I was only 13 years old in 1968. I loved the design of the 1968 2 door with the 289cc engine. I was fortunate enough to get one in the early 1980’s and I owned it for 35 years. It was always a head-turner!
I've had lots of fast cars ranging from Corvettes to a TVR but my favorite ride was my 1969 Dodge Charger R/T with a 440 V-8 Magnum. I bought it new from a dealer after someone special ordered a number of items deleted and didn't buy it. It had no A/C, no power steering, no power brakes, and the rear R/T strip was also missing. The 4-speed Hurst shifter came with a bend to get it closer to the driver. It was a beast to drive w/o power steering. but you could catch rubber in all four gears. It was also fun to run in first gear on idle, and let it chug abound the local drive-in. I never made any mechanical changes to it but I did install rear speakers and a 4 track tape deck (later upgraded to an 8-track lol).
My dad bought a 69 Road Runner I was 13 years old at the time and did get to drive it when I turned 16 that was a blast for a 16 year old boy, everyone wanted to hear the horn n lots of people wanted to race me as well
When I got out of the Army in May 1968 my goal was to own a Shelby Mustang. In September of 1968 I found a 1968 Shelby GT500 convertible for sale at a car dealer for $3,500.00. I bought it and then traded it in 1972 for a new Torino. Fast forward to 1978 and I bought another 1968 Shelby but this one was a GT500KR convertible.
So did you keep the second one? Somebody new and school had an older brother probably 5 years older than us and they had one of these. Headset wrecked for a long time behind the family house. Mainly because he went away for twenty years on drug charges. Fourchette Garland school with his brother turned him on to some stuff and he died an early age OD. But they really like their fast cars. What happened to the one he wrecked? He got out early fourth it called good behavior. But somewhere in there I guess he needed cigarette money so he left instructions for his family to sell it. It was just advertised as a wreck mustang.
I bought a 68 chevelle for $200 dollars it had been abused and it ran like a tractor the guy I bought it from said it was fast but the way it ran It was the slowest car in the neighborhood after a tuneup and carburetor rebuild it came to life in a mighty way oh how I miss that car 😢
@Nothingatall794 My best friend in 76 had a 68 chevelle 396ci. However, my 68 Roadrunner after 2000 In moter build a 4:11 posi-rearend my machine timed out in quarter mile in low 11s.
When I got out of the military I got a 69 390 Torino. And like everybody else I totaled it. During the seventies I did a lot of walking and hitchhiking 😅
Friend of mine dad worked at a Ford dealership in Beaverton Or back in late 60s early 70s. He was driving a like 69 or 70 Ford Torino with the 428 with shaker hood. We got to take it out once and Man that car moved!!! You could do a burn out for as far as you wanted!! Fantastic fast car!
Yeah that's right, both of those generations were the best years for muscle cars! If we would have only had the new Era engine technology back then In those cars? But that's what is nice about still having them cars around today, now we can install the engine's in them cars today, And go faster and look good doing it these days.
Quickness and muscle were difficult to join. Zero to sixty, the quarter mile and top end were different beasts. I both lived in and loved the muscle car era. You could easily take something stock and turn it into an absolute monster. Working on and driving them was so much fun. I wish I still had all of them.
My first car was a 1968 Malibu, (Red) Chevy (327 C.I.). Purchased in Cal for $2200.00 with low mileage. Totaled it the same year with five friends in the car; doing about 110. No one got even a scratch and not any were wearing seat belts. I had the Astro Supreme wheels which were very popular back then.
My brother bought a new red '66 Chevelle SS 396 with 375 HP and a 4 speed tranny a year before he got out of the Navy. I was 14 years old at the time so I don't know every detail about it except the car smoked the tires in first, second and third gear without power shifting just by flooring it. One time, his foot slipped off the clutch when stopped at a stop sign at idle and it chirped the tires. I thought the car would stall but it kept going. That's power! He got married and traded that car for a first year Vega (ugh!) that rotted out badly after only three years. The '60's muscle cars were all great. My High School parking lot was packed with them back in the day!
Had a 73' Challenger 340 4- barrel, 4 speed pistol grip shifter, a 69' Swinger 340 4-barrel with a Torq flight automatic. In high school I had a 66'Chevell 327 4-speed rock crusher transmission. Later on, a 70' Chevell SS cowl induction, 400 small block, 4-speed, red with a white stripe down the center, white interior. Wish I had them today.
400 small block in a 70 SS chevelle? I knew of the 396 (that was actually a 402) , the 427 and the 454 option ...all being the big block of course. Did someone drop that small block in it before you got it?
Man, those were my teenage years and I remember riding in or seeing every one of those. My friend had a Biscaayne and it was about the fastest car I've ridden in. And, my favorite the Charger R/T was the definition of BAD. I subscribed because of this cool video.
I had a 66’ Chevelle convertible with the SS396 pkg and a 4 speed. I bought it used for $1650 with 20 thousand miles. It was 19 months old when I purchased it. It was fun to drive and I got rid of it in 1971 with 92,000 miles when I got married.
My first car was a 1968 SS 396 Chevelle. It weighed 3,400 pounds and cost me $3,400 which exactly met Chevy's $1 per pound target. To get that price, it didn't have air conditioning, power steering, nor an am-fm radio. Great car to drive.
I bought a brand new Cuda 383 in 1969 when I returned from Vietnam. It weighted 2950# and cost me a dollar a pound also. I also didn't get A/C, PS, or an automatic. I did how ever get the 383 magnum engine, 410 posi-trac rear end, and 4 speed with Hurst shifter. I had the heads polished and ported, Eldlebrock intake, 780 dual-pumper holly, Micky Thompson headers. an Isky cam with anti pump up lifters in it. With slicks it would run mid 12s at 118 MPH. Those were the days.
