I still have 3 vintage Mopars and all '69's with 440's. Funny thing was back in '69 I went to buy my first car and wanted a '69 Dart GTS with a 383. Found a sidebar article while reading a car magazine on the 383 GTS (doing buying research for it) on the M-code 440 GTS. Got laughed out of my local Dodge dealer when I asked about it (sales guys "No way will Dodge put a 440 in a compact car"). My mom and dad didn't want me to get a "compact car" (Dart) with 7 kids in the family so down to the local Plymouth dealership to order a 383 Road Runner. Had the RR for over 10 years and sold it . I just had to get another '69 Road Runner in the early '90's so the search was on. Found a Y4 Spanish Gold met A12 Road Runner coupe and purchased it and then set out to find ALL of the things I need to get it back to original. Accomplished 99.9% of that and then ran across a '68 RR and actually finished that. And low and behold a friend needs some money to get a real off-road (racing) motorcycle "dirt bike" and asks if I can help him out? I just happened to work for (34-years) for a very capable motorcycle manufacture (capable dirt bikes for sure and great adventure bikes) when he asks me if I want to buy his '69 Dart GTS M-CODE Full circle and I now have basically the original car I wanted in 1969. I sell the '68 and get an unmolested 1-owner all original '69 440 GTX 4-speed in rough but solid shape and restore it and love the car. So now I have 3 1969 440 cars and wish I could go back in time and do the biggest burnout in the parking lot of that old hometown Dodge dealership in the M-Code Dart GTS 440 that "No way will Dodge ever put a 440 in a compact car"

MikeR

1969 Plymouth GTX 440, 4-speed,Y2 Sunfire Yellow
1969 Plymouth RM21 Road Runner A12 M-code 440 3X2 Y4 Spanish Gold Metallic
1969 Dodge Dart GTS A13 440 M-code F8 Green