Jacks: 69 cuda fastback

Im glad we finaly got this restorations section (unless i missed it till now) im not going to throw up every picture but just some general stuff

Hauling her home
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All the parts were stuffed inside her
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Yes the fenders were left bare metal in the back of the car :sad9:
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Wow, that looks like quite the project. Good luck.

Hehe... that looks awful familiar! Good luck!

Well here was the first problem, the wiring, man i hate it but as i look back it wasnt that hard. Thanks goes out to everyone who helped me, like goody, and Jimmy(v8signet) thanks guys you helped alot.

The first night i got the car i unloaded all the stuff then i did get to fire her and drive her :headbang: (around my backyard) haha but then randomly it died and wouldnt start we figured it burned alot of gas or something. after loooking stuff over the ecu box was shot it was somewhat melted when we fired her and prolly just died, but then i got that fixed and it still wouldnt fire after LOTS of looking around i found out it was the Volts Regulator was for points and not electric ign. so i swaped that out with a volts reg that came with the car, she fired right up. man that problem stumped me and my dad, had lil spark got new coil anyways but then just that stupid volts reg.

Here she is all clean :headbang: 4/15/06

soon after this i had to fix the belt routing because it was
crank: alt
crank: fan, ps
thats wrong plus with my ps not working i couldnt run the car which sucked so i got that all worked out from donated parts from misc. vans full of parts my dad saved over the years....heh and my mom calls it junk

Well here is the right fender progress threw the stages, man its alot of sanding, but i wanna be a 'body specialist' or what not so i better get use to it

dad:' so you still wanna do this for a living'
me: 'sob $#(*%#%)*(&&*)#($#$$" censored for the kids :blackeye: haha

edit: awh it didnt put them in order like i uploaded them in...hmm..well you guys know the process

time for 10 more pictures :headbang: the 2 pictures of metal pieces are the top supports where the fender bolts to the inner fender for the RIGHT side, that looked pretty bad

I`ve got those fender patches to start doing on my 67. I`m not looking forward to the sander again! Looks like you`re off to a good start......keep the pics coming!

Man i hate those pos fender patches, my left fender one is every farther off :wack: its really pissing me off, hell today in auto body class the teacher was saying how he wants me to do a fender patch on a chevy pick up the patch they got was a PERFECT fit, sob, lucky bastards....god, ok for some good though, i dont think i said this but when the right fender for the cuda was all done my dad and i were installing it and the stud on fender near the door, under wheel well, spun and i had to hack it off, well this caused a bump in the newly primer fender, kinda a step back but no big deal, fixed it today, now i need to find a way to pull the pulley off of my ps pump so i can replace the gaskets

lookin good jack! Are you going to keep it blue when you go to paint it? or are you going with a different color?

I must say.....you are doing something that I probably will never be able to do..bodywork. I'll stick to the mechanics if you want to come do mine that would be great!

Lookin good man!!!

-RPM

haha yeah sure body work is a pain all the freakin sanding but i got use to it, its much easier to work on your own car and be thinking "if i dont get my lazy butt out there nobody else is gonna do it" Im hoping tomorrow to get workin on the drivers side fender, the patch is so far off, im pretty pissed about that, awh, but its gotta be fitted somehow. I really wish i could drive it before winter :love4:

it is getting maybe a little bit lighter blue, along with the same stripes, 68 hemi scoop, 360 pushing 400+hp haha, and hopefully eventual a 4 speed and i also need a bigger rear end 7 1/4 dont cut it

haha yeah sure body work is a pain all the freakin sanding but i got use to it, its much easier to work on your own car and be thinking "if i dont get my lazy butt out there nobody else is gonna do it" Im hoping tomorrow to get workin on the drivers side fender, the patch is so far off, im pretty pissed about that, awh, but its gotta be fitted somehow. I really wish i could drive it before winter :love4:

Patience grasshopper! You might be too young for that quote, but just remember not to rush, and take the time to do things right. You`ve got the raw talent ,I can tell by your photos, so if it takes a little while longer to get something right, put off the ride until Spring, it`ll be worth it!!

