69 Barracuda fender emblem on 340?

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What fender emblem is below the 'Barracuda' script on the fender of a 1969 non-'cuda, non-Formula S, Barracuda with a 340 engine? It seems I have seen both the fish and '340-S' emblem in this position on different cars that were neither of the performance models. Any definitive answers?
 
mine is a legit 340 S by fender tag how ever it dosnt have
150 speedo
head restraints (thought to be a 69 manditory)
tach
no sure grip
drum brakes

and what ever parts they started on Monday with and what they had left on Friday !!!!

The next Carlisle trip will be hunting down the head restraints/got everything else
sure grip /tach-performance gauge/clock/150 speedo/kh brakes

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I don't think there is an engine callout for non "S" cars.
ok ,,so the 340/383 stripe down the side was just that...was that considered a callout ?? and the "CUDA" got the hood scoops , rocker stripe,340/383/M code 440 ??
 
150 speedo, disc brakes, tach and sure grip were all options, even on S cars. Head restraints were law for cars built January 1, 1969 and after.
 
Fish is below the Barracuda script for standard Barracudas. Note: my 383-s was a stripe delete car.

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I think I read that if you had a side stripe with the engine call out, you got the fish. If you had an S car without the stripe you got the 340-S badge. This is 69 only.
 
I think I read that if you had a side stripe with the engine call out, you got the fish. If you had an S car without the stripe you got the 340-S badge. This is 69 only.
This is true. 69 Formula S cars with the sidestripe got the fish and Formula S cars without the sidestripe got the 340-S or 383-S emblem. The only thing that I’m not sure of is what came on a 69 Barracuda when it came with a 340 and was a non formula car. This would have been equivalent to a 340 Dart Swinger.
 
This is true. 69 Formula S cars with the sidestripe got the fish and Formula S cars without the sidestripe got the 340-S or 383-S emblem. The only thing that I’m not sure of is what came on a 69 Barracuda when it came with a 340 and was a non formula car. This would have been equivalent to a 340 Dart Swinger.

Although I have a 69 Barracuda dealer brochure that shows a 383-s that has the stripe and the 383-s fender emblem. Maybe just a promo car, one of one, don't know. It also shows standard barracudas with no fish emblem either, so who knows.
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This is true. 69 Formula S cars with the sidestripe got the fish and Formula S cars without the sidestripe got the 340-S or 383-S emblem. The only thing that I’m not sure of is what came on a 69 Barracuda when it came with a 340 and was a non formula car. This would have been equivalent to a 340 Dart Swinger.

Some could possibly be the sport package option. Since I have no fender tag or build sheet, I do not know if it had the Formula S package or not (car was stolen, stripped, then further stripped by guy who bought it at police auction). Told me he had the fender tag, but he never came through with it.
However, mine is a factory P code (yes dash vin and radiator support match, still having trouble with trunk lip), built in early Aug. '68. I do know mine came with the Sport Package, the main give away being the 9 holes on each side rocker's for the attaching clips. Those rocker moldings and especially the clips are more unobtanium parts. I would love to know if mine was a Formula S with a Sport Package, or just the sport package (though other things I have found on it leads me to believe it was a Formula S).
I also wonder if a Formula S had a sport package, could possibly the 340 call out in the stripe be for the Formula S and the 340-S fender emblem be for the sport package.
I've never been able to find out for sure.
 
mine is a legit 340 S by fender tag how ever it dosnt have
150 speedo
head restraints (thought to be a 69 manditory)
tach
no sure grip
drum brakes

and what ever parts they started on Monday with and what they had left on Friday !!!!

The next Carlisle trip will be hunting down the head restraints/got everything else
sure grip /tach-performance gauge/clock/150 speedo/kh brakes

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That car was built in 68, wouldn't have head restraints.
 
That car was built in 68, wouldn't have head restraints.
Unless it was ordered with headrests, which were Extra until becoming mandatory on 1-1-69. You could even order just one headrest, which I always thought was strange. Chrysler had already started putting the braces in the seats for the headrest posts, but not exactly sure when they did.
 
