Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback

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Looks nice, like the gold-black contrast. Reminds me of some of the Hurst Olds cars.

Thanks Cuda68Scott. One of the old Duster schemes I always liked was the MOPAR MISSILE.

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I searched for pictures online of how I wanted it to look and for examples of various insignias and graphics. It sure makes it easier to do layouts when I can draw things out to scale and tape them on the car first.

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I'm glad that I hadn't stuck my FABO stickers on the Barracuda. They are perfect on the Duster.

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I am not thrilled with the lace on the hood. I think I'd like it better if it was the same shade of gold that is on the rest of the car. My new struggle is with the hood again. I can't seem to get something that looks good to me for the sides of the scoop. - Matter of fact, I think that my first few ideas really suck. I may just leave it blank for now. I'm going to have to switch gears to some of the other work that needs to be done before the weekend.

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The 'Lil Red is ready to be picked up so I may be bringing it home tomorrow. I assume the Challenger is ready too.




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The day started out great. Even though I'd only had a few hours of sleep, the Duster was looking pretty good. I gassed up all of the vehicles. I got the new wheel studs installed and measured the frame for some steel reinforcements for the seat mounts. I hauled the Duster to a friend that has a lift and got them welded in place so it should pass tech inspection. One thing that I did find as I was snugging up the oilpan and transmission pan bolts was a leak from the tail shaft. Further checking revealed a stripped tail shaft mounting bolt hole. It's not a real serious leak but it won't please track officials.

I went out to our farm to pick up a window air conditioning unit. That's when the day turned bad. We've been burglarized again. Someone broke into our barn and our shop. I figure there was over $10,000 worth of stuff stolen. Car parts. Thousands of Die Cast cars. A Honda Odessey 350. G.I Joe stuff. Household items. We had a lot stored in the shop when we gutted our house for remodeling. They took over 20 large bins of items that were from the house. A 727 big block transmission. Thousands of dollars worth of chrome suspension parts that were for my fiberglass T. A $1000 radiator that had the brass wings and motometer for the T Bucket. Roadrunner parts. I had a collection of almost every issue of CARtoons magazines with several duplicates. - there were 100s of them that I'd been collecting. - All gone now. We're not sure of what all else is missing. We didn't keep an inventory.


It really has me shook up. I was planning on being gone for the next 3 days but now I'm guessing they'll be back for more. They took so much stuff that they either had to make several trips or possibly brought a trailer with them.

I guess I'll have to watch eBay and Craigslist for things showing up. I'll be looking closely at what's for sale at the swap meets too. My guess is that this stuff will go to pawn shops in Lincoln or Omaha. I'm trying to keep from having a really negative view of the world around me right now. But it's hard to stay positive when crap like this happens.


My son's '68 Charger is still out there (at least it was a few hours ago) He's got over $10,000 invested in it already. Even if I go racing to try to enjoy myself this weekend, I'll be constantly worrying. I don't have room here in town to store it inside and unless it's a licensed functional vehicle city codes prevent me from having it on our extra lot.
 
Wow, that is a terrible day! Nothing worse than being violated by low life thieves. I always fantasize about catching one in the act and performing some disastrous deed on them that Charles Bronson would be proud of! Sorry for your invasion, and I hope the cops can get to the bottom of the thefts.

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Sweet lace paint on the Duster...bummer about the burglary....fukerz!!!!!! Time for some security system....If it were me I couldn't leave it unless it was monitored....hope you cann get some stuff back and i'll keep an eye out up here in MN for anything that might go north.
 
Sweet lace paint on the Duster...bummer about the burglary....fukerz!!!!!! Time for some security system....If it were me I couldn't leave it unless it was monitored....hope you cann get some stuff back and i'll keep an eye out up here in MN for anything that might go north.

feel for ya on the theft--bob
 
I'm still trying to decide where to put the contingency decals - or whether or not to use them at all. I ran out of orange pinstriping so it'll be a while before I can get it all the way done. Now I've decided that the cage needs to be painted orange too. I'm also considering painting the wheels gold. What do you guys think so far?

