68 and 69 Dodge Charger engine?

[slusher]

Did Chrysler put many 6 cyl  in  68 or 69 Chargers?

[Mark]

Not many.  I believe the six may have been a "delete option", meaning the car was built with a 318 unless specifically ordered with a six.  Not a lot of Chrysler products were built to order back then; often dealers would find the closest thing in the "sales bank" of already built cars rather than wait several weeks for a special order.  So someone would have had to really want a slant six Charger back then in order to get one.  Even then most dealers would have probably tried to talk the customer out of it, maybe telling them that it wouldn't have any resale value when traded in later.

[Rodent]

An ex-colleague of mine owned a slant 6 '69 Charger with 3 on the tree in the early 2000s. That is the only one that I am aware of that I personally saw.

[Carmak]

Mark's answer is spot on.

I would add that some larger dealers would order zero-option slant 6 Chargers simply for advertising "The new 68 Charger starting at the low low price of $xxx)"

Also - Mopar would build almost anything if you ordered enough of them. I remember an article in a Mopar mag years ago about a fleet buyer that ordered a batch of Slant 6/auto Chargers with column shift and front bench seats. 

[slusher]

What made me thinking was the last car my parents bought was a 77 Impala  6cyl no air automatic with an am radio and half vinyl top. Out of a hole fleet of 350 and 305 my mother always bought wanted the cheapest  car she could get while my dads always had air and options. That car still runs looks goods and belongs to me. Parked under her carport with a cove over it…

[Mike 1017]

1968 6cyl Charger 904 built

1969 6cyl Charger 462 built

I learned something new today.

Mike

[stavanzer]

41 minutes ago, Mike 1017 said:

1968 6cyl Charger 904 built

1969 6cyl Charger 462 built

And, I wonder how many remain? Got to be rarer than Hen's Teeth now. I've never even seen a photo of a slant six in a Charger.

[Mark]

My mom bought a new Dodge Neon in 1995.  Other than automatic transmission, she wanted absolutely no options.  Not even a radio.  The dealer found one with a rear window defroster (required in NY), side moldings, automatic, and AM radio.  She was OK with the moldings.  The dealer threw in the radio, as it was more trouble than it was worth to take it out, and he probably didn't have the filler piece for the instrument panel anyway.  That car didn't even have a passenger side exterior mirror.

My brother took the car when my mom quit driving.  He picked up another Neon with A/C for next to nothing...swapped the A/C into that car.  It wasn't an add-on unit.  It was relatively easy to swap it in, as the wiring harness in the car was the same with or without it.  I remember seeing a plug hanging off of the engine.  We asked about that...it was indeed for the A/C.  He also swiped the passenger side mirror off of the A/C car.

[restoman]

Around 1981, I owned one of those 904 slant six Chargers. It was, indeed, a bare-bones car, made even more bare by the east coast climate.

It was pretty well rotted out. Dark green with a black vinyl top, left rear leaf poking through the trunk floor, rotted torsion bar crossmember (which is how I got for something like $50), but with an absolutely mint grill and bumper.

It did run, though.

[Mike 1017]

5 hours ago, stavanzer said:

And, I wonder how many remain? Got to be rarer than Hen's Teeth now. I've never even seen a photo of a slant six in a Charger.

1968 Slant Six Charger Survivor | Mopar Blog

[slusher]

7 hours ago, Mike 1017 said:

1968 6cyl Charger 904 built

1969 6cyl Charger 462 built

I learned something new today.

Mike

 

1 hour ago, Mike 1017 said:

1968 Slant Six Charger Survivor | Mopar Blog

Thanks Mike and guys for the information…

[stavanzer]

And, Here is the Engine Bay Photo I've never seen.

Thanks , Mike 1017

[slusher]

I would love to drive one in a Charger..