69 340 Swinger Questions

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Just have a few questions about a swinger we just picked up and I know you all can help me out! Did all 340 swingers in 69 come with the bulge hood? Or just the gts? How rare is a 340 4 speed? Its originally F5? Green with black interior. No tail stripe or vinyl top. Manual steering and brakes. Basically a race car lol. Any help is appreciated.
 
4 speed was standard (!!) in '69 .

Manual steering and brakes were also standard ; is the steering the Fast Ratio box ?!?!?
Its ratio is 16:1

Disc brakes were also standard , with power-assist as an option .

Remember : its engine is supposed to be blue .
 
oldkimmer said:
.............Yes they all had the bulge hood, ..........a car well worth keeping.........kim.........
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Thanks! Thats what i was thinking.
LH23H2R said:
4 speed was standard (!!) in '69 .

Manual steering and brakes were also standard ; is the steering the Fast Ratio box ?!?!?
Its ratio is 16:1

Disc brakes were also standard , with power-assist as an option .

Remember : its engine is supposed to be blue .
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Great information, thank you! I will post up the fender tag and see if someone can decode it for me! That would be awesome!
 
Yep just a plain Jane fun car!! LOL!! I believe drum brakes were standard and disks were optional. Engine was turquoise or red depending on which factory it was built at.
 

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not exactly rare, but highly desired! built over 20000 69 Swinger 340's.
 
They all had the power bulge hood. 4speed was standard. 727 was about $84.00 extra as I recall. Engines were blue, not turquoise and mine, at least, was a lighter shade than the later 318-360 blue. Closest thing I've found is Rustoleum's Harbor Blue. Cars came standard with 8 3/4" #489 rearends and 10" drum brakes
 
mcode said:
They all had the power bulge hood. 4speed was standard. 727 was about $84.00 extra as I recall. Engines were blue, not turquoise and mine, at least, was a lighter shade than the later 318-360 blue. Closest thing I've found is Rustoleum's Harbor Blue. Cars came standard with 8 3/4" #489 rearends and 10" drum brakes
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Engine colour for 69 p4120752 blue-green (turquoise). That is the colour mine came from the factory with!!! I painted the valve covers way back when but the rest is original turquoise.
 

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Perhaps Windsor-built , Canadian-market '69 Swingers got a red or turquoise coloured motor ?

I've seen at least 2 different 1969 Swinger 340's which had their original , untouched motors in 'em ; both were Chrysler Engine Blue , and both were Hamtramck-built ; cannot recall their build dates ...

I was under the impression that '69 - '70 340 Swingers had non-power disc brakes standard ; perhaps I'm confusing this with the '69 340 'Cuda and '70 Duster 340 .

If I could go back in time and order a new '69 Swinger 340 :

- Fast Ratio manual steering
- AM.FM radio
- 3.55 / S.G.
- Paisley Top ( Dodge version of the Mod Top ; different pattern )
- White
- Green Interior ( base , with bench and rubber matting )
- Disc brakes ( if optional )
- Standard 4 speed
 
And don't get confused like many others,but understand that there were two types of Swingers with 340's.
You could buy a 'Swinger" with a 340, 318, /6, etc. It could be ordered with a 3 spd, 4 spd, or auto.
Or you could order a 'Swinger 340'. These were ALWAYS a 340 4 spd package car. Glad to see another car being saved. :cheers:
 
There 2 types of car Swinger?........I though there was just the car version & the people version:toothy10:

Learn something new every day:cheers:
 
Back in the day...............I had a 69 Swinger 340-4 speed,all original.The engine was terquoise.Car was yellow with black stripe and black bench interior.No p/s or p/b drum all the way around.
 
BadAss71 said:
Just have a few questions about a swinger we just picked up and I know you all can help me out! Did all 340 swingers in 69 come with the bulge hood? Or just the gts? How rare is a 340 4 speed? Its originally F5? Green with black interior. No tail stripe or vinyl top. Manual steering and brakes. Basically a race car lol. Any help is appreciated.
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Power drums were standard....I think its B51 or B52 on the fender tag and build sheet.
 
MtNemoMopar said:
And don't get confused like many others,but understand that there were two types of Swingers with 340's.
You could buy a 'Swinger" with a 340, 318, /6, etc. It could be ordered with a 3 spd, 4 spd, or auto.
Or you could order a 'Swinger 340'. These were ALWAYS a 340 4 spd package car. Glad to see another car being saved. :cheers:
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I may be wrong here, but as far as I know in 69 the Swinger package was introduced as a low-buck stripper 340 car only, as opposed to the more upscale GTS 340, 383 & 440 versions.

In 1970-up the Swinger model could include any motor combo and could be ordered with most options.

??

Grant
 
Would someone mind decoding this tag for me? Please! Here is a picture of the drivers side quarter glass. Couple of cool stickers I thought!
 

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MtNemoMopar said:
And don't get confused like many others,but understand that there were two types of Swingers with 340's.
You could buy a 'Swinger" with a 340, 318, /6, etc. It could be ordered with a 3 spd, 4 spd, or auto.
Or you could order a 'Swinger 340'. These were ALWAYS a 340 4 spd package car. Glad to see another car being saved. :cheers:
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Im confused, i have a 69 swinger, 340, auto, stripe delete, power front disc, carpet, bench seat, vinyl top, S78 wheel, etc. so is it a swinger 340 or a swinger 340?
 
Vitamin c said:
Im confused, i have a 69 swinger, 340, auto, stripe delete, power front disc, carpet, bench seat, vinyl top, S78 wheel, etc. so is it a swinger 340 or a swinger 340?
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????????????? What's the difference between a "swinger 340 or a swinger 340"???????

As with any car, you could special order as you want!

An LM23P9B_ _ _ _ _ _ or and LM23P9E_ _ _ _ _ _ is a Swinger 340 car! Just built in different plants.

Some were ordered with disc. brakes, drums were standard. rubber mat was standard and carpet was optional.

Mine is a drum brake, 4-speed, bench, carpet car. Oh yea, mines a "LM23P9B"
 
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