The Valiant Charger: Fastback Style and R/T Muscle | Muscle Car Museum
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The Valiant Charger

Fastback Style and R/T Muscle  ·  Gold Coast

Holden and Ford may dominate the muscle car conversation, but no collection is complete without the car that gave both of them sleepless nights: the Chrysler Valiant Charger. And we don't have just one — our pair of Chargers is a visitor favourite, and it's easy to see why.

Hemi 6/ V8 Power
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The Charger's signature is its sleek fastback design. Where many cars of the era were square and upright, the Charger swept low and long, giving it a look that still turns heads more than fifty years later. It was Australian styling at its most confident — a shape that announced the 1970s had truly arrived.

Beauty Meets Brawn

Under that gorgeous bodywork, buyers had choices. The famous Hemi 6 delivered surprising punch from an inline six, while V8 options gave the Charger serious straight-line muscle. The R/T models took things further still, becoming genuine performance heroes that could embarrass much more expensive machinery.

"A car that looks fast standing still — then backs it up the moment the road opens out."

A Lasting Legend

What makes the Charger endure is that blend of beauty and brawn. For many of our visitors, the two Chargers are the highlight of the entire visit — proof that Chrysler's Australian division knew exactly how to build a legend. Park one next to a Monaro and a Falcon GT, and the three-way debate writes itself.

Two Chargers, One Warehouse

Come pick your favourite, open daily on the Gold Coast.

Adult
$20
Couple
$35
Family
$40
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76 Bundall Road, Bundall QLD 4217 · Open on the Gold Coast