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how many canadian 68 R/Ts

Started by 68 CHARGER R/T, March 06, 2009, 06:37:54 PM

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68 CHARGER R/T

i googled it up but cant really find the specs on how many were built for canada   :-\

Ghoste

According to Galens little book there were 22 Hemi ones but he doesn't show a total RT shipment to Canada.

69bronzeT5

Feature Editor for Mopar Connection Magazine
http://moparconnectionmagazine.com/



1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: FC7 Plum Crazy 318 Automatic

68 CHARGER R/T


UFO

I have the number 3,517 built to Cdn specs written in my file.That includes all 68 charger's not just R/T's.
I did write a letter to Chrysler Canada many many years ago asking for production numbers.I'm sure that's where I got that number from.
No way did I throw it out just a matter of where is it.

Magnumcharger

Ok...maybe it's possible to extrapolate Canadian shipped R/Ts as an approximate ratio, based on the US production numbers?
I'm not certain of the volume of Chargers actually shipped to Canada, but say it is 3517.

R/T production is what percentage of overall Charger US numbers?
The ratio for R/Ts verses non in Canada should be somewhat similar.

Another way of guesstimating...since the numbers of Hemi R/T's shipped to Canada is already known, what percentage of R/Ts were Hemicars in the States?

(I'd love to know where my Charger R/T was originally sold!)
1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S 340 convertible
1968 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi 4 speed
1968 Plymouth Barracuda S/S clone 426 Hemi auto
1969 Dodge Deora pickup clone 318 auto
1971 Dodge Charger R/T 440 auto
1972 Dodge C600 318 4 speed ramp truck
1972 Dodge C800 413 5 speed
1979 Chrysler 300 T-top 360 auto
2001 Dodge RAM Sport Offroad 360 auto
2010 Dodge Challenger R/T 6 speed
2014 RAM Laramie 5.7 Hemi 8 speed

UFO

In the book-Charger-Road Runner Super Bee-. The numbers for 68 are 74,925 charger 17,665 charger R/T.Does not say if that is only U.S. prod.
I recall the total for 68 being something around 96,000 and change.If that is true when you add the Cdn numbers into the mix it sounds right.

Magnumcharger

Total US 1968 Dodge Charger production:
96100 units (Courtesy Allpar.com)
Total US 1968 Charger R/T production:
17,665 units (as per above)
Total US 1968 Charger R/T Hemi production:
467 units

Production of US 1968 Charger R/Ts vs. 1968 Charger overall:
18.3%

Production of 1968 Hemi Charger R/T vs. 1968 Charger R/T overall:
0.026% (roughly ¼ of 1% US Charger R/T production)

_______________________________________________________________________________


Total CDN 1968 Dodge Charger production:
3517 units (as per above)
Total CDN 1968 Charger R/T production:
643 units (extrapolated by percent as per above)
Total CDN 1968 Charger R/T Hemi production:
22 units (The Hemi list)

Production of CDN 1968 Charger R/Ts vs. 1968 Charger overall:
18.3% (as extrapolated by percent as per above)

Production of known CDN 1968 Hemi Charger R/T vs. 1968 Charger R/T overall:
0.034%  (roughly 1/3rd of 1%, Canadian Hemi ratio slightly higher by 5 units)


Feel free to check my numbers...by no means am I a mathematician!

1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S 340 convertible
1968 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi 4 speed
1968 Plymouth Barracuda S/S clone 426 Hemi auto
1969 Dodge Deora pickup clone 318 auto
1971 Dodge Charger R/T 440 auto
1972 Dodge C600 318 4 speed ramp truck
1972 Dodge C800 413 5 speed
1979 Chrysler 300 T-top 360 auto
2001 Dodge RAM Sport Offroad 360 auto
2010 Dodge Challenger R/T 6 speed
2014 RAM Laramie 5.7 Hemi 8 speed

69bronzeT5

Robin, got anything for Canadian base '69s?
Feature Editor for Mopar Connection Magazine
http://moparconnectionmagazine.com/



1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: FC7 Plum Crazy 318 Automatic

Magnumcharger

1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S 340 convertible
1968 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi 4 speed
1968 Plymouth Barracuda S/S clone 426 Hemi auto
1969 Dodge Deora pickup clone 318 auto
1971 Dodge Charger R/T 440 auto
1972 Dodge C600 318 4 speed ramp truck
1972 Dodge C800 413 5 speed
1979 Chrysler 300 T-top 360 auto
2001 Dodge RAM Sport Offroad 360 auto
2010 Dodge Challenger R/T 6 speed
2014 RAM Laramie 5.7 Hemi 8 speed

69bronzeT5

Damn...I'm sure there's a list out there of Canadian '69s with mine on it :yesnod:
Feature Editor for Mopar Connection Magazine
http://moparconnectionmagazine.com/



1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: FC7 Plum Crazy 318 Automatic

hemi68charger

Quote from: Magnumcharger on March 22, 2009, 05:12:41 PM
Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on March 21, 2009, 10:22:20 PM
Robin, got anything for Canadian base '69s?

