AFTERBURNER

TWIN-TURBO V8 STREET CARS WERE A RARE COMMODITY IN 1988, BUT GRAHAM SCHILD WAS AHEAD OF HIS TIME WITH THIS WILD VJ CHARGER

- SIMON TELFORD

HIGH-end Mopar feature cars were thin on the ground back in the early days of Street Machine, so Chrysler-philes rejoiced in our story on Graham Schild’s twin-turbo VJ Valiant Charger in the March ’88 issue. While turbo V8s are common these days, they were a rarity in that era.

“The turbo thing came about when someone told me that I couldn’t do it,” says Graham. “That was it!”