{"id":5429,"date":"2015-07-29T03:36:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T17:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/news\/1000hp-blown-1968-charger-streeter"},"modified":"2023-08-15T00:45:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:45:29","slug":"1000hp-blown-1968-charger-streeter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/features\/1000hp-blown-1968-charger-streeter","title":{"rendered":"8\/71-blown 426 Hemi-powered 1968 Dodge Charger"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Dodge Charger is a cultural legend. It’s one of the most iconic shapes in muscle car history, thanks in part to some of cinema’s most famous car-chase scenes.<\/p>\n

Terry Mourched grew up idolising the tough muscle cars that he saw in magazines, and they don’t come much tougher than the Charger. “Being from a very humble background, purchasing Street Machine<\/em> was the closest thing I could get to experiencing one of these dream cars,” Terry says. “I saved my pocket money and did chores every week to be able to buy a copy each month, and I rarely missed an issue.”<\/p>\n

$\"WEB$ <\/span>The car had to be neat but Terry’s main objective was always to drive rather than show it<\/em><\/p>\n

Fast forward 25 years and now Terry has his very own blown Mopar on the cover of the magazine, and it took armfuls of silverware at Summernats 27, including the prestigious People’s Choice, Top Special Effects Paint, Top Pro Street, Top 10 Elite Hall, PPG Supreme Finalist and Best of Breed in the Meguiar’s Superstars.<\/p>\n

Terry credits his passion for Mopars to Fred Soleiman from Protrans Performance Automatics. Fred’s got a reputation for building tough transmissions and he’s also Terry’s older cousin, so he used to remember checking out Fred’s, and Fred’s late brother Colin’s, various Mopars.<\/p>\n