1968 gts 340 4spd convertible
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hi all,,,recently found my parents original 68 gts 340 4spd convertible that they ordered in 67, as their first new car,,that they sold in 1979,,and spend 36 yrs regretting it. after a lot of dead leads,,i was finally able to track it down, buried in the woods. it was pretty easy to verify it was theirs because there was only 44 built in 68, and it still had remnants of the island dragway class winner stickers my mom won in 69.
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Re: 1968 gts 340 4spd convertible
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my mom, back with her original gts, 37 years later
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Re: 1968 gts 340 4spd convertible
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its rough,and certainly no money maker, but being a 1 of 44,,and my parents first new car,i couldnt let it die in the woods. its seems that at some point in its life after us, it got creamed in left side, and gt door and fender were used, based on color being off, and the car never had the side trim, but the vin# matched an old registration we had, as previously posted, the vague remains of the island dragway class winner stickers were stillon the rear 1/4 glass and there was only one 68 gts 340 4spd convertible built with black top and painted QQ1 blue.
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Re: 1968 gts 340 4spd convertible
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yep, 200% positive its the same car because the vin # matches an old registration, the gt door n fender dont match paint of the shell, so they were obviously salvage yard replacements,,alot can happen in the 37 years we lost the car,,and it was found about 6 miles from my parents house,,and he bought it from the guy my folks sold it to,
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Re: 1968 gts 340 4spd convertible
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I drove a 68 GT in college and afterwards, it ended up becoming a GTS clone with a crossram that I sold with the car, they added the 340 and has been seen for decades at the Mopar Nats and many pictures of it sold. I also drove another yellow 68 Dart GT convertible for years, I still miss both of them! I lost out on a 68 GTS convertible that was blue/blue automatic, a friend ended up with it and restored it. Let me know if you need any parts, as I have parted out several Dart verts.
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