Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback

[1967 'cuda]

 

[1967 'cuda]

 

[1967 'cuda]

 

[1967 'cuda]

 

[Abodybomber]

Thanks 4 the pic's, John...

 

[1967 'cuda]

Thanks 4 the pic's, John...

No prob, bomber. I like to track which cars show up from year to year. There are sure getting to be a bunch of the new Mopars appearing at the show. The one Hellcat that was there dyno'd at around 660 rear wheel HP which would have been well over the 707 flywheel HP they advertise.

Word was that law enforcement was scouting the area as the show ended. They cautioned everybody to take it easy as they left.

 

[360DartGT66]

Amazing turnout! Thanks for the pics!
This one is fantastic! Do you know year and model?

And this is a Challenger, right? What year? Looks an awful lot like a 69 Camaro. Or is it a Barracuda? A 'Cuda?

 

[famous bob]

Amazing turnout! Thanks for the pics!
This one is fantastic! Do you know year and model?
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And this is a Challenger, right? What year? Looks an awful lot like a 69 Camaro. Or is it a Barracuda? A 'Cuda?
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neat pics ! like the 6-pack super bee the best. why do all the old farts in the pics, look like me !!

 

[69_340_GTS]

The green one is a '70 'cuda.

The blue one was a '67 Plymouth Satellite, but it has been heavily customized. Looks like a '66(?) Charger grille and a '70 Hemi 'cuda shaker hood scoop. Kind of weird... Automotive Photo Gallery | Gauge Magazine

 

[360DartGT66]

The green one is a '70 'cuda.

The blue one was a '67 Plymouth Satellite, but it has been heavily customized. Looks like a '66(?) Charger grille and a '70 Hemi 'cuda shaker hood scoop. Kind of weird... Automotive Photo Gallery | Gauge Magazine

Thanks!
Then I know what to get next. I'm pretty sure 70 'Cudas are a little harder to find than my '66 Dart, though ... Especially over here.
They packed a new Hemi in the Satellite too. Neat. I know the '66 Chargers aren't anywhere near as popular as the 68-70 ones but still, cutting out the grille like that. They don't exactly lay in droves on the side of the road.

 

[1967 'cuda]

Amazing turnout! Thanks for the pics!

This one is fantastic! Do you know year and model?

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They've done some really nice work on that car. I can't fault the workmanship. - But it's far from my favorite. I think the shaker scoop looks out of place. The '67 Satellite has too boxy a body style to match with that rounded scoop. That having been said, the car has appeared at several car shows around the area and does win often.

 

[1967 'cuda]

And this is a Challenger, right? What year? Looks an awful lot like a 69 Camaro. Or is it a Barracuda? A 'Cuda?

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Anders, I can understand your difficulty identifying the model when you live in Sweden. Around here guys would be gathering their pitchforks and getting ready to storm your castle if they'd heard you making the Camaro comparison. - Just don't start asking the Duster owners about their Novas.

That's a 1970 Barracuda. I don't know much about it other than it was running a 383.

 

[1967 'cuda]

neat pics ! like the 6-pack super bee the best. why do all the old farts in the pics, look like me !!

I've always thought the '69 Superbee grill was one of the prettiest grills ever made. I'll keep kicking myself for getting rid of mine until the day I die.

Very few of the older musclecars seem to be owned by guys under 50. These Mopar shows are starting to seem like geriatric reunions.

 

[360DartGT66]

Anders, I can understand your difficulty identifying the model when you live in Sweden. Around here guys would be gathering their pitchforks and getting ready to storm your castle if they'd heard you making the Camaro comparison. - Just don't start asking the Duster owners about their Novas.
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That's a 1970 Barracuda. I don't know much about it other than it was running a 383.

Ha ha! No, I didn't actually think it WAS a '69 Cam*ro, I meant they are similar in their design of the front. And I love that design. I I think I actually like the 'Cuda even better than the Cam*ro SS.

By the way, what separates a 'Cuda from a Barracuda? Seems to me like you ought to know, considering your user name.

 

[360DartGT66]

They've done some really nice work on that car. I can't fault the workmanship. - But it's far from my favorite. I think the shaker scoop looks out of place. The '67 Satellite has too boxy a body style to match with that rounded scoop. That having been said, the car has appeared at several car shows around the area and does win often.

