Ugly Bastard.. 67 Barracuda Notch

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I am a far cry from a bodyman, mine turned out ok, just self taught, no help.
I've come to realize over the years that they don't need to be perfect to have them out on the road and enjoy them. So many Chevs out there, the odd time any one sees a Mopar it's immediately people swarming it to take a look, no matter how ratty .
 
Looks good, Mike.
Glad to see you posting again.
Yeah, i agree that perfection in body work and paint is highly over rated for a driver.
Let the perfectionists spend a lot of time and big bucks to think they are winning the riddler award!
Get them on the road and drive them is my motto..............
 
Good job bud! Have the same set of hedders for my project. Good to know they fit well. Inkjunkie picked them up for me,new for $75.Had some scratches in the shipping paint but that crap just burns off anyways.
 
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Been a while since I posted anything. I really thought I'd have it on the road by the end of summer but somehow it's still in the shop. Damn it! Well, spring will come around and I'll have it out by then.

I have since gotten most of the engine together, just been fighting with a stubborn dipstick tube.
Because of the B body headers, #7 tube is tight against the firewall. In order to get a mini starter in there, it needs to sneak down between #7 and #5 tubes, in a certain sequence. Can't get it from below. But the Z bar normally sits where #7 tube is. So instead of moving the tube and losing my space for the starter swap, I moved the Z bar forwards 3" or so and reclocked the arms, and fabbed a "custom" bracket off the bellhousing for the ball stud. Push the pedal, the throw out bearing moves. No binding! I know I know, I could have used a hydraulic clutch setup, but I didn't want to purchase an aftermarket kit when I had all these parts here. Plus that's too easy.
I made frame connectors from 2x3" square tubing and flat plate, and welded them in.
I also picked up a brand new TTI exhaust system for an A body, from the collectors back, in trade of wiring someone's hoist.
Headliner is in, I used an organic carpet underlay as insulation in the ceiling, cost me about $5 for a cutoff from the carpet store.
The glass is in, a friend is a glazer so he came by and installed it with new gaskets for me. I used the '68 style gaskets so I now have stainless trim installed, no more cracked plastic chrome locking strip.
It's getting there!
 
70DartMike said:
Well, after 2 years abandoned in the garage by me, and 22 years abandoned by the previous owner in a garage after years of being raced, the Cuda is back to life.

It's a 1967 Barracuda notch, originally a /6 auto, white bench interior, blue exterior. The interior is now white buckets with console, and the exterior is maroon. Now has a early 70's 360, 727, 8 3/4 with 3.91 SG, 26" radiator, tranny cooler, and big bolt discs up front with sway bar. Looking it over, the car has a 340 K frame with the welded washer, the 360 has J heads, an Edelbrock LD4B intake, a Holley 750 double pumper, a re curved distributor, M/T valve covers, a Mopar Purple cam shaft, etc. The 727 has a manual valve body, and the 3.91 is a 742 case.
One of the corners of the carb mount area was broken off the LD4B, so I replaced it with an Edelbrock RPM I had laying around. I robbed the distributor and M/T valve covers for the 340 in my Dart. I sold the rallye's off the rear and put on a pair of Cragar's to keep it a roller.
I bought a few fenders, dual exhaust cut out rear valence, turn signal housings, and other parts from a guy just outside Seattle. I traded a friend some parts for a set of front bumper brackets, headlight bezels (undented!), and front valence.
When I bought the car, it came with a spare NOS trunk lid, NOS doors, and an extra hood from a 1968 with the 340 S inserts. I swapped the trunk lid over recently, and plan on doing the hood soon since the one on it is tweaked a bit. I put the front end together today.

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Here's the thread from when I brought it home..

I got it home today
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Wish we had these here :)
 
70DartMike said:
I am a far cry from a bodyman, mine turned out ok, just self taught, no help.
I've come to realize over the years that they don't need to be perfect to have them out on the road and enjoy them. So many Chevs out there, the odd time any one sees a Mopar it's immediately people swarming it to take a look, no matter how ratty .
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......have to agree on that, i,m a Body Guy and know too many people spending 10-20 years on a car, fix it...DRIVE IT!
 
70DartMike said:
I fired it up yesterday, but couldn't get it to idle properly. I opened the hood to discover fuel pouring out of every joint in the Holley. Apparently I can't rebuild a carb, this is the 2nd Holley I've rebuilt and the 2nd that leaks. So I swapped over an Edelbrock carb I had on my 65 Fargo. No more leaks and the car idles properly.
Over the last few days I mounted the front bumper, headlight buckets, headlight bezels, remote mirror, door handles, NOS trunk lid, and better trunk trim.

The plan is to get it road worthy so I can drive it to the house Carmen and I are buying, and then go from there. I have a plan in mind to give this a cool 70's paint scheme, wide rims out back, etc.

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Very nice. I favour notch over fastback .
 
Well, once again I forgot to update this .

Basically, it's insured and I've been driving it. The 383 runs great, oil pressure is a little low at idle when it's hot, but what do I expect for a mystery engine with old cam bearings. Cruising psi is 45, I'm happy with that.

I had to press on new axle bearings and change the adjuster as the old one somehow unthreaded itself and wrecked the threads, therefore destroying the bearings since they were bashing themselves around. Also, the thrust bushings were gone, that didn't help.

The 4 speed pulls hard, I'm not sure I like the diaphragm clutch as much as the old 3 finger, but it works.

Best of all, it's comfortable! Loud inside, but not ear shattering. I welded in some new TTI mandrel bent exhaust I got from a friend, we traded me wiring his hoist for the pipes. Bent for an A body Barracuda, didn't fit worth a **** though, had to cut and bend and weld a lot. Running a pair of new Flowmaster 40s, traded for a wiper motor.

Found a bunch of 8 tracks (good rock music, none of this smooth jazz) and the 8 track player works great.

Been daily driving it, and easy to say , I'm in love. This thing is a blast to drive!
 
I'm glad to read the updates, Mike.
Good to see you're having fun with it, it sure looks good!
 
Dartnut said:
I'm glad to read the updates, Mike.
Good to see you're having fun with it, it sure looks good!
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Thanks Tom! W

Just took it down island yesterday, seems to have a vibration in the rear at 65 mph, keep it below that and it's fine. Went to Lowe's, they must have been having some kind of "import meet" there, lots of Honda Civics and such. Carmen and I couldn't stop laughing as jaws were dropping as we slowly rumbled by (Hemi grind cam). Can't say my jaw would drop seeing a Toyota Corolla drive by ... Different generation I guess
 
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