1968 Dodge Charger is a rust bucket but has the biggest surprise waiting for the driver

Meet ‘Tater’, a 1968 Dodge Charger whose bark is much louder than his bite can deliver.

Every single panel is eaten out by rust.

However, every time it breaks down, its YouTuber owner repairs it until it’s kaput again.

Plus, he admits its old 500HP motorhome engine with a big supercharger stacked on top is ‘like lipstick on top of a pig’.

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1968 Dodge Charger modifications

While this was Westen Champlin’s dream car since he was a kid, this 1968 Dodge Charger has broken and been fixed so many times that it’s practically morphed into a monster.

While it’s a pile of rust, Champlin modified just about everything under its hood.

“While you guys weren’t looking we fixed the engine so the engine runs really, really good now,” he begins.

“We put brand new steering, a brand new steering box, power steering, and power brakes – so while this car looks like and still has major holes in the floorboard, it runs and drives like a brand new ’69 Charger.”

The surprise under the hood

However, aside from all those changes, it’s the 500HP motor home engine with a big supercharger stacked on top that grabs attention at the gas station after the car breaks down and has to be pushed.

That engine pumps out ‘at least 1,000 horsepower,’ Westen jokes when asked what it’s packing, although he clarifies that it’s probably closer to 500.

“Lipstick on a pig, that is exactly what that motor is,” he jokes.

“I love this car so much!” he shouts nonetheless so that he can be heard above the roar of its questionable engine.

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