70 olds 442 w30. Bored stroked and everything to make it the most powerful car around. Raced the GTX...GTO'S SS'S ON AND ON. NEVER BEAT. MISS that car. Top end was truly scary.
I grew up with two older brothers doing the hot rod bit. My older brother had a '64 Galaxie with a 427 that would twist the drive shaft into...he couldn't solve the problem (it was a freakin' boat of a car....) so he sold it. Hot Rod magazine did factory engine builds from the '60's and found out the 60's 427s actually produced upwards of 600 hp, and the factory rated them below 400......wow! Middle brother bought a 1967 Buick Skylark from one of my older brothers hot rod friends that had installed a Buick GS 350 in it with a powerglide....he'd pump the air shocks up tight, put a set of re-treads on the back, and smoke that freakin' thing down the highway over 55 mph.....crazy times, and lucky to have lived through it!!
I raced in the 1966 to 1971 era. I drove mostly Dodges. I had a 67 Dart GT with a 273 ci engine. My quarter mile times were from 14.05 to 13.8 seconds. Mph ranged from 105 to 108. In 1968 I drove a Hemi Dart, Coronet 330 cpe with a 440 single 4bbl. Times were 13.62 to 13.30 with speeds of 108.32 to 112.02 Charger RT 😂with a Hemi. Too heavy to compete. 1969 Dart with a 426 Hemi .called a Hemi Dart. Off the truck to the strip times of 10.02 to 9.88 Speed of 128.?? To 134.?? One seat, no passenger or rear seat. Radio and heater delete. Acid dipped and no window regulators. I had many other performance mopars but these stood out in my mind. In a high speed race with a 1969 corvette with a 427. Against my Charger RT440/ auto. I passed the corvette at 166 mph clocked by Ohio State Highway Patrol. I w
I had a 1967 Dodge Dart with a 273 ci engine as well. I loved that car and it was fast for the engine. My cousin had a 1969 2 door Ford LTD with a 429 and I could stay with him until about 80 mph and then he would start pulling away. Here's a little funny note. I put 22 tires on that 67 Dodge in 19 months (49k miles). 😂😂😂
What was the rest of "I w" ? Did the word finish with "ent" and end in j a i l? Lol there was guy around Toledo with a Superbird... I heard tales of 180 on 475.
I had a 68 Plymouth GTX 440. Was stolen from me and the Florida highway patrol got in a chase with it. The FHP said their speedo was buried at its 150 max and my GTX was leaving them…till it ran out of gas. Lol. I got it back. It was a great car.
Wow. Some wild top speeds being reported. Who knew? Well I had a ‘73 Duster with a Slant 6. She did t look like much, but one time, going down Grapevine Hill in ‘77, I got her goi g 192! It was amazing and the speed was tracked by NASA. Come on guys. A ’68 GTX equipped with a TorqueFlite and 3.23’s was good for 123mph - according to Chrysler. I love nostalgia too, but actually lived then and drove those cars.
My friend bought the '68 GTX and auto with 3:23's and it ran 13:55 at Lions. My other friend bought the '69 Nova SS with the L78 and auto and 4:10s. It ran 13:04 at Lions. In '65. you could get a Chevy Biscayne with the "Drag Pack" option. 425hp 396 and 4 speed. There was an original for sale ay $75K. I built my own for $20K. The difference? 550hp 454, 6 speed, disc brakes and Hotckis suspension.
My 68 GT fastback Mustang was a 390 with 300 HP I was working for ford motors Mahwah NJ and got it brand new for $100.00 over dealers cost paid $ 2800. Would race it at island Drag way Great Meadows NJ. Best time stock was 13.7 104 MPH. Those were the days.
4:50 - When I was 18, I had this one in competition orange with air shocks, Cragar mags and a competition clutch! She was a BEAUT! I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED that car! A 68 Camaro pulled up alongside me at a red light and started rev'n his engine. We broke the tires loose when the light turned green and almost instantly the lights in my rear view were flashing red! I got off with a warning for conducting a speed contest on a public roadway. Did I mention that I LOVED that car!? Now they want to force us all into "electric" vehicles! Nobody will ever write songs about "electric" vehicles!
My first new car was a 1965 Plymouth Belvedere 11, 361 with 3 on the tree. $2450 otd. Sold it in 1968 and bought a Roadrunner, 383 T-Flite, premium vinyl seats, pinstripping and a radio. $2900 otd. Of course, I was only making around $500 a month so that was a lot of money then.
I was 22 in 1968 & most of my friends had "muscle cars", e.g. Chevelle's, GTO's, etc., while I had a more sedate 1964, 6 cyl. Pontiac Tempest! However, my future brother-in-law bought a new '68 base model Chevelle for $2,350. which looked great, but didn't have much power! (The SS 396 Chevelle was the fastest car that I ever drove! Wow!)
Back then the 396's were a beast but they trashed way way too often and way too easy.....I guess that's why GM built the 427's to erase that from people's mind.
The 1968 Cadillac is my favorite car for that year. Not the fastest car but the 472ci engine had 390hp and it looks so cool. My Dad had one when I was younger.
The biggest difference between a '67 & '68 model muscle car was the DOT required "side markers". Very little body style changes were made in '68. I graduated high school in '68. Back then you could just look at a car and know the make, model & year! Not so much today.
Back then I could tell most cars by seeing just a tiny portion of it. Now so many look alike, and are not even worth wanting to identify the make and model.
