1968 Plymouth Barracuda - Notchback

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Ciao, mi sto documentando sulle origini della mia Barracuda d'importazione.

Chiedendo sul forum americano FABO https://www.forabodiesonly.com/ ho trovato persone molto competenti, specialmente una...un vero appassionato di versioni d'importazione, che mi ha dato queste informazioni:



Ecco le mie tags, per cominciare:







"This Barracuda was fully built/assembled in Switzerland in the plant of AMAG Schinznach.

Sheet metal came from The NEKAAF plant in Rotterdam, drive-train from the US, Seats from Germany, Headlights from France, interior and glass should be Swiss products..." 

(Anche se ad esempio i miei vetri sono marchiati Staalglas Amsterdam)

"Very interesting, never seen before on a Swiss Mopar, but maybe a Notchback special"











"Swiss-made Barracudas 1967 - 1969:

1967: 273 - 2bbl and 273 - 4 bbl, no slant sixes.
1968: 273 - 2 bbl and 340s
1969: 273 - 2 bbl and 340s

Obviously 273 engines leftovers were still sent to Schinznach in 68 and 69; the engines were still painted red. There were no 318s offered in swiss Barracudas. Nearly all Barracudas were fastbacks, but there are few notchbacks (only with 273 c.i.) known. Convertibles were imported - not swiss made - but sold by AMAG; these convertibles got the US-motorization: 225 c.i., 318 c.i. and 340 c.i. Only one big block Barracuda is known and this was a modified race car:"









Production:





"Only 72 Barracudas were assembled in Schinznach in 1968 and most of them were Fastbacks - Your car is extremely rare - it was not imported to Europe, it was built in Switzerland and then exported to France."












La mia auto ha anche una targhetta sul radiatore Mopar con dicitura:  Benetti Kuhler Zurich:

"Yes, this I've forgot to mention - up to 1970 the Schinznach A-Bodies got - better? - genuine Swiss Radiators. Maybe this one was only prepared/upgraged by a Swiss radiator shop."






Ai tempi i dealer SIMCA erano facilmente reperibili in Europa: