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1968 Coronet R/T

1969CoronetR/T

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My '68 R/T finally came back home after a four year restoration. It has a stroked 512 with Indy heads and TTI full exhaust, Wilwood disk brakes, Gear Vendors overdrive, Borgeson power steering box and QA1 suspension and carbon drive shaft. I bought it just before my ex wife filed for divorce four years ago. I sent it out to a restoration shop and then covid hit to halt the work for a year or two. Out with the old bag and in with a new Coronet. These are the pictures form the shop. Would a 1968 R/T have a wood grain steering wheel with the sweep gauges? My 1969 Super Bee has the wood grain steering wheel with a Rallye dash while my 1969 Coronet R/T has a black wheel with a horn arounf the bottom half of the steering wheel and a sweep dash.
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Wow that’s SHARP! It looks like you have black ghost stripes in the paint. Interesting.
 
Awesome car you have there.
As far as I know the r/t were std with the sweep style gauges. Superbee std was rallye gauges. In 69 it shows rallye gauges a extra cost option in r/t but I do not know if it was a option in a 68 r /t. Steering wheels I think you could pretty much order any of them at extra cost:
First is 1968 Coronet, 2nd picture 68 bee
3rd pic 1969 option list. 4th 1968 coronet

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Keeping the RT was a better deal than keeping the ex, good move! That Coronet is beautiful! 440'
 
Great looking 68 R/T. Wood grain steering wheel is an optional addition with any dash.
 
Thanks Jerry. It looks odd since my Super Bee has the rallye with the wood grain steering wheel. I may be changing it out for the regular steering wheel with the horn ring.
 
Good Lord that looks nice! Can't beat an undercarriage you can eat off of :thumbsup:
 
My signature car is '68 R/T 4 speed that had the rally dash which looked to be original:
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It took a lot of time, work and money to get it looking good again.
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Awesome car you have there.
As far as I know the r/t were std with the sweep style gauges. Superbee std was rallye gauges. In 69 it shows rallye gauges a extra cost option in r/t but I do not know if it was a option in a 68 r /t. Steering wheels I think you could pretty much order any of them at extra cost:
First is 1968 Coronet, 2nd picture 68 bee
3rd pic 1969 option list. 4th 1968 coronet

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My 68 Coronet RT had the Charger Rally dash. bought it new in 1968. Wish I had been smart enough to have kept it
 
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