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yeah...mine was an original rear defrost Charger

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was looking inside my 71 getting ready to strip out the interior for the resto refurb and noticed mine was an original rear defrost based on the package tray, got just about everything I need now to get started on the interior.
got a lot to replace.......
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FYI. If you mean the metal package tray, they all stamped the same whether it had rear defog or not. Either way, it's a nice option to have whether original or added.
 
I added rear defog to my 1967 Coronet R/T. It just recirculates warmer interior air onto the rear glass. It helps in late fall in Ontario.
 
I remember seeing a few of them in the yards back in the 80’s. Another option I wasn’t looking for. AC, luggage racks, cruise control, power windows. Just added weight. I wouldn’t mind AC and power windows in the ‘68 “GTX” I’m currently building. But I’ll use modern stuff.
 
I remember seeing a few of them in the yards back in the 80’s. Another option I wasn’t looking for. AC, luggage racks, cruise control, power windows. Just added weight. I wouldn’t mind AC and power windows in the ‘68 “GTX” I’m currently building. But I’ll use modern stuff.
I built my cars 35-40 years ago, when there were still great donor cars in bone yards. My '64 Polara has junk yard front sway bar, cruise control, power disc brakes, and 1969 Charger rear end. I added factory green tinted glass from a parts car I bought, that also had factory A/C. I added Vintage Air, using brackets, pulleys, and vents from this car, as well.
My '67 R/T benefited from junk yard parts, as well. I bought my car as a roller, with no powertrain. Since the car would never be matching numbers, I decided to build it the way I liked. However, my car is a legit WS23L7 piece. Junk yards supplied a 440 powertrain from a 1968 New Yorker, 4-piston disc brakes, power windows, rear window defroster, bumperettes, Chrysler AM/FM radio, and '67 Charger console, with padded armrest lid.
 
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I built my cars 35-40 years ago, when there were still great donor cars in bone yards. My '64 Polara has junk yard front sway bar, cruise control, power disc brakes, and 1969 Charger rear end. I added factory green tinted glass from a parts car I bought, that also had factory A/C. I added Vintage Air, using brackets, pulleys, and vents from this car, as well.
My '67 R/T benefited from junk yard parts, as well. I bought my car as a roller, with no powertrain. Since the car would never be matching numbers, I decided to build it the way I liked. However, my car is a legit WS23L7 piece. Junk yards supplied a 440 powertrain from a 1968 New Yorker, 4-piston disc brakes, power windows, rear window defroster, bumperettes, Chrysler AM/FM radio, and '67 Charger console, with padded armrest lid.
Back when I got my cars, the factory muscle cars with the top engine packages often were N/A for A/C with the V belts flying off and the compressors not rated for over 5000 RPM. My Charger has two strikes, E87 D21. The ‘Cuda has 3, E87 D21 N96. Although I guess A/C was available with the regular cam 383 in the ‘Cuda with a 4 speed. We were teenagers, the hot muscle cars didn’t have A/C.
 
Both my red 70 Charger R/T S.E. and my red 70 Challenger R/T S.E.'s are rear defogger cars. They do work great in the cooler fall and spring weather.
 
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