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Offline all4rocks

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6 cylinder barracuda options
« on: April 11, 2019 - 10:45:37 AM »
can or did any 6 cylinder 70 barracudas come with any of th options like 4 speed, ralley dash, elastomeric bumpers, go wing?




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Re: 6 cylinder barracuda options
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2019 - 12:13:29 PM »
I would think you will get all sorts of opinions on this, but Mopar back in the day would make almost anything someone wanted to pay for. I do not know if any /6 cars had any of these (or any) options but I would not be surprised if there were some. That said, most /6 cars were considered "base" cars and therefore generally very low option, however anyone could order a car back then and specify what they wanted. The problem is that since all of these options could easily be applied to a /6 car along the way, if the fender tag and/or broadcast sheet doesn't specify it came that way, there is no way to know if it did or didn't. Many "experts" will jump and say this or that "never" happened only to have one show up that is documented so when it comes to Mopars, "never say never"..

If you are asking because you are looking at a /6 car that has one or some of these options and are trying to determine if they are factory, you need the fender tag and/or broadcast sheet to prove it one way or another. No tag or sheet, no one will believe it came that way. It would be cool to have a /6 car with all the high end options.
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70 Challenger RT 440-6 EFI, 73 Cuda 416-6 EFI
05 Hemi Durango, 01 Ram 4x4, 14 Ram 2500 4X4, 10 PCP Challenger 6 spd RT, 01 Viper GTS ACR, 52 B3B w/330 Desoto Hemi, 70 Hemi RR (under const)
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Re: 6 cylinder barracuda options
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2019 - 12:28:42 AM »
That would be cool to have a /6 with those options.
Are you looking at a car with some cool stuff on it?
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Re: 6 cylinder barracuda options
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2019 - 11:46:46 AM »
yes looking at an original /6 car that has some of the cool stuff on it. current owner does not know if they are original or not. No fender tag.  i sure would like to find that tag.

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Re: 6 cylinder barracuda options
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2019 - 12:26:31 PM »
If the car is relatively original, you might be able to ascertain whether an option is potentially factory based on paint, marks, etc. If the car has been gone through, repainted, etc. without the tag or sheet it is going to be hard unless it is clear it was added post build.
Current Mopar
70 Challenger RT 440-6 EFI, 73 Cuda 416-6 EFI
05 Hemi Durango, 01 Ram 4x4, 14 Ram 2500 4X4, 10 PCP Challenger 6 spd RT, 01 Viper GTS ACR, 52 B3B w/330 Desoto Hemi, 70 Hemi RR (under const)
Past Mopars
9 x Challengers. AAR Cuda, 4 RR, 2 GTX, 4 Chargers, etc... (too many to list)