Looking good. :thumbup:

It's coming along man... I'm afraid to touch the bodywork on mine. Electrical and mechanicals is one thing, but I'll leave the body & paint to someone who knows what the hell they're doing! :)

Patience grasshopper! You might be too young for that quote, but just remember not to rush, and take the time to do things right. You`ve got the raw talent ,I can tell by your photos, so if it takes a little while longer to get something right, put off the ride until Spring, it`ll be worth it!!
yeah i am hearing alot of that, but its just so hard not to drive it haha :twisted:

Where are you in sioux falls? I can't really place it using the first picture of the cross streets or the later pictures with the fields in the background. Your car is coming along nicely. I just had my dart out last night and pretty soon will be putting it into storage for the winter since it wont stay in the forties forever. Keep it up though. :headbang:

From what I can tell it looks to be out on W. 57th towards Tea, but I am not quite sure.

Jack...I remember your first day here dude. You have come a long ways and she looking mighty good....I'm happy for ya! :thumbup:

well a new update, as of now, im working on trying to straighten the front vilance, for it, man what a pain, its all bent up. I also need to finish up the door jams that were redone.

I was gonna put a 360 into her but my dad mentioned that if i give it a basic rebuild, he would trade me for a 340 complete engine, probably paint it up for now, maybe a build down the road, money is really tight, with me being in high school, man id really like to have it driving by my last day of school, but the fender is just such a pain the the butt, i hate the new patch panels they don't fit for crap :cussing: well thats the update for now :thumbup:

Jack!! beleve it or not, I can smell the body filler. :toothy7:
I never thout I would miss it. looking real good. :thumbup:

Jack,
Sure looks like you have gotten off to a good start. I love those second generation Barracudas!! Good luck

smallblock mopar

any new pics of her jack?

well here is a lil update on some new photos i just took, yep hot off the phone, didn't have the camera ready so i snapped em with my new phone i got, its pretty nice and the pics don't look half bad.

ha funny you should talk about filler mike i dont mind the smell, i like it haha :headbang: in a completely not drug related way haha. now i gotta straigten the vilance(sp?) some more, what a pain and fix that other dang fender, man those patches suck, this one is even more worse, i'll have to snap a few photos of that too.

another project of mine right now is this pickup i got. My dads friend blew the headgasket on it and gave it to me after a year of setting. its a 89 Toyota 4x4 3.0 v6 so its all together as of now cept the harmonic balancer, stupid shipping people, so all i need is that and i am ready for winter/off roading :evil2: man quarter pannels are expensive, any sugestions on where i can perhaps get straighter ones, ive seen some on here that suck and if they are like my patch panels for the fenders id like to be warned. Thanks

btw got a brand new radiator, 4 core woo

edit: for some reason its saying this when i go to upload pics

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Longone is right it is obvious that you have the talent for body work, nice job! Taking your time is key to bodywork and car resto's I have seen the good, the bad and the ugly(rust appearing in less then two years) Keep up the great work and keep the pics coming!

test

Good looking work Jack! Don't get to impatiant. I have been at mine for 2 years and it is now starting to pay off.

Jack

well made a lil progress today, pulled the dash out thanks to a picture john(fastback340) put up of his cuda dash made me wanna start working :) thanks :thumbup: but with every good thing comes something bad i broke a pin connector off the back of my gauge cluster(look at my post under elect.) to help me out :)

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any suggestions would be nice on sanding, painting/ and paint ideas(colors) :toothy7:

Good Choice man!!That's a nice project ,i wish we had cuda's to work on here 2 :thumbup: .Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!

well a lil update for March 22, 2007.

It has been beautiful out lately....in the 50's haha so i have been at work, well a lot of it is my dad with helping and demonstrating but hey gotta start somewhere. I had to get cut off today had to go to work so i only got about 40 minutes to work on it today, thats counting my lunch break ha yes i go home at lunch and work on my car :headbang: tomorrow i will have a lil more time and will probably have it all done for the welding and start applying filler, man i cant wait :)

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i decided to go with links so it wont bog down some of the 56k users and it makes it look a lil cleaner

Man thats awsome.

well im still making progress on the fender, and also i am now pulling the 318 as of 1pm today :toothy7: woo im just gonna pull it out clean it up and paint it for a driver nothing really big, i convinced my dad to let me do so since i had the whole engine bay ripped apart i figured might as well pull it he agreed and i went to work i got pretty far on my 40 minute lunch break :lol: starter is out, exhaust wasnt to bad thank god :toothy7: and all electrical is off now i gotta take the torqe converter bolts off. Im so excited i dont wanna be in school(which is where i am now :lol: ) I"ll go home and start pulling the engines and i'll snap some photos in with my phone and throw em up for you guys. Wish me luck, btw any sugestions on how i should clean the engine on my slant i used oven degreser and that worked good any good sugestions? and its gonna be hemi orange woo and id like to have the intake and waterpump be a clear or natural finish or gray any sugestions.

