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.

Did you get the car back in the family?

yep,,i showed the owner pics from back in 69-70,,he was more than happy to gift us the car back after hearing the details of my 20 year search,,he said it all added up based on the guys that he knew of that were prior owners. we are almost dont stripping the body shell in preparation for full resto

quite hidden

well camouflaged

my mom, back with her original gts, 37 years later

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.

us back in the day

i had dart fever at 4 yrs old

Cool story! The side trim was on the GT only...not the GTS. I'm working on a 68 GT convertible myself. Same QQ1 paint color but white interior and white top. Good luck with the project and keep posting pictures!

Yea, I was wondering what the story on the GT trim was, are you sure it's the same car?

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,

I missed your previous comment about the accident and parts swap. Very neat car, I hope you can get it back up to snuff. Neat car!

Glad to see you got it back

thx all! I'll keep you posted on the progress and the appreciate the resources and knowledge here! i feel much more confident being among such mopar gurus that i will be able to have everything back just as ma mopar intended. thx again!

I owned a 383 4 speed Dart GTS Convertible in College. I new there weren't many. Bought it for $500 in 1974. 383 and am radio were the only options. It was in nice shape except for some rust in the front fenders. Bought two new ones at the dealer, $88 each.
Doug

Nice you found it! My dad would love to find his 68 GTS convert he sold in 74, gold with black top, black stripe, white interior, 340 console auto. has yet to find any old info with a vin # so it makes it hard to track down.

well all,,gts is tentatively headed to Springfield oregon for oe restoration,,will take 2 years but results should be well worth it.

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.

hey thanks! i will definitely keep you in mind when compile my next list of parts im hunting down