yep me either. why not use a more mundane version of the same car to hack up into a race car. im redoing a 67 barracuda slant six no option notchback coupe. this was the elcheapo version for the guy who wanted the looks of a cool car but was too cheap to order it with anything other than a trip odometer, and a factory vacuum gage.
this car had no fender tag when i got it, nor did i care. i bought it for the body, and everything that was slant six related went to the scrap yard, including the diminutive drum brakes, 7&1/4" pegleg rear, k frame, small bolt pattern pizza cutter rims, the slanty 6, and tranny from it.
i am using the parts off a 74 dodge dart 4 door V8 sedan to help in its rebuild / resurrection. the better disc brakes with large bolt pattern, better spool type motor mounts off the 74 dart, the 318 will be bored and stroked. i have a nice A-833 4 speed thats going in. even have an 8&3/4 rear from a 67 newport i have to narrow to go in it.
im building it the way i want it. i want it to be a fun car. its not a valuable car if compared to a formula S , or factory big block car. so why not have fun with it.
i cant stand it when knuckle heads "hack up" a rare and valuable musclecar into a race car or pro street whatever leaving the vin plate and fender tag in place and then talk about their stuff being rare and such. these people are way misinformed, and have essentially ruined its value. it makes the ones that are left even more valuable.
build your fun car out of a base model. theres lots of slanty 6 dusters, demons, early barracudas, even dart sports left out there to modify and have fun with. leave the rare stuff to the restoration crowd. this is my opinion
laterz
matt
