lilcuda
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After having been without a Mopar for about 2 1/2 years, I now am the proud owner of a 1967 Belvedere II 383 4 speed. I sold the '68 Valiant (formerly Tim Werner's car) that I owned for a couple years back in November 2016 and had my sights set on finding a '68 or '69 Barracuda 340 4 speed car. The '68 to '69 340 Barracuda market is insane (I didn't want a project) and finding a decent driver 340 4 speed car proved to be difficult, so I opened up my options to '66 or '67 Plymouth B bodies, which I have long admired. I found this car on a Facebook Belvedere/GTX group. The guy had purchased it recently and posted a pic. I asked if it was for sale. He said yes and gave me a price. We talked and exchange texts and I decided to try to find someone local to the car (it was in PA) to check it out for me. I got a couple of people who offered to look at it for me. Scheduling that was difficult and then the seller changed his mind. The seller told me he wanted to keep it to enjoy through the summer, but would keep my contact info and he would give me first dibs if/when he decided to sell it. This was at the end of April. A month later, he texts me telling me it's going on the market if I'm still interested. I told him yes and arranged to have a professional appraiser/car inspector look at it. Once I got his report, I pulled the trigger. It took over two months to get a transport company that I trusted to haul it for me. Let's just say that Intercity Lines is probably great if you're Jay Leno or Wayne Carini. If you're a small-time guy, well, don't hold your breath waiting for Intercity. I found a father/son team that did a great job for me.
Anyway, on to the car! It's a 383, 4 speed, 3.23 sure-grip, manual steering, manual drum brakes. The car was marketed to me as a survivor and in many ways, I think it is, although I am no expert. It is very well documented and seems very original, but has had some things done to it, such as newer gas tank, electronic ignition and I think the front carpet may have been replaced. It has a Hurst shifter installed, but came with the original Inland shifter in the Hurst box in the trunk. Also has a Line-lock. I also think some of the car has been repainted, possibly the front clip. I have the original window sticker, Certicard, Owner's Manual, the original handwritten car order and Certificate of Title. It was purchased at Men-Guer Chrysler-Plymouth in Struthers, OH in May 1967. Other documents include timeslips from York Dragway and Sunset Drag Strip. There is also a Class Winner badge from Sunset Drag Strip that came with it. It has a neat little metal key container with the Plymouth logo, too.
It was apparently in storage owned by the same family for a long time. It was sold in early 2017, then auctioned at Spring Carlisle 2017. Odometer reads only 33k miles and based on the condition of the car, I would say it is original miles. I believe the original owner bought it to drag race it and didn't drive it much other than that. There was a set of used Mopar 4.10 gears in the trunk as well. It also has an adjustable pinion snubber.
I'm looking for the build sheet. It's not under the back seat. I did find a strange section of multi-colored wire and the rear seat belts were taped up and hidden under the back seat.
Here are some pics.
Anyway, on to the car! It's a 383, 4 speed, 3.23 sure-grip, manual steering, manual drum brakes. The car was marketed to me as a survivor and in many ways, I think it is, although I am no expert. It is very well documented and seems very original, but has had some things done to it, such as newer gas tank, electronic ignition and I think the front carpet may have been replaced. It has a Hurst shifter installed, but came with the original Inland shifter in the Hurst box in the trunk. Also has a Line-lock. I also think some of the car has been repainted, possibly the front clip. I have the original window sticker, Certicard, Owner's Manual, the original handwritten car order and Certificate of Title. It was purchased at Men-Guer Chrysler-Plymouth in Struthers, OH in May 1967. Other documents include timeslips from York Dragway and Sunset Drag Strip. There is also a Class Winner badge from Sunset Drag Strip that came with it. It has a neat little metal key container with the Plymouth logo, too.
It was apparently in storage owned by the same family for a long time. It was sold in early 2017, then auctioned at Spring Carlisle 2017. Odometer reads only 33k miles and based on the condition of the car, I would say it is original miles. I believe the original owner bought it to drag race it and didn't drive it much other than that. There was a set of used Mopar 4.10 gears in the trunk as well. It also has an adjustable pinion snubber.
I'm looking for the build sheet. It's not under the back seat. I did find a strange section of multi-colored wire and the rear seat belts were taped up and hidden under the back seat.
Here are some pics.
Changed it to an automatic and repainted it what appears to be the same color blue as yours. Lost track of him and the car shortly thereafter but have often wondered where it wound up.