The 68 Chevelle. The most beautiful ever. You can still see them at some drags these days. The El Camino version even more so, if you could ever possibly find one.
My buddy had a 1968 Firebird with the 350/265hp Verdoro Green with black vinyl top and interior. The car ran like stink, but the most unusual feature was that it had a 3 speed on the floor Hurst shifter. He never let anyone drive it but I can tell you we spent a lot of time in that car crusing for chicks. Gas was 27 cents per gallon then. The good old days. P.S. the hp ratings here are just what the factory put out so you could get insurance. If they put out the real hp numbers ,no one would have been able to get these cars insured so they could drive them. Gas was 27 cents per gallon back then.
I had a 68 verdoro green with a 400 in high school. I found it in a used car lot for $2,100! That was back in 1985. I sold that one and two years ago I decided to buy another 68 400 for $16,000 and had to replace the whole floor and other parts totaling $10,000.
I had a 68 Buick wildcat that my brother paid $160 dollars for in the late 70s. $3300 brand new. 375 hp & 400 fp of torque. Buick made sleepers back then. Put 190,000 miles on it then spun a bearing. Damn, wish I still had that car, never broke in 10 years of driving.
Me and my dad both have 1967 ss impalas . His is a tuxedo black fast back ss 396 375 hp , th400 , mine is a blue convertible ss 427 425 hp 4 speed black top and interior, also we race a 1971 chevelle with an Ed pink 680ci natural aspiration 1600 hp with aviation gas @130 octane 😊7-8 s 1/4 depending on hook up
The street Hemi was a nine hundred dollar option in 1968. I have no idea what the companion Hemi cost. I do know a local dealer had one in a 68 Dart for $6000. The car had an aluminon front cap and a single drivers seat and headers. It was not street legal.
Also only came with a 12month warranty and insurance of the Elephant motor made it expensive to own after the purchase. Also very thirsty with 2 carbs.
I had a brand new 1968 Mustang....302, 8cyl fully loaded with ALL options. Got it for $4100. Beige and black. Even the interior was special order....map readers, all chrone, philco 8 track built in dash...etc.
In 1987 I’d just gotten my license. On a lot in my town there was a 1969 Camaro convertible for $3500. It’s doubtless been wrecked since but I wonder what that car is worth today.
I had a 1968 Impala SS, but only had a 307 and a three in the tree. I put in a floor shifter, flipped the air breather, and added side pipes to it. I was only getting 85 in the quarter, but I could get 18 mpg on a trip.
My dad had a 1966 Chevy Impala SS with a 396 c.i. engine with a four barrel carb. When I got older and could drive, I'd race it in a safe place with my buddy's 1970 Dodge Charger with a 383 c.i. engine. The Impala bragged that it had 325 HP but it was heavier than the Charger and the 383 engine seemed to have more power. The Charger was a lot faster. Another buddy had a Mustang with a 454 engine and was left in the dust by a smaller Chevy with a souped up 383. Later I bought a 1966 Mustang, used, for $400 and sold it years later for $400. Who knew it would have become a classic? All were nice cars for the time. It was great to be a teenager in the late 60s.
Life was so different then. Worked at a McDonald’s in San Diego. All us kids working there, except me, had muscle cars, 442, GTO, about 5 mustangs, nova SS, 3 RoadRunners and more. I had a 57 Fury-318, dual quads, 290 hp. A dog, but a great cruiser. Blew the head gasket. Ditched it. Bought a 63 Impala SS convertible-all show, no go. 283 with a 2 barrel, 2 Spd auto on the floor. Used to put my top down, stick my Bear surfboard top down just under my seat, sticking out the back. I couldn’t make it from Balboa and down Mission Blvd without a girl jumping in. It was the 60’s and California girls were the most beautiful in the world. God, I’m old.
I'm a FoMoCo fan, but I like most Detroit iron from the good old days. And, that 427 Chevy Biscayne looks bad to the bone in black, and it is with that engine!
I was born in 1955 and My Dream Car is a 1955 DeSoto Fireflight Convertible with an S21 Four Barrel Hemi Engine Although the 1956 S24A and the 1957 S26A are both dual quad Hemi’s
Back when business was about business, and business tried to win and keep customers. Unlike today, when deregulated business is nothing but an investment vehicle for the Stock markets, and the name of the game is offer as little as possible and charge as much as you can.
I had a 68 ss 396 Chevelle , until someone wanted it free and stole it. Cops came to my house and told me to follow them to recovered car. But when I got to a vacant lot with 6 ft. tall weeds, I found my Chevelle was completely stripped with only the frame remaining. What a bummer that was!
I drove a 66 Barracuda at that time and put a built 340, fenderwell headers and Dodge truck trans. in it, 3.91 gears. no one beat me.. 11.9-12.0 quartet mile. never cared who had what.. the headlights all looked the same in my mirror.
I'll never forget my '68 Bird. I was 16yo & it was my very first car. Paid a whopping $625 to a body shop owner after I found it sitting in his back lot without tags. Spent 3 yrs restoring it just to be hit head-on by a drunk driver. (The same week it was finally finished & scheduled to get its paint job.) Destroyed! It wrecked my heart too!
That's a tough story to hear. Similar story I got my first car that way. A '68 Mustang. Sadly, a coupe with the 200 sprint six under the hood. Oh well, I pulled it off a farm a year before I could drive and a body shop owner had the year to restore it for me. It was done a month after I got my license at a cost of $900. Even though a 6 cyl wish I kept it.
