1968 Dodge Coronet R/T 440 Walkaround with Steve Magnante | Cold start, Revs! | Ep. 99 

Thanks Steve, bringing back great memories. I had the 68 Coronet R/T in the early 70's. It was B5 blue with the 440 and 4 speed. My cousin had a 69 Roadrunner and his brother had a 67 GTX. those were the days.😊

The 68's will always be great.

1968 was a huge year for mopar, every car for that year was really stylish

68 is One of mopar best looking cars . Love the tail panel on 68 coronet

Beautiful 68 R/T My Dad had One of One 0owerd Window

Professionally done Steve.

As always Steve, excellent presentation, Thanks.

I wonder how many cars High Octane has sold because of Steve. I'm guessing he's been a great asset for sales

I saw your place recently on a trip to the Filipino store in Worcester. Sorry I missed this RT. It’s a beauty. Best wishes for Steve!

Home from Vietnam, bought a 68 RT canary yellow 440 . In Detroit suburbs 2900.00 and change out the door . Wish I had it today

Was a '68 RR fan but my first car as a kid in '72 and only one I could afford bagging groceries until the NEW 'Cuda was a '68 Coronet 500 coupe which if Im not wrong is more rare than these R/Ts, it was the equal of Belvedere Satellite I think. It had blacked out grill with 500 badge in center, blacked out tail panel with chrome accents like the R/T but without R/T badging and the scallops on the sides unlike the R/T had chrome or aluminum inserts for extra bling. It had split bench and weird optional lighting inside..little luxury bits. I put the Rallye wheels on that when you could get them used for nothing. I MISS that car more than the overplayed E bodies -my 360-4 last year 'Cuda (with aforementioned Rallye Wheels of course) was fun really straight line only, kind of bulky heavy crude cars not fun to drive in CT backwoods where a Corolla could kill you. The B bodies though - they were handsome bombers. And you could carry the party with you. LOVE that compound radius C pillar. 👀

My father drag raced semi-pro and was a mechanic at a Dodge dealer. He bought a new 1967 R/T with a 440 and air conditioning for a street car and replaced his 1964 Max Wedge race car with a new 1968 R/T with a 426 Street Hemi the following year. I got to drive the 67 440 to school in the 1970's. The B-body 440 and 426 Hemi cars got two half leaves on the passenger side rear spring with manual transmission from 67 to 71, but the 66 Hemi and 72 440 with manual transmission got the same leaf springs as the automatic cars. The 1969 383 B-bodies with manual transmissions got one half leaf on both the left and right sides, but the 68 383 with manual transmission, got the standard V-8 rear springs the automatic 383's got. I'm not sure the 69 half leaves made it to 70 or 71 manual 383's and may have been one year only. The 440 and 426 Challengers and Barracudas all got two half leaves on the passenger side, automatic and manual transmissions.

Luv the color combo...

Love the numbers matching electronic distributor and control box

Let's go all the way with the VIN for the win: W for Coronet, S for Special price class (R/T), 23 for two door hard top, L for 440 V8 with four barrel, high performance, 8 for 1968 model year, G for St. Louis (Fenton), MO assembly and the rest is the production sequence. Yes, code "E" Dark Blue exterior paint. The Fenton, MO plant had a North (opened in 1959) and South (opened in 1966) side to it and they were both gone by 2009, and razed by 2011. The plant also assembled minivans from 1987 to 1995.

I like these videos as a opposite look at cars from Steve’s scrapyard vids 😎

No that is the epitome of old school Mopar muscle. Beautiful car!

We had a Beautiful Burgundy Exterior and Interior Powered Widows 440 4Spd later fitted w/Dana 60

Absolutely one of my TOP MOPAR PICS! 2ND ONLY TO 69.5 DODGE A12 M-CODE! OF COURSE WERE TALKN B BODYS 68 HEMI CORNET IS 2ND OVERALL TO THE LO29 *A TEAM!

Yup, I was correct. It IS a '68 Coronet R/T. Mean muscle car here, and the Charger's cousin.