well here are the pics :twisted: i cant believe how much progress i have made in 3 days :toothy7:

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I also took a look at the casting number it is a 1969 block and its for sure a 318. So any suggestions on degreases to clean the engine, im going hemi orange and a natural finish on the water pump and intake(suggestions)

I like to use Castrol Super Clean to degrease engines. Gunk Engine Bright also works pretty good. Looking forward to more progress pictures.

well i now that the trans is droped and the whole engine wiring harness is out of the car along with the other basic stuff im waiting to sand blast....what a pain im moving along fast as hell for me latly and then i get struck with SNOW awh come on....well i gotta wait for it to get decent out to sand blast then shoot some primer quick that day(any sugestions on primer like epoxy) then i'll be painting it all up, i cant wait, stupid snow

Well i have been hard at work and yesterday i 'went to town' on cleaning the engine up, its ready for paint as of today. Today i will also be cleaning the transmission up so it will look better. then next is the kframe along with the whole engine bay which i will be painting/sandblasting. any sugestions on how to get the heater box out along with the heater core? here are some pics for you guys, and there is my dad power washing the engine :toothy7: also where can i get transmission lines?
Also i got my fender patch done for the drivers side, now i need to get some filler on it and start with the sanding again

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well ive got the engine all clean now i gotta sand blast the oil pan cause its got a little rust on her then shoot it with some hemi orange, haha yeah its a 318 but o well :toothy7: Ive been cleaning up the trans latly, found out its got a new pump so its probably been rebuilt woohoo :thumbup:

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Sadie was glad to lend a hand, well actually she just wanted me to throw her stick for her:lol:
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The pictures have been taken on my phone so they are not the best, my digital camera is broken and has some problems right now

It`s coming along nicely Jack, and it`s good to have help even if it has four legs! You can tell she`s into retrieving, she`s looking at you like.............."throw the cell phone and I`ll go get it."

Nice job.....always wanted an A body Barracuda done up with a Sox & Martin paint scheme!

Looking good Jack! Believe me, patience pays off.... And as for your dash project, PM me if you need any specifics on re-finishing it.


Now get back to work ...:)

Coming along nicely Jack! Sadie Looks like she is happy with your trans too.

Looking good!!! Is that your Ram Charger or it that a Trail Duster? I would like to see more pics of that sweet ride... :salute:

Looking good!!! Is that your Ram Charger or it that a Trail Duster? I would like to see more pics of that sweet ride... :salute:
well its actually a trail duster with the dodge 'power wagon' emblems on the hood :lol: gives it some good flair. Its our blow truck as of now, its sadly gotten pretty rusty and id love to take that off road :headbang: its got the 340 im gonna get as of now.

Well today i finaly got the power steering pump rebuild and started to clean up the starter and alt. so i can paint them.
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Well finaly after working my but off and scraping and cleaning and all that, also working on my lunch break during school. I finaly got the engine painted. here are some before and afters:

here is what is beneath the heat riser :O
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for some reason i cant get the pics off my phone and on here i'll try again tomorrow :sad:

Well ive been hauling ass lately, hopefull i can drive her by may 24th or so (last day of school) Got the engine painted monday, got the engine bay all clean and pressure washed today(tuesday) tomorrow i work and same with thrusday, so before work on thrusday im hoping to sand blast the manifolds, and some misc pieces, im planing on sand blasting then applying a black finish to the mt valve covers then sand off the fins. friday hopefully sand blast the engine bay and apply primer on fri or sat. I also got time to hose off the cuda, it looks so pretty, o but a couple steps back, found out the front right frame rail is rusted bad, right where it bends up into the engine bay, thats gonna need to be fixed, it sucks hopefully i can still finish my goal.

