Recent content by 73moparman

Got a lot of pictures

My granpda bought a 73 barracuda back in the day when it was brand new. Just a b5 blue 318 car. Its been wrecked several times and my dad drove it to school on fridays until 20 years ago it was parked and never moved again. My grandpa would never sell it or junk it because he was ganna fix it...

And that was us havin a BBQ at the end of the semester

On the left is my dad, next to him is my brother, next to him is my grandpa , and on the far right is me, and lucy (cuda) in the background. i painted that red pontiac and the black chevy.

me and dad just ordered the full trunk pan, driver side quarter patch, left and right trunk gutters, and the trunk extensions are already here. im not in the class anymore because my semester changed so sadly I cant work on it until the summer but my teacher told me that if I drop off the parts...

got the fenders and doors put back on after I finished them. looks so good now. kinda refuels my enthusiasm in the build. the car looks so much better in almost one piece.

The roof is in rough shape around the drip rails. Ive been making custom patches out of sheet metal to weld in. Doors are almost done and fenders. Once they are done they will go back on the car to fit. It will be a while before it has any base on it.

Maybe one day

nah this car is my dads. he will be doing most of the driving. itll be a long time before the car is completely done anyway

I hope soo. I luv doing this stuff. Im hopin one day when dads is finally finished i will get my own the same year as his and give mine the same color but instead of a white stripe i will do a black stripe. Itll be like the evil twin. Havin a lot of fun with this car

Im going to get my 2 year degree at florence darlington tech to learn how to build gas engines and high performance motors. Im hopin what i learn there will help me to build the 318 the way i want. I figure if a ford 302 can make some serious hp then i can get something out of that 318. Ill have...

We dont exactly know yet. It came orginally with a 318 small block with an auto tranny. Dad wants the car to look and drive the sane as when he drove it. So were ganna keep the auto tranny and 318. But my grandpa has an orgianal 72 440 with 4 speed transmission and k member that ive ben begin my...

Thanks guys really appreciate all the replies. This is my first time ever doing major body work like this. Ive actually never welded before this. i just started learning a few weeks ago. I got a really good teacher and a couple of great freinds helpin me. Im gettin a lot better at welding now...

Getting the doors worked out.