68 Hemi Charger with Police package??

[chargerman68]

 

[69_500]

Thanks for the correction there Troy. If I was you I'd prefer the 3.23 gears in a HEMI, boy would that thing run on the highway.

[RECHRGD]

Thanks for the correction there Troy. If I was you I'd prefer the 3.23 gears in a HEMI, boy would that thing run on the highway.

Actually most of the R/Ts with an 8 3/4 rear came with 3.23's.   Bob

[69CoronetRT]

Thanks for the correction there Troy. If I was you I'd prefer the 3.23 gears in a HEMI, boy would that thing run on the highway.

Actually most of the R/Ts with an 8 3/4 rear came with 3.23's.   Bob

The 3.55 gears were released later in the '68 model year for the 383. Pretty sure they were not available for the Hemi or 440 in '68. The 3.91s were not an option for the Hemi/440 cars. The 3.55 and 4.10 were an option for Hemi/440 automatics in 69.

[69CoronetRT]

One other thing that screams SCAM to me is the BENCH SEAT. As far as I know there are NO bench seat Chargers until 1970. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong on this one too.

To date I've never seen a verifiable account of there ever being a 2nd gen Charger placed into service as a police car.

I understand what you're saying about a second gen being purchased as a fleet patrol car like a Coronet or Polara but this one was purchased by a LEO and used as a patrol car. I think this is a great pic...

[bull]

One other thing that screams SCAM to me is the BENCH SEAT. As far as I know there are NO bench seat Chargers until 1970. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong on this one too.

To date I've never seen a verifiable account of there ever being a 2nd gen Charger placed into service as a police car.

I understand what you're saying about a second gen being purchased as a fleet patrol car like a Coronet or Polara but this one was purchased by a LEO and used as a patrol car. I think this is a great pic...

That's cool. It doesn't surprise me that some of them were used here and there but you just never see or hear much of anything about them. I guess they could use pretty much whatever they wanted in some cases. What does LEO stand for?

[69CoronetRT]

Sorry...LEO = Law Enforcement Officer

[bull]

Sorry...LEO = Law Enforcement Officer

That guy obviously didn't care about badging. He even left the R/T door scoop on it.

[69CoronetRT]

Sorry...LEO = Law Enforcement Officer

That guy obviously didn't care about badging. He even left the R/T door scoop on it.

I wonder which was more intimidating...the star on the door telling you he was a cop or the R/T badging saying you weren't going to out run him.

[DodgeChargerNeeded]

So who is gonna be the first to step up to the plate and go look at the supposed 68 Police Hemi. I'm about 2 hours from Grand Rapids but I'm not going to waste the guys time because I wouldn't buy it even if I had $120,000.

[nakita7]

I talked to a guy in Vancouver who claimed he had a 68 Charger RT that was used as a cop car as well. The car was sent to Mexico, used as a cop car there, and eventually made it's way to Canada. I believe it was a 440 auto. I don't think he had documents, but there are some heavy duty mods done to the wiring in the car. I wasn't interested in the car at the time (about 2 years ago).

[Ghoste]

Last I checked, there were still no pics up.  Anyone else seen any yet?

[drdodge340]

http://www.inthejob.com/nswdaveCharger.jpg

You could get a police package Aussie charger no problem!

Saw one while visiting. a bit dorky looking compared to American stuff but cool in a warped sense

[bull]

I emailed the guy but he didn't respond. The ad is still up but no pictures as promised. I think what happened is this guy got confused due to the '06 Charger being produced and he thinks his four-door '68 Polara without emblems is actually a Charger. Basically it's the same mistake Chrysler made.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Sorry...LEO = Law Enforcement Officer

That guy obviously didn't care about badging. He even left the R/T door scoop on it.

I wonder which was more intimidating...the star on the door telling you he was a cop or the R/T badging saying you weren't going to out run him.

Cool pic but 3x GREEN for a cop car?  Matches the uniform though...

[Old Moparz]

From what I read in the ad, I don't see anything that leads me to believe the guy is a scam artist. We've all seen & heard people who are armed with just enough info to be an embarrassment to themselves without knowing it, & that's what I think this seller has done. He may have had very little interest in cars & just doesn't know enough about the car to advertise it correctly. Even if he had an interest & some general knowledge, the average hobbyist wouldn't know all of the details in the Mopar end of the hobby.

My guess is that it could be a real Hemi car, or may have been a 440 car with A/C that had a Hemi swapped into it way back when it was fairly new. If his dad did do the swap, as his son, he may have always known the car as a Hemi car. If he's ignorant to the numbers part of the hobby, then he'll find out soon from emails & such. I'm not defending the guy, I just don't see this as a scam yet. If it's not a scam or a mistake, then it could be simply an aggressive seller trying to hype up a car to be better than it is.

Until someone sees the car, or the seller posts photos & backs up anything, I would just stay skeptical & wait to decide. I will say that the A/C thing is the biggest red flag.

[41husk]

From what I read in the ad, I don't see anything that leads me to believe the guy is a scam artist. We've all seen & heard people who are armed with just enough info to be an embarrassment to themselves without knowing it, & that's what I think this seller has done. He may have had very little interest in cars & just doesn't know enough about the car to advertise it correctly. Even if he had an interest & some general knowledge, the average hobbyist wouldn't know all of the details in the Mopar end of the hobby.

My guess is that it could be a real Hemi car, or may have been a 440 car with A/C that had a Hemi swapped into it way back when it was fairly new. If his dad did do the swap, as his son, he may have always known the car as a Hemi car. If he's ignorant to the numbers part of the hobby, then he'll find out soon from emails & such. I'm not defending the guy, I just don't see this as a scam yet. If it's not a scam or a mistake, then it could be simply an aggressive seller trying to hype up a car to be better than it is.

Until someone sees the car, or the seller posts photos & backs up anything, I would just stay skeptical & wait to decide. I will say that the A/C thing is the biggest red flag.

I would agree, give the guy the benefit of the doubt, with BJ some one may have told the guy your dads old car is worth t least 100k, so the guy list it.  I would like to see some pics.

[bull]

I don't know that too many of us are saying he's a scammer. More likely that he doesn't know what he's talking about. But without pics and/or a personal visit it's awful hard to tell.

[moparstuart]

I don't know that too many of us are saying he's a scammer. More likely that he doesn't know what he's talking about. But without pics and/or a personal visit it's awful hard to tell.

sure is taking him a long time to post pictures

[The70RT]

I don't know that too many of us are saying he's a scammer. More likely that he doesn't know what he's talking about. But without pics and/or a personal visit it's awful hard to tell.

  sure is taking him a long time to post pictures

Sure is, I was wanting to see those MASSIVE sway bars.

[bull]

I got an email from the guy tonight saying that the car sold today. Guess we'll never know what the deal was with it unless it was purchased by a dc.com member.

[41husk]

120k firm? and he sold it that fast in this market, with the many disputed items in the description.  I now call BS.  He has been bombbarded with questions , comments and possibly even people checking the car out, have led him to realize he doesn't own the rare 1 of none car and has pulled it off the market.

[TK73]

I think what happened is this guy got confused due to the '06 Charger being produced and he thinks his four-door '68 Polara without emblems is actually a Charger. Basically it's the same mistake Chrysler made.

GD!!  dats funny 

[Charger_Fan]

I understand what you're saying about a second gen being purchased as a fleet patrol car like a Coronet or Polara but this one was purchased by a LEO and used as a patrol car. I think this is a great pic...

That is an awesome pic, nice find!

[Spike]

He never posted a picture but now the ad says SOLD!! 

1968 Dodge Charger with factory 426 hemi ...S O L D...