68 Barracuda 225 to 440 to 426

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funnykarman said:
Your project is over the top , looks great . Many years ago I had a 67 fastback I put a 426 Hemi in, this was way before any of the great kits were thought of . I just wacked off the hemi mounts off of a 65 hemi k member and set the motor in place and welded them in .Found a set of the factory headers from a wreaked SS dart and massaged they in place . Things were so much cheaper back them . I have one thought to pass on to you . Your picture showing the spark plug wires have the small boots for the plug tubes , the big boots were used to keep dirt from falling into the tube and going into the motor when pulling the spark plugs , just thought I would mention it . Hate to see anything get ruined with your project . Anyway great work . looking forward to seeing your progress .
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Thanks for the tips. Let see some pictures of your car.
 
HemiDenny said:
A 65 K in a 67?....you are a magician!
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I cut the mounts off of my 67 k member and did the same with the 65 k member , bolted the cut off mount to the engine and set the motor in place . Welded them down to my 67 k member , in fact I used a 4 speed to start with but changed put up a 727 later . This was 40 years ago .
 
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davescuda said:
Thanks for the tips. Let see some pictures of your car.
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My 67 is long gone but working on my 65 AFX Coronet look up For B bodies only page 10 look for 1965 AFX Coronet . Have not done much to it lately just moved and built a garage . Also look on this site page 11 Old Mans 66 cuda funnycar build . Ended selling this and moving to Georgia . Two many cars and health . Am 72 years old .John
 
funnykarman said:
I cut the mounts off of my 67 k member and did the same with the 65 k member , bolted the cut off mount to the engine and set the motor in place . Welded them down to my 67 k member , in fact I used a 4 speed to start with but changed put up a 727 later . This was 40 years ago .
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I'm seeing it now, for some reason, I was assuming the 65 K member you spoke of was a A body K.....my bad. Maybe you are not Houdini....maybe more of a MacGyver.
 
HemiDenny said:
I'm seeing it now, for some reason, I was assuming the 65 K member you spoke of was a A body K.....my bad. Maybe you are not Houdini....maybe more of a MacGyver.
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YEP use what ever on hand to make things work . A couple of my cars I built 1972 Colt and 66 cuda funnycar .
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I just killed a half an hour going beginning front to last post. Well worth the time! Details are amazing. The car has so many hours in it for construction and then 5 x’s the hours planning the next move. This dart is like a game of chess!
 
MrJLR said:
Absolutely amazing
How the heck do you change sparkplugs on that?!!!!!

Jeff
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It’s actually not that bad you just loosen up the master cylinder and you are able to move it enough to get the plug out
 
I ended up taking out the original transmission crossmember and installing a 73 one. I like this style.

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Little more room on the firewall with using HemiDenny’s bulkhead bracket. Very nice.

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Pillows and belt installed
Oil pressure switch for factory and aftermarket gauge installed.

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All Exhaust with Cutouts all back in for the final time. It is tight, hopefully no rattles.

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just spitballin'.....you are not concerned compressing the rear suspension and crushing your tail pipes?
 
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