Photo: abeautomotive.com
Typically, a car’s color scheme comes second to its other attributes (mostly related to the purpose for which it was built in the first place, namely to go from A to B). However, how is one Demon 170 owner supposed to stand out from the crowd when the 1,025-hp muscle car drives to a car gathering overflowing with eye-catching rivals that have far more visual appeal? Leave it to its livery to cry, ‘I am become the archangel of tire destruction!’
There’s one detailing company in Canada that specializes in high-end cars. Still, no respectable company in the auto industry can take itself seriously if it doesn’t have at least one Detroit legend in its portfolio. And what better way to pay homage to the mightiest muscle car ever to come out of the United States of Automobile than to customize a Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170, the seventh and final Last Call edition of the HEMI-era Mopars?
Unlike other great names in the after-market uprating business that focus on adding horsepower and torque and slashing tenths of the quarter-mile times, this Ontario shop went the opposite way. Instead of popping the hood and wrenching their way to fame, the company put on a very visual show. Painting a car in white might not seem like much. Still, the result isn't that commonplace when the color is applied to just about every outside element.
Frankly, the only two pieces left untouched are the tires (they’re still black, thankfully) and the glass. Everything else, from the grille and wheels to the wipers, badges, and rear spoiler, is now white. The good chaps from ABE Automotive have done this before, twice—once with a Hellcat Charger and twice with a regular Challenger Demon that’s a nearly identical copy of this Demon 170.
All three steroid-fed Mopars belong to the same customer who wanted a one-off trinity collection of hell-bent Dodges. However, instead of going the usual way and ordering an all-out murdered car, the customer opted for a whiteout treatment. Starting from the ground up (well, almost), the forged aluminum wheels now shine white with red details (a custom devil tail) to match the SRT logo on the white calipers and emblems.
The whitening isn’t only skin deep—the engine also puts some gleaming white on the valve covers and intake manifold. We don’t have any pictures of the interior for now. Still, it looks as if the cockpit is black on the Demon 170 (the other Demon is more satanic in demeanor, with its bright red interior). The standard Challenger Demon 170 does offer a White Knuckle shade for the exterior hue, but nothing like the ABE color scheme.
I’m just curious about the intents and purposes of this triple Oh-So-White collection of rowdy muscle Mopars, particularly about the 6.2-liter supercharged V8 part. Wouldn’t a white body defeat the purpose of laying down a thick film of smoking-hot rubber? Or is it the other way around – the whiter it is, the easier it will be to spot the rubber deposits on the undersides?
Unlike other great names in the after-market uprating business that focus on adding horsepower and torque and slashing tenths of the quarter-mile times, this Ontario shop went the opposite way. Instead of popping the hood and wrenching their way to fame, the company put on a very visual show. Painting a car in white might not seem like much. Still, the result isn't that commonplace when the color is applied to just about every outside element.
Frankly, the only two pieces left untouched are the tires (they’re still black, thankfully) and the glass. Everything else, from the grille and wheels to the wipers, badges, and rear spoiler, is now white. The good chaps from ABE Automotive have done this before, twice—once with a Hellcat Charger and twice with a regular Challenger Demon that’s a nearly identical copy of this Demon 170.
All three steroid-fed Mopars belong to the same customer who wanted a one-off trinity collection of hell-bent Dodges. However, instead of going the usual way and ordering an all-out murdered car, the customer opted for a whiteout treatment. Starting from the ground up (well, almost), the forged aluminum wheels now shine white with red details (a custom devil tail) to match the SRT logo on the white calipers and emblems.
The whitening isn’t only skin deep—the engine also puts some gleaming white on the valve covers and intake manifold. We don’t have any pictures of the interior for now. Still, it looks as if the cockpit is black on the Demon 170 (the other Demon is more satanic in demeanor, with its bright red interior). The standard Challenger Demon 170 does offer a White Knuckle shade for the exterior hue, but nothing like the ABE color scheme.
I’m just curious about the intents and purposes of this triple Oh-So-White collection of rowdy muscle Mopars, particularly about the 6.2-liter supercharged V8 part. Wouldn’t a white body defeat the purpose of laying down a thick film of smoking-hot rubber? Or is it the other way around – the whiter it is, the easier it will be to spot the rubber deposits on the undersides?
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