1968 upper door pad emblem oddity

[ds440]

My '68 has the red, blue and white emblems.  It has a SPD of 9/18/67.

  My interior is all original and mostly unmolested and it doesn't LOOK like the script was ever black.  Looks like it was always silver to me...?  But I suppose with wear and age it could have rubbed off.

Just thought I'd add my two cents... 

[terrible one]

My '68 has the red, blue and white emblems.  It has a SPD of 9/17/67.

  My interior is all original and mostly unmolested and it doesn't LOOK like the script was ever black.  Looks like it was always silver to me...?  But I suppose with wear and age it could have rubbed off.

Just thought I'd add my two cents... 

Yeah, that's how mine looked too. I've seen some on Ebay that still had a bit of black on them. I think the fact that the black wears off so much easier, and more completely than the red (or red, white, and blue) is what brings people to believe that it was never there. Hell, I don't know for sure, but I'm still pretty certain the script was black from the factory, and I went ahead and re-painted mine black when I cleaned up my pads.

[TylerCharger69]

I've seen one...maybe two '68's with the red, white, and blue....but that's about it.   Never seen it on a 69 or 70 though.  I never really thought of it being a major thing until now....Another mystery of Charger history I suppose..Just like the mystery holes in the firewalls.

[Doc74]

Wait a minute wait a minute...the whole silvery thingy should be black ?? Terrible one can you post a pic or two of your scripts ? I've never seen a black one before, not that I've looked for it since the sliver looked original to me and most others probably.

[Charger-Bodie]

Wait a minute wait a minute...the whole silvery thingy should be black ?? Terrible one can you post a pic or two of your scripts ? I've never seen a black one before, not that I've looked for it since the sliver looked original to me and most others probably.

just the name charger is in black on the seler disc the red white and blue is in the pot metal outer ring

[Doc74]

just the name charger is in black on the seler disc the red white and blue is in the pot metal outer ring

Ah I see, good to know. Thanks

[skip68]

You guy's made me go look at my car and I have the same red, white and blue emblems. My trunk lid also has the inner frame. My build date was Sep. 21, 1967.  I thought they were all like this.    I wonder if there is something else different as well ?

[ds440]

Were there seperate interior packages for the '68?  I didn't think so, but....?

Also, this might be a stupid question, but does the interior color make a difference?  It doesn't appear that way.  My interior is red, and the other image posted appears to be black.  Just throwing out a few (uneducated) guesses.

[skip68]

I guess not because my interior is gold/tan. 

[Charger-Bodie]

I guess not because my interior is gold/tan. 

the ones i posted pics of were dyed black were orig tan i dyed them black

[Brock Samson]

my late build '69 has the red sections so do the two extras i have

[JimShine]

I never seen the red white and blue on a '69.

[Charger-Bodie]

I never seen the red white and blue on a '69.

same here only 68s

[Ghoste]

Well it is a thread about the "68"door oddity.    And so far, it seems like it's just the early build ones.

[tan top]

       sent you a PM  (1Hot68 ) 

[bull]

Mine had a red one on the driver side and a red, white and blue one on the pass side when I bought it, but the pass side pad was shot so I bought another pad off Ebay with a red one. I figured someone was just screwing around and painted the white and blue but I guess it's probably original since mine is an early '68. I don't think I have the time or energy to worry about making it correct though.

[charger_mike75]

Could this oddity have something to do with where the cars were built?

[JimShine]

Okay, here is an update. I just received much of the unused portions of the interior from this car. The interior was gold. Lower door panels are all dated August 11, 1967. So this is obviously something that happened very early on and not for long.

I called it an oddity because when it was brought up in the past, it was dismissed as being non-factory. When you start seeing the exact same stuff on many cars done the exact same way, you start questioning. Now we have a thread that answers this question should anyone ask about it in the future.

[Charger-Bodie]

to add to that i witnessed a very original 68 charger at the all mopar show in west salem wis. last weekend with a build date of 8 28 of 67 and it had all the early prod stuff too !! i m pretty sure weve nailed this deal down.