1967-1969 Barracuda Owners Group

1967 – The beginning, for our cars. The Barracuda for 1967, was a late release car. Meaning that while the car was a 1967 “model year” many times auto manufacturers would start producing and selling the cars in the third quarter of the previous calendar year. As an example, in September of 1966, the...

The key names I’ve been able to find in the design team for the first- and second-generation Barracuda are as follows. John Samsen John Herlitz Irv Ritchie Milt Antonick Dave Cummins Fred Schimmel To get a more complete context of what we know as the second generation (or 67-69) family of fish we re...

The headlight surrounds are all specific to each model year. The 1967's and 1968's model years are the MOST similar with the 1969's being much more unique. the 1967 and 1968 Headlight bezels actually look VERY much the same however the 68's have an additional attachment screw hole. Please see the at...

The door shells themselves are the same between notchback, fastback and convertibles, between their respective years. Convertibles DO have an external hard plastic SHIM that would be screwed in to match the anti-rattle mechanism found in the convertibles door jambs. While the 1967 and 1968 model yea...