My brother in law gave me his 69 chevelle Ss for my 16th Birthday. It was an Awesome car. Wish I still had it. My Dad Loved the car sooo much that he Bought my Sister a Brand new 1972 For my sister. We even drove that car from Corpus Christi ,Texas toOrlando ,Florida for a vacation. As a kid I vaguely remember a road in Florida with no speed limit. My dad got that car over 100 mph. It was a coool experience 😀😀😀😀😀😀
All of the cars in your video except the rare factory option ones were in the the high-school parking lot when I was in high-school in the late seventies 😊😊😊
My great grandfather used to race in a 1968 428 cobra fastback with a modified engine but his brother had got a hold of it and he was being cheap *The car needed premium gas and more than usual to run and his brother used regular* and it messed up the engine and my great grandfather didn’t have the money at the time to repair it so he traded it in instead of lending it to family until he got the money.
One problem with the stock firebird ,when the car got up close to 100 mph the body would start to float and there was this feeling of loosing steering control. Unsettling.
In 1970, bought brand new 4x4 chevy shortbox for $3400.00. Was offered to buy 3 for $10,000. Dealer told me they were just boy toys. He was wrong, wish I would have kept it.
ITS WAS TOO BADS, I WAS ONLY 13 YEARS OLD. BUT HAD STARTED LOVES THIS CARS SINCE WATCHING THE MUNSTER CARS,BATMOBILE, THE 🙊 CAR,HOTRODS BOOKS, LIKE FROM 1963 AND UPS 2 NOW.
I love cars also but all I have is a 1990 1LE-IROC-Z 350 auto w/o air or power windows or door locks or a radio. It has 6.3 miles on it, they made only 28. Paid it off and have a 1992 1LE-B4C 350 that I drive as they made 250 of them.
In ‘74 I purchased a 1968 Z/28. A friend of mine owns it today since I have owned by 1970 Z/28 since 1981 that I bought from the original owner. All my Z’s I’ve owned are/were 4 speeds.
Uncle bought a 68 Z new loved that car....owned a hanful of 1st gens my fav HOwever a very well done 70 Z.28 was by far the best driving of most any muscle car Ive owned. Dailied that many yrs got in way too much trouble in it. SOmething about the way it drove, handled, shifted couldnt get enough of it.
I would like a 68 Hurst Olds Cutlass, Peruvian silver and onyx black stripes, with air induction to the 455 under the hood. I wonder what those go for these days.
My folks like to buy Mercury Marque and one had an all aluminum dual overhead cam V8. I had it going 140 and still had more room to go. felt like you were just doing 60! And people thought it was an old persons car?
I was only 13 years old in 1968. I loved the design of the 1968 2 door with the 289cc engine. I was fortunate enough to get one in the early 1980’s and I owned it for 35 years. It was always a head-turner!
I've had lots of fast cars ranging from Corvettes to a TVR but my favorite ride was my 1969 Dodge Charger R/T with a 440 V-8 Magnum. I bought it new from a dealer after someone special ordered a number of items deleted and didn't buy it. It had no A/C, no power steering, no power brakes, and the rear R/T strip was also missing. The 4-speed Hurst shifter came with a bend to get it closer to the driver. It was a beast to drive w/o power steering. but you could catch rubber in all four gears. It was also fun to run in first gear on idle, and let it chug abound the local drive-in. I never made any mechanical changes to it but I did install rear speakers and a 4 track tape deck (later upgraded to an 8-track lol).
I had the 1969 Super Bee 383 Mangum with the 4-speed Hurst. It was gone in by a Roto-Rooter van.
Dam roto-rooter anyway, I would have made them replace it with the options added to it
Perfect timing!!! Cheers from Australia
Watch out for the Crocs mate. I salute from the states. Ya aussies are fun.
Had a 1968 Charger 383 - was probably my only “should never have sold” car.. Kept it 8 years ...
My dad bought a 69 Road Runner I was 13 years old at the time and did get to drive it when I turned 16 that was a blast for a 16 year old boy, everyone wanted to hear the horn n lots of people wanted to race me as well
I'm Lovin' it! fast cars and fast times jack!💖!
I remember all these cars, but being born in 1958, I was several years away from driving. Fun to see them, but couldn't truly appreciate them.
Had a '68 RoadRunner 383 Hurst 4 Speed on the Floor E70 Front Tires G60's in the Rear - a real screamer
When I got out of the Army in May 1968 my goal was to own a Shelby Mustang. In September of 1968 I found a 1968 Shelby GT500 convertible for sale at a car dealer for $3,500.00. I bought it and then traded it in 1972 for a new Torino. Fast forward to 1978 and I bought another 1968 Shelby but this one was a GT500KR convertible.
That baby must be worth a ton right now!!! Enjoy
So did you keep the second one? Somebody new and school had an older brother probably 5 years older than us and they had one of these. Headset wrecked for a long time behind the family house. Mainly because he went away for twenty years on drug charges. Fourchette Garland school with his brother turned him on to some stuff and he died an early age OD. But they really like their fast cars. What happened to the one he wrecked? He got out early fourth it called good behavior. But somewhere in there I guess he needed cigarette money so he left instructions for his family to sell it. It was just advertised as a wreck mustang.
I bought a 68 chevelle for $200 dollars it had been abused and it ran like a tractor the guy I bought it from said it was fast but the way it ran It was the slowest car in the neighborhood after a tuneup and carburetor rebuild it came to life in a mighty way oh how I miss that car 😢
@Nothingatall794 My best friend in 76 had a
68 chevelle 396ci. However, my 68 Roadrunner after 2000
In moter build a 4:11 posi-rearend my machine timed out in quarter mile in low 11s.
When I got out of the military I got a 69 390 Torino. And like everybody else I totaled it. During the seventies I did a lot of walking and hitchhiking 😅
Loved All the '68s. Mom's cousin had a '68 Vette, and took me for a ride! I was 8, and have no clue which engine was in it, but I Loved that car.
Friend of mine dad worked at a Ford dealership in Beaverton Or back in late 60s early 70s. He was driving a like 69 or 70 Ford Torino with the 428 with shaker hood. We got to take it out once and Man that car moved!!! You could do a burn out for as far as you wanted!! Fantastic fast car!
The 1960s through the early 1970s had the best looking muscle car's ever.
Hands down.
Yeah that's right, both of those generations were the best years for muscle cars! If we would have only had the new Era engine technology back then In those cars? But that's what is nice about still having them cars around today, now we can install the engine's in them cars today, And go faster and look good doing it these days.
Quickness and muscle were difficult to join. Zero to sixty, the quarter mile and top end were different beasts. I both lived in and loved the muscle car era. You could easily take something stock and turn it into an absolute monster. Working on and driving them was so much fun. I wish I still had all of them.
Cool Video ! I had a 68` Cutlass 350 with a Powerglide Trans on the floor . Loved it !
I had a 68 GTO 400Ci ram air. Loved that car.
My first car was a 1968 Malibu, (Red) Chevy (327 C.I.). Purchased in Cal for $2200.00 with low mileage. Totaled it the same year with five friends in the car; doing about 110. No one got even a scratch and not any were wearing seat belts. I had the Astro Supreme wheels which were very popular back then.
My brother bought a new red '66 Chevelle SS 396 with 375 HP and a 4 speed tranny a year before he got out of the Navy. I was 14 years old at the time so I don't know every detail about it except the car smoked the tires in first, second and third gear without power shifting just by flooring it. One time, his foot slipped off the clutch when stopped at a stop sign at idle and it chirped the tires. I thought the car would stall but it kept going. That's power! He got married and traded that car for a first year Vega (ugh!) that rotted out badly after only three years. The '60's muscle cars were all great. My High School parking lot was packed with them back in the day!
I remember in early 70's the parking lot would look like a classic car show today.
Also Vega? How dare he! Haha 😅
Great video! The 1968 Chevelle SS and 1968 Dodge Charger RT are my two favorite muscle cars! Hope to be able to get one someday
Had a 73' Challenger 340 4- barrel, 4 speed pistol grip shifter, a 69' Swinger 340 4-barrel with a Torq flight automatic. In high school I had a 66'Chevell 327 4-speed rock crusher transmission. Later on, a 70' Chevell SS cowl induction, 400 small block, 4-speed, red with a white stripe down the center, white interior. Wish I had them today.
400 small block in a 70 SS chevelle? I knew of the 396 (that was actually a 402) , the 427 and the 454 option ...all being the big block of course. Did someone drop that small block in it before you got it?
Yea that awesome. I don't belive the 350 motor gets enough credit either.
All beautiful cars. The 1960's was a decade long, with as much history as most centuries packed in.
Great presentation. Need them all back !!!
Nice info in this vid. TY
Very beautiful amazing looking cars beautiful colours thanks friend good morning
Very cool video. Thank you.
My dad had a beautiful black 68 charger I loved riding in that car with him
You didn't have a buddy with a sawn-off Winchester pump-action in San Francisco did you? 😂
Really like the channel great job on the video thanks
Great video!
Man, those were my teenage years and I remember riding in or seeing every one of those.
My friend had a Biscaayne and it was about the fastest car I've ridden in.
And, my favorite the Charger R/T was the definition of BAD.
I subscribed because of this cool video.
To think of the kinds of cars that could be had for $3,500-$4,000.
There are lawnmowers that cost more than that today.
My dad had a 68 firebird. 326 o/h cam 4 speed. Beauty car.
I had a 66’ Chevelle convertible with the SS396 pkg and a 4 speed. I bought it used for $1650 with 20 thousand miles. It was 19 months old when I purchased it. It was fun to drive and I got rid of it in 1971 with 92,000 miles when I got married.
My first car was a 1968 SS 396 Chevelle. It weighed 3,400 pounds and cost me $3,400 which exactly met Chevy's $1 per pound target. To get that price, it didn't have air conditioning, power steering, nor an am-fm radio. Great car to drive.
We had that car but 4 door sedan. Family car 😉
I bought a brand new Cuda 383 in 1969 when I returned from Vietnam. It weighted 2950# and cost me a dollar a pound also. I also didn't get A/C, PS, or an automatic. I did how ever get the 383 magnum engine, 410 posi-trac rear end, and 4 speed with Hurst shifter. I had the heads polished and ported, Eldlebrock intake, 780 dual-pumper holly, Micky Thompson headers. an Isky cam with anti pump up lifters in it. With slicks it would run mid 12s at 118 MPH. Those were the days.
What a beauty! Lucky!!!
70 olds 442 w30. Bored stroked and everything to make it the most powerful car around. Raced the GTX...GTO'S SS'S ON AND ON. NEVER BEAT. MISS that car. Top end was truly scary.
I had that same car when I was 19 but it was a ragtop
I grew up with two older brothers doing the hot rod bit. My older brother had a '64 Galaxie with a 427 that would twist the drive shaft into...he couldn't solve the problem (it was a freakin' boat of a car....) so he sold it.
Hot Rod magazine did factory engine builds from the '60's and found out the 60's 427s actually produced upwards of 600 hp, and the factory rated them below 400......wow!
