65 Barracuda daily driver
Still haven't made much progress on the Barracuda. In order to get the oil filter adapter in, I had to take the downpipe out and with the oil filter adapter in I now have to take out the torsion bar on the passenger side to get the downpipe back in. Really not much room there... Also had Covid for the first time about a month ago, then went to Mexico for a week and got some Montezuma's revenge, but now I've recovered and I'm eager to get to work on the exhaust again.
Someone local who I already traded some parts with told me about a '65 4-door Valiant in a junk yard nearby. I went and grabbed both fenders and the hood off of it. The weird thing was that the car was freshly painted. They must have used a forklift to move the car, because both fenders are unfortunately dented in on the bottom. Should be an easy fix though. While taking the fenders off I noticed why the car was in the junkyard: There were some fender washers between the K-frame and the frame rails and when I looked closer, I could see that the frame rail on the driver side was bent. It still has a nice Valiant valance (with the turn signals integrated), decklid and 3-on-the-tree manual transmission including the pedals. If you're in California and interested in those parts, it's in the Sun Valley Pick Your Part.
Anyhow, as soon as the car is running I will work on painting the fenders and hood red. And that extra deck lid that I have. Essentially the entire car needs to be painted again, but I'll probably just do it panel by panel.
Still haven't made much progress on the Barracuda. In order to get the oil filter adapter in, I had to take the downpipe out and with the oil filter adapter in I now have to take out the torsion bar on the passenger side to get the downpipe back in. Really not much room there... Also had Covid for the first time about a month ago, then went to Mexico for a week and got some Montezuma's revenge, but now I've recovered and I'm eager to get to work on the exhaust again.
Someone local who I already traded some parts with told me about a '65 4-door Valiant in a junk yard nearby. I went and grabbed both fenders and the hood off of it. The weird thing was that the car was freshly painted. They must have used a forklift to move the car, because both fenders are unfortunately dented in on the bottom. Should be an easy fix though. While taking the fenders off I noticed why the car was in the junkyard: There were some fender washers between the K-frame and the frame rails and when I looked closer, I could see that the frame rail on the driver side was bent. It still has a nice Valiant valance (with the turn signals integrated), decklid and 3-on-the-tree manual transmission including the pedals. If you're in California and interested in those parts, it's in the Sun Valley Pick Your Part.
Anyhow, as soon as the car is running I will work on painting the fenders and hood red. And that extra deck lid that I have. Essentially the entire car needs to be painted again, but I'll probably just do it panel by panel.