6 Econo Racers Compared

[mcmopar]

Hey Big John could you move this to the Reference Section? I tried to post it in there but was unable to do so. Until it is moved I'll leave it here.
This is a comparison of 6 Econo-Racers Car & Driver did in Jan. 1969. I love reading this one!

 

[SomeCarGuy]

That is a sweet one but still not the one I'm thinking of. Thanks for posting this one, i had forgot about this test.

Maybe I can find the one I'm thinking of. It was a 383 car that they tested with headers, slicks and a few small tricks like taking out the air cleaner and mounting the base by itself.

 

[Big John]

Hey Big John could you move this to the Reference Section? I tried to post it in there but was unable to do so. Until it is moved I'll leave it here.
This is a comparison of 6 Econo-Racers Car & Driver did in Jan. 1969. I love reading this one!

Will do. Give me a couple days. I'm behind in a few things but I'll get to it.

 

[A12]

Great article! :cheers: You can see why they sold 80k+ 383 road runners from that test comparison. You could buy a pretty nicely equipped 383 rr coupe with some good performance for even the base price and then add a couple hundred in options and still be in the low to mid $3,000 range. My 383 RM23 hardtop IIRC had a base of $3,038 and I added 3.91 Suregrip, air grabber, bucket seats, console, power steering, light package , hood stripes, and that was in the mid-$3k and a blast to whoop up on those 325 hp 396's maliboats Thanks for posting those memories :cheers: :cheers:


MikeR

 

[SomeCarGuy]

Hey the light package is pretty cool.

 

[george68hemirr]

GREAT ARTICLE....THANKS FOR SHARING

 

[glhcarl]

Great artical, thanks for posting it. I can remember reading in in 1969. I remembered the part about the Pontaic Judge. Who would think GM would try to throw in a ringer?

 

[3BIRDS1X]

Nice article, I've never seen that one before.

 

[3BIRDS1X]

Find any good ads in that mag?

 

[mcmopar]

Just the typical stuff that's already been posted in the Reference section. I have a bunch of old mags, though, so I'll take a look through them when I get the time.

 

[Hoosier Bird]

Great artical, thanks for posting it. I can remember reading in in 1969. I remembered the part about the Pontaic Judge. Who would think GM would try to throw in a ringer?

I don't remember reading that one in 69...........oh, that's right, I was only 3............ :lmao:

 

[ACME A12]

Great artical, thanks for posting it. I can remember reading in in 1969. I remembered the part about the Pontaic Judge. Who would think GM would try to throw in a ringer?

I don't remember reading that one in 69...........oh, that's right, I was only 3............ :lmao:

Trying to get Stuart to quit referring to you as one of the old guys...???

:jester:

 

[Hoosier Bird]

Trying to get Stuart to quit referring to you as one of the old guys...???

:jester:

I fit in better with the old guys. I'm proud to be one of the old guys.........

 

[A12]

Great artical, thanks for posting it. I can remember reading in in 1969. I remembered the part about the Pontaic Judge. Who would think GM would try to throw in a ringer?

I don't remember reading that one in 69...........oh, that's right, I was only 3............ :lmao:

Wow, that's cool and amazing that you were only 3 and able to read at an 8th grade level.......... I was 4 in '69 but had a driver's license :wink: ..............I feel old now

MikeR

 

[ACME A12]

[quote="ACME A12":25lw26oh]Trying to get Stuart to quit referring to you as one of the old guys...???

:jester:

I fit in better with the old guys. I'm proud to be one of the old guys......... [/quote:25lw26oh]


Yeah, me too. I'm only a few years older than him but wear that moniker proudly...

:jester:

 

[SomeCarGuy]

I'm glad somebody back then agrees with us about Mopars :cool: :drive:

 

[moparstuart]

Great artical, thanks for posting it. I can remember reading in in 1969. I remembered the part about the Pontaic Judge. Who would think GM would try to throw in a ringer?

I don't remember reading that one in 69...........oh, that's right, I was only 3............ :lmao:

I was 1 years old I'm a 68 model

 

[Roadcuda]

Alright then, I'll make you guys feel a little younger. I got my drivers liscense in Dec. of '69. There was no way my father would ever let get a car like a Road Runner though. When they went out to get me a car for college in '71, I had found a used '65 Barracuda that someone had swapped a 340 into. That was a no go too. :brickwall: I was always defending my love of Mopars with my class mates. I would hit them with the old GarageMens Company, and Found On Road Dead jokes, and dare them to hit me with something for mopar, which they never could. So I would hit them with, Move Over, Plymouth Rapidly Approaching! They never learned!

 

[Big John]

Alright then, I'll make you guys feel a little younger. I got my drivers liscense in Dec. of '69. There was no way my father would ever let get a car like a Road Runner though. When they went out to get me a car for college in '71, I had found a used '65 Barracuda that someone had swapped a 340 into. That was a no go too. :brickwall: I was always defending my love of Mopars with my class mates. I would hit them with the old GarageMens Company, and Found On Road Dead jokes, and dare them to hit me with something for mopar, which they never could. So I would hit them with, Move Over, Plymouth Rapidly Approaching! They never learned!

My Old Pig Ain't Runnin'
:leave:

 

[Basketcase]

Alright then, I'll make you guys feel a little younger. I got my drivers liscense in Dec. of '69. There was no way my father would ever let get a car like a Road Runner though. When they went out to get me a car for college in '71, I had found a used '65 Barracuda that someone had swapped a 340 into. That was a no go too. :brickwall: I was always defending my love of Mopars with my class mates. I would hit them with the old GarageMens Company, and Found On Road Dead jokes, and dare them to hit me with something for mopar, which they never could. So I would hit them with, Move Over, Plymouth Rapidly Approaching! They never learned!

uh....my Green Brother.....that spells MOPRA