Derek was holding a line and this dude came right up into him.The build took eight years with a full frame-off restoration/modification and over 1500 hours of labor. If you look even closer, the gas pedal is also pulled from a modern Dodge vehicle. A digital screen is in plain sight, and the driver selects gears in the eight-speed transmission using a late-model Challenger/Charger shifter. A quick glance inside the cabin, and it could be mistaken for a restored show car the longer you gaze, though, the better the odds that you see some abnormal components for a 1969 vintage car. In our casual observation, the conversion is done very well as the engine looks like it belongs and the interior was tastefully modernized. Thankfully it wasn't LS-swapped, and the builder went with a 707-hp Hellcat crate engine. Why? Because it features a modern engine that was swapped into a legit muscle car chassis, instead of the other way around. So when we came across this 1969 Dodge Charger listed at Mecum Harrisburg, we got excited. It is becoming more common to see modern cars converted into vintage muscle cars in an act we recently called retromod. The car is Lot S63 and has a date with the auctioneer on Saturday of the Mecum Harrisburg event. The original documentation is intact, which includes the original purchase agreement, receipt for the down payment and purchase, owner's manuals, maintenance records, PHS documents, 1968 Pontiac sales brochure, and the 1968 Pontiac and Fisher body service manuals. The Verdoro Green paintjob is all original, save the driver's side door, which was repainted some time in the 1980s. Sadly, the original owner died during the war, but his parents kept the GTO until 2004. Less than a year later, he would be drafted into the Army and sent off to Vietnam. The unrestored GTO being offered at Mecum Harrisburg features a unique history, purchased by an 18-year-old young man in California. Pontiac engineers built a 400ci V-8 that was advertised at 350 hp, but by all accounts it was severely underrated, a marvel of output at the time. The MotorTrend 1968 Car of the Year went to the Pontiac GTO for its combination of style and performance. The Barracuda is being offered with no reserve on Friday in Lot F47. This vehicle is a numbers-matching setup, complete with extensive documentation to go with the car's sale. The pentastar corporation was known for its wild colors in the '60s and '70s, and the Bronze Fire Metallic paint on this Barracuda represents that reputation. It is just 1 of 1,431 Formula S models with a 340ci small-block. It sports a 340/275 HP small-block and is equipped with a four-speed manual transmission. This 1969 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S Fastback is a prime example of what you would've seen roaming the streets in that time period. The second generation began in 1967, and Plymouth kept the Barracuda nomenclature, as well as the Formula S package. As Mustang and Camaro took off and Plymouth felt the peer pressure to offer more power to keep up, the answer was the Formula S package introduced in 1965. Plymouth entered the pony car wars in 1964 with the introduction of the Barracuda, based on the A-body platform, and the first-gen on ran through 1966.
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