Ron-B-Cuda
Well-Known Member
Greetings all, and a happy Monday! As the title suggests, I live in OKC, OK. I retired from the Air Force while stationed here and was hired on as an AF civilian; no escaping. - My project car is a 1971 Barracuda “Frankenfish,” non-matching 318 & 904. I bought her back in 1997. She was painted orange with a paint roller and the vinyl roof was just black spray paint. Thankfully, I had a friend was did paint and body before he joined the AF. We stripped her down to bare metal (inside and out) and painted her back to original color of Rallye Red, kind of. The paint has a pinkish hue to it, but still looks ok. Over the years I’ve replaced the interior, front and rear suspensions, re-wired, enlarged Rallye wheels, Rebuilt or replaced Virtually everything on her.
- Back then, there was no Internet. So, lots of trips to the salvage yards and assistance from the good folk at CC.com.
- Well, now it’s time to upgrade items I couldn’t back then. I’ll start another post, but basically going to replace the 318 with a 360 (I like small blocks), upgrade to 727, replace the rear, and disc brakes (I have the disc brakes from PST).
- Anyway, greetings and looking forward to a long and meaningful relationship with y’all. Take care, Ronald & Susie (wife) Reineke.
- Back then, there was no Internet. So, lots of trips to the salvage yards and assistance from the good folk at CC.com.
- Well, now it’s time to upgrade items I couldn’t back then. I’ll start another post, but basically going to replace the 318 with a 360 (I like small blocks), upgrade to 727, replace the rear, and disc brakes (I have the disc brakes from PST).
- Anyway, greetings and looking forward to a long and meaningful relationship with y’all. Take care, Ronald & Susie (wife) Reineke.