![]() Many consider the 1968-70 Chargers to be the high-water mark for Mopar muscle car design.In fact, all the 1968-70 B-bodies have proven to be the most popular intermediates wearing a Pentastar logo. The Super Bee had the same philosophy as the Road Runner – standard big-block power, cool name and a low price of entry.Īlong with the other B-bodies, the Charger got new sheetmetal in 1968 that set the standard for combining fantastic style with great performance. The Road Runner was so well-received, Dodge got into the low-price muscle game a bit later with their Super Bee package on the Coronet. The Road Runner package proved to be very popular, and would become an icon in the muscle car world. ![]() Since the Barracuda name went E-body in ’70, Plymouth introduced the Duster to the world. ![]() The introduction of the E-body pony cars (Barracuda and Challenger) stole some of the A-body’s thunder along with their big block engines. More big changes to the A-body line happened in 1970. Complete books can and have been written about these very special cars, so here we’ll just say these cars represent the pinnacle of Mopar A-body performance and collectability! The big bomb for ’68, though, was the limited run of 426 Hemi-powered Darts and Barracudas built specifically for the drag strip. Also in ’68, the Dart GTS package appeared for the first time adding some nice muscle car style to the performance offered by the 383 engine. The 340 was designed from the outset as a performance engine, and when installed in the lightweight Darts and Barracudas was an exception performer capable of humbling many big-block cars of the era. First, the famous 340-inch LA small block was introduced.
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