Your first mopar...?
My first Mopar was a 66 coronet 500 with a 318 poly. I bought my senior year year in 1982 in Lake Preston, South Dakota. I moved to San Marcos, Texas where I painted it yellow before selling it to fund my next car, a '70 Dart with a 318. I had that for a couple of years when I bought my first '67 Barracuda shell from a buddy for $150.00. Sold the dart to help fund the Barracuda build which eventually got a 340/727 combo and candy tangerine Kosmoski paint. I sold that Barracuda in May of '95 after a divorce and instantly regretted it! That guy flipped it shortly before going to prison for 20 years. I'd love to find out what ever happened to it. I still have the VIN # info and may do some digging. It wasn't until 2013 when I finally couldn't take it any longer and found another '67 Barracuda to buy which I spent 5-6 years building and will probably never part with! that car brought me to FABO where I have made several great friends over the years. I've been absent here for a while because life got really busy but I'm in the process of some upgrades on my car now and plan to start a new thread soon to cover those upgrades which include a Gear vendors overdrive. Right now, I have the entire drivetrain pulled back out for those upgrades & maintenance and I'm sure I'll have questions. I've been back lately and doing lots of a research here again. What a great place this is!
Cheers,
-Doug
And here's the Barracuda That I bought in 2013 as it arrived on a transport truck from Rockingham, NC where it spent many years as a drag car.
First fire-up off the transport truck!
I did a full rotisserie job on this one.
And here is in 2023.
And here is it now for the upgrades. What was I thinking!
My first Mopar was a 66 coronet 500 with a 318 poly. I bought my senior year year in 1982 in Lake Preston, South Dakota. I moved to San Marcos, Texas where I painted it yellow before selling it to fund my next car, a '70 Dart with a 318. I had that for a couple of years when I bought my first '67 Barracuda shell from a buddy for $150.00. Sold the dart to help fund the Barracuda build which eventually got a 340/727 combo and candy tangerine Kosmoski paint. I sold that Barracuda in May of '95 after a divorce and instantly regretted it! That guy flipped it shortly before going to prison for 20 years. I'd love to find out what ever happened to it. I still have the VIN # info and may do some digging. It wasn't until 2013 when I finally couldn't take it any longer and found another '67 Barracuda to buy which I spent 5-6 years building and will probably never part with! that car brought me to FABO where I have made several great friends over the years. I've been absent here for a while because life got really busy but I'm in the process of some upgrades on my car now and plan to start a new thread soon to cover those upgrades which include a Gear vendors overdrive. Right now, I have the entire drivetrain pulled back out for those upgrades & maintenance and I'm sure I'll have questions. I've been back lately and doing lots of a research here again. What a great place this is!
Cheers,
-Doug
And here's the Barracuda That I bought in 2013 as it arrived on a transport truck from Rockingham, NC where it spent many years as a drag car.
First fire-up off the transport truck!
I did a full rotisserie job on this one.
And here is in 2023.
And here is it now for the upgrades. What was I thinking!