69 340-S emblem questions

moparmat2000 said
I am thinking i will just put the 340-S emblems on the fenders, or fill the holes altogether and mount em on the dart sport scoop. Or i could put put the 340S emblems on the fenders, and the 69 side stripe without the 340 callouts in the stripe. Like the stripe kit offered by phoenix graphics shown on a 68 fastback in pic below.

I have seen 69 318 cars with this wide tape stripe and no callouts in it. Probably a dealer install thing to "move the iron" off the lots. Maybe a spring special. Stripes and cragar S/S wheels ?

I honestly had no idea why they would punch different holes for the fish and the 340 emblems. Common sense would have been to make em both fit the same holes, but what do i know 50 years after the fact.

For now i think i am going to send the 69 fender fish repops back to Laysons and have Rick send me a pair i need for my 67 unless somebody is interested in some really nice repop 69 fender fish.

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Hey Matt,
Just to muddle the waters more, Ive been watching this one for awhile:
1969 Barracuda Formula S | eBay

I know it not completely original as some things have been changed on it, but from my decoding and it has a Galen report that it came with the black side stripe and has 340-S fender emblems. They could have been added, but they could be original. Maybe it was just the true "S" cars that had the 340-S fender emblem along with the stripe. As someone said, in '68 a 340 was automatically a Formula S, but in '69, there were 3 different options with the 340. Then again, it looks like it has the Pentastar on the bottom of both fenders. I thought they were just usually on the passenger fender bottom, but have been wrong one or two (million) times in my life.

Dan