My first Mopar: 1965 Plymouth Barracuda

Since I am stuck at the airport I have a minute to update the progress. Once I got it home I cleaned out all the junk. Some of which may be worth a few bucks. He had several instrument clusters and old radios laying in the floor. I'll post pictures later tonight if I can.

So first thing first can I make it run? So of course I pull all the plugs, spray a little penetrating oil in the clyinders. Check the oil and try and bar the engine over by hand. STUCK it is. Ok no problem I figured as much. I soaked the cylinders let it sit till the next day. Tried again to bar it over and still stuck. Again I filled the cylinders up with penetrating oil and let sit. The next day I began to move by hand. Now it was free I had to go through everything. Replaced all ignition. Starter would not engage so I bought a mini starter for a Dakota. Then had to troubleshoot the relay. Replaced the battery and terminals. Changed the oil. Carburetor was gummed up so bought a kit for the old Carter and rebuilt it.

Finally tried to fire her off after many years and after a few tries got it running. It sounds like a sewing machine. I was surprised at how well it sounded actually but there were some noises in the valve train but I knew that. I had pulled the valve covers before starting it the first time to see how bad it looked and oiled the top end with some trans fluid to help lube the lifters. I will say after taking the valve covers off I see it has not lived a maintained life. Pretty crusty. I'll post some more updates when I can since I am in the road working this week.