If the Dodge Charger is the Queen of Mopar Muscle than the Charger 500 is the highest of Queens. Only 500, Charger 500s were built and only 392 have ever had the privilege of falling into private hands. In 1969 only 116 of the 500s were equipped with Hemis (the rest the 440) and one of these has turned up for sale on Old Rides.

She happens to be a one of a kind machine as she is the only one of the 116 with a White exterior and red interior. This was confirmed by noted Mopar historian Galen Govier of GTS, a specialist in tracking down original vintage car documentation. Recently she under went a full rotisserie restoration by S. Julius who happened to be previous owner of the car himself. The restoration he performed is amazing as the Charger looks better than she did when she left Detroit.

The Charger 500 was part of a fleet of experimental cars designed by Chrysler in 1968 to compete in NASCAR. Dodge wanted to increase the car’s aerodynamics to gain an edge over Chevy and Ford on the super speedways. This was achieved by rounding out the cars lines and rounding out the rear window after it was discovered during wind tunnel testing that the original body lines increased drag. Despite being fast, the Charger 500 did not garner the results Chrysler expected in NASCAR, and it was dropped in 1970 in-favor of the Dodge Charger Daytona.

Despite this, the 500 is a popular ride among collectors and has a few famous fans including Mr. October himself, Reggie Jackson. This particular car is selling for $175,000 on Oldride.com which may be a steal as this car may fetch half a mil at Barrett-Jackson.