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68 is paded and slides down. 69 is metal and tilts out.



Welllll,
Not entirely correct.

I was doing a little research (not scientific) on this very issue. I currently have 26 '68 B'-Bodies" in my data base and here's what I have found so far:

Of the four plants ("A" Lynch Rd, "B" Hamtramck, "E" L.A., and "G" St. Louis)all "B" bodies in my data base (Coronets, Road Runners, Satallites, Beleveders and Chargers)of the 26, 9 had Flippers and the remaining 17 were built with "Slider" Ash Trays.

The first appearance (in my data base) of the flip ash tray is a '68 Beleveder built at St. Louis on 6 Apr 68. A Lynch Road RR built on 4 May 68 had the flip ash tray.

Of the 10 cars in my data base built after 6 Apr 68 all had flipper except 2 with sliders from the St. Louis plant.

By no means should this be considered "gospel" but I do have examples of 10 Flipper ash trays on 68 "B" bodies.

Not to muddy the waters but another example of Ma Mopar doing things a little different.


Frank

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