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I see what you mean. When I looked at the pics on the site 69_340_GTS linked to, my interest faded considerably. I like the lines and the front. I agree on the hood scoop. In the pic you posted above you see more of the rims and how low it is and there I clearly see it is not really a car to my taste.
I still love the long, straight lines and the font, though.

 

[1967 'cuda]

Ha ha! No, I didn't actually think it WAS a '69 Cam*ro, I meant they are similar in their design of the front. And I love that design. I I think I actually like the 'Cuda even better than the Cam*ro SS.

By the way, what separates a 'Cuda from a Barracuda? Seems to me like you ought to know, considering your user name.

All of the first & second generation Barracudas were 'Barracudas'.

As I understand it, a lot of people had been shortening the name to 'Cuda' as a form of slang. Apparently the shortened version caught on with some of the folks at Plymouth and they decided to use it on their sportier versions of the car beginning in 1970. Although Plymouth still produced cars after 1970 that still had the full Barracuda nameplate on them, there have been variations to the 'Cuda emblems used on the third generation Barracudas.

 

[1967 'cuda]

I see what you mean. When I looked at the pics on the site 69_340_GTS linked to, my interest faded considerably. I like the lines and the front. I agree on the hood scoop. In the pic you posted above you see more of the rims and how low it is and there I clearly see it is not really a car to my taste.

I still love the long, straight lines and the font, though.

I definitely didn't mean to knock the car. It took a lot of talent to do the mods. - BUT I think that scoop ends up detracting from the overall appearance. Those SHAKER scoops are really cool but it just doesn't seem to belong there.

I've followed SNKEBIT's restoration thread and have been wondering if he'll eventually make a mod that doesn't flow with the rest of the car. So far my opinion is that he's been nailing it with his choices.

 

[360DartGT66]

All of the first & second generation Barracudas were 'Barracudas'.
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As I understand it, a lot of people had been shortening the name to 'Cuda' as a form of slang. Apparently the shortened version caught on with some of the folks at Plymouth and they decided to use it on their sportier versions of the car beginning in 1970. Although Plymouth still produced cars after 1970 that still had the full Barracuda nameplate on them, there have been variations to the 'Cuda emblems used on the third generation Barracudas.

So it actually is a distinction. Only some Barracudas are 'cudas.

 

[360DartGT66]

I definitely didn't mean to knock the car. It took a lot of talent to do the mods. - BUT I think that scoop ends up detracting from the overall appearance. Those SHAKER scoops are really cool but it just doesn't seem to belong there.

I've followed SNKEBIT's restoration thread and have been wondering if he'll eventually make a mod that doesn't flow with the rest of the car. So far my opinion is that he's been nailing it with his choices.

You didn't change my mind and anyone who does that to a car has talent. I very much agree on SNKEBIT's car. It looks super cool.

 

[1967 'cuda]

So it actually is a distinction. Only some Barracudas are 'cudas.

Yup. I remember 'back in the day' if we saw a car (70-74) with a 'CUDA emblem on it we expected it to be more of a high performance car than one that said Barracuda. Nowadays a lot of cars have been modified or re-badged so it's less of an indicator.

 

[1967 'cuda]

You didn't change my mind and anyone who does that to a car has talent. I very much agree on SNKEBIT's car. It looks super cool.

He's bound to screw up somewhere along the way. - Who knows? - Maybe he'll choose to put 'HELLO KITTY' seat covers on it yet!

 

[69_340_GTS]

Starting in '70 the Barracuda could have a /6, 318, 383-2bbl or 383-4bbl. They had 10" brakes and IIRC an 8.25" rear end. If you wanted a little nicer interior (even leather) and the 11" brakes, and an 8.75" rear end you had to step up to the 'cuda. A 'cuda could have a "Road Runner" 383-4bbl, a 340-4bbl, a 440-6bbl, or a 426 Hemi. All 'cudas has hoods with "scoops" (either functional or not) but not available on a Barracuda.

 

[Mike69barracuda]

Once again I figured I should transfer some of the pictures off of the Member Photo Gallery page to a spot that might be more appropriate.

There have always been cars that I dreamed of owning 'some day'. My list is pretty long and I know I'm never going to have a chance to own them all (especially all at the same time). But every now and then I've been fortunate enough to be able to check a few off from that list.

