select your favorite "famous" charger

It was definitely a 4 speed ; one can see not only Hickman's shifting prowess on the curved hill at the beginning , but also the (stupid,cheap) Inland Shifter knob .
I'll post the vid of the chase ...

You are both right. One was an auto and one was an 4-speed. The 4-speed was the real R/T.

That auto was used in the final chase according to to an article I read a long time ago talking about Bill and this one was blown up.

The 4-speed Charger BTW was found and currently being restored last I heard (2010).