gone from the Challenger entirely, which gives every 1970 Hemi car a finality that adds to the significance of the engine regardless of its matching status.

The interior is clean throughout with the white leather buckets in good shape and the wood accents carrying through the cabin consistently. The black carpet and black dash keep the focus on the driver without cluttering the cockpit, and the TorqueFlite backs up the Hemi with one of the most proven automatic transmissions Chrysler ever built.

A Top Banana Challenger R/T with a Hemi under the hood is a car that does not require a long sales pitch. The color, the badge, and the engine say everything that needs to be said.

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