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Man is she beautiful, yes its a hemi orange 318 but o well haha
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well its actually a trail duster with the dodge 'power wagon' emblems on the hood :lol: gives it some good flair. Its our Plow truck as of now, its sadly gotten pretty rusty and id love to take that off road :headbang: its got the 340 im gonna get as of now.
oops on the above statement

Well i have worked my but off this last week and here u guys go. I sand blasted the engine bay, got the radiator to fit, made some frame patches (Thanks Dad), and started on the fender. I really have to thank my dad for all the help and such, whats really holding me up is work/new job and school, but im still holding strong for driving her the last day. :thumbup:

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Ouch eh?
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My dad counted 8 layers of paint/primer on the cowl, yeah its a pain to sandblast/clean up but its pretty well clean as of now. I forgot to take a pic of the engine with the valve covers on, man it looks awesome :) Any suggestions on where i can get manifold paint (like the natural finish look stuff off eastwood perhaps local) I"ll probably post more soon and keep u guys updated:thumbup:

Well Here are some more updates for today, right before i was leaving for work my dad wanted me to help him pull the car around on his frame machine, and he was nice enough to patch my frame for me, i was bummed i wasnt there to see it and such, Also it was my last day at my job, and im starting at the local Sturdevants auto parts store on thrusday, woo :thumbup: Also there are some pictures of the patches i had to make(well dad did em while iw as at work again) there were rust holes forming in the engine bay so, cant paint it and have it look like that :thumbup:

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Thanks Dad :)

Great job on the frame repair, looks like the old man has tallent!
Bob

Man thats comming along very nicely.

Well i got to primer the engine bay today wooo (thanks to my dads help) i was a lil rusty so he had to guide me, but i ended up spraying 90% of the primer :lol: fun stuff. well here are some pics

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i'll post the painting shots tomorrow, woo i cant wait hopefully my dad will call me in to school so i can paint the car and get it out of his way :thumbup: O and while i was mixing paint my mom came in and i got a letter from my local tech school i was accepted to start in the auto finishing center woo :toothy7: good news

Great progress.You`re doing a great job
Keep them pics coming

Well i finaly got to paint the engine bay last night woo, had to clear it before i went to work and sprayed the base on my lunch break :lol:I painted as much as i could, but my dad did the final touches :thumbup:

Dad Spraying (i'll get pics of myself painting later)
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Base Coat:
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CLEAR and all finished off, i was taking tape off of the brake lines and such.
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looks pretty dam good eh, haha im happy with it, im going to spray the k frame and such tonight. then start putting her back together, hopefully have the engine in tonight, (fingers crossed)

Looks real good Jack !

Alot of people would have kicked that car to the curb because of the rust, you have done a great job.


Chuck

Great progress! Looking forward to more pics in the future.

well i got to install the engine and trans in her last night, and thank god i got no scratches on anything. Thanks dad and all of my friends who helped :thumbup:

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dang it looks nice, woo well today i gotta go get some misc parts like a carb rebuild kit and belts and all the little stuff so i can start her :thumbup:

looking real good Jack, keep up the good work! you'll be driving her in no time

I think you`re going to owe Dad some time behind the wheel,eh?

That is looking really sharp with that engine sitting in there! Looking good!

your car has come a long way. looks great. finally the progress shows through all the cleaning, stripping part.


LET THE FUN BEGIN!!!!!!!....................

im really only posting because i want to keep track of Jacks project thru this thread!!!

well last night i finished up the major parts, and now all i got is the trans lines need to be made, the carb needs a rebuild(down the road i wanna fire her up) and im having some alternator bracket problems :angry4: the stupid thing wont line up, and im trying to recall how i had it last time, well i'll keep my eye open.
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Way to go! Man I wish I had just a small amount of your energy and drive. If so I might get my Duster going this summer. When do you have time to sleep? lol
Bob

almost there jack!!

