1968 "The First '9' To Get The BO29"

Ray Christian , out of Harrisburg , Ohio had one of the original 68 Hemi Cuda cars and he swears that it was an automatic car when he picked it up at Byers Chrysler Plymouth here in Columbus, Ohio. There is a man in Florida that says he has the car and the numbers on the car state that the car was a 4 speed car. Was this a common thing? Ray Christian was the go to man for the competion torkflites in this area.