1966 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S - Restoration

So finally back at it now that I have some garage space again - I've pulled the complete drivetrain, stripped the interior and removed the exterior trim.

All in all, the body doesn't seem to be hiding a lot. I found some rust behind the leaded roof to pillar seam, cut that out and welded in a patch connecting the roof skin to the pillar. The floor pans - after some wire wheeling and a needle scaler - found a lot of holes, but mostly in the center of the floor pans on both sides. Cut out the spot welded sections and put in fresh metal, gave a coat of por-15, and some rattle can over it. I plan on putting some sound dampener in before the interior goes in. I have a fresh hood (the original had some filler in the one corner, but it's mostly because I ran across one in some semi-local classifieds for the right price) that'll go on soon. After I finish pulling the bumpers and likely the vent frames, I'll start the search to find a shop to do body and paint on the shell.

The original 273 4bbl was pulled, stripped, and sent to the machine shop. The block has never been bored, so it only took an overbore of .030 to clean up the cylinders. The crankshaft was checked, cleaned, and polished. Bought an Isky E-4 cam, new Egge .030 overbore hi-po pistons, solid lifters. The heads are currently being worked (replacing valves and springs) and cleaning up a previous head job. I plan on reusing the pushrods (after confirming everything still looks good) and the adjustable rocker arms as they're in good condition. I plan on putting the original 4bbl manifold back on since it cleaned up fine and had no cracks under the heat shield. I should have the heads and short block back from the machine shop in the next few weeks.

Will post a few photos next week, time permitting.