"Something in the Orange"
I have resisted this forum for a dozen years because I really am not restoring a car. I just like to work on it and drive it. Ironically, I have kept a notebook on everything that I had to do just to keep it on the road and it reads a lot like many of the projects in here. So after twelve years, 3 overhauls, and moving across country with it ,TWICE, I'm thinking about reverse engineering, not a car, but a build thread, based on my notebook and posts on A bodies that I used or started along the way to figure out what I needed to do. Add that to where life has taken me and this car and then keep the thread up going forward.
I don't think many approach the hobby like I do. I am not above taking shortcuts and I don't do everything "right" but the car has been registered, inspected, and insured in 3 states since 2011. I have attempted to replace trim pieces back on in their original locations and I have resisted making it a race car. At this point it could potentially be restored or raced and maybe one of my kids decides which way that'll be someday. It turns heads everywhere it's been out on the streets, but it barely squeaks under the 13 second mark at the track and gets the cold shoulder at car shows (but I still like taking it to both anyway). I consider myself and the car more of a diplomat for the hobby for folks that don't get to experience old iron in it's natural habitat rather than a racer or a restorer of museum pieces. Maybe someone will find the thread helpful or at least interesting....
Here is where it began, a base model 1968 Plymouth Barracuda a man had been stripping parts from for two other Barracuda builds he had going. Then he attempted to paint up what was left and offload the hulk. It's been orange for as long as I've known it. The fender tag and build documents all missing.
Back in 2010.
I have resisted this forum for a dozen years because I really am not restoring a car. I just like to work on it and drive it. Ironically, I have kept a notebook on everything that I had to do just to keep it on the road and it reads a lot like many of the projects in here. So after twelve years, 3 overhauls, and moving across country with it ,TWICE, I'm thinking about reverse engineering, not a car, but a build thread, based on my notebook and posts on A bodies that I used or started along the way to figure out what I needed to do. Add that to where life has taken me and this car and then keep the thread up going forward.
I don't think many approach the hobby like I do. I am not above taking shortcuts and I don't do everything "right" but the car has been registered, inspected, and insured in 3 states since 2011. I have attempted to replace trim pieces back on in their original locations and I have resisted making it a race car. At this point it could potentially be restored or raced and maybe one of my kids decides which way that'll be someday. It turns heads everywhere it's been out on the streets, but it barely squeaks under the 13 second mark at the track and gets the cold shoulder at car shows (but I still like taking it to both anyway). I consider myself and the car more of a diplomat for the hobby for folks that don't get to experience old iron in it's natural habitat rather than a racer or a restorer of museum pieces. Maybe someone will find the thread helpful or at least interesting....
Here is where it began, a base model 1968 Plymouth Barracuda a man had been stripping parts from for two other Barracuda builds he had going. Then he attempted to paint up what was left and offload the hulk. It's been orange for as long as I've known it. The fender tag and build documents all missing.
Back in 2010.
