1968 Barracuda Formula S 340 Spring Special

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What I believe to be the hardest panel to get off without destroying anything else is off. Have a lot of the quarter spot welds drilled. With luck the quarters will be off tomorrow then the trunk floor with drop extensions early next week!

Bumper brackets have foam washers against the paint! I have seen some really bad factory welds but this takes the cake.

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autoxcuda said:
I posted a build sheet and window sticker of a Spring Special Barracuda notchback. Maroon and white.

You could order the Gill/Spear molding separate. My car is coded for it on the fender tag I believe: 19 = Wide Sill Moldings. And it still on the car.

But I don’t have a fender tag code for Spring Special. Was there one? I don’t have the buildsheet for my car.
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Steve from what I have gathered you can’t tell a Spring Special from the tag you need the build sheet.

Jim
 

Dana67Dart said:
Interestingly my 67 Dart GT build sheet has 529 but no explanation, might be rocker molding as well
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Some other promo group of options maybe? Dodge used the name White Hat Specials.

In 1968 Dodge Darts offered a Spring Special option. Had a unique fender badge. Included trim that included thin rocker molding
 
Jim Kueneman said:
What I believe to be the hardest panel to get off without destroying anything else is off. Have a lot of the quarter spot welds drilled. With luck the quarters will be off tomorrow then the trunk floor with drop extensions early next week!

Bumper brackets have foam washers against the paint! I have seen some really bad factory welds but this takes the cake.

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I couldnt agree more!

This panel was by far the hardest one to work on.

Will you graft in the dual exhaust cutouts from the Formula S ?
 
One panel a day though cleaning up the rest of the S trunk about wore me out before finishing up the quarter but I’m on a mission. There are couple small patches in this quarter but nothing significant. Will see what they look like after the area behind the wheel arch is blasted.

The plan is to take the trunk, extensions, part of the rear floor and the frame rails past the kink above the axle in one chunk.

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Great progress.

My fastback leaked water through one of the spot welds between inner rear wheel well and the brace that supports the rear carpeted interior floor platform. The water ran both forward in rear foot well and into spare tire well rusting both those areas through. It only leaked driving in the rain when water splashed up in wheel well. This happened back in late '70s early 80s. I had to do full floor and bottom of spare tire well and weld shut that spot weld to fix it. I would check with a water hose up in wheel well after metal work make sure no leaks back there.
 
Jim Kueneman said:
One panel a day though cleaning up the rest of the S trunk about wore me out before finishing up the quarter but I’m on a mission. There are couple small patches in this quarter but nothing significant. Will see what they look like after the area behind the wheel arch is blasted.

The plan is to take the trunk, extensions, part of the rear floor and the frame rails past the kink above the axle in one chunk.

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Wow nice work. I am sure there is Notchback guys wishing you did the full quarter.
 
340sFastback said:
Great progress.

My fastback leaked water through one of the spot welds between inner rear wheel well and the brace that supports the rear carpeted interior floor platform. The water ran both forward in rear foot well and into spare tire well rusting both those areas through. It only leaked driving in the rain when water splashed up in wheel well. This happened back in late '70s early 80s. I had to do full floor and bottom of spare tire well and weld shut that spot weld to fix it. I would check with a water hose up in wheel well after metal work make sure no leaks back there.
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Driving in the rain? Unknown concept to me....

Jim
 
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