Re: Strange rivets
[Re: JohnRR]
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03/02/23 04:53 PM
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Well, let’s see if I can post a photo of the vin tag and wait for reactions. This looks like a 68 fender tag. I thought your car was a 69? it is a 68 Fendertag and the car is a 69 , very odd , first time I have seen something like this , but I'll admit I haven't seen a lot . Most likely because of the Scheduled Production Date of July 28, 1968 that they used a '68 fender tag blank for the Body In White information?
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Re: Strange rivets II
[Re: robertop]
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03/02/23 04:58 PM
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This is in answer to member rbmopar who asked how I ended up with my car:apparently in a private reply you cannot post photos for some reason, so here I can do that. Here is a photo of my rr just after I bought it. Obviously I cannot say if the black stripes were a factory job or were added by the dealership.Interestingly, the hood vents are black, not red. I have a small rr book where the author claims that the first black stripes had black vents in 69, so that is that. Does the car have the "Air Grabber" fresh air option? Being a HEMI it would have had the Air Grabber as standard equipment and should have had the red grille hood scoop vents. Maybe that decision hadn't been made yet?
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Re: Strange rivets II
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03/02/23 08:03 PM
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Re: Strange rivets II
[Re: robertop]
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03/03/23 12:27 AM
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Yes the Air Grabber is there, but it’s slightly d different, of course, This '69 Hemi Super Bee with a SPD of January 2, 1969 had an orange Air Grabber and so did a promo sales feature '69 Road Runner convertible and a '69 GTX in the same sales feature slide show promo. (and BTW orange hood scoop intake grilles, and an orange (painted??) AG to air filter lid/tray rubber seal on the RR?) Mike
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Re: Strange rivets II
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03/03/23 02:05 AM
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There’s really no telling what one might find on that car if some time was spent. Better to just drive it and enjoy it at this point.
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Re: Strange rivets II
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03/03/23 12:27 PM
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I like to hear and see the history of these lower production high performance cars. I know many were not treated kindly when new(er) as buyers had them for a good reason. Little details found during restoration often hint and a cars history, yet documents, parts, #'s and verbal history are irreplaceable. I respect seeing oem restos, though not as much as those lesser fussed over. Example: those strange rivets. Kudos to Robertop for posting this. For starters are the rivets. One would think if this was a norm you would have documentation supporting this. Same with the fender tag. Cool car none the less.
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Re: Strange rivets II
[Re: 5thAve]
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03/03/23 08:26 PM
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It's an interesting car none the less and at least when you've owned it as long as you have it makes things easier to at least track how long things have been a certain way rather then someone buying it now and not knowing what's happened in the last 64 years with it. Agree but that would be the last fifty-four (54) years...........had to count on my fingers to make sure I didn't age another ten years since I bought my first car in '69, a '69 Road Runner too. Mike
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