black thumb buttons

[beanhead]

My Satty is a Dec. '67 build, black buttons for what that's worth

 

[70 sublime]

My 69 Charger built Aug 68 has black buttons

 

[moparwacko]

Keeping black under your thumb, They are definitely racist!
Probably part of the "White Hat Special"


Just trying to help

 

[MarPar]

Keeping black under your thumb, They are definitely racist!
Probably part of the "White Hat Special"


Just trying to help

 

[copper67sat]

Original handles on all of my 67s have chrome buttons. Seems like they changed to black in 68 and back to chrome mid-69.

 

[MarPar]

@69Coronetrt

Any thoughts as to our quandary?

 

[eldubb440]

My GTX is a June 68 build and it has the black buttons

which speedo do you have?


no, not the guido kind of speedo, the one in the dash

I have the 0-150.........not sure when the 0-15 came into play

oct 67 build

 

[eldubb440]

found a pic of Mario's speedo

they don't call him the meat man for nothing

 

[HawkRod]

Thanks - I'm going to have nightmares tonight because of that...

 

[eldubb440]

I thought for sure he'd have a better tan

 

[moparwacko]

I thought for sure he'd have a better tan

He's a White Northern Midwest meat purveyor. If the sun comes out in April for 15 minutes, He's got a sunburn.

 

[roadrunnerh]

Original 1968 RR here, 11/1967 build date, black buttons.

 

[68BabyBlue]

which speedo do you have?


no, not the guido kind of speedo, the one in the dash

I have the 0-150.........not sure when the 0-15 came into play

oct 67 build

Baby Blue had 0-15, Dec. 67 Build.Lynch Road.

 

[moparedtn]

Baby Blue had 0-15, Dec. 67 Build.

Fred is a Dec. 1 1967 build. He had chrome buttons from factory (have pics) and yeah, the goofy speedo.

 

[eldubb440]

and yeah, the goofy speedo.

which one is the goofy one?

 

[moparedtn]

which one is the goofy one?

The one missing all those zeros...

 

[69Coronetrt]

@69Coronetrt

Any thoughts as to our quandary?

This is what I'm lead to believe and my own research.

6PKRTSE -I believe early 69 and older were black buttons. Late 69 thru 70 were chrome. All of my 70 cars are chrome.

From what I've seen, early to mid 69 were black and somewhere in the year there is a change over to Chrome. If it's like other things, the actual switch will vary by plant. My Nov 68 St. Louis car came with black.

 

[Mopar Hunter]

My 69 Charger built April 1969 has chrome buttons White Hat Special.

 

[AR67GTX]

My 66 Satellite and 67 GTX have chromed buttons. I’ve replaced both with new ones but replaced them with the same thing as the worn originals. I wonder if the chrome buttons were part of the up-scale models?

 

[68BabyBlue]

The bare bones '67 Valiant my dad bought new had chrome. Did Chrysler implement the black buttons as a cost cutting measure, and then switch back?