Exterior door handles

[66FBCharger]

I got a few extra doors with my 69 Charger. One has an exterior door handle with a black button and the other has a chrome button. What's the story with the different color buttons? I always thought that the black buttons were used in '68. Which is correct for a 69 built in St. Louis?

[Brock Samson]

my understanding is that the early build cars had black buttons till they used them up and they were replaced with the chrome ones...  what's the numbers on your Promising new Steed?..

[66FBCharger]

The production date off the fender tag is Oct.18,1968 (A18). Is that considered an early build?

[Brock Samson]

   Very!   

[66FBCharger]

Brock,
Are you figuring that the black buttons would be correct for my car? Any clue approx. what date they ran out of black buttoned handles?

[Brock Samson]

 no idea when they ran out,.. but I own a very late build '69 - built the last week of production in July of '69...  Can you post up your fender tag?.. 

[66FBCharger]

Brock,
Here is my fender tag.
I whited out the last 3 of the VIN and order number. I am not sure why everyone does that, but I figured there was a reason to do it that I am not aware of. Do you know if there is a good reason to not show the whole VIN?

[Brock Samson]

something about the end of the world in 2012 - which means you better hurry up and get that thing on the road pronto!

[moparstuart]

 I know most of the 69 charger 500 had black ones , you might ask danny if he has narrowed down a date split  ?
  who knows when st louis would have run out compared to other plants  ?

[Brock Samson]

 since a number of Daytonas were converted 500s wouldn't that also be relevant and helpfull?..
Man! talk about minutiae,..  there's a 20 page topic for the areo section... 

[moparstuart]

since a number of Daytonas were converted 500s wouldn't that also be relevant and helpfull?..
Man! talk about minutiae,..  there's a 20 page topic for the areo section... 

  no 500 were made into daytona ,  daytona's where made later in the 69 year .

[Brock Samson]

 I thought the 500s were converted, (some of them anyhow),.. and were run back to Creative for nose and wing and fender duct upgrades... and there was a whole lot of funny business with the counting and even pre 500 Racecars being upgraded to 500 and then to DAYTONA status... though, not necessarily at Creative.  I know that 503 Cars being built was entirely bogus, was there ever a ballpark figure calculated for Aero-Charger production?..

[vancamp]

my handle buttons are black

[69 OUR/TEA]

Mine is an early build too, A02,but my vin# is slightly higher than yours 164,xxx??Do you have headrests?Was an option before Jan 1st.

[66FBCharger]

Mine is an early build too, A02,but my vin# is slightly higher than yours 164,xxx??Do you have headrests?Was an option before Jan 1st.

No it does not have headrests.

[Mike DC]

I thought the 503# was bogus for C500s (392?), but then they had to do 500+ Daytonas.

[moparstuart]

I thought the 503# was bogus for C500s (392?), but then they had to do 500+ Daytonas.

[bzabodyn]

I'm November 11,1968 and mine has chrome buttons...

FYI!

BZ

[Brock Samson]

perhaps also the plant where your car was produced made a difference as well possibly maybe 

[jaak]

My car was built 8-8-68...Black door handle buttons,no headrest, and it also had the chrome (68) shifter knob.

Jason