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Pro-tour Charger before it was a thing?

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I dunno why put this ‘68 charger in a ‘95 hotrod magazine always took a lot of real estate in my head.

Probably because it was a relatively stock platform that had attainable/simple add-ons that resulted in a 190 mph b-body.

And seemed to really demonstrate the open road prowess of these cars as well.

If the specs on this thing are available please post them.

If recollection serves me it was:
- 440 - maybe stock heads (ported), 509”(?) purple cam; think the bottom-end might of had aluminum rods and maybe external oiling, with big carb, on a single plane
- 4 speed, 2.76s, 8 3/4”
-stock disc brakes, stock suspension (added sway bars & bigger torsion bars)
-some significant but simple aero-tweaks
(The above is from memory of an article 25 years ago, so it maybe off a bit...)

Just found the video; had never seen it before. Quality is not great but it’s fun.

And the article, but minus the specs.

https://www.hotrod.com/articles/45098-1968-dodge-charger/

 
I think I still got that issue saved just for that article.

That and an article about a Shelby built for Cannonball are the grass roots of Hot Rodding, Factory resto and numbers matching does not do it for me.

 
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I remember reading that article. They did have technical info in the article when it was new. The stance of the car was very much like a NASCAR model....
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This look was directly responsible for how I set up my own Charger:

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I wanted a car that looked like it was ready to run on the road course. My other Charger will be a 3/4 scale version of the red one....Smaller engine, brakes, suspension spring rates, tires, etc...

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I remember reading that article. They did have technical info in the article when it was new. The stance of the car was very much like a NASCAR model....
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This look was directly responsible for how I set up my own Charger:

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I wanted a car that looked like it was ready to run on the road course. My other Charger will be a 3/4 scale version of the red one....Smaller engine, brakes, suspension spring rates, tires, etc...

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Yeah I might even still have that article it in a box somewhere, prolly dumped it though...

Those are some great pics, particularly like the power sliding one... would love to try do that one day


It is a pretty damn sweet ride you have there...

Usually I prefer the Coronet/RR/GTX lines over Chargers, but yours is freaking gorgeous; can’t deny it.

What’s the drivetrain plan for your Beta Charger?

Handling supposedly really perks up w/o the big block making them so nose heavy.

Might be cool/fun to try the light wheelset on Big Red there to see what it does...
 
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Wish I had a better picture, but that reminds me this guy with 2 chargers:
 
Life is kinda funny huh

Walked to the garage to box of old crap my folks said I’d need to take or dump a few months back, pulled a stack of magazines and the fifth one in:

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I think I still got that issue saved just for that article.

That and an article about a Shelby built for Cannonball are the grass roots of Hot Rodding, Factory resto and numbers matching does not do it for me.



Cool video; thanks!

The stock performance stuff is really good for guys like me and younger that never saw these cars on the road.

I’ve been driving for 25 years, and maybe only saw late 60s b-bodies a handful of times on the road; none were stock.

Was always looking for them too...
 
Really cool, thank's for video and pictures! Lesson learned, never throw away your old car magazines!
 
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