your Mopar's story
my 66 belonged to a friend of mine. he was the old guy in town that had the 69 340-4speed barracuda in the garage that be bought new, and at the time i had a 72 duster. i pulled over one day i saw him washing it just to talk cars and would stop over periodically over the years just to talk mopars and to see how he was doing. he would give me advise on guys with parts and in general just liked talking about cars. long story short, at one point he had a stroke and gave me the car, but then i moved out of state and gave it back, told him i would catch up when i was back in town.
years later, i am back and his 66 dart was still sitting on the side of the house, so i figured to go and see what was up, and at this point hoping my friend was still around, but knowing that it was likely he wasn't.
long story short, he had passed years back, but his wife was in good spirits to see me and had mentioned that days/weeks before he passed he was asking for them to find me and give me the car. she wouldn't take any money for it and handed me they keys.
it meant a lot to me that he wanted me to have it, and although the car is slightly better than parts car, i still want to get i back on the road. even with the parts i already had laying around, i will be into this thing for a few grand, but its worth it. brings back memories of my youth and a good friend.
the build, ditch the 273, upgrade to 318 with HIPO 340 manifolds, cam and intake, stock is suspension rebuild with F&R FFI sway bars and some other goodies. 8.75 rear with, LBP conversion front and rear. leave the body as is but fix the holes in the floors and add frame connectors. IF i can spend a few weekends on it, i would have all the mechanical work done (i have all the parts), but with a 1 year old its hard to find the free time.
my 66 belonged to a friend of mine. he was the old guy in town that had the 69 340-4speed barracuda in the garage that be bought new, and at the time i had a 72 duster. i pulled over one day i saw him washing it just to talk cars and would stop over periodically over the years just to talk mopars and to see how he was doing. he would give me advise on guys with parts and in general just liked talking about cars. long story short, at one point he had a stroke and gave me the car, but then i moved out of state and gave it back, told him i would catch up when i was back in town.
years later, i am back and his 66 dart was still sitting on the side of the house, so i figured to go and see what was up, and at this point hoping my friend was still around, but knowing that it was likely he wasn't.
long story short, he had passed years back, but his wife was in good spirits to see me and had mentioned that days/weeks before he passed he was asking for them to find me and give me the car. she wouldn't take any money for it and handed me they keys.
it meant a lot to me that he wanted me to have it, and although the car is slightly better than parts car, i still want to get i back on the road. even with the parts i already had laying around, i will be into this thing for a few grand, but its worth it. brings back memories of my youth and a good friend.
the build, ditch the 273, upgrade to 318 with HIPO 340 manifolds, cam and intake, stock is suspension rebuild with F&R FFI sway bars and some other goodies. 8.75 rear with, LBP conversion front and rear. leave the body as is but fix the holes in the floors and add frame connectors. IF i can spend a few weekends on it, i would have all the mechanical work done (i have all the parts), but with a 1 year old its hard to find the free time.