Middle brother bought a 1967 Buick Skylark from one of my older brothers hot rod friends that had installed a Buick GS 350 in it with a powerglide....he'd pump the air shocks up tight, put a set of re-treads on the back, and smoke that freakin' thing down the highway over 55 mph.....crazy times, and lucky to have lived through it!!
Great vid!!!!!!!!!! 👍👍
I raced in the 1966 to 1971 era. I drove mostly Dodges. I had a 67 Dart GT with a 273 ci engine.
My quarter mile times were from 14.05 to 13.8 seconds. Mph ranged from 105 to 108.
In 1968 I drove a Hemi Dart, Coronet 330 cpe with a 440 single 4bbl.
Times were 13.62 to 13.30 with speeds of 108.32 to 112.02
Charger RT 😂with a Hemi. Too heavy to compete.
1969 Dart with a 426 Hemi .called a Hemi Dart.
Off the truck to the strip times of 10.02 to 9.88
Speed of 128.?? To 134.??
One seat, no passenger or rear seat. Radio and heater delete. Acid dipped and no window regulators.
I had many other performance mopars but these stood out in my mind.
In a high speed race with a 1969 corvette with a 427. Against my Charger RT440/ auto. I passed the corvette at 166 mph clocked by Ohio State Highway Patrol. I w
Loved it. Old School ❤
I had a 1967 Dodge Dart with a 273 ci engine as well. I loved that car and it was fast for the engine. My cousin had a 1969 2 door Ford LTD with a 429 and I could stay with him until about 80 mph and then he would start pulling away.
Here's a little funny note. I put 22 tires on that 67 Dodge in 19 months (49k miles). 😂😂😂
What was the rest of "I w" ? Did the word finish with "ent" and end in j a i l? Lol there was guy around Toledo with a Superbird... I heard tales of 180 on 475.
I had a 68 Plymouth GTX 440. Was stolen from me and the Florida highway patrol got in a chase with it. The FHP said their speedo was buried at its 150 max and my GTX was leaving them…till it ran out of gas. Lol. I got it back. It was a great car.
Wow. Some wild top speeds being reported. Who knew?
Well I had a ‘73 Duster with a Slant 6. She did t look like much, but one time, going down Grapevine Hill in ‘77, I got her goi g 192! It was amazing and the speed was tracked by NASA.
Come on guys. A ’68 GTX equipped with a TorqueFlite and 3.23’s was good for 123mph - according to Chrysler. I love nostalgia too, but actually lived then and drove those cars.
My friend bought the '68 GTX and auto with 3:23's and it ran 13:55 at Lions. My other friend bought the '69 Nova SS with the L78 and auto and 4:10s. It ran 13:04 at Lions. In '65. you could get a Chevy Biscayne with the "Drag Pack" option. 425hp 396 and 4 speed. There was an original for sale ay $75K. I built my own for $20K. The difference? 550hp 454, 6 speed, disc brakes and Hotckis suspension.
I owned a '68 GTO, 400, 4 speed close ration hurst T-shifter. Quick and fun to drive. Sold it in 1980 which I still regret to this day.
My 68 GT fastback Mustang was a 390 with 300 HP I was working for ford motors Mahwah NJ and got it brand new for $100.00 over dealers cost paid $ 2800. Would race it at island Drag way Great Meadows NJ. Best time stock was 13.7 104 MPH. Those were the days.
4:50 - When I was 18, I had this one in competition orange with air shocks, Cragar mags and a competition clutch! She was a BEAUT! I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED that car! A 68 Camaro pulled up alongside me at a red light and started rev'n his engine. We broke the tires loose when the light turned green and almost instantly the lights in my rear view were flashing red! I got off with a warning for conducting a speed contest on a public roadway. Did I mention that I LOVED that car!? Now they want to force us all into "electric" vehicles! Nobody will ever write songs about "electric" vehicles!
My first new car was a 1965 Plymouth Belvedere 11, 361 with 3 on the tree. $2450 otd.
Sold it in 1968 and bought a Roadrunner, 383 T-Flite, premium vinyl seats, pinstripping and a radio. $2900 otd.
Of course, I was only making around $500 a month so that was a lot of money then.
I was 22 in 1968 & most of my friends had "muscle cars", e.g. Chevelle's, GTO's, etc., while I had a more sedate
1964, 6 cyl. Pontiac Tempest! However, my future brother-in-law bought a new '68 base model Chevelle for $2,350.
which looked great, but didn't have much power! (The SS 396 Chevelle was the fastest car that I ever drove! Wow!)
Back then the 396's were a beast but they trashed way way too often and way too easy.....I guess that's why GM built the 427's to erase that from people's mind.
@@Rev22-21Still gotta luv the 350 tho❤
The 1968 Cadillac is my favorite car for that year. Not the fastest car but the 472ci engine had 390hp and it looks so cool. My Dad had one when I was younger.
OOOOYYYYAAAA!!! YOU SAID TIME MACHINE ,,YOUR RIGHT!!!!
The biggest difference between a '67 & '68 model muscle car was the DOT required "side markers". Very little body style changes were made in '68. I graduated high school in '68. Back then you could just look at a car and know the make, model & year! Not so much today.
Back then I could tell most cars by seeing just a tiny portion of it. Now so many look alike, and are not even worth wanting to identify the make and model.
The 68 Chevelle was an exception to that rule.
@@bloodybones63 Right. All mid size Mopars , Fords and GM midsized cars were completely restyled in ‘68
The 68 Chevelle. The most beautiful ever. You can still see them at some drags these days.
The El Camino version even more so, if you could ever possibly find one.
Amen Brother.