Well as what happens to most people, you run into problems, sometimes (like me) you run in to them at the most annoying time. I was adding antifreeze and trans fluid to my car and yay it leaked....well it started off being the bypass hose (no biggy i have an extra one) replaced that, then apon farther inspection we noticed the waterpump was dripping i check under nieth it and yep it was the weep hole, so i had to get a new one, what a pain, so yesterday i went to work got one, came home pulled the old one off, and broke off the top most waterpump bolt off in the aluminum housing :angry4: well after some swearing, no biggy there is still a a piece of it sticking out. well then later i figure out WRONG WATERPUMP, awh, its a 69 motor wth, so i check ac and non ac motor, both of them exit the drivers side(i though all sb waterpumps exit passenger side?) anyways i got that figured out after looking in the books (and getting paid to look up stuff for my car cant beat that :) ) well its a 70-79 waterpump for a 318, ok done, get home we heat up the bolt still nothing, wont budge, break off what stud we have left, we tried using an impact screw driver and slicing a notch in the bolt to turn it out, nodda, then we use a reverse drill bit, and a easy out, nothing, actually we snaped my dads tap and die turning piece (dont know name its matco) no luck, well we decide now we have to drill it out, so we go about that, and we have about 85% of the bolt out and still no luck, hm now that i think about it can i heli coil it??? One thing my dad and his friends mentioned is we will probably have to put some ugly ass nut on the back side of the. what a pain im so close to driving her and then this happens. O and my tranny dipstick leaks to at the base where the factory welds hold on the bracket, i did some tacks around it the best i could, i guess we will have to see how that holds up. i was up untill 2 last night doing misc things on her, got the carpet it (dad went to bed) so there was not much more i could do so me and a friend decided to tackle it. I'll be doing more on this today i'll try and get some more pics up soon.

Jack, you could probably go to the next size up bolt and just tap that hole right out then drill the water pump hole out slightly. Running a nut on the back will probably work fine also, once painted it won't be very noticable.

actually we ended up getting to tap it out, and not drill a bigger hole :headbang: also under engine issues i discussed that i couldnt get my car to start, well it ended up being that my less then 1 year coil was bad, i put on one we had laying around and she right up. Also we had some carb problems, ended up forgeting to connect the choke, so that made the old 2bbl run good, and i finaly got to take it out on the streets, on my Graduation day (just graduated yesterday May 27th) woo so 6 of my buddies piled in my car and we went down the road in back. the car got up and moved ok from a roll, i didnt expect much, but it was sure as hell fun, got alot of looks, with no front end on and 6 people inside :headbang: man it was fun. Next is to finish the other fender so i can go to the local cruises :D

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The finish product, yes i know the air cleaner looks like crap but it didnt make sence to buy one, then guy another one for the 4bbl :headbang:

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Looking great, Jack!
This thread is a big part of my inspiration on my notch.

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well i took some zinc or what ever its called (don't recall name) to the intake it looks a lil better any suggestions on cleaning it? my dad mentioned some like acid stuff they use on semi's or something that he use to use, worked really good

most cleaners are harsh to aluminum. put it in the oven and bake it to soften the grease and then shoot it with engine degreaser and rinse with hot water. then beadblast it.

well i did some work today on the new intake and carb. My friend was discussing holley carbs with me and mentioned that people put mettering blocks on the secondaries of the carb i have this allows them to change gets as apposed to drilling holes in the secondary fuel holes, sounded like a good idea to me and he has an extra carb same as i have laying around, tomorrow im going to dip the carb so its all clean.
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Looking good jack!
The intake turned out good, Keep it up and good luck with the carb.

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took her out for a spin tonight, ran pretty nice :thumbup:

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in the front there im actually take that filler back off to continue straightening the front part of the fender, i just had some extra and threw it up there in case i needed it

That is coming along nice. Are you going to paint the whole car?

That is coming along nice. Are you going to paint the whole car?

eventually it will be B5 blue, i probably wont end up doing it, even though i am going to be going to school september for auto body, its just paint is expensive, i havnt had much for practice, and the guy my dad knows is a good friend and does awesome work, but we will see.
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I got the fender as straight as i could but in order to get the super smooth finish you gotta do it, i felt bad putting on so much filler but its what you gotta do

Looking good Jack! You can get in good practice, then come see me and we`ll get you a real challenge on my vert.:toothy10:

Your doing a great job Jack!

Your car looks soooo damn GOOD! 8)

Thanks alot John, yeah its even better to know that my dad hasnt helped me at all on this fender, and it sure helps alot now that i know what im doing a lil more compaired to last summer and body work.8) its going alot quicker that is about 2-3 days of block sanding, but i take alot of breaks cause its so hot out and i have an ac from the other side of the shop blowing hot air at me, and man does that dust get EVERYWHERE :-D

Looking good. Keep us posted on the progress.

