Was there ever a Valiant Barracuda?

Mopar to ya,
So to answer your question, yes. When the Barracuda came out in April of 1964 they had a Valiant badge on the rear valance about the bumper on the right side. Another fact was the Barracuda emblems from April to end of May early June where different than later 64's and 65 Barracudas, they where much bigger. The "B" was huge and the trailing "a" had a very long tracer. The emblems also had 5 pins to attach instead of 3 in the later 64 and 65's. Govier or anyone else for that matter doesn't know why this is. Another factoid was some of the high optioned 64's had the Valiant Signet lower quarter panel spears, some say they put them on because Valiant ended that option and they had a lot of excess, maybe not.

Hope that helps. There are a few folks on Facebook at "Early Valiant Barracuda" groups two people have cars built on day one, my car is built on the second to last day of 64.