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Any difference between 68-69 fender lips and 70-71?

Old 03-22-2015, 08:59 PM
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Default Any difference between 68-69 fender lips and 70-71?

Looking at wheel/tire fitment....just curious if the fender lips on the 70-71 cars were any different from the 68-69 cars.

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Old 03-22-2015, 11:32 PM
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Having owned a '71 and currently owning a '69, I can't say that I noticed anything that would affect wheel fitment that differs between the two. As far as I'm aware, the only difference was the addition of little mud flaps.

Everyone says that the post-69 C3s were "flared", but they aren't really. It's just that they have a mud flap fender extension to prevent gravel rash.
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thanks for the input...that's kind of what I thought, but having only owned a 68 and 69, I wanted to verify.
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Just going from memory, but I think the 68 had less flare around the wheel well openings. 69 + up had just a little more.

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