73Barracuda
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Here she is... more to come soon.
Update:
Backstory - Previous California owners let it sit for 5-6 years in a driveway (desert area). A carshark found it and I bought it off of him. He new nothing. The fender tag is missing. I found the bottom half of the build sheet under the dash, while replacing the same. It doesn't tell me much about the car.
Running 318 with 727. I assume original however after running stamp codes there is a 340 intake from i believe a 71 340, and a 750 cfm carb from a 70 383. I dont know what the heads are. I think it has 2.73 rear gears?
There is some bondo in some spots but very light coatings. I took a magnet to the whole car when looking at it and got great connection in all quarters, pans, and basically every where. The only cancer is a small area at the bottom of the drivers side rear window. The car has been painted 3 times. I can tell because each paint job was crap. It appears the painter painted right over the top of the previous paint job. I have 2 layers of paint chipping off the car. The original paint under the 2 layers, matches the trunk, door jams and engine compartment, and appears to be A5 Dark Silver Frost.
Since buying the car a month ago I have traced and fixed all the dash lights etc. that were blown and damned to ground issues. I have replaced the cracked dash - which that center nut towards the front is a ***** to get to. The bucket seat skins are on back order and as soon as I get them I have the sound deadener and carpet replacements ready to go in. There were no seat belts in the car so I put in a pair of Classiccarindustries 3 point harness and like them a lot.
The tail lights were also a mess. I need to get a new wiring harness for them, but did my best with no knowledge of these cars and your assistance on this site to rewire them. They are pretty sweet now!
Update:
Backstory - Previous California owners let it sit for 5-6 years in a driveway (desert area). A carshark found it and I bought it off of him. He new nothing. The fender tag is missing. I found the bottom half of the build sheet under the dash, while replacing the same. It doesn't tell me much about the car.
Running 318 with 727. I assume original however after running stamp codes there is a 340 intake from i believe a 71 340, and a 750 cfm carb from a 70 383. I dont know what the heads are. I think it has 2.73 rear gears?
There is some bondo in some spots but very light coatings. I took a magnet to the whole car when looking at it and got great connection in all quarters, pans, and basically every where. The only cancer is a small area at the bottom of the drivers side rear window. The car has been painted 3 times. I can tell because each paint job was crap. It appears the painter painted right over the top of the previous paint job. I have 2 layers of paint chipping off the car. The original paint under the 2 layers, matches the trunk, door jams and engine compartment, and appears to be A5 Dark Silver Frost.
Since buying the car a month ago I have traced and fixed all the dash lights etc. that were blown and damned to ground issues. I have replaced the cracked dash - which that center nut towards the front is a ***** to get to. The bucket seat skins are on back order and as soon as I get them I have the sound deadener and carpet replacements ready to go in. There were no seat belts in the car so I put in a pair of Classiccarindustries 3 point harness and like them a lot.
The tail lights were also a mess. I need to get a new wiring harness for them, but did my best with no knowledge of these cars and your assistance on this site to rewire them. They are pretty sweet now!
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