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I have a few parts left over from mine :)

went to Drag Week, ran car, finished Drag Week, came home. Badass Cars of Drag Week: Jim Forbes A/FX 1965 Barracuda - Hot Rod Network The car wasn't running well at the strip, only managed a 10.52 on Thursday, other times were all in the 11s. I just had no time at all to try to get it to go...

I'm heading out to Atlanta in the morning, the Barracuda is running and driving, but haven't made it down the strip yet. Should be interesting.

I've been working on this...mostly I hang out at the HAMB and a few other places. Anyways, got the body shell in primer today, hope to put some paint on it in a few days. The frame is build, still working on the motor.

I have the rolling floor/chassis from a 1965 Barracuda. No engine, trans or driveshaft. Car is almost rust free, there is some flaking rust and a few pinholes in the spare tire well. No major collision damage, either. Located in Sierra Vista AZ (80 miles southeast of Tucson). Buyer must arrange...

My son is visiting for a week, we used up some acetylene.

Thanks for the suggestion!

thanks! I had found the glass suppliers. I'm considering buying doors and some rear glass stuff from Glasstek. I'll probably just have to figure out how to make the parts for the rest of it. Which will be yet another fun learning adventure. I'm planning to get a 4130 cage kit, to save some...

Yes, and I still haven't figured out what lifters you're supposed to use with that cam. I'm leaning towards using some different parts. Either Stage V or MP heads, and probably a Comp Cams bumpstick with solid rollers.

Hi, thanks for posting! I do need to get up there and see your car. I had seen some pictures of it on the web when I was looking for information about these cars. It's really neat, no one else seems to have ever made a stretch nose street car like that! My build is going to be just a little...

that's neat! I got an iron MP block today, so I don't need a block any longer.

I got my new CAD software, and I'm working on design.

I think it depends on how you build the blower motor. My take is that an NA motor is going to be set up to work at high RPM, and to put the power to use, it needs to launch the car at high RPM. This shocks the driveline components more than a mild, torquey engine that launches at moderate RPM...

I'm looking for a block, if anyone knows of one that's for sale. Some type of 426 based Hemi block, with water jackets. Either original 4.25" bore size, with an overbore to clean up is ok. Or a 4.5" bore block. Thanks..

Thanks for the pics. A couple new ones I hadn't seen. I'd like to see the thread on the other one, I'm not very good at finding stuff on here yet. I have Steve's book. It doesn't really apply to this one, since I'm replacing the entire floor/frame structure. I already built an altered...