There are some and I mean Very few! 69 340 cars that got the The 340-S emblem on a spring special Car, Not Formula-S. Unique One offs. Fender tags will support it with the spring special code. Otherwise the plain Jane got a fish logo.

Formula-S 340/ 383 cars only got the 340/ 383-S emblem on stripe delete or V-7 stripe cars.

Cuda’ in either 340 or 383/440 never got them and Only had the fish emblem below the script period. Plus the special stripes and hood.

You have to be careful and match the fender holes to the emblem and know the fender was correct to the car. This is were many get side tracked. It easy to do so as these cars are old and who knows who changed what through the years, general rules are as above though!
 
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Standard 340/383 Formula-S car with sports stripe and engine call only had the Barracuda script. Fender tag tells the story!
 
And yes you could get a V6 sport stripe on almost any engine combo. Only 340S /383S had the call Out in the stripe. Obviously 440 was only in Cuda’ only.

225 to 318 could be ordered V6 but solid stripe only.
 
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69 script was plane Jane as well. As shown in post #2. No paint inside the script. Boring at best, but correct!
 
mine is a legit 340 S by fender tag how ever it dosnt have
150 speedo
head restraints (thought to be a 69 manditory)
tach
no sure grip
drum brakes

The next Carlisle trip will be hunting down the head restraints/got everything else
sure grip /tach-performance gauge/clock/150 speedo/kh brakess
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150 MPH speedo was not standard on any 69. I've seen M code cars with 120 speedos. I parted out a /6 68 car in 1980 that had a 150 speedo.

Your car was built on September 24, 1968. Head restraints not mandatory until 01/01/1969. My 4 speed A56 has the standard bench with fold-down center armrest AND head restraints because it was built 06/13/1969. Federally mandated by then .

Tach, perf indicator and clock were ALL options. Unless ordered the center pod was blank. Because they all occupied the same space you could only choose one, or none.

SG was optional on a 340 car.

Disc brakes were an option. Drum brakes were standard. My buddy's M code has drum brakes and so does mine.

Fold down rear seat was optional unlike 67 and 68 barracudas where it was standard.

A 340 non Formula S car would have argent grilles and deck panel and logically no 340S badging unless A53 was on body plate..

Black grilles were standard on S cars and cuda package cars.

Black deck panel only on S cars. Argent deck on all others including 'cudas.

Cars shown in dealer brochures are sometimes anomalies becsuse the photos were taken well ahead of the start of production.
 
I have 2 Barracuda script that are NOS one has black paint on inside of the lettering and the other is solid chrome.
Also you cant just buy head rests and the chrome seat tops and install them. There is inner structure involved.
 
There are some and I mean Very few! 69 340 cars that got the The 340-S emblem on a spring special Car, Not Formula-S. Unique One offs. Fender tags will support it with the spring special code. Otherwise the plain Jane got a fish logo.

Formula-S 340/ 383 cars only got the 340/ 383-S emblem on stripe delete or V-7 stripe cars.

Cuda’ in either 340 or 383/440 never got them and Only had the fish emblem below the script period. Plus the special stripes and hood.

You have to be careful and match the fender holes to the emblem and know the fender was correct to the car. This is were many get side tracked. It easy to do so as these cars are old and who knows who changed what through the years, general rules are as above though!
That is the situation . The car was in an accident before I owned it and the nose was replaced. The fender tag is missing (have the build sheets) . Passenger side has all the correct emblems and was looking to add onto the drivers side.
 
And yes you could get a V6 sport stripe on almost any engine combo. Only 340S /383S had the call Out in the stripe. Obviously 440 was only in Cuda’ only.

225 to 318 could be ordered V6 but solid stripe only.
Here are examples of a 340 Formula S with the Sport Stripe and a 440 ‘cuda. The Formula S is an original survivor and the 440 ‘cuda was an original paint car before I restored it over 25 years ago.

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