{"id":3274,"date":"2017-03-18T00:11:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-18T00:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autonews-mag.com\/autocopy\/2017\/03\/18\/one-off-dodge-charger-coupe-conversion\/"},"modified":"2017-03-18T00:11:03","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T00:11:03","slug":"one-off-dodge-charger-coupe-conversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autonews-mag.com\/one-off-dodge-charger-coupe-conversion\/","title":{"rendered":"One-Off Dodge Charger Coupe Conversion !"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There’s a pretty good reason why Dodge doesn’t make a Charger coupe – and it’s called the Challenger.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two models share a common (albeit modified) platform, after all, and mostly the same powertrain options. But what if you like the Charger’s aggressive styling better than the Challenger’s retro design?<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s evidently how Nick Kizi felt. Nick started his own bodyshop over in Warren, Michigan – home of GM’s main tech center – back in 2013 called Fantasy Collision & Customs<\/strong>. With the doors just having rolled up and a crew of just two other guys, Nick and company undertook this project to show what they could do.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now as you might have gleaned from just the lead image above, the guys at Fantasy didn’t just remove a set of doors, fill in the gaps, and call it a day. To read Rides magazine describe it, they chopped the sedan in half, shortened the wheelbase by ten inches, and put it back together.<\/span><\/p>\n

Removing the rear doors, they lengthened the front ones. And while they were at it, they cut the roof down by two inches. Coupé, indeed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 5,000-man-hour process also saw them widen the rear fenders by seven inches – on each side – and fit giant wheels: 24 inches in diameter at all four corners, steamrolling 9 inches across at the front and an unfathomable 15 inches at the rear. Inside they fitted 16-inch Wilwood brakes, and fitted it all to a custom air suspension.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 5.7-liter Hemi V8<\/strong> was left mostly stock (except for the custom exhaust), the roof was replaced with a custom glass panel, and the whole thing was painted white with red pinstripes. The interior was done up to match in pearl white with red stitching.<\/span><\/p>\n

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