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03-06-2020, 12:46 AM
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 Part of the 1968 Road Runner package was to be an exclusive engine only available in this car. To keep costs down the camshaft from the 383/330 HP engine was swapped out for the "hotter" cam of the 440/375 HP engine giving a final spec of 335 HP. 
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03-06-2020, 12:47 AM
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 Dick Macadam, who was styling director for the Chrysler-Plymouth studios was very adamant about putting a cartoon bird on a car: “Nobody! But nobody will ever put a cartoon bird on one of my cars!” In an effort to comfort him he was given the right to choose what bird would be on the car. he chose the image (in B & W) of a walking Roadrunner. This was the only place it was situated. All ads showed the bird running. After the car was a huge success the running bird was SOP.
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03-06-2020, 12:49 AM
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 It wasn't until 1969 that Chrysler began to offer factory installed 4.10 gears in it's muscle cars via the new Super Performance Axle Package (A32) and Super Track Pak (A34). Previous to 1969 you could get a 4.10 or 4.56 rear but it was dealer installed only.
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03-06-2020, 12:50 AM
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03-06-2020, 12:51 AM
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03-06-2020, 12:52 AM
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 The biggest difference between BULLITT and VANISHING POINT was in BULLITT the cars were filmed at actual speed. In VANISHING POINT the cars were filmed with the camera undercranked by 50%. Thus a car going 50 MPH would appear to be doing 100 MPH.
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03-06-2020, 12:53 AM
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 Carey Loftin, the Stunt Coordinator for VANISHING POINT originally thought that when the engine and transmission were removed from the Camaro and towed into the bulldozers the car would flip up and over them. Instead it stuck to the blades creating a better shot - by accident. The only time the automatic equipped 383 Magnum R/T Challenger was used in the production was for the purpose of towing the Camaro into the bulldozers. Loftin explained "If you miss a shift with a manual trans towing a car with the rig I was using, the tow car lost all momentum which wasn't an acceptable risk as we only had one Camaro."
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03-06-2020, 12:53 AM
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03-06-2020, 12:54 AM
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 Another unused ad photo showing a 1969 Dart GT with dual exhaust and exhaust tips neither of which were options.
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03-06-2020, 12:55 AM
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