1966 Plymouth Barracuda

Almost immediately after finding out I was deploying I started really grinding away at the to-do list because my Hope was to drive it once before heading out of country.
With that being said I got done: front left and right tie rods, Royal Purple Oil change, two brand new headlights, Crackedback’s headlight relay kit, new brake lines established and terminated, completed the four wheel disc brake conversion kit, and revived the ‘60’s hand parking brake, added brand new Torq Thrust chrome wheels and some T/A rubber, and finally installed BPE cable kickdown Kit. But ran out of time and have not had it on the road prior to my deployment. I’d rather do things correctly and have it take longer that rush to complete a task only to make the task longer.

So here I sit on deployment and I think/dream what to do to this car.... so here’s where I ask for constructive discussion! What do I do next? Do I paint the car? Do I stroke the 318-408? Do I add gauges? Do I redo carpet?

What are you convictions on restoring an older car? How do you go through pros and cons about what’s next?

This is just a Sunday drive/ investment. I want it to be mine but I was to take my kids for ice cream in it on the weekends. Street/strip style.

Any words of advice?