Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
Progress around here has been almost nonexistent lately. Most of the time I find myself waiting for parts before I can move forward.
The Lincoln swap meet was OK but nothing to get too excited about. Although there were Mopar parts here and there, most of them were common items such as valve covers & intakes. One guy had a 426 Cragar blower intake but we weren't in the market for one anymore. A guy from St. Joseph, Missouri was selling a dry sump Hemi pan and a Milodon remote oil pump assembly. Another guy had a bunch of '67 Dart GT parts.
Although I didn't come home with any car parts I still managed to spend a few bucks. I bought a decent scroll saw with an attachment like a Dremel tool for $10 and a pair of matching jackets for Teresa and myself for another $35.
After the swap meet I took my welder to Ray's place to install his subframe connectors. He hadn't fit them before but was confident we'd zip through the installation in no time. After I got everything set up and ready to go we tried sliding the passenger side into place and quickly realized it didn't fit. It was too long. According to Competition Engineering the application was for '66 to '72 B-bodies and his GTX is a '71. Needless to say, progress hit a brick wall fast. I did manage to weld the cross tube for his left rear spring hanger that was loose. I guess I'll have to wait for him to re-order parts before I can get the rest done.
We did make progress on the fender tag we were wanting reproduced. After some back & forth communication with DATATAGS, it sounds like they'll be making one for him. We're still waiting for another response from them so we can get the ball rolling.
Today I spotted this 'Cuda at our local Catholic church. I knew that one of the priests owned it but had never actually seen it out before.
Progress around here has been almost nonexistent lately. Most of the time I find myself waiting for parts before I can move forward.
The Lincoln swap meet was OK but nothing to get too excited about. Although there were Mopar parts here and there, most of them were common items such as valve covers & intakes. One guy had a 426 Cragar blower intake but we weren't in the market for one anymore. A guy from St. Joseph, Missouri was selling a dry sump Hemi pan and a Milodon remote oil pump assembly. Another guy had a bunch of '67 Dart GT parts.
Although I didn't come home with any car parts I still managed to spend a few bucks. I bought a decent scroll saw with an attachment like a Dremel tool for $10 and a pair of matching jackets for Teresa and myself for another $35.
After the swap meet I took my welder to Ray's place to install his subframe connectors. He hadn't fit them before but was confident we'd zip through the installation in no time. After I got everything set up and ready to go we tried sliding the passenger side into place and quickly realized it didn't fit. It was too long. According to Competition Engineering the application was for '66 to '72 B-bodies and his GTX is a '71. Needless to say, progress hit a brick wall fast. I did manage to weld the cross tube for his left rear spring hanger that was loose. I guess I'll have to wait for him to re-order parts before I can get the rest done.
We did make progress on the fender tag we were wanting reproduced. After some back & forth communication with DATATAGS, it sounds like they'll be making one for him. We're still waiting for another response from them so we can get the ball rolling.
Today I spotted this 'Cuda at our local Catholic church. I knew that one of the priests owned it but had never actually seen it out before.