I had that in a convertible and in green Wish I still had it

I remember in the 80’s, my dad picked up a 68 coronet 500 convertible- 318 car. Was rough to say the least. He traded it for a paint job in a 65 galaxie. The guy who acquired it must have knew he got a good deal, because there were few of these cars made. My dad was pissed but he could have done some research

Love that color

Beautiful car. I had the 68 Charger in dark green with the white and green interior. I never noticed that the console in the Coronet was slightly different. The Charger had ridges that ran left to right for the length of the console where this one has more of a brushed stainless look. Just tonight my brother had said "I bet you wish you had kept that one". Well, thank you Capt. Obvious. Your scatpack tattoo is my only tie pin. I've had it for 30 years or so, picked up at a flea market.

Love the '69 Charger 500 grille and round side markers on the 1968 cars.

I live not to far from you guys and drive by every week. Love seeing all the cars outside

what a beauty!! love the tail lights

That's a sweet car!

Just found this channel. Subscribed for Steve!

Great info for a great car....thanx Steve.

I would love to own and care for this ride.

nice car...nice tat Steve👍

Very nice car.

So here is the question. You are in your 20's it 1968 and you've got a pocket of cash which do you choose charger or coronet? Tough choice

Always loved the Charger/Coronet/Superbee for 68. Mix in the 440.. old school low lumpy lug Magnum and you have a winner. The Hemis were/are the big dog when it came to making the headlines. But having a Magnum, 383/440 or the more modern but discontinued 360 or SOHC 287, there's no mistake in the sound. Because you'll hear them before you see them.

Awesome 👍 job guys I Appreciate all your Tips and video's 👌 Keep UP with all your work and Builds guys 🤙😎🤙🥃

Better than any new Mopar junk.

Sweet

Good arm size. When you showed the Tat and flexed I thought I saw the wheel get bigger on the scat pac

Had one. Green on green. Column shift. Sold it for $500 when the third kid came. That was 38 years ago. We still talk about it and the '68 Charger R/T as well as the '69 340 Dart Swinger I once owned. Damn........

Part of the reason the R/T outsold the Super Bee is the Super Bee was a mid year addition. Dodge saw the great success of the Plymouth road runner and wanted a similar version for their dealers.

Had I been alive and driving back in those days I might’ve been a Mopar man. I also have one tattoo… in the same spot… same shoulder… but of a Pontiac Firebird logo.

Nice car. I wish there were more Coronet 440 cars out in circulation. That haven’t been turned into Super Bees. I do prefer the 500’s & R/T rear trim panel between the taillights.

Unfortunately no Raleye instrument cluster, tic toc tac. This chap knows his mopars!

"G-60s" was the size tire for a fat meat you could stuff in the rear of B bodies in 60s nomenclature- without mods - some airshocks for a slight rake gave you the extra jimmies though. Lunchbox boys would have to use ugly shackles, lol. 👀

Another wavy hack job resto!

nice Mopar, and with a 150 speedo.

Enjoy your u tube, what brand motor oil do u use in your car? I use Castrol.thank u.

Very nice how much you you take cash in hand

Nice ride

68 had better tail lights

I remember when you could get these cars for 5 to 800 bucks all day back whenever I was a teenager in skies are ridiculous thinking you can get that kind of money out of them that's completely taking advantage of someone. And it's an automatic no one knows how to drive a stick nowadays and that's what I grew up on three on a tree and an old dump truck kids today don't even know how to drive

Probably arguably my favorite Color thats NOT BLACK!

No spara tire?

I have an IROC tattoo on my wazzoo,. but when the old lady comes around, it reads International Race......

The HP exhaust manifolds have no measurable benefit according to dyno test I had recently seen. They were just a gimmick. The upward tilt of the manifold is what really matters, and both manifolds have it.

I would love to trade my wife for the 10% down such a stunning car.

20 yrs ago at the Spring Fling in southern California. had a 1969 Coronet R/T 440,4 speed,a/c for sale…$19,000. Didn’t but it, wife called me an idiot I agree with her 100 percent, IDIOT.

How much

“Date code correct”

$65,000.00

Wow, your commercials have ads in them.

Gee Steve he only gave you a tattoo no car /. Nice guy

Pretty fuckin' sweet.👌

MAGNUM MOTORS WERE RED...NOT BLUE..

The biggest nerd on the planet has a tattoo and i don't.... not sure how to process this information.

I think the 69 was a nicer looking car . The Dash layout was tacky and hideous like Grandma's Rambler . Changing the Intake and putting a Holley on it don't make it original anymore or any better . It's not restored if it's changed . Same with the Cragars . I wish some of these " Experts " would say something that 1000 other " Experts " hasn't . Yeah buy that car for $115 , 000 .