Certainly love the 68. However, in my world with dad being in the used car business at that time, most of the GTOs bought and sold were equipped with a/c, automatic, power steering and brakes. Cars that were certainly sporty but were not sales limited if they had been manual tranny and no a/c here in Texas.
I was only 12 at the time but very into cars. The 69s had dual snorkel air cleaners vs single snorkel of the 68. Also, the 69s always seemed more eager or peppy as we called it. All of the 68s and 69s were YS code 350 horse engines with the turbo 400 tranny that dad had come through his business. As I recall, the 68s came with a 2:93 rear when ordered with YS engine, Turbo 400 and a/c. The 69s came with a 3:23 rear gear.
The quicker the better in my mind, so I have favored the 69s ever since.
Correct me if I am wrong on the rear gear, but that is what I recall checking the codes back then against the factory services manuals at the time.
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