Just like Highlander, Coca-Cola, and Christine, there can be only one.
Muscle Car Match-Ups winner, that is.
And for the OnAllCylinders 10th Anniversary Tournament of Champions, that “one” is the…
1969 Dodge Charger R/T
Through weeks of heated debate, the humble Dodge bested round after round of worthy opponents. Here’s a recap of its road to the championship:
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The campaign kicked off in Round One, where the Charger was pitted against Don Yenko’s Nova and its fire-breathing 427 big block. The voting was tight on Facebook, but the Mopar-or-Nocar crowd tipped the scales in Dodge’s favor on Instagram.
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It didn’t get any easier in Round Two though, because the tournament seeding put the Charger right in the gaping grille of a 1965 Shelby Cobra 427. In the end, many folks voted Charger simply because they felt the Cobra wasn’t technically a “muscle car.” But hey, a win’s a win.
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The Charger’s championship run culminated in an epic Final Round face-off between a pair of Chrysler B-Bodies—kind of like when Billy and Jimmy have to fight each other at the end of Double Dragon, only with, you know, cars.
In a family reunion of sorts, the Charger went wheel-to-wheel with its Plymouth stablemate, the Superbird. And the voting was the closest it had been throughout the entire tournament, coming down to a mere handful of ballots. Once the (tire) smoke dissipated however, it was clear the Dodge was our champ.
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So there you have it, the 1969 Dodge Charger R/T is our Muscle Car Match-Ups Tournament of Champions winner!
Thanks to everyone who voted—we hope you had fun, and we certainly enjoyed seeing the debates unfold each round.
Mopar or No Car!