The Charger may have been 1968’s sales success story of the year. After selling less than 16,000 of them in 1967, Dodge delivered more than 92,000 copies in 1968. And nearly 20% of those were the high-performance R/T model. This ’68 edition started life as an ordinary Charger but it’s in the middle of being transformed into an R/T clone with a 440 cubic inch V8. Located in El Paso, Texas, you can finish the project yourself or have the seller do it for you! The Mopar is available here on eBay where $26,100 hasn’t cracked the seller’s reserve.
Chrysler’s B-body intermediates were all-new in 1968 and the difference in shape no doubt contributed to the demand for cars like the Dodge Charger. Over at Plymouth, they were selling the new Road Runner about as fast as they could build them. This 1968 Charger was green in color when new and had a 383 V8 under the hood. Now it’s blue and packs a 440, which would have been standard equipment on the R/T. It still has an automatic transmission, though we don’t know if it’s the same one.
We’re told this Charger has always had a solid body and what you see now represents several years’ worth of work (by the seller or someone else?). The VIN will give the car away as not being an R/T, but perhaps everything including the grille will at least make it look the part. There is no cowl tag to compare what once was to what will be at some point. We don’t know the seller’s level of commitment to the auto as he/she is willing to see it completed for the buyer (but for how much extra?).
This Dodge is well equipped with air conditioning, power steering, power-assisted front disc brakes, and a Sure Grip rear end. If you’re going to finish the project yourself, we hope everything is there to get it done. For example, the backside of the dashboard looks like a maze of spaghetti, but I guess it should since it’s not in the car – yet. The seller is willing to entertain a trade as long as cash is included in the transaction. We wish there were more photos of the vehicle itself rather than the tires and wheels.
Put an LS motor in it
That would be a complete abomination & classic car sacrilege
whereby you’d be rebuffed at every classic car meet & greet
throughout the entire car world. Heck, you’d be asked to park
your abomination far away from all the participants and you’d
get heckled by everyone and their brother.
GM is not the be all and end all of the classic car world. I’m a true
blue GM man, but I’d never create an abomination.
Bob
I was just looking for some posts. Putting an LS engine in this car would be blasphemous. I was pleased with the appropriately indignant responses
An L.S. in a 68 charger??? Eeewwwww!!! What abomination that would be. Screw that bowtie hamster wheel. Out a newer hemi in it. MOPAR OR NO CAR !!
I am not much on newer electronic conversions but I have to agree with you on this point. The unit in this likely runs fine. I know and have seen several newer hemis in the Cudas and Challengers and it is a nice swap.
Ok.. The fact is it came with a 383-4 HP engine. Now it’s a 440.. what year? Or is the seller saying it’s a 440 but reality it’s a 383. When I see a job like this you have to inspect everything over before you hand over the hard Cash. Or it could be buying somebody’s headaches that you don’t know about. I wish there was more pictures from on the bottom to see the chassis and all the rear end etc. That’s why the buyer should show up in person before the bid goes in. I seen many people in the past get screwed over by this. Good luck to the buyer. 🐻🇺🇸
Looks like good bones but Caveat Emptor..Kinda like buying a well-used jigsaw puzzle at a garage sale: you take a big chance on all the pieces still being in the box and still fitting correctly.
Here we go again sheep! Cmon you can insult and make fun of this car. Gotta fit in with your pack. use that brain power to find ways to degrade it. Just exactly what I meant in the last post. Sheep! And an LS motor in a Mopar? That’s ridiculous
Love the colour.
I love seeing the reactions of people at the mention of an LS in anything not GM.
WWWAAAAAAA!!
Some of you girls need to relax and see your being mocked.
Let’s put a flatty in a 78 corvette.