1968 Plymouth Other

360

Automatic

VL21B8B353258

Clear

Gasoline

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE This is the car that started the '67-'69 Valiant "sleeper" rage when it appeared in Hot Rod and Mopar Collector’s Guide magazines in 2000. • 360 ci bored .030 over, high volume oil pump, 7 qt Milodon pan, windage tray and crank scraper • Heavy Duty 360 crank internally balanced, 360 Heavy Duty rods w/ heavy duty bolts • 308 casting high swirl heads w/ 2.02 intake and 1.60 exhaust • Main studs and head studs • 1.5:1 Harland Sharp roller rockers • Cam Motion solid lifter cam • Custom JE pistons with Speed Pro rings, 12.30:1 compression • Mopar M1 intake w/ 750-cfm vacuum secondary Holley carb • Transmission is "manual" shift A999 3-spd w/ low 1st gear • Continental 3,200 stall 10-inch converter • 3.91 rear gear ratio, Auburn Sure-Grip and Moser axles w/ green bearings • SFI Approved balancer and flex plate • Stock Mopar Performance Electronic Ignition • Hooker (Jet Hot Coated) 2 inch Super Competition Headers w/ 3 inch collector • 2 ½ aluminized exhaust with Walker turbo mufflers • The rear side windows are fixed, regulators were removed to save weight • There's no heater, radio or windshield wipers, all removed to save weight • Radio delete car w/ correct radio delete plate • Heater delete plate • Factory rubber floor cover • 15 gallon fuel cell w/ high volume electric pump • NHRA approved 6 point roll bar The car has run a best of 11.74 at over 115 MPH in the quarter mile with a closed exhaust and a set of slicks. It's capable of going faster with the right tune up. Plans that never came about was to install nitrous, the engine was purposely built to run it. It has never been abused and has been well taken care of. 70,620 original miles and the engine has approx. 2,500 miles on it since its rebuild. Always garaged and covered since I've owned it. The body and paint is in excellent condition. There was some rust when I purchased the car back in 1988. Except for a small hole in the trunk floor and the rear inner fenders it was repaired, see photos for details. Red is its original color. The black interior is in excellent condition.The new owner of this car can be part of history because they will be able to show it along with other Hot Rod Magazine featured cars at the magazine's 65th Anniversary Car Show to be held in Pomona, CA 23-24 March 2013. Only magazine featured cars will be displayed inside. On Oct-03-12 at 18:03:50 PDT, seller added the following information: To clear up some confusion, there is no rust in the rear quarters or the front fenders. As the pictures show the trunk extensions (rear inner fenders) were not repaired and there is no active rust anymore in those areas. Also all the chrome is in excellent condition. If anyone is interested I can provide videos of the car. On Oct-04-12 at 21:58:57 PDT, seller added the following information: On Oct-05-12 at 22:03:26 PDT, seller added the following information: