MYSTERY FIRE WALL PLUG ----not a aero charger but ...

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     sorry if i posted this in the wrong bit but i thought ....
    this might be of intrest  guys      not a  charger daytona or a C500  ,  is a r/t se on ebay  but ... look at the plug on the fire wall , didn't the 1st built  C500 have this plug in that odd location also ..&  no clear reason what it  was / is for ..

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

beside the wiper motor?

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  yes     

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

Strange.....never noticed one of those before......looks like he has the Valve Covers on the wrong side as well

[Shakey]

Strange.....never noticed one of those before......looks like he has the Valve Covers on the wrong side as well

just installed wrong or six pack engine 

[hemigeno]

Strange.....never noticed one of those before......looks like he has the Valve Covers on the wrong side as well

just installed wrong or six pack engine 

It's more likely that a Chivvy mechanic worked on it...   

I'll bet a couple of those spark plug wires are Crispy!

[hemi68charger]

The hole could have come after the fact.. Someone drilled out a hole somewhere down the life of the car and was clever enough to use a factory body plug to "close" it once not in use..... Position is such it would gain access to the interior compartment...

Troy

[69_500]

I'l have to look back at the photo's of the first 500 engine compartment, but I think the plug on that car is where the vacuum hoses leave the firewall. I could be wrong though.

[Ghoste]

Here it is.

[Charger_Fan]

I wonder how close the build date is between those two?
It's almost as if they started stamping out those holes for something, then changed their minds.

[hemigeno]

I wonder how close the build date is between those two?
It's almost as if they started stamping out those holes for something, then changed their minds.

[nascarxx29]

A friends of mines 69 coronet had that plastic plug over on the firewall.Wasnt it a sign of being a early car.Or pilot car or something like that?

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I wonder how close the build date is between those two?
It's almost as if they started stamping out those holes for something, then changed their minds.

                     
                               i thought i had saved some  info on the build date of that C500  some where ,    can't find it though ,    just a thought  i wonder if the lowest vin # charger R/T  ( the red ex show car ) has that fire wall plug as that is a early  bulid also

A friends of mines 69 coronet had that plastic plug over on the firewall.Wasnt it a sign of being a early car.Or pilot car or something like that?

                           hmmm.. so it is not just a charger  then

[69_500]

What is the VIN to the car at the top of the thread? the build date for the first 500 is August 8/21.

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    vin # 142515

[69_500]

I'll look at some photo's of the second batch of 500's I have on file. They were built on 9/05 so there might be some clues there.

[69_500]

Just looked at a photo of car 138602's engine compartment, no plug on it. Same for 133981.
Same for 138601.
Just a side note.

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  thats odd  Chrysler  stamped a hole there then , on that  C500     ,  if that plug  is original on that R/Tse , witch it looks to me like factory   thats 2  then .   i wonder about the 500 prototype witch was a converted 68 charger  , (  i thought i saved all of these pictures )                    
 
what about what
(nascarxx29) said                         

A friends of mines 69 coronet had that plastic plug over on the firewall.Wasnt it a sign of being a early car.Or pilot car or something like that?

   

[69_500]

I'm not sure about pilot cars. But then again with a Charger being in the 142xxx range I wouldn't think it would be anything other than maybe a special order car. I'll look at the second 500 built here in a few weekends, and see how its firewall is.

[Ghoste]

I had some old pics of that prototype 500 but my underhood shots didn't have a good enough pic of that area.  It was in a couple of magazines many years ago (the old Moperformance was one) and I know I have them.  I'm trying to find them to see if they show it.