Well ive been on hold for a lil while cause its been so humid outside lately its to hot to work in the shop, and it dont help i have my dads ac (from the front shop) blowing the hot air almost right on me. I got a new tool box along with a set of craftsman tools pretty sweet, but i think im going to ad a middle box for more room. I cant make it wider box has to be 30 inches and under in width.
The Plastic wrap is to keep all the sanding dust off of it
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/9889/toolboxsc3.jpg
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/2170/fender2sf6.jpg

Lookin' great brotha. I'm really jealous at all the progress you're making. Keep it up, it's going to be awesome when it's all said and done.

I just bought myself my first tool box set, identical to yours but in black. Spent a lot of money at sears that day. The salesmen said that it was an investment, I'm really pleased with craftsman tools. Your car is coming along great. To bad we cant do the body work like you on our duster. Keep it up!

well im getting closer, still cring at the look of all the filler but man it will be smooth, i do wanna add that i hate the stupid body line :P its so freakin annoying to recreate, i worked a good 6 hours on that alone and still not even close:wack::???:
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/387/0806071805aaa1.jpg

soiux falls huh? i live in chamberlain, you go down to marion drag races? lots and lots of dusters and darts racin this year

soiux falls huh? i live in chamberlain, you go down to marion drag races? lots and lots of dusters and darts racin this year

ya I've seen a couple of em out there racing, unfortunately i missed all of the mopar shootouts:angry7:

Jack, I feel your pain, and progress. I knew right off the bat, I don't do body work, I make it!! ( from my bow tie stock car days). I turned my 67 fish (Wanda) back in Oct. of last year. She might see color by the end of this month. I think you've done a better job than the shop I hired (time wise)!!
You've done a GREAT job, and used your time well. don't get impatiant in the final stretch! Sometimes slower is faster.

P.S. I miss driving my car at the track too!!

ya I've seen a couple of em out there racing, unfortunately i missed all of the mopar shootouts:angry7:

late 60s barracuda fastbacks are extreemly hard to find around here in central south dakota area, i tried to find one before i bought my 74 duster, couldnt even find a shell. where did you pick yours up at?

Nice looking car 8) I love that body style! Looking forward to seeing it finished

well im getting closer, still cring at the look of all the filler but man it will be smooth, i do wanna add that i hate the stupid body line :P its so freakin annoying to recreate, i worked a good 6 hours on that alone and still not even close:wack::???:
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/387/0806071805aaa1.jpg


I know what you mean, I have been trying to get the little "gutter" (for the lack of a better word) around the rear wheel well perfect, I have redone it 4 times, but I think I finally got it. I used a new trick. After filling it with glazing putty (Evercoat) I wrapped a 3/4" dowel with some rubber tool drawer liner and a piece of 80 grit and slid it back and forth along the bottom edge of the gutter until I was happy with the with the shape of the top edge, then I knocked down the sharp ridge with some 120 grit on a small sanding block.

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my dads friend actually found it, he was looking at a bb chevy truck for the engine and he was talking with the guy and mentioned he had a cuda, he(dads friend) isnt a mopar guy and knew i was on the look out, we stoped on over about a week later with car trailer along and took her home right there :) fun times, well i hope to be getting the fender/front end together so i can at least drive it this summer but man its a pain. thanks for the comments guys :thumbup:

Jack, going to see mine tonight at the shop. I see ya bustin your ass on these fenders, and I realized that you'd kill me if you new what I did!! I had "Kustom rides" in Gresham Or. "stretch" my fenders for 17" wheels! One fender was perfect, and one had a crease over the script. At least I've got way cool wheels to put back in them. Torque thrust "O"'s with the natural finish. Very old school. I see all these coments about how few of these gen2
fish ya'all got there. Come out west here, at least you can see em once or twice a month at the local cruise-ins. Bet I've seen 20 different ones this year!

If you ever get in a pinch for parts, try Wildcat Autowrecking in Sandy Or. You can find them at www.wildcatmopars.com. They probably have 50 of these cars in different stages of "donation".

Keep after it, your doin' great!!