Nope....but found this on '68s...http://www.theautochannel.com/vehicles/muscle/chrysler/chry_68_chrg.frame.

Found this interesting in above article...

"...After 06/01/68, all Charger R/T models ordered with the Hemi engine and four-speed combination were built with exposed headlights, flush grille, and chrome windshield reveal molding...."        :2thumbs:

Care to venture they're referring to the '69 Charger 500?  :icon_smile_big:
Troy
'69 Charger Daytona 440 auto 4.10 Dana ( now 426 HEMI )
'70 Superbird 426 Hemi auto: Lindsley Bonneville Salt Flat world record holder (220.2mph)
Houston Mopar Club Connection

Magnumcharger

Obviously, they're full of shit!
1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S 340 convertible
1968 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi 4 speed
1968 Plymouth Barracuda S/S clone 426 Hemi auto
1969 Dodge Deora pickup clone 318 auto
1971 Dodge Charger R/T 440 auto
1972 Dodge C600 318 4 speed ramp truck
1972 Dodge C800 413 5 speed
1979 Chrysler 300 T-top 360 auto
2001 Dodge RAM Sport Offroad 360 auto
2010 Dodge Challenger R/T 6 speed
2014 RAM Laramie 5.7 Hemi 8 speed

dodgecharger-fan

Quote from: Magnumcharger on March 19, 2009, 09:11:08 AM
Total US 1968 Dodge Charger production:
96100 units (Courtesy Allpar.com)
Total US 1968 Charger R/T production:
17,665 units (as per above)
Total US 1968 Charger R/T Hemi production:
467 units

Production of US 1968 Charger R/Ts vs. 1968 Charger overall:
18.3%

Production of 1968 Hemi Charger R/T vs. 1968 Charger R/T overall:
0.026% (roughly ¼ of 1% US Charger R/T production)

_______________________________________________________________________________


Total CDN 1968 Dodge Charger production:
3517 units (as per above)
Total CDN 1968 Charger R/T production:
643 units (extrapolated by percent as per above)
Total CDN 1968 Charger R/T Hemi production:
22 units (The Hemi list)

Production of CDN 1968 Charger R/Ts vs. 1968 Charger overall:
18.3% (as extrapolated by percent as per above)

Production of known CDN 1968 Hemi Charger R/T vs. 1968 Charger R/T overall:
0.034%  (roughly 1/3rd of 1%, Canadian Hemi ratio slightly higher by 5 units)


Feel free to check my numbers...by no means am I a mathematician!



Your math is fine (I didn't really check. :D), but hypothesis may or may not be valid.
What do we have that says the ratios would be the same?
If something like that exists - even if anecdotal, then you're on to something.
If not, then we're just guessing - and that's okay - ya gotta start somewhere, right?

I know you said as much in your earlier post - "Ok...maybe it's possible to extrapolate C"
As long as we remember that and everyone reading this knows about that, then things are good, I think.
Better to be clear about it now before the numbers get spread around the 'net as "fact". :D

I'm not knocking you or your method. I just want to point out, again, to anyone reading that the one piece of info that makes this all work is missing..... ( I say "again" because you did it in an earlier post.)

or did I miss it and we do have an idea that the ratios were the same - or even close.

Good stuff for discussion, though.  :cheers:

Magnumcharger

Yeah..I hear ya.
This is how "factoids" are created!

