Top 20 Muscle Cars of All Time

13. 1969 Dodge Charger 500 426 Hemi

The 1969 Dodge Charger 500 426 Hemi is a very rare and valuable Mopar muscle car. Due to the 1968 model Charger R/T failing to beat the Ford cars on the high banking oval tracks, Dodge began building a car that could handle the tracks. Wind tunnel tests showed that the tunneled rear window caused lift, and the gaping mouth caused drag. By changing the grille and making the rear window flush, the Charger 500 became more aerodynamic. The standard engine was a 440 Magnum, but the literature claims the 426 Hemi was standard. Only 68 Charger 500s were built with the 426 Hemi, 27 of those were equipped with 4-Speeds and 40 with Torqueflites.