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68 Barracuda red plastic inner fender?

Posted By: b5a12bee

68 Barracuda red plastic inner fender? - 11/28/14 07:12 AM

How rare are the red plastic inner fenders on a 68 Barracuda?

And were they an option on 67 and 69's also.
Posted By: 6bblgt

Re: 68 Barracuda red plastic inner fender? - 11/28/14 07:46 AM

'67 YES 588


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'69 YES J35
Posted By: 6bblgt

Re: 68 Barracuda red plastic inner fender? - 11/28/14 07:48 AM

& the OP's '68s 588
Posted By: 6bblgt

Re: 68 Barracuda red plastic inner fender? - 11/28/14 08:57 AM

best number I could come up with: 604

1968 Barracuda (sales code 588) wheel house liners
coupe & fastback (N/A convertible)
U.S sales 1.5% = 604 (+/-10)

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Posted By: b5a12bee

Re: 68 Barracuda red plastic inner fender? - 11/28/14 05:08 PM

Thanks for the information...
Posted By: ScottSmith_Harms

Re: 68 Barracuda red plastic inner fender? - 11/28/14 05:30 PM

I am looking to buy a set to use for patterns to reproduce them if you have a set to get rid of.
Posted By: DAYCLONA

Re: 68 Barracuda red plastic inner fender? - 11/28/14 08:10 PM

Quote:

How rare are the red plastic inner fenders on a 68 Barracuda?

And were they an option on 67 and 69's also.







Pretty rare from the few individuals I've talked too...I've had a handful, and I mean only a very small handful of guys ask me if I could repro these...if I did they'd be in molded red fiberglass...but I've never readily seen full sets for sale (only 1), or anyone ready to fund the endeavor (just need someone to supply the parts), as I have no real interest/need in them...


One question no one seems to have the answer to regarding these?, "is what was the factory intended function of these?"


Mike

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Posted By: DAYCLONA

Re: 68 Barracuda red plastic inner fender? - 11/28/14 08:14 PM

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Posted By: ScottSmith_Harms

Re: 68 Barracuda red plastic inner fender? - 11/28/14 08:37 PM

I think they were offered as some sort of a "We have those too" effort by Mopar to sell against GM cars that had them (GTO's 442's etc.). No real function, just a bling Hot Rod looks item. These were originally made using the plastic thermoforming process, that's how I'd have them made should I get some originals for patterns,
Posted By: VL21

Re: 68 Barracuda red plastic inner fender? - 11/28/14 09:31 PM




I HAD a NOS front one for a long time, we got it by mistake at 63436, and just sort of "put it in storage".

We didn't even know what the H it was for when we got it ...

Years later, after 63436 was done, and I moved to Florida, I kept it around for a while, and I THINK I gave it to Ted Stephens at a Garlits show one year. At least my buddy says I did.

I didn't see much chance of finding more, and didn't much care for them anyway.

Only other one I have ever seen was a left rear on a coupe, in a jy near Tampa, had been worn thru by the tire, So I left it where I found it.

Posted By: DAYCLONA

Re: 68 Barracuda red plastic inner fender? - 11/28/14 10:22 PM

Quote:

These were originally made using the plastic thermoforming process, that's how I'd have them made should I get some originals for patterns,






That's the way to go, but very expensive, the initial cash out lay for tooling, plus the minimum run required, will all determine the intial market cost...which the A body crowd really won't digest well ...but I know your well aware of that...good luck should you decide to pull that trigger

Mike
Posted By: ScottSmith_Harms

Re: 68 Barracuda red plastic inner fender? - 11/28/14 11:26 PM

Quote:


That's the way to go, but very expensive, the initial cash out lay for tooling, plus the minimum run required




Yep, well aware, it's what I did for a living before moving on to injection molding.
Posted By: b5a12bee

Re: 68 Barracuda red plastic inner fender? - 11/29/14 01:35 AM

I just bought 68 formula s that has them on it, that's why I was asking about them. I knew they were pretty rare. I think I have only seen one other Barracuda that had them. Thanks for the info.
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