Dodge Charger values have ebbed and flowed somewhat over the
years, mirroring the muscle car market, but somehow the 1968 models are still
somewhat reasonably priced, at least compared to some other models of the era.
The solution for 1968 was to create a faux fastback of
sorts, using C-pillars that were buttressed to create the profile of a sleek,
sloping roof, while in reality, the back glass maintained a fairly conventional
angle. This "tunnel" window arrangement allowed the interior to retain
most of the same components as the rest of the B-body coupes. Dodge went
further with the new strategy by offering the new Charger with all the same
mechanicals as workaday B-body models, so consumers could drive off in an extra
sexy coupe that wasn't really any less practical than Aunt Ethel's Belvedere.
The revised Charger worked: Chrysler in 1968 built Chargers
at maximum plant capacity to fill orders, far exceeding projections and
wrapping up with a production total that fell just short of 100,000 units; a
full 17,582 of them were R/Ts. Compare that to total 1967 Charger production of
15,788.
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