In the Garage: 1969 Dodge Charger R/T
The 1969 Dodge Charger R/T is owned by Jack McCloy. Credit: Handout
“It is powerful and fast, yet big and roomy,” McCloy says of his Charger. “The R/T version came standard with the ‘440 Magnum’ engine, which produced 375 horsepower and, in stock form, could hold its own with virtually everything on the road at the time. The factory AM radio with eight-track player reminds us how different things were back in 1969, when FM radio was not popular enough for car manufacturers to feature it as a standard offering. Of those three production years, the 1969 version is usually listed as the highest-priced of the three. Some attribute this to the hundreds of 1969 Chargers destroyed during the production of the ‘Dukes of Hazzard.’”
