VINTAGE RETRO 69 CHARGER 500 AD FROM 1969 APRIL TEEN MAGAZINE

[moparchris]

If any one is interested I have a very nice set of these hubcaps.  2 are NOS and 2 I restored.  PM me if if want them.

[426HemiCharger]

Is this the same 500 Bud Lindeman tested in 1969?

[BLUE68RT4ME]

He has the same ad.as I had long ago
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,39165.0.html

  Umm... I'm surprised someone out there didn't already catch this.  Hmm... anyone know who I'm talkin' 'bout???   

Where's that darn "already posted" police man?   

[C500]

The hubcaps in question were the Sales Code W-15 wheel covers for full-size Dodge Division cars (Polara, Monaco and their variants).  They only came in 15" sizes, but were not listed anywhere in the 1969 Sales Code Manual information as an alternative for Hemicars.

For (post W23 recall) '69 Hemi B-bodies, the only "Wheel Cap or Cover" options were as follows:

2944088 - Plymouth Division Hub Cap, Standard Equipment
2944089 - Dodge Division Hub Cap, Standard Equipment
2881753 - 15" Cover (Class I), Sales Code W11 - used on 1968 model year cars too

The C-body wheel covers found on the press-release C500 are part number 2944080, which was a Class III cover.  Dealer instructions for handling/replacing the W23 recall wheels don't say exactly which wheel cover was supposed to be installed, so if the dealership workers were in a hurry it's at least possible that a service department (or Dodge marketing guys, in the case of the press-release C500) grabbed whatever 15" wheel covers they could find and slapped 2944080's on.  Chrysler was responsible for providing replacement parts on W23 cars already shipped to dealers or owners, and that included wheel covers.  Apparently, after the W23 option was cancelled, the factories were only "supposed" to use the 2881753 - which was a carryover wheel cover from 1968 and was pretty much the only option for Hemicars other than the standard hubcaps.  As with many other things, they probably sent out as replacements or originally installed whatever they had handy at the time when correct parts supplies ran low.

The Polara-style covers look fine to me, and the press-release C500 gave that look some notoriety, for sure.

Thanks for the info geno. 

[69_500]

Is this the same 500 Bud Lindeman tested in 1969?

To answer the question simply, no its not the same car that Bud drove. Bud was beating the snot out of a HEMI AT car, and the car pictured above is a 4 speed car. But it is the car that the magazines beat the snot out of for their write ups.

[426HemiCharger]

Thanks I guess it's a common color combo.

[69_500]

Thanks I guess it's a common color combo.

Common in that it is the same color combo for the first 5 cars, other than that I can't think of a single other one that is a HEMI, R4 red, white tail stripe, with black interior.