68 roadrunner, export car?

[69 Runner]

Not that I'm aware of

 

[tubbed66charger]

My motor was never apart before I got it. It has 906 heads. I have heard of some really early 68's getting left over 915's

 

[thebankerstoy]

I see where they list the 906 head for the 383 in`68 Road Runners in the link that "Thebankerstoy" provided, I was under the impression that for this one year only a casting # ending in 250 was used.

Here's the two 383 and 440 head casting numbers and part numbers that I can find that were offered in 1968.

Part #2843904, casting #2843906, 383 and 440 engines
Part #2843904, casting #2951250, 383 and 440 engines

Both of these head castings were open chambered with 2.08 intake valves and 1.74 exhaust valves and both had 6 bolt valve cover attaching points. The only difference that I can see between the two, is that the 906 head castings were offered from 1968 through 1970 and the 250 head castings were only available in 1968. My reference books do not mention which cars the 250 head castings were used on, so I don't know if they were only used on certain models or not. I do know that back in this era, you could pretty much order anything you wanted, so that's why it's SOOO interesting to figure out what was and what wasn't possible.

Richard

 

[69Coronetrt]

Hi Tem,

I just listed all of the assembly plants for reference, but I agree that the Road Runners were not built at all of the above plants, only at the Lynch Road, Hamtramck, Los Angeles and St. Louis plants as far as I know. I have not been able to determine if they ever built any 68 Road Runners in Canada, but it doesn't look like it so far

68 -70 RR's were only built at Lynch Road (A), St. Louis (G) and LA (E).

From 71-74 RR's were built at the Windsor, ONT plant (R) as well as other US plants.

 

[69Coronetrt]

Code 674 is "domestic owners publication--owners manual

Code 677 is "built for export order"

The combination of both most likely points to an order take from a military serviceman while overseas. This was quite common during the Viet Nam war with young guys ordering new cars so it was waiting for them when they arrived home. The manufacturers were set up to take their orders while they were overseas and the buyer could pick the dealer location that they wanted to take deliver of the car. Some waited until they got to their hometown and some picked up at the dealer nearest the base they when to when the came back to the states.

There would be no difference in this case regarding how the car was built or any other equipment.

If the car was actually exported outside the USA, depending on the country it went to, it would have an optional language owners manual and other things possibly such as a speedo in KM rather than MPH.

I agree. Last weekend, I saw a car with the supporting documentation for just this case. The serviceman ordered the car while overseas for pick up when he got home. The car is coded 677 "Built for Export order" and 687 "Export new car service - Domestic dealer"

 

[tubbed66charger]

Thanks for all the info.