are Lingenfelters considered 'stock production cars' like saleens are? ...i guess if the 68 SS hemi were sold, bought, and registered as stock production cars while respecting the production numbers of the time, then that's what it is.... interesing stuff.

 

and the hemi SS cars are so rare, that the hemi ss dart that is in the walter p chrysler museum, is a fake...a regular 68 dart with a hemi shoe-horned into it.

 

Any dealer could order these cars from Chrysler. They were sold off the dealer floor and ran mid 10's in 1968! Mopar ownd all back then for sure. They basically made this car just so they could completely blow the doors off of any other stock car, and to this day that almost still stands true.

 

but i also seem to recall that the car cost something like 10,000-11,000 in 1968...which would have been about 5 times what a mustang cost then...and about 2.5 times more than a GT500KR.

imagine a car that costs 5 times what a GT does today...we are talking around what, 150,000?

 

ROTM... it's no different then the current Ford FR500 they sell right now... That's in the 10's i believe.. and you order it right from ford with the 302 cammer motor in there.. and it's a truckload of money..

I don't consider that a "production" car... those sound like they were limited production race cars, that were just built by Dodge/Chrysler... Just like I wouldn't consider the FR500 a production car.

 

i wouldnt call the hemi SS cars production either...but they were permitted in production classes back then..

 

According to inflation 10,000 in 1968 is a little under 60,000 in today's money.
To me it was obviously a stock production car that you could go to the dealer and buy that had a window sticker and the whole 9 yards.
I'm going to give a +1 million to my previous post and be done with this. Good talk

"Any dealer could order these cars from Chrysler. They were sold off the dealer floor and ran mid 10's in 1968! Mopar ownd all back then for sure. They basically made this car just so they could completely blow the doors off of any other stock car, and to this day that almost still stands true."

 

Did anyone bother clicking the flashing box next to the 'Cuda's name?
Link.

 

haha..good work.

 

Wait what car had a 10 second quarter mile time stock??? I know the Veyron does; OF COURSE it does. It has what, 16 cylinders, 500 cubic inches and what 950 ft lbs of torque?? What car from the 70s had a 10 second quarter mile stock? The new challenger is looking at 12s. I don't know about the old Chally or Hemi Cuda, but I doubt it ran 10s stock.