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Offline sauceman

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1973 'Cuda
« on: December 15, 2019 - 07:57:12 PM »
Hey all,

Just got this one in the shop, needs a lot of work lol.

So not being too familiar with these my first question is the tag says M88 quarter panel tape treatment and also has V6W white longitude sports stripe. Are these two separate accents?



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Offline 73440

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Re: 1973 'Cuda
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2019 - 08:46:13 PM »
I thought M88 was trunk lid moldings.
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Offline 70chall440

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Re: 1973 'Cuda
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2019 - 11:12:54 PM »
M88 is trunk lid moldings on a 70-71 but I am not sure about 73 but it makes sense.
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Offline sauceman

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Re: 1973 'Cuda
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2019 - 06:33:44 AM »
Thanks for the replies so far,

This car has both M88 and V6W, is this what this car should look like? I found these on another forum as a reference.


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Offline 'Cuda Hunter

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Re: 1973 'Cuda
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2019 - 11:33:30 AM »
reference picture looks correct.

M88 should be the black out rear panel with the chrome wrap around to separate the color from the black out. 

That's definitely v6w

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Re: 1973 'Cuda
« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2019 - 07:57:43 PM »
 :2thumbs: what he said..  :roflsmiley:
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Re: 1973 'Cuda
« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2020 - 02:39:30 AM »
Red body with white vinyl top nice .   What colour do you have in mind . ? When finished .   Looks like a fairly good car to start with . please keep the photo coming .  P.S as a mopar nut and a deep love for the E-Body some could paint their  car baby **** brown and they would still get my vote LOL
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Offline Gherry91

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Re: 1973 'Cuda
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2020 - 12:10:03 AM »
That looks like an interesting project! Enjoy

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Re: 1973 'Cuda
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2020 - 03:13:17 PM »
We would love to see some updates!  Anything happening to this car? 
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Offline weiss92

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Re: 1973 'Cuda
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2020 - 10:27:20 PM »
Impressive work. It looks absolutely great.
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