Stock Wheels On A '68?

[lloyd3]

Interesting! I actually inferred a great deal about my car's history when I discovered it was an "ordered" car. It was a stripe delete car and it went to a dealership very near Offut Air Force Base in Nebraska.  I presumed (perhaps very wrongly now) that it might have been ordered by a military man, perhaps an NCO that didn't want the stipe to advertise the car as being "sporty".  The original owner had passed by the time I finally tracked him down, and if he had any family left, they didn't respond to my inquiry about the car's history. 

[6bblgt]

Not that this is relevant to your question but as I understand it most 68s were "sold" cars even if they weren't ordered by customers. Due to the high demand for the 68 model (so the story goes) dealers would create fake orders so they were sure to get plenty of Chargers in stock, and get them faster.

Hmmm.   Interesting.  So without more data besides the fender tag/ build sheet, no real way to tell if a car was a bona-fide 'sold' car.   

Mine was in the hands of the first owner 4 days after it rolled off the line.....so I think was a true sold car.  Not that anyone cares but me.   

built where/sold where?

[HeavyFuel]

built where/sold where?

Built in Detroit......delivered to Kansas City. 

I have the little owners manual card that was filled out by the dealer and signed by the first owner...it was dated just a few days after the car was final inspected at the plant.

[forsy1979]

Wow!!!   So my PP1 Red, white top, white interior 68 RT is ALSO a "Sold" car.  I did not know that dealers would do this!! Wow!! I know very little history other than previous owner (before seller) name.. I sent 4 FB messages to guys with that name, LOL, in my area as I was told he's from, zero response.  Is Galen Govier worth paying to dig up info or no? 
As for hub Caps.  I was just wondering myself what mine came with.  They were red line tires. no buildsheet for me to show.any addnl details.  Stripe delete car as well but it's an automatic.not 4 speed. 

[6bblgt]

built where/sold where?

Built in Detroit......delivered to Kansas City. 

I have the little owners manual card that was filled out by the dealer and signed by the first owner...it was dated just a few days after the car was final inspected at the plant.

What do you have that denotes when it was final inspected at the plant?

[Nwcharger]

This got me interested so I pulled my broadcast sheet for my 68 rt charger. Mine is not a sold car, ss1 yellow non vinyl top with power windows, ac and disc brakes. Mine had 16S wheels and 07 covers. Does anyone know what those are? It came with road wheels with beauty rings when I bought it.

[6bblgt]

16 = 14x5.5" wheels
painted
S = "YELLOW"
with
07 = 2768 007 "dog dish" hub caps

[forsy1979]

Isn't there a service that sells reprinted buildsheets for a car?  I would think as long as you have the VIN and can prove the car to be legit that there was a place to.get one for your car.  Anyone know? 

[2fast4u]

  Welll . . . .

[2fast4u]

  redlines were not always on dog dish/steelies.

[2fast4u]

 and plymouth

[6bblgt]

1968 b-body musclecars had F70-14 "red streak" (GOODYEAR SPEEDWAY) tires mounted on body color wheels with "dog dish" hub caps STANDARD.

Road Runner & Super Bee w/383HP & Charger R/T, Coronet R/T & GTX w/440HP

everything else available was an OPTION

[HeavyFuel]

built where/sold where?

Built in Detroit......delivered to Kansas City. 

I have the little owners manual card that was filled out by the dealer and signed by the first owner...it was dated just a few days after the car was final inspected at the plant.

What do you have that denotes when it was final inspected at the plant?

Just some educated guessing on my part.   

"4 (circled) 2-2-68" was written on the firewall and "OK- 4 (circled) 2-2-68" was written on the top of the radiator support, right next to the decal.

Feb 2, 1968 is just a week or so ahead of the scheduled production date of the car.  Apparently they were cranking them out at record speed, and getting them off to the owners.

At least......that's my story, and I'm sticking to it.   

[tipopiola]

I just want to thank everyone that's contributed to this thread so far!  I did end up with some 15x10 and 15x8 Magnum 500's that I picked up super cheap on Craigslist.  I know I mentioned earlier in this thread that I preferred the look of the '69 and later dog dish hub caps, but now that I've see a bunch of pics of the '68 only dog dish hub caps I REALLY like 'em and would love to find a set! 

[CornDog]

still looking for a set of 68 caps?