Knowing that there is and was approximately 10 times as many Americans as there are Canadians, a person could surmise that the US market can support ten times as many vehicles by sales volume.
With that being said, the production figures of 96,000 units produced, with only 3500 going to Canada doesn't make sense.
However, I seem to recall that around 10% of Charger Daytona production made it across the river from Detroit.
Right or wrong?
1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S 340 convertible
1968 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi 4 speed
1968 Plymouth Barracuda S/S clone 426 Hemi auto
1969 Dodge Deora pickup clone 318 auto
1971 Dodge Charger R/T 440 auto
1972 Dodge C600 318 4 speed ramp truck
1972 Dodge C800 413 5 speed
1979 Chrysler 300 T-top 360 auto
2001 Dodge RAM Sport Offroad 360 auto
2010 Dodge Challenger R/T 6 speed
2014 RAM Laramie 5.7 Hemi 8 speed

UFO

Quote from: Magnumcharger on March 23, 2009, 04:47:49 PM

However, I seem to recall that around 10% of Charger Daytona production made it across the river from Detroit.
Right or wrong?

Right.
To put that 3500 number into perspective.I do have two numbers for 69 charger R/T's sold in Canada.One is 710 the other 758.Doesn't seem like a lot does it?

XS29J8

Quote from: hemi68charger on March 23, 2009, 11:56:38 AM
Quote from: Magnumcharger on March 22, 2009, 05:12:41 PM
Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on March 21, 2009, 10:22:20 PM
Robin, got anything for Canadian base '69s?

Nope....but found this on '68s...http://www.theautochannel.com/vehicles/muscle/chrysler/chry_68_chrg.frame.

Found this interesting in above article...

"...After 06/01/68, all Charger R/T models ordered with the Hemi engine and four-speed combination were built with exposed headlights, flush grille, and chrome windshield reveal molding...."        :2thumbs:

Care to venture they're referring to the '69 Charger 500?  :icon_smile_big:

Hey Troy, I have that Chrysler memo somewhere. I believe it is posted on the Winged Warriors site. This is why I always presumed there had to be more than one 68 Charger 500.............

Steve
HEMI 68 CHARGER R/T- 4-SPEED- 3.54 DANA- PP1 RED- BLACK VINYL TOP- PEARL WHITE UPHOLSTERY-STRIPE DELETE- AM 8 TRACK- NON CONSOLE- DRIVEN YEAR ROUND IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA http://900z1.multiply.com/  http://kawasaki-z-classik.com/index.php  https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AmY22PaMZ1H3dFczVWR2ZlJaX1BvTDFIVUdUZVlseWc&hl=en&authkey=CPi1hp8J#gid=0

UFO

Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on March 21, 2009, 10:22:20 PM
Robin, got anything for Canadian base '69s?

Located that letter.
For Canadian cars,
Base model '69-2,761
            '69 R/T-758   
It does not list '68 R/T's from the base models,just a total for all (3,517)     

69bronzeT5

Thanks UFO. :cheers: Any stats for Crosstown Motors by any chance? Probally unlikely. :shruggy:
Feature Editor for Mopar Connection Magazine
http://moparconnectionmagazine.com/



1969 Charger: T5 Copper 383 Automatic
1970 Challenger R/T: FC7 Plum Crazy 440 Automatic
1970 GTO: Black 400 Ram Air III 4-Speed
1971 Charger Super Bee: GY3 Citron Yella 440 4-Speed
1972 Charger: FE5 Red 360 Automatic
1973 Charger Rallye: FY1 Top Banana 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Road Runner: FE5 Red 440 Automatic
1973 Plymouth Duster: FC7 Plum Crazy 318 Automatic

UFO

Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on May 17, 2009, 10:02:02 PM
Thanks UFO. :cheers: Any stats for Crosstown Motors by any chance? Probally unlikely. :shruggy:

Nope just a total.

Dans 68

Quote from: hemi68charger on March 23, 2009, 11:56:38 AM
Quote from: Magnumcharger on March 22, 2009, 05:12:41 PM
Quote from: 69bronzeT5 on March 21, 2009, 10:22:20 PM
Robin, got anything for Canadian base '69s?

Nope....but found this on '68s...http://www.theautochannel.com/vehicles/muscle/chrysler/chry_68_chrg.frame.

Found this interesting in above article...

"...After 06/01/68, all Charger R/T models ordered with the Hemi engine and four-speed combination were built with exposed headlights, flush grille, and chrome windshield reveal molding...."        :2thumbs:

Care to venture they're referring to the '69 Charger 500?  :icon_smile_big:

The verbage in the above referenced web-site is the same as portions in the Red Book for Dodge and Plymouth Muscle Car. Either that book plagerized from that web-site or the web site from the book. See http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,38863.0.html.

Dan
1973 SE 400 727  1 of 19,645                                        1968 383 4bbl 4spds  2 of 259