First Car was 1968 Chevelle 327 Automatic. No Smog crap. I could work on it, was great. Fond memories.
My buddy had a 1968 Firebird with the 350/265hp Verdoro Green with black vinyl top and interior. The car ran like stink, but the most unusual feature was that it had a 3 speed on the floor Hurst shifter. He never let anyone drive it but I can tell you we spent a lot of time in that car crusing for chicks. Gas was 27 cents per gallon then. The good old days. P.S. the hp ratings here are just what the factory put out so you could get insurance. If they put out the real hp numbers ,no one would have been able to get these cars insured so they could drive them. Gas was 27 cents per gallon back then.
I had a 68 verdoro green with a 400 in high school. I found it in a used car lot for $2,100! That was back in 1985. I sold that one and two years ago I decided to buy another 68 400 for $16,000 and had to replace the whole floor and other parts totaling $10,000.
Very interesting noticed
@@josephloboccetta🎉 Mopar only thing worth restoration
I had a '68 FB Convert that had the 3-speed Hurst, posi, and H.O. (High Output) 350cuin that the dealer told me was around 325hp.
Good vibes
I had a 68 Buick wildcat that my brother paid $160 dollars for in the late 70s. $3300 brand new. 375 hp & 400 fp of torque. Buick made sleepers back then. Put 190,000 miles on it then spun a bearing. Damn, wish I still had that car, never broke in 10 years of driving.
That wildcat with it's original engine should be 430 cubic inches. It definitely was a runner.
I had a GS-400 convertible...blew the engine then put a 430 out of a Wildcat...rocketship on wheels.....like you,wish I still had it now!
360 HP 475 FT LBS TORQUE
@@edwardstewart7835 You are right. I had one. Yello, black top, 2 door. 430, 360 hp. It was a monster.
Me and my dad both have 1967 ss impalas . His is a tuxedo black fast back ss 396 375 hp , th400 , mine is a blue convertible ss 427 425 hp 4 speed black top and interior, also we race a 1971 chevelle with an Ed pink 680ci natural aspiration 1600 hp with aviation gas @130 octane 😊7-8 s 1/4 depending on hook up
The reason that 426 Hemi option was so rare was because it cost nearly as much as the base car.
The street Hemi was a nine hundred dollar option in 1968. I have no idea what the companion Hemi cost. I do know a local dealer had one in a 68 Dart for $6000. The car had an aluminon front cap and a single drivers seat and headers. It was not street legal.
Also only came with a 12month warranty and insurance of the Elephant motor made it expensive to own after the purchase. Also very thirsty with 2 carbs.
I had a brand new 1968 Mustang....302, 8cyl fully loaded with ALL options. Got it for $4100. Beige and black. Even the interior was special order....map readers, all chrone, philco 8 track built in dash...etc.
In 1987 I’d just gotten my license. On a lot in my town there was a 1969 Camaro convertible for $3500. It’s doubtless been wrecked since but I wonder what that car is worth today.
Very nice 😊
I had a 1968 Impala SS, but only had a 307 and a three in the tree. I put in a floor shifter, flipped the air breather, and added side pipes to it. I was only getting 85 in the quarter, but I could get 18 mpg on a trip.
Bin kein großer Fan von US Boliden, aber die alten US Schlitten sind eine Augenweide ❤
Oh what I would give to go back to those glory days of American muscle cars!
My first car was a 68 Chevelle SS 396, 350 HP with 4 speed Rock Crusher. I really miss that car.
🏆 very impressed 🍀 got R done 😎✌️
My dad had a 1966 Chevy Impala SS with a 396 c.i. engine with a four barrel carb. When I got older and could drive, I'd race it in a safe place with my buddy's 1970 Dodge Charger with a 383 c.i. engine. The Impala bragged that it had 325 HP but it was heavier than the Charger and the 383 engine seemed to have more power. The Charger was a lot faster. Another buddy had a Mustang with a 454 engine and was left in the dust by a smaller Chevy with a souped up 383. Later I bought a 1966 Mustang, used, for $400 and sold it years later for $400. Who knew it would have become a classic? All were nice cars for the time. It was great to be a teenager in the late 60s.
Life was so different then. Worked at a McDonald’s in San Diego. All us kids working there, except me, had muscle cars, 442, GTO, about 5 mustangs, nova SS, 3 RoadRunners and more. I had a 57 Fury-318, dual quads, 290 hp. A dog, but a great cruiser. Blew the head gasket. Ditched it. Bought a 63 Impala SS convertible-all show, no go. 283 with a 2 barrel, 2 Spd auto on the floor. Used to put my top down, stick my Bear surfboard top down just under my seat, sticking out the back. I couldn’t make it from Balboa and down Mission Blvd without a girl jumping in. It was the 60’s and California girls were the most beautiful in the world. God, I’m old.
I paid $3100. For a used, 3000 miles for my 1968 z/28...many fun times lookin for Mach 1 mustangs !!!!!
I'm a FoMoCo fan, but I like most Detroit iron from the good old days. And, that 427 Chevy Biscayne looks bad to the bone in black, and it is with that engine!
To my eye 1968 was just about everyone's best looking year.
Awesome!! ❤❤❤❤❤
I was born in 1968, and my dream car is a 68 Camaro SS.
I was born in 1955 and My Dream Car is a 1955 DeSoto Fireflight Convertible with an S21 Four Barrel Hemi Engine
Although the 1956 S24A and the 1957 S26A are both dual quad Hemi’s
Of the 68's the RS SS would be my first choice, if not that the Z28.
That is definitely a beauty..
