1967 (one year only) Radio Delete Plate for BARRACUDA

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Dana67Dart

Dana67Dart

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I all, I helping a member with a radio delete plate for his Barracuda, I have deduced the height and width and the post spacing and length but what I can't deduce is the thickness.

If anyone has an OEM 67 Barracuda radio delete plate handy would you PM me so I can get the dimensions I need to finish this project.

It looks to have part number 2822554 on the back

I have seen the several posts here on FABO about the delete plate but none that I found had anything available about the thickness.

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Thanks all.

Dana
 
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Dana67Dart said:
I all, I helping a member with a radio delete plate for his Barracuda, I have deduced the height and width and the post spacing and length but what I can't deduce is the thickness.

If anyone has an OEM 67 Barracuda radio delete plate handy would you PM me so I can get the dimensions I need to finish this project.

It looks to have part number 2822554 on the back

I have seen the several posts here on FABO about the delete plate but none that I found had anything available about the thickness.

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Thanks all.

Dana
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Same as 71 rally Dash delete plate just different color. I believe I have one
 
The recess on the back is on the top, on the bottom in the pic below.

It's there to clear the upper part of the radio dash bezel, which goes right up to the upper edge.

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Short of pulling it off, best I can do at the moment.

It has what appears to be a witness mark from casting, if the face is the top, at the base of the curve.

Also, even though it's a curved edge, there is a definitive, very small, edge on both the top and bottom of the curve.

When the light hits it right, you see it, makes it look like it's a double edge, like B or E but it's not at all.

Curious, how much for one.

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I just noticed yours measured 7 3/8 wide. Now I have 3 dimensions 7-3/8, 7-1/2, 7-3/4
 
I don't think my tape measure is that crappy.

Are the others from 67 plates?

A friend has a bone stock survivor 67, I can ask him to measure his, but I've seen it, even the part # on the back, same as mine.

I'm not against taking mine off for real measurements, it's just butt cold here, and one is easy to twist off by hand, the other takes some finagling.
Cold and old plastic don't mix.

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Dana67Dart said:
Don't know yet but it won't be $300.00
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But it's super rare!
And rare means super expensive because the year, make, model, option it's for is so rare that there's little demand for it- wait, that doesn't sound right.
OK, I think I got it now- it's so rare that when that 1 in 30,000 surfaces and actually wants one, they need to pay up, because, reasons.
 

I have a 68 dash bezel in my possession now and will be able to get the 67 cover 99% and I have a 67 cover incoming.

I can also make a 68-69 cover
Current 67 cover on 68 dash

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It seems that the 67 valient And barracuda covers are different.
 
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I added another edge detail (F) to post 8

is that it?
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I can be overly exact or precise at times, my apologies.

It's more of a definitive line, it goes from flat on the face to immediately curved, then from curved to immediately flat on the sides.

It's incredibly minute, but it fakes me out everytime I look at it, to the point where if I hadn't looked at it more closely the other day, I would have said it has a double edge on it.

It's the reason I had to go out in the cold the other night and take the pics. My brain couldn't stand not knowing.
 
It shows up in this pic perfectly.
Looks like a double edge but it's not.
Looks the same in person.
Looks like it's actually casting a shadow on itself.
Strange.

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SSing said:
I have a ´67 Barracuda plate but need a ´68 plate.
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The 67 plate will cover the 68 holes but needs fender washers on the back side to span the gap of the thumbwheel openings.

The 67 plate is thicker (maybe 2X) than the 68/69

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It's more of a definitive line, it goes from flat on the face to immediately curved, then from curved to immediately flat on the sides.

It's incredibly minute, but it fakes me out everytime I look at it, to the point where if I hadn't looked at it more closely the other day, I would have said it has a double edge on it.

It's the reason I had to go out in the cold the other night and take the pics. My brain couldn't stand not knowing.
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Get a magnifying glass and some good glasses and take a real close up look.

In my experience with injection molding, lines are sometimes parting lines for a mold. In this case I don't see a good reason to have a parting line at the outer corner.


I'm no mold maker BUT if I was to make a mold I would have the parting line at the red green boundary, so if there is a detail at the corners I would expect it to be molded in.
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In my experience with injection molding, lines are sometimes parting lines for a mold.
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Yes, post #9 I referred to that, but called it a witness mark. Not sure where I got that terminology, but we're talking the same language.
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It has what appears to be a witness mark from casting, if the face is the top, at the base of the curve.
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The 'witness mark.'

Not sure why there would be a parting line there, but it's there.
Also not sure why I get so wrapped up in the details, just my brain braining.

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Just so I'm on the right page...

1967 Barracuda is a post radio
1968 and 1969 Barracuda is a thumbwheel radio

1967 Dart is a post radio (the radio delete was really a radio option that was not bought and the bezel is just flat no holes)
1968 and 1969 Dart is a thumbwheel radio and it looks like the Barracuda 68 & 69 delete plate would fit and cover the holes properly
1970 Dart is a post radio
1971 Dart had a standard dash with post radio AND a rallye dash with a thumbwheel radio and uses the same delete plate as the 68 & 69 Barracuda
1972 - 76 Dart were post radios with various bezels



As it stands now I have a 67 Barracuda, 68 & 69 Barracuda & 71 Dart Rallye and a custom 67 Barracuda that is taller and fills the flat space more for those times when some yahoo cut the bezel open for a radio.


68 & 69 Barracuda and 71 Dart Rallye Radio Delete Plate in an OEM 68 & 69 bezel (Just a prototype, painted for visibility)
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67 Radio Delete Plate in an OEM 68 & 69 bezel (Just a prototype, painted for visibility)
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Nice work!

67 Barracuda and Dart the radio was an option, not a delete, standard was no radio.
Post radio.
Dart had different center dash piece for radio/no radio, Barracuda had same dash, delete plate or radio installed.

68 & 69 radio was standard, thumbwheel.

67 Barracuda radio delete plate thicker than 68/69 plate.

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and a custom 67 Barracuda that is taller and fills the flat space more for those times when some yahoo cut the bezel open for a radio.
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Great idea, lots of yahoos did that for tunes man.

Now do we discuss which cars came with a plug in the fender if no radio?

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