Who has a 69 Charger that was built in August 1968?

[Johnnys440Charger]

I was wondering who has a 69 Charger that was built in August 1968?
When did production start for the 1969 Charger?   Was it Thursday Aug 1st 1968?

[70 sublime]

My last 69 Charger was Aug 9 on the fender tag

[tan top]

first week for the 69 charger started  first of August 1968 , although i'm sure i did have saved pictures of 2 preproduction  69 chargers with  late july SPD , think i heard or read  one was a show car & had leaded over seams in the driver door jam , dont quote me on this though could easily be getting mixed up   


i had hundreds & hundreds  of fender / vin tags & broadcast sheet pictures saved for 69 chargers , but lost the lot when my hard drive blew up years ago , started over but gave up was crazy idea givng how many i had lost      i still have a few documented in the new file i started as follows 

Hamtramck SPD  801 i have one        St. louis SPD  802 i have one
                802 i have one
                803 i have four

FWIW  a  Few of the early build 69s with  with low sequential numbers starting 10**** & 11**** , had the previously mystery firewall plug , that was still  mystery till (HemiGeno) discovered what it was or a good chance it was for 
  see here http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,22093.0.html?PHPSESSID=1bc91c87bce20f05ccad107543b5ab21

[marshallfry01]

My 69 383 car has a 8/28 build date. It has the chrome shifter knob and the black buttons on the door handles instead of chrome... I'm not sure if it's a coincidence but those seem to be common on early build 69's.

[tan top]

My 69 383 car has a 8/28 build date. It has the chrome shifter knob and the black buttons on the door handles instead of chrome... I'm not sure if it's a coincidence but those seem to be common on early build 69's.

black door handle buttons are correct for 68 build 69 chargers , mine has them SPD November 22 ,  but has the wood grain shift knob ,( previously unrestored was a 2 owner car when i bought it ) although mine is a SE also , just to confuse things seen a unrestored rotted out 69 R/TSE with a november SPD with a chrome shift knob ?    
FWIW i always assumed  ( never assume  ) all 68s got the chrome shift knob & all 69s got the woodgrain but thats not the case , not sure what the deal was you tend to see most if not all 69  XX29 chargers with the chrome shift knob too & few with wood grain but whos to know if previous owners changed them , the case might just be using up the 68 shift knobs , same deal as the chrome buttons think the change was supposed to be from january built 69s , but seen a few unrestored 69s with a january SPD with black buttons     

[marshallfry01]

My 69 383 car has a 8/28 build date. It has the chrome shifter knob and the black buttons on the door handles instead of chrome... I'm not sure if it's a coincidence but those seem to be common on early build 69's.

black door handle buttons are correct for 68 build 69 chargers , mine has them SPD November 22 ,  but has the wood grain shift knob ,( previously unrestored was a 2 owner car when i bought it ) although mine is a SE also , just to confuse things seen a unrestored rotted out 69 R/TSE with a november SPD with a chrome shift knob ?    
FWIW i always assumed  ( never assume  ) all 68s got the chrome shift knob & all 69s got the woodgrain but thats not the case , not sure what the deal was you tend to see most if not all 69  XX29 chargers with the chrome shift knob too & few with wood grain but whos to know if previous owners changed them , the case might just be using up the 68 shift knobs , same deal as the chrome buttons think the change was supposed to be from january built 69s , but seen a few unrestored 69s with a january SPD with black buttons     

Yeah it's odd. You would think after a certain date everything would be the same after that but I guess it also depends on which factory it came out of.

My 69 R/T is unrestored. It has the wood grain shift knob and chrome door handle buttons. It's a later build than my 383 car. The R/T has a 2/28 build date... which should be correct.

[JimShine]

You should dig into the archive. There were a few cars from that time posted on here noting the subtle differences in the first batches. I recall there were one or two extra holes with body plugs on the firewall. And some 1968 carryover parts used up. 

[lloyd3]

My "68 reportedly came from Hamtramck on July 5th of 1968. August 1st has always been rumored to be the changeover date.