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I wouldn't change a thing I think it looks pretty sweet the way it is. Here is one I just did for a buddy of mine.
 

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I wouldn't change a thing I think it looks pretty sweet the way it is. Here is one I just did for a buddy of mine.
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Cawley,
Those pics make me wish there was a thread on custom Dart/Duster/Demon paint stripes & graphics. That is such a fun body style pallet to play around with.
 
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Thanks for the empathy from all you guys about the theft. I know that there's a lot of folks that have had to put up with a lot worse. I guess if I lost everything I'd need to remind myself that there's always going to those that haven't been as blessed as I've been. I've had some really good friends, family, and opportunities through the years. - Probably more than I deserve. It does cushion the blow to hear from you folks.
 
Cawley,
Those pics make me wish there was a thread on custom Dart/Duster/Demon paint stripes & graphics. That is such a fun body style pallet to play around with.

Yea even though there is a few body lines, there is so much you can do with them. Unlike some cars with hardly any lines.
 
Thanks for the empathy from all you guys about the theft. I know that there's a lot of folks that have had to put up with a lot worse. I guess if I lost everything I'd need to remind myself that there's always going to those that haven't been as blessed as I've been. I've had some really good friends, family, and opportunities through the years. - Probably more than I deserve. It does cushion the blow to hear from you folks.

Far as I am concerned that's what we are here for. We are all apart of a BIG mopar family.
 
As strange as it sounds my front porch/patio may be my home for the next few days. I sure hope it doesn't rain. I forgot my house keys when I went to Iowa. Returning after a few days I discover that Teresa isn't home and the house is locked. She often will leave for a couple of days in a row to babysit her grandchildren that live in various cities 20 to 40 miles away. She just changed phone companies on her cell before I'd left. I don't know the number. All of the contact info on her kids is in the house.

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I took a fan, a 42" TV and my laptop with me to Iowa along with some blankets and a small pillow. So I guess I'm camping out now. My neighbors are probably expecting to see a couch on the front lawn soon. I'm so ghetto.
I'll survive. - But I'm starting to think that those chili dogs at the track may have been a mistake. There are no 24 hour businesses or public bathrooms in this town. Maybe if I warm up the tires on the Duster I can spend the night in a comfortable cell.




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The cars are unloaded and back in the drive. I'm really glad that I went but it's good to be home. I needed a break from the garage and a distraction from that burglary.

I really was taking on too much at one time. As good as it may feel to be seeing progress on each vehicle, this was nuts. I had to prep 2 different trailers (one of which I was totally unfamiliar with. I Inspected the lights, brakes, wheel bearings, had to replace one safety chain hook, charge batteries in both trailers, readied the tie-down ratchet straps (and made sure I took a couple extra along), gathered wood blocks, jacks, spare tires, etc... OK that wasn't so difficult. But I also had to transport a '73 Duster out to our farmstead for a friend, pick up the 'Lil Red Express, paint graphics on the sides of the dually, do a quickee bondo patch up on one of the Duster's rear quarters, re-paint the Dusters sides, design out and put graphics on the Duster, check fluids in both tow vehicles and both cars to be raced, wired the dually for a 7-pin trailer hookup, make new mounts for the seat belts and the seats in the Duster, make a battery tie down for the Duster, etc, etc,... On top of it all I found that I needed to replace the front wheel bearings on the dually. Of course all of the necessary blankets, pillows, clothes, food, drinks, coolers,had to be sorted out too.

I didn't go the best prepared but I made it. I'd gotten by with minimum sleep most of the previous week. - Sometimes as little as 2 hours a night. The anticipation was still high although dampened by the worries about thefts at the farm.
 
I'd never been to an 1/8 mile track before and had thought of them as probably being cheesy compared to the 1/4 mile strips. - But I was pretty impressed. How could a person not be when the first thing you see after pulling in the gate is a half dozen '40 Willys coupes lined up. They could have been racing on dirt and I still would have been in awe. I'm not sure how many Willys were there all together. I only was able to photograph about half of them.

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