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I couldn't recall the color until I saw FASBIRD pic's of his car. Mine was Bahama Yellow also. I don't know what the $45.00 was for on the bottom of the sticker. Beer maybe? And I can't remember if it had a arm rest or not.

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I thought it strange to have the SOLD CAR item as to me from the order for the first 300 runners any runner with a order number of 949001 to 949300 was not dealer ordered

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Well they were probably listed as SOLD CAR because they were part of a "Group Release" covered by "Special Car Inquires" for 1000 initial units. Six hundred were to be manual transmission and four hundred were to be automatics and were to be evenly devided between Road Runner and Super Bee.

So when Product Planning and Fleet Engineering set out to do the A12 project they had to get the cars either from "Sales Bank" or order the units, which would immediately be internally noted as "SOLD CAR" on the broadcast sheet/production plan......................not buying it eh?

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No I was the second owner. But it only had 1300 miles on it. A collage kid had it first and drove it hard.He would run it at about 90 down the road all the time. With the 4:10 rear end gears the motor didn't last long. I got it it was on it's third engine. I was too young too take care of it. The tune-ups were killing me. But thanks for all the help already. And thanks for the "Welcome Home". Thats the first time I've had someone say that to me. '69-'70.

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1 year old and the third engine was a common story for these cars.
Did you not have any desire to buy another 6pak car and what did you buy after the RR?

Hats off to you for serving overseas!
Did you return knowing you wanted a muscle car and were they trying to advertise muscle cars to you guys while overseas?

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Here is a short story that might shed a little light on SOLD CARS. My neighbour, Tony Smith bought 949003 (Dave W. car) from his brother in laws dealership in Vancouver in the spring of 1969. Johnston Motors was probably the biggest Mopar performance dealer in Western Canada at the time. They housed all of the Hemi, Six Pack, 440 and 340 cars in a separate building and all these cars came under the direction of a fellow named John Bowden. John ordered all the high performance cars for Johnston Motors and also was sponsored by the dealer ship to race Hemi cars and Six Pack cars. Anyways, 949003 was ordered by John Bowden for the dealership and it is unclear as to whether is was going to be raced or just show it off on the showroom floor. Tony spotted the car coming off the transporter and bought the car before John Bowden could get his hands on it. I'm sure that caused some grief later on. The bottom line was that the 3rd Runner built was ordered by the dealership for whatever reason. I'm sure many cars just showed up at many dealerships with the owners not really knowing what these A12 cars were. I also know that Johnston Motors sold at least 2 Hemi Cuda convertibles and that is saying something for the total number sold.

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Harry, thanks for the information on my car, I didn't know all of the story about John ordering all the cars for Johnston Motors.

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I knew that I wanted a muscle car, but I thought that it had to be a Chevy. I had read about the Six Pack, but never considered one, UNTIL I SAW the Q5 sitting on the showroom floor, hood on the roof, aircleaner on the hood, and 3 deuces sitting on top of a highrise intake with a 440!!! Dang, I HAD to have the car. I couldn't look at anymore cars. I bought it on the spot and didn't even try to talk them down. I still have the paperwork where I traded my Chevy in on it.

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PJ great story!
I was all of 6 in 1969 and living overseas(Ramstien AFB) with my dad being in the military(20years) I saw quite a few guys return from Nam who could no longer drive there 4 speed cars due to serious injury. One guy in particular said his muscle car was all that got him through the whole experience.

Buying an A12 off the showroom floor.......It's good to be KING for a day!