1969 Barracuda 'Options'

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BB-Dave,

I'll print the print release and post it.

The Hardtop Coupe (Notchback Cars), 80 lbs. less in weight than the #3310 lb.
Fastback will also fit into the C/SA or SS/GA class in 1969.

But aerodynamically, the Fastback cars were quicker, and a had a bit more weight
over the rear wheels.
 
My 69 340 S FB (Looong gone) had the black tail panel with Formula S badge and 340-S on the front fenders. That car had a pin stripe (only) which I assume was dealer installed? Car was almost two years old when I bought. My current A-57 FB has such a questionable pedigree that any information I offered would be in question. This is a great thread.
 
1969 M-Code 440 'cuda

* Drum-brakes only
* No power steering
* 3.55 Gears (Standard) and 3.91 Gears (Optional)
* Automatic only
* Most popular exterior color (F5 Limelight Green)
* Front fender emblem 'Barracuda' and silver fish
* Front fender decal - 440 'cuda
* Cuda Package (Hood deck stripes, Small back positioned hood scoops, lower body
side paint in black only.
* E70 x 14" Tires
* All cars came through with bucket seats and console
 
My 69 FB has the E55 package. 340, 4bbl, heavy suspension and shocks, KH Disc, PS,PB, Decor interior, Auto, buckets, console, sport dash, rear defrost, stripe delete, radio delete. 340-S emblems on the front fender, grey grill surround and reg rear trim, no S badge and not blacked out.

The book shows 1230 originally produced. I wonder how many are left?

Seams like 69 was the only year you could get the 340 without a "package".
 
WARFARE said:
My 69 FB has the E55 package. 340, 4bbl, heavy suspension and shocks, KH Disc, PS,PB, Decor interior, Auto, buckets, console, sport dash, rear defrost, stripe delete, radio delete. 340-S emblems on the front fender, grey grill surround and reg rear trim, no S badge and not blacked out.

The book shows 1230 originally produced. I wonder how many are left?

Seams like 69 was the only year you could get the 340 without a "package".
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I've seen quite a few over the past several years. A guy i know has a coupe 4speed. There is a A4 silver fastback on ebay rite now!
 
WARFARE said:
My 69 FB has the E55 package. 340, 4bbl, heavy suspension and shocks, KH Disc, PS,PB, Decor interior, Auto, buckets, console, sport dash, rear defrost, stripe delete, radio delete. 340-S emblems on the front fender, grey grill surround and reg rear trim, no S badge and not blacked out.

The book shows 1230 originally produced. I wonder how many are left?

Seams like 69 was the only year you could get the 340 without a "package".
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WARFARE,

Thats sounds perfectly correct.

The Code #E55 (340 Engine Package) came through with the 'Heavy Duty
Suspension' as part of the Code #E55.

* Firm-Ride (1" Piston Shocks)
* Heavy-Duty Ball Joints
* 6-Leaf Rear Springs
* 8 3/4" Rear
* Front Sway-Bar
* .870" Torsion Bars
* '340-S' Front fender emblem

Most, if not all of these cars came through with whitewall tires and full wheel covers, and the column-shifted automatic.

Also, many of these cars with this package ended up as Dealership 'Sales
Manager' cars. Then after 6000 miles, they would put them on the
dealership 'Used Car Lot'
 
Ya, that's pretty much how it is. It has buckets and console though. Sport dash with woodgrain and blacked out lower panel. Even the console has woodgrain. It's really sweet looking with the E5 blue interior and exterior. Haven's seen too many like it.

I find it strange that it has so many options but not the "S" or "Cuda" packages. Especially strange is the Radio delete and rear defrost (a must up here in canada). I guess she didn't like radio. LOL

A fellow I was talkin too about it once said he thought the original buyer was "ripped" off at the dealership as he said it would have cost more with the E55 package, PB, PS, Disc brakes etc than just going with the "S" or "Cuda" pakages.

However I doubt that.
 
mcodecuda said:
Yes, you could get a 340 in a Barracuda without ordering a Formula S or 340 Cuda option. I think that it may have been equivalant to a 340 Dart Swinger.
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Mcodecuda

Would like the have a high resolution picture of the car in your avatar if you don't mind I'll send you my email to send it to.

Looks like one the guy in the neighborhood had that got stolen and striped back when it was close to being new


I thought the Formula S was an early model year and the 'Cuda came out later in the year and the Formula S was dropped
 
WildCat said:
I thought the Formula S was an early model year and the 'Cuda came out later in the year and the Formula S was dropped
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The new " 'cuda package" was available from the start of '69 built cars with 340 or 383. Formula-S was not dropped as an option. Formula-S cars tend to have more options as 'cuda package was kinda like buying a Road Runner instead of a GTX, or a Super Bee instead of a Coronet R/T.

The 440 'cuda package was not available until mid-year. The first batch of cars have a Scheduled Production Date(SPD) of C01(Dec 1)

Another thing not mentioned here is the 340 and 383 'cuda package cars came with the lowest option bench seat WITHOUT the fold down armrest! Rarely seen today! Even the cheapest built plan jane Barracuda came with the bench seat WITH armrest!
440 'cudas on the other hand ONLY came as bucket seats with console shifted automatic trans.
 
The 440 'cuda M-Code was listed as a 1969 1/2 'mid-year' addition.

While the 'cuda 340 and 'cuda 383 packages were offered pretty much at the
beginning of the Model Year in the fall of 1968.
 
