hi mike
welcome aboard. sounds like you have a good plan for your 65 cuda. the folks here at FABO are very knowledgable, and very helpful. i have been into mopars since getting my first 68 dodge charger at age 15 in 1983. of course loving dukes of hazzard made me fall in love with the lines of that car. since then i owned lots of mopars, a few chevys and fords, but i always went back to the mopars.
after a miserable divorce 6 years ago, i wanted something to do with my time to keep me occupied. 68 to 70 chargers by now are way out of my price range,but i had a few A bodys way back in the day including a 68 fastback barracuda. i bought a 74 V8 4 door granny green dart as a parts car, and said, i guess an A body , dart, duster, demon, ETC is in my future.
i found the roughest saddest looking 67 slant six barracuda coupe i had ever seen about 3 years ago. i just had to take her home and make things right. last time she was registered was 1981. she is still a long way from being happy, but is getting there slowly. the V8 4 speed transformation will be under way soon after i take care of the rust, and damaged structure, along with adding subframe connectors.
i met and married the woman of my dreams last year. finally the right one came along. she came with 3 girls, i had no kids of my own. i love em as if they were my own. god saw fit to bless us with a child of our own her forth, my first. we had a baby boy. so now i have a future car buddy. somebody to share my knowledge with. my wife likes the cuda too. she always thought the 69 camaros were sexy, but really likes the way the cuda ia styled way more than the camaro now LOL shes a mopar convert
if you have time, check out my pix of my cuda project i uploaded. please leave a comment about it. i'd like to know what you think of my progress.
have fun, FABO is a great bunch of folks, post your pix, we would love to see your progress, and dont ever hesitate to ask questions if you need to. im sure somebody here will have an answer for you.
your fellow FABO member
Moparmat2000