Unless I am mistaken, I believe all the 741 sure grip units were the Dana Powerlock clutch units from the factory. But as mentioned, it's been a long time, so it could have been swapped out.
lol, column shift and looks like it still has the rear window defroster.....cool find though. Post more pictures when you get it out of there
Here's convertible
Very very rare Right hand drive American classic. Plymouth Barracuda Convertible V8 318cu (5. 2L) 1969 needing a full restoration. Full matching numbers. Vin BH27F9B22158. Originally blue Q5 metallic paintwork with white interior and white hood. Showing 160000 miles from new. Engine sounds great - I believe rebuilt 6 years ago. Auto gearbox and power hood. Many spares to be given with the car including new hood. nbsp;spare bonnet. doors etc etc.
Any inspection welcome but please no time wasters. Please only bid if you are serious. You are bidding to buy. I know of only one other in the country. This was imported new by Warwick Wright concessionaires for Chrysler in 69. It is not an Aussie import. It was built at the Hamtramck plant for export to the UK. List of all previous owners and some previous history including many previous tax discs. Car is complete and I have all badges. chrome work etc. which will all be given with the car.
Funny side note, They refer to the roof or convertible top as a hood
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This is supposedly the only '67 Barracuda RHD convertible 273.
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Is the RHD auto cable shifted? Or linkage going around the transmission? Or a different trans than a 904 or 727?
I just research everything I can about all 2nd gen Barracuda's. How did the yellow one end up where it did? Thanks for the information.Weirdly enough this is the car I bought earlier this year. Its my second RHD 1969 Barracuda in the last 20 years. How did you come to know so much about it? This is its condition now. I bought it off a garage that planned on making a hot rod outta it but thankfully he could not register it as the VIN is missing, thankfully not the Fender Tag though and he could not figure that one out. So its not registered in my name as though the fender tag I obviously got the VIN and someone else knew the Registration Plate number. Ive tracked down the missing parts, 10 boxes of them and agreed a price but the seller is not an easy man to pin down to a collection date.
The mileage was 16,000, so 160,000 must be a typo.
Yeh we call the Rag Tops 'Hoods'. When it rains you pull your hood of your jacket up over your head right? Same with a convertible.
There was 5 RHD Convertibles for '69, two are back in the USA and one is crushed. The weirdly painted one Ive attached has just came out of the woodwork and is soon up for sale. I'll be bidding on it if cheap enough.
The pic of the blue one is when the pink monstrosity was new.
The pic of the yellow one is when the one in the field was new.
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I just research everything I can about all 2nd gen Barracuda's. How did the yellow one end up where it did? Thanks for the information.
Well the picture shows what appears to be a lever on the left side of the columnIs it a column shift? If it is its the first RHD Ive seen in the UK. Yeh, rear defroster on all the RHD FB's for the UK. 4 pot Kelsy Heys, HD Suspension and head rest bucket seats etc.
This is the RHD Convertible Ive recently bought. Its a rolling shell but the second pic is from 10 years ago before it was stripped down for a rebuild and abandoned. Its still got its Sure-grip but a second is always handy.
The Dash I just bought as even that was missing. Thankfully someone saved it from another RHD Barracuda a few years ago, so its car correct. Got the Wiring Loom off of him as well as the instrument cluster.
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Well the picture shows what appears to be a lever on the left side of the column
Turn signal is on the right sideThats where the turn signal stock is? Or could be weeds?
Not sure yet. I'll expect its what it came with from factory, but I dont know what Barracuda's came with in '69.
The car could have come with the clutch type or the cone. The confusion comes when Chrysler dropped the clutch type in about 73 and stayed with the cone type. Some people think that is when the cone type came into being. But the cone was available way back when along with the disc type.
Never heard 73 being the switch over. I’ve found it to be 69 Dana type. 70 up cone style.
What would really be interesting is if any of the export 1969 RHD Fastbacks had the "Slickback" vinyl roof option.
In the USA, 8.75" rears came with Spicer Power-Lock (clutch) sure-grips from 1958 through the 1968 model year. Starting in the 1969 model year, they came with Borg Warner Spin Resistant (cone) sure-grips.
In the USA, 8.75" rears came with Spicer Power-Lock (clutch) sure-grips from 1958 through the 1968 model year. Starting in the 1969 model year, they came with Borg Warner Spin Resistant (cone) sure-grips.
Starting in 1969 "Only" the cone type was available but was produced and used from the 1950s thru 1974.