![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/joe-caldwell-001-1.jpg\")
<\/p>\nThere are moments in life that change us. For Joe Caldwell, that moment was sneaking into an R-rated movie when he was just 12 years old. That experience was \u201cthanks to a family friend who was security. I sat off to the side in the dark and didn\u2019t move as to not get caught,” Joe says, laughing.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/joe-caldwell-002.jpg\")
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The movie that day was Christine<\/i>, the 1983 John Carpenter thriller about a 1958 Plymouth Fury with a mind of her own. \u201cI was a huge fan of horror movies like Halloween<\/i> and Friday the 13th<\/i>,\u201d says Joe, \u201cChristine was beautiful, mean as hell and had a love for her owners. She was awesome. While watching the movie, I said ‘I will own you one day, Christine’, which was a dream because we were poor and didn\u2019t even own a car, period. I never forgot about her over the years. I would see beautiful tribute Christines at car shows, on the internet, etc., and very envious yet thankful I wasn\u2019t the only ‘nut’ out there.\u201d<\/p>\n Fast forward to 2012; Joe is the president of the Christine Car Club and gets THE call from \u201ca gentleman in California who proceeds to tell me he has three original screen-used Christines and offered me to purchase the collection.\u201d That\u2019s when the extensive frame off restoration began. Joe says, \u201cIt was very intense, demanding attention to detail. Only the best craftsman were hired and the finished product was beyond my expectations. My Christine was restored using all of the screen used parts with exception of glass, roof, quarter panels and floor. Everything else, including drivetrain, is movie original so I can say she has Christine movie blood!\u201d<\/p>\n Joe\u2019s car is recognized as the best of the best in the Christine hobby.<\/p>\n But like many of us, his passion doesn\u2019t end with one car. Joe was at the Dodge Challenger SRT\u00ae<\/sup> Demon\u2019s reveal at the New York Auto Show and tells us \u201cI watched a factory stock car lift both wheels off the ground, I looked over at my wife and said we are getting the car if it\u2019s OK with you.\u201d (Smart man to ask permission!) The day orders opened up, he got the paperwork rolling for a TorRed SRT Demon. While he was attending a horror movie convention with Christine, he was able to get a personal tour of the Brampton, Ontario, plant where the SRT Demon was built. Ardis Snow is the plant\u2019s union head and the two hit it off immediately. As Joe\u2019s car made its way along the assembly line, Ardis snapped photos at each station, documenting the whole process. Joe’s Fury is named Christine, so it\u2019s only logical that his SRT Demon is named Lucifer!<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t
<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n