1968 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA CONVERTIBLE - CHOICE OF ENGINES скачать в хорошем качестве

1968 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA CONVERTIBLE - CHOICE OF ENGINES

After years of few engine choices, Plymouth followed the pony car trend of offering buyers a variety of engine choices. For one thing, the 225 CID slant six-cylinder engine producing 145 horsepower was back as the standard Barracuda engine after a year absence. The next available upgrade was a new 318 CID V8 producing 230 horsepower. Also available was a 340 V8 that was exclusive to the Barracuda and produced 275 horsepower, nearly equal to the 280 horsepower produced by last year’s 383 CID engine. That engine, however, returned again and was now known as the Super Commando, but this year was retuned to earn a 300 horsepower rating. These engines all came at a price, of course, and while the 318 only added $106 to the base price, the 340 added $318 and the Super Commando cost an additional $357. Most engines were available in a 3- or 4-speed manual transmission or a Torqueflight automatic transmission. The slant-six, however, was not offered with a 4-speed manual transmission. Even with the new engine options, total production fell more than 17 percent from the previous year to 45,412. Consequently, production on each of the three models fell, as well. The convertible model suffered the worst sales drops of any of the 1968 models, and production dropped more than 32 percent from the year before to 2,840. The convertible was still the most expensive Barracuda model, and had a base price of $2,907. Many thanks for viewing.