Mopar virgin checking in with new 1969 Barracuda - with questions.... ;)

Thanks for the compliments and wishes, folks! You are all a bunch of upstanding and pleasant people! :) I have to admit that the Mopar charm is starting to work on me...I'm beginning to fall in love with this fish. ;) It is very cool looking and it is very light and great handling and fast!

At the inspection station they drew my attention to some play in the steering gearbox. I hope I'll be able to adjust that out. And one of the steering links has some play. Otherwise there were no problems at all (except emergency brake not adjusted properly). In other words, the car is in much better shape than I expected. No play in any bushings or ball joints or bearings. All shocks and springs are OK (front springs are a bit saggy but not dangerous). Brakes work great. They are manual drum brakes but work very well. I will need to do quite a bit to bring the fish back up to standards - new gaskets everywhere, new shocks and springs, new dual exhaust, new steering components and possibly an upgrade to disk brakes. But the engine is new and runs clean and powerful. Probably I should change the oil in the differential and transmission; it seems to grab hard into each gear. The Sure-grip works too, at least on slick surfaces and dirt. I haven't tried it in the rain or on dry asphalt either. But it appears that the car is generally speaking in good condition. I'm getting excited! :) Thanks for being such a nice group of people.

Ocdart, I'll respond to your PM but now I have to go take care of the kids. :)