Plymouth added the new high-performance option, called the ‘Cuda 340’ for 1969. It came with either fastback or hardtop styling. The Cuda came with a four-speed manual transmission, sport tires, and heavy-duty suspension and brakes. The base Barracuda V8 engine was the ‘318’, with ‘383’ and ‘340’ engines.
The base engine in the Barracuda was the 225 cubic-inch Slant Six. They came standard with the government required safety equipment, all-vinyl interior, bucket seats, Pit-Stop gas cap, rally lights, shoulder belts in the front except on the convertible, and aluminized horizontal rear deck panel with Barracuda block lettering. The V8-engine equipped cars came with red or white stripe tires. Fastback body-styles came with beltline molding.
1969 Barracudas had new side marker lamps which were now rectangular. The grilles and hoods were also slightly revised.
Plymouth produced 12,757 examples of the hardtop and 17,788 were 2-door Fastbacks. Just 1,442 were convertibles. Pricing began at $2,675 for the six-cylinder hardtop and over $3,000 for the V8-powered convertible.
