Mod Top #79

Wes Holowatuk in Saskatchewan, Canada has a 1969 Plymouth Barracuda 340/A727 Y2/F6P/V1P ModTop.

Here’s a nice write-up about the car from the Dec 2020 issue of MyStar Collector Car

The Fender tag as submitted to this Registry:

V7X END
J25 L31 M21 M31 R11 V1P
A01 A04 C16 C55 G15 G33
   Y2 F6P X9 909 068551
E55 D32 BH23 P9B 135XXX

V7X = Black Longitudinal Stripe; END = End of codes

J25 = 3 speed variable wipers; L31 = Fender mounted turn signals; M21 = Drip Rail Mouldings; M31 = Body Belt Mouldings; R11 = Radio – 2-Watt AM radio Music Master; V1P = Yellow and Black Floral Vinyl “Mod Top”

A01 = Light package – (Glove Box Lock, Courtesy Lamp, Reading and Dome Lamp, Glove Box Lamp, Cargo Compartment Lamp, Trunk Compartment Lamp, Hood/Fender Turn Signal Lamps, Rear Door Dome Lamp Switch, Ignition Switch Lamp with Timer, Headlamp-on Buzzer, Headlamp Switch Lamp with Timer);

A04 = Basic Radio Group; C16 = Woodgrain console; C55 = Bucket seats; G15 = Tinted Windshield (only); G33 = Driver’s side remote side mirror

Y2 = Sunfire Yellow exterior paint; F6P = Yellow vinyl seats with yellow and black floral inserts (mod interior), also yellow and black floral inserts on the door panels; X9 = black Interior paint (console, instrument panel), and black carpet; 909 = September 9, 1968 build date; 068551 = order number

E55 = 340 4bbl engine (275hp); D32 = A727 3 speed Automatic Transmission (Torqueflite); BH = Barracuda High Price Class; 23 = 2 Door Hardtop; P9B = 340/1969/Built at Hamtramck, MI; 135XXX = Sequence number.

More info about the car as submitted to this Registry:

  • Engine that came with the car originally? – 340
  • Engine in the car now – original 340
  • Tranny that came originally? – 727 auto
  • Tranny in the car now? – 4-speed
  • Original Exterior color? – Y2 Sunfire Yellow
  • Exterior color now? – Deeper Yellow
  • Interior seat color – F6P Yellow vinyl bucket seats with mod (floral) inserts

More info from the Ebay page when this car was previously for sale:

1969 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA FORMULA S 340 … ORIGINAL 119000 MI.
THE FENDERS HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE 340 S EMBLEMS AND THE ORIGINAL AIR CLEANER (WHICH IS GONE)

#S MATCHING 340 ENGINE, EDLEBROCK INTAKE WITH THREE 2 BBL HOLLEYS. 30K MILES ON ENGINE WITH .030 BORE, .010 CRANK, SCREW IN STUDS. THE ENGINE RUNS VERY STRONG. 4 SPEED, 8 3/4 POSI WITH 390 GEARS. HEADERS WITH CUDA DUAL EXHAUST. POWER STEERING AND FOUR PISTON POWER DISC BRAKES. STRAIGHT BODY WITH NO RUST, (THERE MIGHT BE SOME SOMEWHERE BUT I CAN’T FIND IT). THE 1/4S, ROCKERS, TRUNK, FLOOR BOARDS, FRAME AND EVERYWHERE SHOWS NO SIGN OF RUST. GLASS IS ALL GOOD. THE CAR RUNS GREAT, VERY STRONG.

THE INTERIOR IS VERY GOOD. BLACK CLOTH BUCKETS BLACK CARPET. HEADLINER HAS ONE SMALL SEAM SEPARATION.DASH HAS NOT BEEN CUT UP FOR STEREO.

THIS CAR HAS SPENT ALL ITS LIFE IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON STATE, OWNED THE PAST 28 YEAR BY MY BROTHER-IN-LAW. IT WAS PURCHASED NEW AT GOEHRY’S INC. CHYSLER PLYMOUTH DEALER IN BREWSTER WA.

THE CAR WAS ORIGINALLY A (MOD TOP) FLOWERED VINYL TOP, WITH FLOWERED INTERIOR, AND PALE YELLOW PAINT, AUTOMATIC WITH CONSOLE. HAD A FOUR BARREL INTAKE. ALL OF WHICH ARE GONE.

EXTRA PARTS: ORIGINAL PARTS FRONT BUMPER, FRONT FENDERS, HOOD, LOWER VALANCE, AM RADIO, AND CAMSHAFT. FENDERS AND VALANCE WERE TAKEN OFF FROM MINOR DAMAGE, VERY USABLE. SOME EXTRA TRIM & VISORS.


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