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(I guess you can call this a "Swedish Fish") ......68cuda383s |
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Hi, AND
From: Jan "Mr. Barracuda" Fredriksson
It's one of many "Swedish" Barracudas built in Rotterdam, Belgium. This was
the plant that built most of the Chryslers sold new in Europe in the
sixties and seventies. To what extent the cars really were "built", I don't
know. I would guess that the bodies came fully assembled (called
body-in-white) only painted with primer and then put upon the assembly line
for completion according to the Europe-specs (meaning always has disc brakes, heavy duty
suspension, etc...). The car has a 273 2-barrel engine under the hood. If you were to ask Galen Govier about it, he will say that that combination doesn't exist as the 318 was the base V8 from 1968 and the 340 was the base FormulaS car. But not in Europe!! Here we have a lot of rare cars .... how about a
1968 Fastback w/225 slant six and 4-speed ???? , Yes, that is also a "one-of-none" car that another member in our registry owns. Galen has to
update his "white books" I think, adding some new combinations in the sections for production figures. And, I don't know if you noticed, but....... Rolf's car also has a SUNROOF ........... that was a FACTORY OPTION possible from the Rotterdam plant !! Until now, I've only ever seen two Barracudas (Rolf's + one '69 Fastback Formula S) and one '69 Satellite with this option and they really look nice. Wouldn't that be a trio of great cars to bring to Chrysler's @ Carlisle or the Mopar Nationals's ??
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