Back when business was about business, and business tried to win and keep customers. Unlike today, when deregulated business is nothing but an investment vehicle for the Stock markets, and the name of the game is offer as little as possible and charge as much as you can.
Great video.
Well done 😅😢
Thanks 😅
I had a 68 ss 396 Chevelle , until someone wanted it free and stole it. Cops came to my house and told me to follow them to recovered car. But when I got to a vacant lot with 6 ft. tall weeds, I found my Chevelle was completely stripped with only the frame remaining. What a bummer that was!
That GTX has got me excited its beautiful
I drove a 66 Barracuda at that time and put a built 340, fenderwell headers and Dodge truck trans. in it, 3.91 gears.
no one beat me.. 11.9-12.0 quartet mile. never cared who had what.. the headlights all looked the same in my mirror.
They were all the best looking then!
I'll never forget my '68 Bird. I was 16yo & it was my very first car. Paid a whopping $625 to a body shop owner after I found it sitting in his back lot without tags. Spent 3 yrs restoring it just to be hit head-on by a drunk driver. (The same week it was finally finished & scheduled to get its paint job.) Destroyed! It wrecked my heart too!
That's a tough story to hear. Similar story I got my first car that way. A '68 Mustang. Sadly, a coupe with the 200 sprint six under the hood. Oh well, I pulled it off a farm a year before I could drive and a body shop owner had the year to restore it for me. It was done a month after I got my license at a cost of $900. Even though a 6 cyl wish I kept it.
I had 3 firebirds, two 67 and one 68. The 68 was my favorite.
I have 1968 Chevy SS 396 4-barrel,
Awesome 💯😊😅😮🎉❤❤
My brother in law gave me his 69 chevelle Ss for my 16th Birthday. It was an Awesome car. Wish I still had it. My Dad Loved the car sooo much that he Bought my Sister a Brand new 1972 For my sister. We even drove that car from Corpus Christi ,Texas toOrlando ,Florida for a vacation. As a kid I vaguely remember a road in Florida with no speed limit. My dad got that car over 100 mph. It was a coool experience 😀😀😀😀😀😀
All of the cars in your video except the rare factory option ones were in the the high-school parking lot when I was in high-school in the late seventies 😊😊😊
My great grandfather used to race in a 1968 428 cobra fastback with a modified engine but his brother had got a hold of it and he was being cheap *The car needed premium gas and more than usual to run and his brother used regular* and it messed up the engine and my great grandfather didn’t have the money at the time to repair it so he traded it in instead of lending it to family until he got the money.
That over head cam straight 6 with a 4 barrel carb 2 speed automatic made the Pontiac firebird a contender
One problem with the stock firebird ,when the car got up close to 100 mph the body would start to float and there was this feeling of loosing steering control. Unsettling.
In 1970, bought brand new 4x4 chevy shortbox for $3400.00. Was offered to buy 3 for $10,000. Dealer told me they were just boy toys. He was wrong, wish I would have kept it.
ITS WAS TOO BADS, I WAS ONLY 13 YEARS OLD. BUT HAD STARTED LOVES THIS CARS SINCE WATCHING THE MUNSTER CARS,BATMOBILE, THE 🙊 CAR,HOTRODS BOOKS, LIKE FROM 1963 AND UPS 2 NOW.
I love cars also but all I have is a 1990 1LE-IROC-Z 350 auto w/o air or power windows or door locks or a radio. It has 6.3 miles on it, they made only 28. Paid it off and have a 1992 1LE-B4C 350 that I drive as they made 250 of them.
That Corvette is a monster!!!
I had a 1969 Camaro SS 396. Oh how I wish I still had it!
best era for automobiles
I had a1965 Galaxie 500. With a390 4 speed 3quarter cam positive tract it was called blue demon nobody could beat me in waco
Love the Ole Galaxies ❤
The 390 was a damn good engine.
I don't see a Pontiac Tempest 4 door sedan with the standard 250 OHC6 1bbl listed (like my car). I guess it must have been No. 11, huh? Oo, so close!
My first car was 1961 Chevrolet impaia red and white
Had a 68 Cougar only had the 302 but it was a sweet ride. The ladies didn't care if it wasn't the top dog.
In ‘74 I purchased a 1968 Z/28. A friend of mine owns it today since I have owned by 1970 Z/28 since 1981 that I bought from the original owner. All my Z’s I’ve owned are/were 4 speeds.
Uncle bought a 68 Z new loved that car....owned a hanful of 1st gens my fav
HOwever a very well done 70 Z.28 was by far the best driving of most any muscle car Ive owned. Dailied that many yrs got in way too much trouble in it.
SOmething about the way it drove, handled, shifted couldnt get enough of it.
I got out of the Navy in 1970 and bought a ‘68 Olds 442.
Excellent video. I complete agree with your picks.
I would like a 68 Hurst Olds Cutlass, Peruvian silver and onyx black stripes, with air induction to the 455 under the hood. I wonder what those go for these days.
1964. WAS. THE. YEAR. THESE. CARS. STARTED. TO. ARRIVE. JUST. THE. 68s. WERE. HOTT. !!
My favorites are here
My folks like to buy Mercury Marque and one had an all aluminum dual overhead cam V8. I had it going 140 and still had more room to go. felt like you were just doing 60! And people thought it was an old persons car?
What do you do with that kind of horse power. Besides getting in trouble.
My first car was a 1970 GTO , I gave $1000 in 1977 , wonder what it’d be valued at now , 2023 ?
The GOAT could get it back then.
My first car in 1974 was a 1968 Ford Torino with a rebuilt 289 and a automatic. Not fast but dependable. My wife misses the bench seat.