Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
Awesome!!!! The itch to get it on the road has to be getting pretty strong now.
I HATE header installation. If your old set are designed anything like mine you had to run your steering linkage through the primary tubes. I'm surprised you didn't wait for the new set to show up.
I don't have any experience with shorty headers. I assume you won't have to fight the steering linkage with them. I had to dent my new long tube headers to clear my steering box. I hated marring that new ceramic finish. I had never considered shorty headers but if yours go in easy I'm sure I'll wish I had.
It's a slow go on the house. The last few days were tough. Most of the siding on the house is in good shape and we'll be able to scrape and paint. - But the south side has been bare for so long that it's weather worn. I've had to sand it because the wood grain is so raised now. Between a jitterbug sander and a belt sander it's finally getting back to being a paint-able surface.
I said before that this house is big as a barn. It's actually barn shaped too.
I still have to repair a lot of damage from vandals on the rear porch. Someone stopped by as I was working today and asked about buying the house as it is right now. I told them they'd have to talk to Teresa. As much as I'd like to get my time in the garage back, I'd also like to see this project through to the end also. I'm sure she'd only get a fraction of it's worth out of it in the condition it's in now. She's still debating what to do.
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Awesome!!!! The itch to get it on the road has to be getting pretty strong now.
I HATE header installation. If your old set are designed anything like mine you had to run your steering linkage through the primary tubes. I'm surprised you didn't wait for the new set to show up.
I don't have any experience with shorty headers. I assume you won't have to fight the steering linkage with them. I had to dent my new long tube headers to clear my steering box. I hated marring that new ceramic finish. I had never considered shorty headers but if yours go in easy I'm sure I'll wish I had.
It's a slow go on the house. The last few days were tough. Most of the siding on the house is in good shape and we'll be able to scrape and paint. - But the south side has been bare for so long that it's weather worn. I've had to sand it because the wood grain is so raised now. Between a jitterbug sander and a belt sander it's finally getting back to being a paint-able surface.
I said before that this house is big as a barn. It's actually barn shaped too.
I still have to repair a lot of damage from vandals on the rear porch. Someone stopped by as I was working today and asked about buying the house as it is right now. I told them they'd have to talk to Teresa. As much as I'd like to get my time in the garage back, I'd also like to see this project through to the end also. I'm sure she'd only get a fraction of it's worth out of it in the condition it's in now. She's still debating what to do.
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