jackconrad
10 years ago
Fast as heck!
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DrafterX
10 years ago
I'll take two please... 🍺
deadeyedick
10 years ago
Mopar always had stodgy looks and garish graphics and color combinations IMO. But they could be had with that big 'ol Hemi.
Burner02
10 years ago
383's ran like a dog.

426's and 440's a different story.
Palama
10 years ago
I used to have a '68. Fixed it up a bit (...rims, Hooker headers, Edelbrock manifold, 4-bbl vacuum pump Holley, Lakewood traction bars and some top half work...) and a nice paint job...miss that car at times. It had a 383 but at that time (...mid '70s...), the gas crisis was happening and I usually got about 10 mpg so having the smaller engine was okay for me. Fastest I could get it to go was 14.7 on the quarter mile.
itsawaldo
10 years ago
Brother bought a 69 Sport Satellite when he got back from his SE Asian vacation.
Same car and engine, little bit more chrome and less insurance.
There used to be a Chrysler specialist in Chicago and he tweeked the crap out of it.
Added this "snub bar" to the bell housing and when he came off the line the car would leap.
Lost a bit of time but fun to see.
Burner02
10 years ago

383's ran like a dog.

Burner02 wrote:




I was referring to a stock 383.
Mr. Jones
10 years ago
THANKS JACK!!!!

that is a GREAT PICTURE!!!

I REMEMBER TEST DRIVING ONE....

I ended up w/ a 69 camaro 350.
jackconrad
10 years ago
I had a 69 Camaro with a 327..
MACS
10 years ago
I'm always amazed how we can get more HP out of a 6 cylinder today than they could choke out of those big ol' V8's back then.

Gotta love technology.
deadeyedick
10 years ago
Yep, and they can take a 450 HP V8 today and get 8000-10000 HP.
ducati996
10 years ago
I almost bought one of these back in 1987.....as a winter beater while I stored my '68 Firebird.
streetrod
10 years ago
Yes they were nice cars.My boss bought a new one in 69. Things got sticky a year later after I bought my 70 '340' Duster and with some help from the Mopar Direct Connection I had it running 13.2 in the quarter mile.
Since we both ran in the same class ( I think it was SS/I) and I was running over a second quicker then him, I was glad we never ran each other. I probably would have been looking for a new job after the race!!!
By the way, I drove it out the door for $2,850.
Mr. Jones
10 years ago
^^ do you still own it?
deadeyedick
10 years ago

Yes they were nice cars.My boss bought a new one in 69. Things got sticky a year later after I bought my 70 '340' Duster and with some help from the Mopar Direct Connection I had it running 13.2 in the quarter mile.
Since we both ran in the same class ( I think it was SS/I) and I was running over a second quicker then him, I was glad we never ran each other. I probably would have been looking for a new job after the race!!!
By the way, I drove it out the door for $2,850.

streetrod wrote:



Great time for a 340. My '69 Chevelle SS396 has run a best of 13.73 @99.67 on street tires. Totally stock except bigger meats.
streetrod
10 years ago

^^ do you still own it?

Mr. Jones wrote:



Mr jones: No sold it back in 1977. It had 8,500 miles on it (mostly 1/4 mile at a time.

DED: at one point when I got serious with the car around 1973 or so a shop in my area who did hard core drag racing modifications (Tritak & Morgan who had a NHRA record holder car) had mine going 12.5 in the quarter with my wife driving. This thing was far from stock. Had a lot of help from a guy named Ed Hamburger from South Jersey who could make Mopars sing.
deadeyedick
10 years ago

Mr jones: No sold it back in 1977. It had 8,500 miles on it (mostly 1/4 mile at a time.

DED: at one point when I got serious with the car around 1973 or so a shop in my area who did hard core drag racing modifications (Tritak & Morgan who had a NHRA record holder car) had mine going 12.5 in the quarter with my wife driving. This thing was far from stock. Had a lot of help from a guy named Ed Hamburger from South Jersey who could make Mopars sing.

streetrod wrote:



That the guys who ran the War Wagon?
streetrod
10 years ago

That the guys who ran the War Wagon?

deadeyedick wrote:



Yup!!! That's them. They later ran a 71 cuda as a project car for one of the magazines. Their shop was about 10 miles from me.
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