Went fishing, snagged a Barracuda
Hey everyone,
The '74 Swinger is coming along. I haven't really been documenting it online, but since rescuing it from sinking into someone's yard in NC, swapping the radiator, putting tires on it, and driving it to Florida and then Colorado I've been slowly addressing what it needed. Shocks, exhaust, carpet, odds and ends, and now it's a good driver. But now it's time for it to have another friend.
Last week I was cruising craigslist and found a '67 Barracuda notchback 25 min from me, called the guy who was very honest about the car. He bought it from a lady who let it sit for a very long time, judging from the amount of dead spiders inside the hubcaps. He got it to start and decided to sell it when his son wasn't interested. He said it had solid floors and trunk, needed some interior work, and ran and drove "I don't know how far". that was good enough for me. I went to check it out, and had to have it.
It's got some patina, the interior is rough, but he was right, the floors and trunk are solid, it starts, drives, turns, and stops. I even drove it home on the tires that were on it.....then changed them over to the decent tires that were in the trunk yesterday.
I'm pleased, I need to get a couple things right away like the header panel, new grills, windshield, and a left rear window. But this little critter drove home with me for 1800 bucks. I couldn't be happier with it.
Plans are to go through the systems to freshen it up, fix the front, clean up the interior, make it fast, then down the line paint it. Hope you like it, too.
Hey everyone,
The '74 Swinger is coming along. I haven't really been documenting it online, but since rescuing it from sinking into someone's yard in NC, swapping the radiator, putting tires on it, and driving it to Florida and then Colorado I've been slowly addressing what it needed. Shocks, exhaust, carpet, odds and ends, and now it's a good driver. But now it's time for it to have another friend.
Last week I was cruising craigslist and found a '67 Barracuda notchback 25 min from me, called the guy who was very honest about the car. He bought it from a lady who let it sit for a very long time, judging from the amount of dead spiders inside the hubcaps. He got it to start and decided to sell it when his son wasn't interested. He said it had solid floors and trunk, needed some interior work, and ran and drove "I don't know how far". that was good enough for me. I went to check it out, and had to have it.
It's got some patina, the interior is rough, but he was right, the floors and trunk are solid, it starts, drives, turns, and stops. I even drove it home on the tires that were on it.....then changed them over to the decent tires that were in the trunk yesterday.
I'm pleased, I need to get a couple things right away like the header panel, new grills, windshield, and a left rear window. But this little critter drove home with me for 1800 bucks. I couldn't be happier with it.
Plans are to go through the systems to freshen it up, fix the front, clean up the interior, make it fast, then down the line paint it. Hope you like it, too.
