'68 R/T Clone I used to own

[hemigeno]

This weekend, my wife and I were cleaning out some old file folders and I came across some photos and the Fender Tag information from a car I used to own plus some info from a '69 RT/SE I looked at purchasing back in the '90s - and Chris, check your email because I've already forwarded the RT/SE's info for the Registry.  Thought you guys would enjoy the pics, as I always loved the look & stance of this '68 despite my current proclivities for 1969's.

The '68 was originally a 318/auto car (white paint, white/black interior, black vinyl top), and I purchased/drove it just as you see here for a couple of years.  The only work I really did was to fix a carburetion problem (someone had broken off the tips of the idle mixture screws after overtightening them in an attempt to get it to idle correctly   ) ; and I had to replace the 727 after the aforementioned carburetion problem kept the engine from idling below 2,500RPM... one unintentional neutral drop later and the tranny sprag was toast   .   It was a fun car to blast around town in even though it wasn't a "real" R/T and didn't have a 440 engine either.  

Get a load of those "custom" door panels in the last set

[hemigeno]

One more pair of photos of the '68.

[JB400]

Nice pix   Yeah, the custom door panels are cool.  Thanks for sharing

[Ghoste]

It's quite a ways from that to Nats OE gold.  Nice pics man.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

It's quite a ways from that to Nats OE gold.  Nice pics man.

LOL

PS---new to me Gene, thanks

[tan top]

     good pictures Geno , thanks for sharing      what color combo was the 69 R/T SE ??

[hemigeno]

It's quite a ways from that to Nats OE gold.  Nice pics man.

  Yeah, I thought so too.  In a lot of ways, I had more fun driving that cloned R/T around with the family than with this show-winning car (at least so far).  We'll see what the future holds.

PS---new to me Gene, thanks

  Always glad to help. 

what color combo was the 69 R/T SE ??

T3, black leather & vinyl interior, black v-top and black rump stripe.  Console automatic, AM 8-track, Tic-Toc-Tach, 3.23 axle (at least based on no 26" radiator on the tag), and a few other miscellaneous goodies.  They were asking $8500 for the car back in the '90s, and it had a mediocre repaint plus the engine stumbled pretty badly IMHO.  Not worth that kind of money back then for sure, but today I'd find room for it in the garage at that same price.

[UFO]

Get a load of those "custom" door panels in the last set

This was 1985.
I bought this "diamond tuck" on a roll.Stapled it on from the backside.

[hemigeno]

Get a load of those "custom" door panels in the last set

This was 1985.
I bought this "diamond tuck" on a roll.Stapled it on from the backside.

That's eerily similar to the stuff on my old car - had to have been the same thing they did (buy in bulk & roll your own).

Great pic, Brian!