COPO vs M & O Mopar

[69sixpackbee]

you are correct about the ordering process and those hoods and call outs on them being bold, I just thought going through fleet sales to get them built was a similar touch to the COPO cars. The road test where Ronnie Sox ran 12.91 was in super stock and drag illustrated, Roland recently reprinted the article in Mopar Muscle or Hot Rod , I'm not sure but I will look tonight when I get home from work. All the big 3 had special cars they gave the press to test and write about and were treated to the best engine assembly possible and max tuning. You know nobody wants to hear their latest hot rod in a 4 wheel slug. In 71 Car Craft did a special road test of a ss454 ls5 vs a 71rr 440 6bbl, added headers, slicks tuning , cam, etc. If they did thing's like that you know the manufacturers had a field day plotting stuff. I do know that my 1969 six pack super bee ran 13.60 2 weeks after I bought it with no changes of any kind, and after I put a set of 7inch cheater slicks on it it ran 12.9 all day since I didn't have to baby it to get it off the line. I got it down to 12.6 with headers and mechanical linkage for the six pack. other wise it was pure stock. What I did to it was alot like most guys without much money did to their cars. I loved that car, It was stolen from where I worked in 1970 and I have had lots muscle cars since but nothing inculding my 68 Hemi Road Runner ever compared to that big red Dodge.

[SS427]

For those interested, there is a very nice little article written on one of the '68 Dart GSS's in the December issue of Musclecar Magazine, page 14.

[copo9566aa]

Suggestion
For Mopar people
Start a M-Code registry similar to COPO
68 Dart M
69 Dart M
69 Cuda M
69 Bee M
69 Road M
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[SuperCars]

Hi Rick, is the Musclecar magazine the new one that some say they've recieved in the mail without having subscribed? Is it available on the news stands. Jerry Heasley said for me to send him $20 and he'd send my name into start receiving it? In any event I'd like to see the 68 GSS Dart article.

There already are numerous large Mopar Registry's that have been in existence for quite some time, already including all the M code cars.

[SS427]

Kevin,
I believe that is one and the same. However, I do not think it is available on the newsstand as of this time. Jerry is the Ford Editor and Curt Patterson is President and it is a very nice magazine in it's infancy. See the attachment for a small photo to give you an idea of the article.
Rick

[SS427]

The cover.

[Belair62]

I got this in the mail..looks like it could be a good mag....

[Mr70]

It's a pretty good magazine.Though you can see it is still in it's infancy.
The Matching T-shirt they gave ot at VetteFest was a nice thank you too.