My first Mopar: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda
Hi everyone, been lurking here for a long while. I am a few months late starting this thread but here goes. Like others here, I have been looking for a project for what seems like years now. After always saying no I don't have the time or money and passing on better cars I seen this on MP cheap. I was already going that way for a work trip so I had to at least look at it. Plus I wanted to get my son involved with something to help het his mind off of other things.
All original 2 owner car. The owner was not sure if it was the original 273 or not. All I did know it was not an "S" model. When I got there the car was parked in deep mud and under a lot of trees (yea rust). So I looked everywhere I knew to check for rust first. All I could really see was drivers floor was gone and some bad repairs made years ago with plenty of dough to hide other issues. I seen it had not been on the road since 1986 (State inspection decal on the windshield) however he claimed he drove it until about 10 years ago so there was no chance of trying to start it. The interior looked complete just full of junk. I figured what the hell and ask his bottom dollar and bam I know own a 65 barracuda.
This will not be one of the awesome builds I see on here daily. It will be getting it running and driving while doing body work here and there. If I could completely tear it down and restore it I would but that's not going to happen anytime soon with my family situation.
I will update this thread with all I found and have done so far in the last few months (the good, bad and ugly). BTW I love this site, it is my daily therapy. I'll start pics from the start. Oh and I might have burnt out my winch trying to get it out of the mud and up on the trailer.
Hi everyone, been lurking here for a long while. I am a few months late starting this thread but here goes. Like others here, I have been looking for a project for what seems like years now. After always saying no I don't have the time or money and passing on better cars I seen this on MP cheap. I was already going that way for a work trip so I had to at least look at it. Plus I wanted to get my son involved with something to help het his mind off of other things.
All original 2 owner car. The owner was not sure if it was the original 273 or not. All I did know it was not an "S" model. When I got there the car was parked in deep mud and under a lot of trees (yea rust). So I looked everywhere I knew to check for rust first. All I could really see was drivers floor was gone and some bad repairs made years ago with plenty of dough to hide other issues. I seen it had not been on the road since 1986 (State inspection decal on the windshield) however he claimed he drove it until about 10 years ago so there was no chance of trying to start it. The interior looked complete just full of junk. I figured what the hell and ask his bottom dollar and bam I know own a 65 barracuda.
This will not be one of the awesome builds I see on here daily. It will be getting it running and driving while doing body work here and there. If I could completely tear it down and restore it I would but that's not going to happen anytime soon with my family situation.
I will update this thread with all I found and have done so far in the last few months (the good, bad and ugly). BTW I love this site, it is my daily therapy. I'll start pics from the start. Oh and I might have burnt out my winch trying to get it out of the mud and up on the trailer.