Ever since the days of the HEMI UNDER GLASS and Sox & Martin, I'd dreamed of owning a fastback Barracuda. - Either 1st or 2nd generation. I always figured they must have been pretty rare because I couldn't remember ever seeing any on the streets growing up. - Lots of B-bodies, E-bodies, Darts and Dusters, but no fastback 'Cudas that I could remember.

So anyway, one day while I was scouring the 'net for Charger parts I came across an eBay listing for a '67 fastback. Despite the fact I already had a few projects in the works, I couldn't help myself and put a bid in on it. It looked pretty good in the pictures and was supposed to be "capable of being driven home". I'm located in Nebraska and it was in Texas. This would be the second car we'd have gone down south to get.

From the pictures it appeared that the car needed very little. - Mainly interior issues. I messaged the owner and despite the fact he couldn't give me much background on the vehicle, said it ran great. Apparently he had purchased it from a government auction in Nevada. It had been confiscated in a drug conviction case. He had bought it to 'flip' it.

I did win the auction. - And at a price that I felt was reasonable. Now all I had to do was get it home. At first I had thought about driving it back, but we had bought a really nice open car trailer a few months earlier and figured we might as well use it. It's a good thing we did. By the time we made it to where the car was it was dark. And the first thing the owner told us was that he had 'bad news'. 'For some unknown reason the lights (all of them) had stopped working earlier that day'. Although the 'sudden' light problem was suspicious, the car looked pretty good. I was so eager to finally have a fastback Barracuda that I didn't bother bitching about it. We loaded it up and headed home.

Backup lights are missing lenses and rear trim needs detailed.
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Just back from trip to Texas, - haven't had much of a chance to look the car over in daylight 'til now.
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The trailer worked flawlessly. Other than a drive that was way too long we did pretty well.
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Online purchases are always a little spooky. The car looked much better in pictures than it did after we got there to pick it up. - Still, all in all a pretty solid car especially for 45 years old.
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Spence and I went together on the purchase of this sliding axle trailer. The aluminum box houses the hydraulic pump, tie-downs, and jack. No need for trailer ramps because the rear of the trailer lowers to the ground as the axles move forward. I built a front 'gravel shield' on the trailer out of aluminum deck plate to protect our cars from whatever the tow vehicle might kick up.
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Not too bad in the pics, but it needs a lot of work.
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It's been years since I've seen one of these on the road. And apparently the first time for a lot of people. Whenever we stopped for gas someone would inevitably ask us what the heck it was.
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I thought I was getting a car to drive 'as-is' but I'm afraid it's gonna be another project vehicle.
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Interior had been re-upholstered, but missing lots of trim and needing dash rebuilt.
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You've heard of Frankenstein and the Bride of Frankenstein. I think this must be the Steering Wheel Cover of Frankenstein. This steering wheel cover has got to go.
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Looks good....it should have a good future. Good job!

 

[SNKEBIT]

He's bound to screw up somewhere along the way. - Who knows? - Maybe he'll choose to put 'HELLO KITTY' seat covers on it yet!

I'll "hello kitty" you right in the snot locker!!!!!

 

[1967 'cuda]

Starting in '70 the Barracuda could have a /6, 318, 383-2bbl or 383-4bbl. They had 10" brakes and IIRC an 8.25" rear end. If you wanted a little nicer interior (even leather) and the 11" brakes, and an 8.75" rear end you had to step up to the 'cuda. A 'cuda could have a "Road Runner" 383-4bbl, a 340-4bbl, a 440-6bbl, or a 426 Hemi. All 'cudas has hoods with "scoops" (either functional or not) but not available on a Barracuda.

I was always aware that there was the performance difference between the two but didn't know the specifics. I REALLY didn't know that the scooped hoods weren't available on Barracudas. With the requirement at car shows that everyone have their hoods open, I never noticed if any of the third generation Barracudas had flat hoods. I imagine some had been swapped.

One thing I did notice that I thought was odd was this red Roadrunner, It had a 440 6BBL, air grabber, and go-wing but it did not have the rally dash. I wondered if it was a clone but never checked the fender tag. I'd never seen a '70 Roadrunner before that didn't have the round gauges. With all the weird things that pop up I thought it might have been a special order.