1968 '340' Barracuda vs 1968 '383' Road Runner

69 Cuda 440 said
In 1968,

Sox & Martin would bring a 1968 383 Road Runner (Pillared Coupe) to their Super Car Clinics,
and also to the local Track's where they were running Match Race Events.

It was a legal street driven-car, that Ronnie Sox or Jerry Gross would take enthusiastic and
thrill-seeking gear-heads for a short blast down the street, for those who came to their
1968 Car Clinics.

It was set-up with E/S lettered on the 'C' Pillar, but the car had 'SHOW' lettered on the windows,
and they never ran it in Legal E/Stock.

The car had 8" wide Street-Legal Cheater-Slicks on it.

A 'SHOW CAR', much like the 'Smothers Brothers' with their 1968 4-4-2.

goes to show you, the public was clamoring for a glimpse of the new super muscle car that everyone was talking about !! And even pontiac with the GTO was very worried about. Guys didn't care about NHRA E/S class, it was a fast, cheep, muscle car that was as strong as an ox, with a cool to this day lovable cartoon character that everyone could relate to. Ronnie Sox was on the Chrysler pay roll and i'm just guessing they said sell the RR so he did, then in 69 was named car of the year, and beat the GTO sales, and i think S&M ran a 69 RR 6bbl that year ? Guys with NHRA and some guys like yourself back then i guess thought the 383 335hp engine was a turd, but luckily the the guys that mattered like the buying public and Chrysler thought different, its OK, i don't care for most of the ford engines but if a nice 69 mach 1 was available i would defiantly consider it because it a mean looking ride!