Reg,

The 340 Engine Code #E55 package was a cost of $141 added to the basic 1969 Barracuda.

This included the Code #S-13 (Heavy-Duty Suspension Package), and required
Code #S-25 'Firm-Ride 1" Piston Shocks'
 
Hey Morgan, my survivor MODTOP pictured on page 1 has the heavy duty suspension with sway bar package! Which along with the stuff you mentioned above came with the heavy duty 5.5" wide wheels instead of the 4.5" standard wheels.
The MODTOP is a 318 console auto!
 
BB-Dave,,,

Forgot to add that. You are correct sir.

5.5" Heavy-duty rims part of the Code #S-13 Suspension Package.

Morgan
 
Hello there, I've been a member a couple years, but got lost, but now happily back. I was reading your posts about the 69 cuda, and you have been a great help. I have an unusual one, and thought it may be of Interest. it is a 69' barracuda fastback, scheduled production date 1 august. Is is a 383 four speed, floor console, am/fm radio. The code is for the A53 formula s apparently. 70k actual miles, off the road since 1982. It has the original paint, F8 green, and has the twin hood scoops, lower paint treatment,and black stripes down the hood. also, 383-s callouts on the fenders. the finish panel has the fish emblem. The car clearly has all the cuda options, but doesn't have the A57 on the fender tag. it does have the V78 stripe delete code. The car was ordered new in Norfolk, VA by a navy petty officer, and driven to Omaha in sept of 1968. The car has not been changed cosmetically according to my friend that owned it since 1979. he was told that the navy guy ordered it from overseas, and apparently some were made this way without putting a code on the tag. I just thought this would be of interest to others that love this car as much as I. Sadly the original engine blew up in 1976, but I have rebuilt another 69 HP that is off by four months, it was as close as I could get. No rust, no dents, Interior is still nice. I went out of my way to find 69 Plymouth hubcaps for it, just to bug all the hotrodders out there. I presently drive a 69 GTS 340, and am just finishing up a 68 Dart GTS 383 auto as well. so It's definitely mopar heaven here. But I'm old, and want to drive these for a while before I kick off.
Any Information you could provide would be greatly appreciated.
 
Oldmopardude, interesting car, I have pretty much the same one. 69 383 fastback, 4 speed, f8, green deluxe interior, dual scoop hood, 383 callout and stripes, console, am/fm, power steering, power diskbrakes, Numbers matching engine, tranny, rad support trunk lip. Here is my issue, no fender tag-taken off by second owner and lost. Partial build sheet, just the top part, has VIN and few options, one being v78 stripe delete. Mine has the silver rear trunk panel with fish, and the 383 s emblems on the fenders. According to the second owner, (the original owner was in the same family) this car has always been this way. I have no way to prove its a cuda vs a formula s. Either way, love the car, still original condition, never taken apart. Sound like a twin to yours.
 
Regarding Baracus cuda, Isn't it possible to get another tag with a partial sheet? I heard with a partial that someone with access to chrysler records can find the punch card for the car and reproduce the build sheet. it would be worth a try! I would love to see a picture of that car. I have one of mine on a street in 1976. it was bad then too!
 
Oldmopardude, from what I know anything after 67? Chrysler has no records of anymore. Im sure someone on here can elaborate
further. I'm still trying to get some more info from original family owners of car. Soon after I purchased the second owner died and understandably his son did not want to talk about the car. I'll try to get a picture for you, do you have any pics of yours?
 
4spdragtop said:
It still doesnt make sense to me that the 340-S emblem was put on a "non" formula-s car. Why the "S" in the emblem if its not a "Formula S"?? Maybe Im just trying to justify how long it took me to find a pair of really nice 340-S emblems??? LOL
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Just found this thread. The mystery is finally solved for me why my 383-s only had the barracuda script on the original fender and the script and the fish on the one that had been replaced. I have two original never installed 383-s emblems I found twenty years ago at the nationals that I never put on, I guess now I never will. Kind of sucks I think the emblems are wicked looking. So my broadcast sheet should say v6 for the stripe. Is that the one that says the engine size or is it just the plain fat stripe with no engine call out.
 
V6_ is for the sport stripe. My survivor 318 MODTOP has the solid sport stripe. If you have/had a 340/383 car then you would have 340 or 383 in the stripe. From what I know and have seen, a 340 or 383 Formula S car optioned with the Formula S stripe will not have the 340/383 S EMBLEM on the fender.
 
I know this is an old thread, but I'm hoping someone can help me with a fender tag code of V7F. My car has been restored years ago, not by me. I recently purchased this car. It's a numbers matching engine and trans, 383 H code E63, D21 4 speed trans, F8 paint, A53 formula S
It currently has no accent stripe. I know it's not a V6 longitudinal stripe, but what is the V7F stripe? So far I've figured its a green stripe, painted, I’m assuming. Thanks.
 
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BB-Dave said:
V6_ is for the sport stripe. My survivor 318 MODTOP has the solid sport stripe. If you have/had a 340/383 car then you would have 340 or 383 in the stripe. From what I know and have seen, a 340 or 383 Formula S car optioned with the Formula S stripe will not have the 340/383 S EMBLEM on the fender.
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This 1969 sales brochure with a glued on Chrysler option charges change for Sept 1968 might explain some oddities.

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Here is a picture of my 383-s window sticker, a car with stripe delete. The proper code is V78.

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