HotRod777
Well-Known Member
I’m in the process of swapping a 383 into my 1966 Coronet /6.
The car is a “WE21” vin, so no side chrome at all. I have the plain “coronet” emblem on the fenders, however I believe they might currently be in the wrong location. I think ‘440’ fenders (with chrome trim holes welded shut) were swapped on before it’s last repaint back in the early 2000’s. The Coronet emblem is on the upper rear of the front fenders (where the “Coronet 440” would be on 440 trim cars.
Based on available pictures of “survivor” cars I can find I plan to move the “Coronet” badges out to the front of the fenders (where 500 trim cars had it, just sans the additional 500 badge)... is this the correct location?
That leaves where should the “383 4-barrel” badges go on an Economy trim level car? Do they go out front under the “Coronet”? Or do they go back on the rear of the front fender like half way above the Penastar medallion?
A couple people I’ve talked to said there could be multiple correct locations... almost as if different assembly plants did different things... although I find that hard to believe that they would just let a guy loose with an 1/8” drill bit to decorate the car...
The car is a “WE21” vin, so no side chrome at all. I have the plain “coronet” emblem on the fenders, however I believe they might currently be in the wrong location. I think ‘440’ fenders (with chrome trim holes welded shut) were swapped on before it’s last repaint back in the early 2000’s. The Coronet emblem is on the upper rear of the front fenders (where the “Coronet 440” would be on 440 trim cars.
Based on available pictures of “survivor” cars I can find I plan to move the “Coronet” badges out to the front of the fenders (where 500 trim cars had it, just sans the additional 500 badge)... is this the correct location?
That leaves where should the “383 4-barrel” badges go on an Economy trim level car? Do they go out front under the “Coronet”? Or do they go back on the rear of the front fender like half way above the Penastar medallion?
A couple people I’ve talked to said there could be multiple correct locations... almost as if different assembly plants did different things... although I find that hard to believe that they would just let a guy loose with an 1/8” drill bit to decorate the car...