First Car -- 1968 Barracuda Notchback
Well, as usual, I lied :D. I said I was going to update more last night but I got distracted again, so I'll wrap this up today! Here's some odds and ends I left out from the electrical and interior upgrades. Here's a photo I took after I finished the major wiring and just had a couple things to clean up:
And here's my very crude, drawn-at-2am wiring diagram of the accessories relay:
Here's a poor before/after comparison on the headlight relays. This picture is in a closed garage, engine running, all lights out except the car's headlights:
And here's cruising down the Seward Highway to Girdwood at 11PM with the new wiring:
Also, I found a corner of the car's build sheet! I can't confirm 100% that this build sheet belongs to this vehicle because of the '1' in the map & courtesy light package. There's a hole in my dashboard below the headlight switch where I think a map light switch belongs. I'm hoping to find a more complete one in the car but we'll see.
And if you can see it, the grunge and grodiness of the old carpet. I always hate throwing away original parts, even when they're long past their intended lifespan. This carpet outlasted the company that made it!
And of course, the obligatory post-upgrade burnout smoke:
I'll start the transmission posts soon! I've been busy trying to figure out why in the world I don't have wide open throttle. It's being very annoying. Have a great night everyone!
Well, as usual, I lied :D. I said I was going to update more last night but I got distracted again, so I'll wrap this up today! Here's some odds and ends I left out from the electrical and interior upgrades. Here's a photo I took after I finished the major wiring and just had a couple things to clean up:
And here's my very crude, drawn-at-2am wiring diagram of the accessories relay:
Here's a poor before/after comparison on the headlight relays. This picture is in a closed garage, engine running, all lights out except the car's headlights:
And here's cruising down the Seward Highway to Girdwood at 11PM with the new wiring:
Also, I found a corner of the car's build sheet! I can't confirm 100% that this build sheet belongs to this vehicle because of the '1' in the map & courtesy light package. There's a hole in my dashboard below the headlight switch where I think a map light switch belongs. I'm hoping to find a more complete one in the car but we'll see.
And if you can see it, the grunge and grodiness of the old carpet. I always hate throwing away original parts, even when they're long past their intended lifespan. This carpet outlasted the company that made it!
And of course, the obligatory post-upgrade burnout smoke:
I'll start the transmission posts soon! I've been busy trying to figure out why in the world I don't have wide open throttle. It's being very annoying. Have a great night everyone!
