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Paul Ceasrine · 09-26-2011, 02:53 PM

To be fair,,,,,,,,,,,some of the automotive and performance car magazine
writers were a little 'jaded' in their views.

Of course, if the car was pulled off a dealer lot, or out of the showroom, and without a minor tuning and carb tweaking, the quarter-mile results
could be disastrous.

And if the driver was weak with the 4-speed shifting, another calamity
could occur when logging 1/4 mile times.

On the magazine automotive editor front, Motor Trend Magazine did try to put a proper driver behind the wheel, to get the lowest possible elapsed time with a stock car.
Motor Trend did question Chrysler-Plymouth's claim of 14.00's @ 100 MPH,
and did prove it 'false', when the Automatic Transmission '383' Road Runner with 3.55 gears that they tested, only pulled 15.00s @ 93 MPH.

Thus giving the 1968 Pontiac GTO, the 1968 Motor Trend Car of the Year Award.

09-26-2011, 02:53 PM	#9
Paul Ceasrine VIP Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,546 Likes: 0 Liked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: 1968 Plymouth Road Runner To be fair,,,,,,,,,,,some of the automotive and performance car magazine writers were a little 'jaded' in their views. Of course, if the car was pulled off a dealer lot, or out of the showroom, and without a minor tuning and carb tweaking, the quarter-mile results could be disastrous. And if the driver was weak with the 4-speed shifting, another calamity could occur when logging 1/4 mile times. On the magazine automotive editor front, Motor Trend Magazine did try to put a proper driver behind the wheel, to get the lowest possible elapsed time with a stock car. Motor Trend did question Chrysler-Plymouth's claim of 14.00's @ 100 MPH, and did prove it 'false', when the Automatic Transmission '383' Road Runner with 3.55 gears that they tested, only pulled 15.00s @ 93 MPH. Thus giving the 1968 Pontiac GTO, the 1968 Motor Trend Car of the Year Award. Last edited by Paul Ceasrine; 09-28-2011 at 11:27 AM.