Rare 1968 Dodge Coronet 500 Convertible
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- Wayne Johnson of Oxford, CT bought his 1868 Dodge Coronet 500 convertible new when he was 21 years old. It's been restored and looks in showroom condition as this story collected in the fall of 2020 and pulled from the RIDE-CT archives shows.
This is a great story. I was parked next to Mr. Johnson with my 1988 Dodge Aries wagon at a car show in Shelton in 2018, and this car was truly gorgeous. I remember him telling me how this was truly a family car for a long time - that his newborn kids came home from the hospital in this car.
It does have a great story.
Way to go Wayne, you saved a very beautiful car!! ^8 Coronets are stunning.
Wonderful story! Long-term relationships with vintage cars are love stories that should always be shared!
I'm happy he shared it with us!
That's my brother in law.....I was 10 years old when he got that car and I remember it like it was yesterday. Rode in it many times and even drove it a couple of times when I was older and could talk him into letting me drive it 🙂
Lucky you!
Sweet car!
Yes, it is.
Unlike Plymouth, Dodge NEVER offered the Super Bee as a convertible. While the Road Runner was available as a convertible from 1968-70.
Absolutely, gorgeous with a tremendous story.
No convertible Road Runner in 68.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Another great story/car
Thanks for sharing
No, thank you, and please tell friends who are classic car enthusiasts about the channel.
Beautiful Car, great story!
These days you have to order packages containing the things you want.
That is a beautiful car!
It really gets noticed!
Beautiful car. My fist car was a '68 500. 330 horse 383 automatic. Put in 4.10 suregrip and proceeded to kick butt on a lot of " musclecars" !
I'll bet you did.
@ride-ct-classiccars Ran 14.71 with the 3.23 open rear. Eighteen years old and on top of the world in 1973!
A Keeper 💯 Percent
You are definitely spot on.
1968 cornet wouldn’t have come with a 383 magnum 335hp from the factory, it would have come with a 383 4BL 330hp. The reason is the 383 magnum and 426 hemi were the high performance engines for the superbee which was the high performance cars. The 68 cornet was not so they didn’t get the performance engines or there would had been a sales conflict with the lesser models. I already went through this with a Mopar guru about my base model charger and bought the factory books for the options available on all models for 68.