They ARE out there

I know they're out there... I've driven them. A close friend once almost bought a white '67 Polara droptop, 383-4V console 4-speed car with a black top and a red gut, all original and low mileage. The numbers confirmed what it was. He should have bought it; they were going to give him way more than his Omni GLH was worth at the time. I've also posted pictures of a 1965 426W/4-speed Sport Fury 'vert that was in a nearby junkyard. A customer at Year One had a 440/4-speed Sport Fury 'vert with the oddball Dana 53 rear axle.

Now, get me a picture of an original '69-up 4-speed car, which I've never seen. I think I clarified that in the original thread, did I not?
 
A few statistics on that car;

Factory dry weight....3538....don't know which engine & trans combo. Not much for a big car.

The rarest option for 1968 Furys was the four speed manual transmission with floor-mounted shifter, with only 0.2 percent of the run being so equipped.
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Now, get me a picture of an original '69-up 4-speed car, which I've never seen. I think I clarified that in the original thread, did I not?
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I knew of many 64, 65 & 66 C-bodies with 4spd, they were the Impala and Galaxie killers of the day. Prior to the emergence of the muscle-car era, the full sized were the only way to get a large engine. Therefore they WERE the muscle cars. When the emphasis was put on the mid-sized muscle, the full-sized were relegated as the "family" car.
With only 0.2% of the 68's with 4spd, it's more than likely as not being available or even wanted in later years.

But the sheer size of the 67 and up c-bodies made them undesirable as a muscle car. :huh:
 
Find me a '68 Chrysler 300 coupe with a 4-speed, and I'm your huckleberry. I'd be all over that like stink on poop. I've never even seen a picture of one.
 
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Find me a '68 Chrysler 300 coupe with a 4-speed, and I'm your huckleberry. I'd be all over that like stink on poop. I've never even seen a picture of one.
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As near as I could find, 4spd weren't offered in the 300 line after 69. Just because it was offered doesn't mean that any were built. 1970 was the year of the Hurst 300 option, which was only available as an auto.

This pic is a 64, which looiks like the 4spd was an afterthought. :hmmm:
 

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This one was a built car...66 300...but I almost bit the bullet and bought it years ago when it came up on E-bay...still love the look though.

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Cow, you'd fall all over yourself if you ever saw EFI Ed's '66 300. He bought it with 38,000 miles on it from the wife of the original owner. 440/365HP, console auto, white with a black top and gut, and disc brakes. The only thing he had to change, really, was the carpet. That was quite a project considering the factory floormats are sewn to it and have metal inlays so they have to be transferred to the new carpet set.
 
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That was quite a project considering the factory floormats are sewn to it and have metal inlays so they have to be transferred to the new carpet set.
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Holy shit! Really???

How does that work? Pics?
 
I don't have pics of Ed's car, but the factory floormats in a '66 300 are rubber and have aluminum strips inlaid across them side-to-side. They are sewn to the carpet. It's a very-cool detail, but when you're sewing them into place, you have to use the factory holes in the rubber since you're not getting a needle through 'em by hand. Ed being Ed, it had to be perfect, and it is. I don't know that all 300s have them; Ed's car does. Here's a shot I found on the interwebs, though:

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Thanks for the Double post there 68....:doh:....:D

And Doc...that is new info to me. I did not know that about the 66 300's and the aluminum strips. Very cool!
 
I don't know whether that was a 1-year-only detail or not, but it's so hip it has to crane its neck to see over its own thigh. They really were a bastard to transfer; getting them off the original carpet wasn't exactly a cakewalk. None of us would help him because we didn't want to be responsible for screwing 'em up; they were in gorgeous condition. The original carpet in Ed's car was actually in nice shape, but as is often the problem it had faded to a greenish tinge. Man, that car was a honey of a find. I think he paid $3,400 for it and I'd be surprised if he's put 10,000 miles on it in 15 years.

The funny thing: he bought it as an "economical" alternative to his Charger, which at the time was getting about 4MPG (no, I'm not kidding). He drove it to work every day for the first week, and on Friday he was excited to report he was seeing 12MPG. "YES!! Double-digit gas mileage!" :D
 
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