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Originally Posted by Hemi Moose
So did any of you own or know who had one of these 69 440 six pack Superbee or 69 440 six barrel Road Runner back in the late 60's.
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The first one I ever saw was owned by a father and son team from Pevely, MO and looked the the car in the ad other than the fender turn signals. I remember we all thought the hood was too cool to be real but none of us could figure out the black wheels and especially the chrome lug nuts. To me, it was sort of like running wide whitewalls on a set of Cragar SS wheels.
It didn't stay stock very long at all, probably not more than a month. Even though the son would occasionally cruise/street race the car it couldn't have racked up very many miles. I'm thinking it was no longer street legal by mid to late summer of 69. We raced AHRA at the time and I don't think it ever competed in Stock, but went into either Production or Super Stock right off the bat. It got headers, slicks, a BIG camshaft, and some serious lightweighting.
The car was very competitive but just about the time they got the car set up the way they wanted, a guy started racing a SS454 with a Bo Laws engine and that Chevelle gave them fits.
The father was a real Mopar guy and owned probably the nicest Hemi GTX I've ever seen. As I remember it was a 67 and had been owned by the wife of another Mopar racer just across the river in Illinois. The last time I saw it was in the late 70s and everyone thought he was crazy asking $6000 even if it did only have 18k miles and had never been modified in any way.
Where's my time machine?