1969 cuda

[michelle]

here is another rebuilder i finished 

[Hard_2_Handle_454]

Nice.  Looks like you had the same bumper issue I had.  I actually had to invert them to make them look straight.  They still droop a bit, but not as much.  That was the only thing I didn't like about the kit.  The bumper fit wasn't that great.

1 (148) by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

[Geno]

I love this body style, both are sweet. Great job to you both.?

[Diesel Gypsy]

A great pair of Cuda's!

I particularly like the orange colour. 

 

[michelle]

2 hours ago, Hard_2_Handle_454 said:

Nice.  Looks like you had the same bumper issue I had.  I actually had to invert them to make them look straight.  They still droop a bit, but not as much.  That was the only thing I didn't like about the kit.  The bumper fit wasn't that great.

1 (148) by Eric Lucas, on Flickr

thanks and i did not understand why the did not fit right i thought  i had then on reveresed as in the one i had on the front   was for the back  and the the one on the back was the front but that did not work  then i though maybe those bumpers were not from this cuda maybe they were from a 68 or another  69 version  offered   since the  car was a rebuilder that was half  broken apart since who ever built it did not even paint it and just built as it came the glue was brown  and brittle  i had to  repaint the bumpers  and grille since there was lots of the crhome gone and i removed most of the rest sanding off the glue  from the bumpers 

Edited April 11, 2020 by michelle

[michelle]

1 hour ago, Geno said:

I love this body style, both are sweet. Great job to you both.?

thanks 

[michelle]

1 hour ago, Diesel Gypsy said:

A great pair of Cuda's!

I particularly like the orange colour. 

 

thanks 

[Hard_2_Handle_454]

56 minutes ago, michelle said:

thanks and i did not understand why the did not fit right i thought  i had then on reveresed as in the one i had on the front   was for the back  and the the one on the back was the front but that did not work  then i though maybe those bumpers were not from this cuda maybe they were from a 68 or another  69 version  offered   since the  car was a rebuilder that was half  broken apart since who ever built it did not even paint it and just built as it came the glue was brown  and brittle  i had to  repaint the bumpers  and grille since there was lots of the crhome gone and i removed most of the rest sanding off the glue  from the bumpers 

I think it's just the way they made them.  I'm thinking of going back and working on it some time.

[michelle]

2 hours ago, Hard_2_Handle_454 said:

I think it's just the way they made them.  I'm thinking of going back and working on it some time.

cool 

[Snake45]

That's pretty wild! Just a couple weeks ago I finished the "rescue" of a survivor orange '69 Cuda I picked up at an estate sale over 25 years ago. 

I didn't notice any particular problems with bumper droop, but maybe I need to take another look at it.....

 

[michelle]

13 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

That's pretty wild! Just a couple weeks ago I finished the "rescue" of a survivor orange '69 Cuda I picked up at an estate sale over 25 years ago. 

I didn't notice any particular problems with bumper droop, but maybe I need to take another look at it.....

 

 

 

yours is a 68 not a 69  cuda look at the side reflectors they are round   only year mopars had round reflectors was in 68  be it dodge ,plymouth  or chryslers  
starting in 69 they were rectangles 

[Snake45]

It's a '69, look at the grille and hood and taillights. 

This was built from an '80s reissue that had the incorrect '68 side marker lights. When they reissued it in the '90s, they corrected that. 

They also replaced the Hemi (which this one has) with a correct 383. 

I did steal the wheels and tires out of a current reissue, though. I didn't like the '80s wheels and tires that were on it. 

[michelle]

51 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

It's a '69, look at the grille and hood and taillights. 

This was built from an '80s reissue that had the incorrect '68 side marker lights. When they reissued it in the '90s, they corrected that. 

They also replaced the Hemi (which this one has) with a correct 383. 

I did steal the wheels and tires out of a current reissue, though. I didn't like the '80s wheels and tires that were on it. 

from what i understand they generally just retooled the  previous years mold  to the next years car each actual car model year   so they would have retooled the 68 cuda kit into a 69 cuda kit   that why all they kept repoping the 69 kit and  thats why they repoped the 69 charger 500  with r/t grille cause the original 69 molds were retooled for the 70 charger 

 

[slusher]

Sweet Cuda Michelle!

[Bucky]

You made a great save on the Cuda, Michelle! I like the orange color very much!

[Snake45]

9 hours ago, michelle said:

from what i understand they generally just retooled the  previous years mold  to the next years car each actual car model year   so they would have retooled the 68 cuda kit into a 69 cuda kit   that why all they kept repoping the 69 kit and  thats why they repoped the 69 charger 500  with r/t grille cause the original 69 molds were retooled for the 70 charger 

 

That's generally what happened, yes. I've never owned an original MPC '69 Cuda model so I don't know if they retooled the marker lights back in 1969 but I can tell you that this '80s reissue came through with the '68 type lights, even though the rest of it is a '69. I have an original MPC '68 promo in the Snakepit and the front and rear ends are different from the '69s--like yours, mine, and David's. It's definitely a '69. Trust me. I was there. 

[michelle]

8 hours ago, slusher said:

Sweet Cuda Michelle!

thanks 

[PappyD340]

Good looking Barracuda!

[michelle]

7 hours ago, Bucky said:

You made a great save on the Cuda, Michelle! I like the orange color very much!

thank you 

[michelle]

2 minutes ago, PappyD340 said:

Good looking Barracuda!

thanks