Deathproofcuda
Well-Known Member
I’ve been a member of the “other” E-body forum for a bunch of years and Moparts before that, but have been lurking around here lately due to recent slowdowns on the other site. Looks like a lot of the same faces are hanging around here too, so figured I’d join up and introduce myself.
Car is a 70 Cuda, 383 4-speed (numbers matching engine and transmission). I’ve owned it since 1988 (purchased for $950), but it was never on the road (at least not legally) until 2008. I’ve got too many other things going on, not enough garage space, and not enough money to “restore” it, but I’ve usually got some project going on it to slowly improve its condition. Rebuilt the engine, recovered the front seats, learned how to weld sheet metal so that I could repair the driver’s side floor pan. Eventually it will get quarters and a trunk pan, but I’m trying to avoid blowing it apart, dropping dead, and leaving a pile of parts for my wife and kid to sell in boxes.
Car was originally FY1, lemon twist, but was later painted green, and now wears a flat black alligator skin finish. It has power disc brakes, manual steering, no AC. It also has the performance axle and max cooling packages, so has a 3.91 sure grip, 956 (hemi) radiator, and hemi leaf springs. I have the fender tag and broadcast sheet. It’s a fairly early build car (September 1969) and appears to have been built without sill moldings, which were supposed to be standard on Cudas.
The pic below is from June 2021 at a TNT night at Pacific Raceways. That’s the night I got to hang out with and run against NHRA Hall of Famer Al Young. His black Barhahl Satellite, the only other Mopar at the event, is sitting in front of my car in the pits (RIP Al).
Car is currently laid up in the garage waiting on new carpet and reinstallation of the dash and steering column after my floor pan repair. My planned winter 2021 project lasted a winter and then another year, but hoping to have it back on the road in the next few weeks.
Looking forward to hanging out around here. Thanks!
Car is a 70 Cuda, 383 4-speed (numbers matching engine and transmission). I’ve owned it since 1988 (purchased for $950), but it was never on the road (at least not legally) until 2008. I’ve got too many other things going on, not enough garage space, and not enough money to “restore” it, but I’ve usually got some project going on it to slowly improve its condition. Rebuilt the engine, recovered the front seats, learned how to weld sheet metal so that I could repair the driver’s side floor pan. Eventually it will get quarters and a trunk pan, but I’m trying to avoid blowing it apart, dropping dead, and leaving a pile of parts for my wife and kid to sell in boxes.
Car was originally FY1, lemon twist, but was later painted green, and now wears a flat black alligator skin finish. It has power disc brakes, manual steering, no AC. It also has the performance axle and max cooling packages, so has a 3.91 sure grip, 956 (hemi) radiator, and hemi leaf springs. I have the fender tag and broadcast sheet. It’s a fairly early build car (September 1969) and appears to have been built without sill moldings, which were supposed to be standard on Cudas.
The pic below is from June 2021 at a TNT night at Pacific Raceways. That’s the night I got to hang out with and run against NHRA Hall of Famer Al Young. His black Barhahl Satellite, the only other Mopar at the event, is sitting in front of my car in the pits (RIP Al).
Car is currently laid up in the garage waiting on new carpet and reinstallation of the dash and steering column after my floor pan repair. My planned winter 2021 project lasted a winter and then another year, but hoping to have it back on the road in the next few weeks.
Looking forward to hanging out around here. Thanks!
aboard.
