I'm recently remarried to a wonderful woman (truly a gift from God) who totally supports the restoration. She can't wait for Cheryl to give her a thrill on the road. Wait a minute, I think I may get jealous.
You can see my car photos in "Photo Garages" under "1st wife, '70 Cuda 440" and "Restoration, '70 Cuda". My car is scheduled to be restored at AMD this October.
Yesterday we removed the engine and tranny. I removed all the bolts from the tranny, scatter shield, and engine mounts before pulling everything to make it easier to handle. As it goes there is always one hidden bolt that causes angst. This time it was found between the engine and scatter...
Yesterday I removed the dash pad, glove box and door, instrument panel (found that the guy who during the last restoration reconnected and routed the wiring harness behind the dash - left it FUBAR, big headache ahead), crank pulley (very stuck), power steering pump, starter, both interior door...
FYI. Auto Metal Direct (AMD) is having a moving sale before they move to a new building.
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So far for my '70 Cuda resto, the inner and outer wheelhouses were marked 50% off and I just bought the quarter panels 15% off.
Yesterday I removed the fuel tank and found it still had about 2 gal of what use to be gas. Then came the removal of the drive shaft, shifter, shift rods, clutch linkage (Z bar) and tranny bolts. As I lay on my back contemplating pulling the tranny out and dropping it on my chest, I came to the...
I agree about the rarity of my car. Only 334 out of 16720 1970 Cuda hard tops had a 440 4bbl, 4spd. There were 1120 AAR's with a 4spd. As for the color of my car ( FK5, Deep Burnt Orange) of all the Plymouth E body's (Barracudas) made, there were only 7.1% that were of that color. So using 7.1%...