Alaskan_TA
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Hate is not a word that I would ever use, I love all old Mopars. The beak varieties got just as much use as the others I owned, I loved driving them all.
Well like some of you,they grow on you after awhile. Working at the Dodge Dealership in the 70's,most all of us had the mid 60's to early 70's Muscle Mopars.When 1973 cars came in we all shunned the A bodies thinking "How could they do such a thing?" The saying was "Well boys,this looks like the end for Chrysler." In 74 they almost went under.We got passed the "A's" then the "B's" with their huge bumpers and almost thru-up when the 75 Charger came out. After a few months things changed.We got in a 74 Dart Sport,318 4 speed gun metal grey,Black half vinyl top and interior,rally wheels E/70/14 Goodyear white letter tires with "DODGE" called out on the quarters. I wanted it BAD. It was a ordered car and was picked up the next day..Never saw it again.
Oh, I ended up getting a 75 Charger.... And later a 79 Chrysler 300. Like I said they grow on ya.......
I actually like the ‘75 Charger for what it was.Well like some of you,they grow on you after awhile. Working at the Dodge Dealership in the 70's,most all of us had the mid 60's to early 70's Muscle Mopars.When 1973 cars came in we all shunned the A bodies thinking "How could they do such a thing?" The saying was "Well boys,this looks like the end for Chrysler." In 74 they almost went under.We got passed the "A's" then the "B's" with their huge bumpers and almost thru-up when the 75 Charger came out. After a few months things changed.We got in a 74 Dart Sport,318 4 speed gun metal grey,Black half vinyl top and interior,rally wheels E/70/14 Goodyear white letter tires with "DODGE" called out on the quarters. I wanted it BAD. It was a ordered car and was picked up the next day..Never saw it again.
Oh, I ended up getting a 75 Charger.... And later a 79 Chrysler 300. Like I said they grow on ya.......
They sold over 500,000 Cordoba cars in 4 years. They were hugely popular.I had a beautiful 360 Cordoba
67 and 68 were not beakers, 69 closer !I actually like the looks of the ''beak'' cars better.
And as a matter of fact, it's not hard to remove the extra bumper supports in them if that's the main concern...........
FWIW, the '67-'69 Barracudas were the first ''beak'' cars.
A ''73-'76 Dart Sport hood has exactly the same contours as a '69 Barracuda hood.
I agree, a rumpity rump cam can make a beaker look much better!!!! Especially if it runs like a striped *** ape!???? ( OK That was no racial slur.)I really liked the 73 Dart Sport hood with the slight peak in the middle. And with a lopey cam, it would shake back and forth slightly between the fender gaps. I thought it was so cool.
Okay.67 and 68 were not beakers, 69 closer !
YOU BETTER CHECK UR YRS, I HAVE A 68 BARRACUDA, A BEAKED HOOD WILL NOT FIT IT W/O CHANGING THE WHOLE FRONT END, AND THEN I DON`T THINK IT WOULD FIT W/O SOME ADAPTING. 1967 EITHER ! 1969 YES SUPOSSEDLY, BUT WHO WOULD WANT ONE !Okay.
Let's just agree to disagree then...............
IMHO, i definitely agree that a '73 and up Dart is a beak car. (It is very pronounced)
The '73 and up Plymouth a-bodies are too, just not as pronounced.
And the same goes for the '67 to '69 Barracudas.
It's just not as pronounced, but still a pointed front end that even protruded away from the hood, which was flat on the front. The '73 and up Dart hood will fit on any of these years of Barracudas, even though the contours would be correct for the '69 models.
I do like the looks of a ''beak'' car, and many don't.
It brings me back to the days when Dandy Dick Landy and the boys were running them in Pro Stock and Super Stock when they were new and i was a young guy going to the races.
Definition of BEAK
YOU BETTER CHECK UR YRS, I HAVE A 68 BARRACUDA, A BEAKED HOOD WILL NOT FIT IT W/O CHANGING THE WHOLE FRONT END, AND THEN I DON`T THINK IT WOULD FIT W/O SOME ADAPTING. 1967 EITHER ! 1969 YES SUPOSSEDLY, BUT WHO WOULD WANT ONE !
AS ALWAYS , DISREGARD THE CAPS !
Okay! Okay!YOU BETTER CHECK UR YRS, I HAVE A 68 BARRACUDA, A BEAKED HOOD WILL NOT FIT IT W/O CHANGING THE WHOLE FRONT END, AND THEN I DON`T THINK IT WOULD FIT W/O SOME ADAPTING. 1967 EITHER ! 1969 YES SUPOSSEDLY, BUT WHO WOULD WANT ONE !
AS ALWAYS , DISREGARD THE CAPS !