Well now that im in school for auto body repair, and i got a job at a body shop :grin: and better yet i get to work on old cars well for now. to bad they are fords :P, so now i have 2 jobs and am trying to save for qt pannels for my barracuda so i can put them on in my body shop classes, some good news the price of qt pannels went down a lil only $405 to get them both from paddock...yet 150 to ship :| wow! Im also doing a qt pannel on a 66 chevelle right now, and man those aftermarket pannels are junk, guy decided to be cheap and NOT buy the factory orginal, but like my teacher says "you cant build a show car with Sh!t" body lines are about 1/4 in off from the doors :O kinda makes me ticked i cant buy the factory qts for my cuda but o well i'll figure it out. Just though id update you guys on what im up to currently. I havnt gotten time to work on my fender lately, work, school and its way to cold outside to be doing that. Im trying to save every penny. i'll keep you guys posted :thumbup:

Jack, your cuda is coming along great dude!

how old are you by the way?

im 17 and starting to get busy on my dads old cuda, its a 67...im about to make a 400$ order from summit here soon just for little odds and ends, and i havent even really thought about the motor. i figured id get mine rolling first...

ill be sure to keep an eye out on this thread.

im 17 and a senior in high school btw and working 30 hours a week at the sunoco my dad also works at.

cool to see someone doing the basically the same thing im doing and someone else whos about the same age, heres a link to my build man!
http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=27189

Jack, your cuda is coming along great dude!

how old are you by the way?

im 17 and starting to get busy on my dads old cuda, its a 67...im about to make a 400$ order from summit here soon just for little odds and ends, and i havent even really thought about the motor. i figured id get mine rolling first...

ill be sure to keep an eye out on this thread.

im 17 and a senior in high school btw and working 30 hours a week at the sunoco my dad also works at.

cool to see someone doing the basically the same thing im doing and someone else whos about the same age, heres a link to my build man!
http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=27189

your not the only one whos 17 here, i just have a 74 duster instead of a fastback cuda'

Jack, I saw the first pics of you bringing the Barracuda home and haven't followed the progress until now. It looks great. That is some wonderful work you (and your dad) are doing.

Well thats cool there are multiply younger mopar enthusists around here :thumbup: so now with 2 jobs i hope i can save up the money soon to get those qt pannels. it doesnt help i have 2 projects now, i want parts for my daytona and cuda, but the cuda is getting 'dibs' on the money right now :D. I dont know why but after so long it like kicks my thread off the members list lineup, i dont know why so i figured id bring it back and update

and like everyone I NEED MORE MONEY haha:P

Nice looking Barracuda man....keep going and don't give up. That broken bolt looked like a pain the butt, I hate that! I broke off an exhaust bolt in the head just before putting the motor in my car, I was so mad. I went through about $20 in drill bits and finally had to call in an experienced friend to finish it off for me, I just didn't have the patience. He had a nice set of taps to finish the job.

Nice looking Barracuda man....keep going and don't give up. That broken bolt looked like a pain the butt, I hate that! I broke off an exhaust bolt in the head just before putting the motor in my car, I was so mad. I went through about $20 in drill bits and finally had to call in an experienced friend to finish it off for me, I just didn't have the patience. He had a nice set of taps to finish the job.


broken bolts are the worst. exhaust bolts are the worst of the worst. i have had to pull engines to get at them better.

speaking of cudas, how are both of yours coming along????

Well after all winter i finally sold my blazer and had enough to finally order quarters woohoo:cheers: So i got them in 2 weeks ago...all bent to heck so they were sent back. I started sanding some more on my fender last week but it was to cold out to add any filler so i just shaped it some more, i did notice working at a body shop and going to school has helped me out with shaping filler alot so i hope to get moving alot more then last summer :D Hopefully i'll get working on her again some time soon once it warms up a little more.

WOOHOO its finally warm out again so i can get working again :cheers:

anyways i got my quarter pannels in for the second time, look like a hail storm hit them, didnt wanna wait any longer so i said eh and took em. right now im redoing my transmission pan gasket(which i did last year) but it still leaks so im tracking that down, the shifter shaft seal is a PINA trying to do in the car. I"ll get picks of the quarters soon.

WOOHOO its finally warm out again so i can get working again :cheers:

anyways i got my quarter pannels in for the second time, look like a hail storm hit them, didnt wanna wait any longer so i said eh and took em. right now im redoing my transmission pan gasket(which i did last year) but it still leaks so im tracking that down, the shifter shaft seal is a PINA trying to do in the car. I"ll get picks of the quarters soon.

The replacement quarters they`re selling now are pretty low quality. I just went through the same thing as you. My quarters looked like they had cellulite. I `ve blocked them once and they`ll need to be done again. They should all be skim coated once installed. It would be so nice if a higher quality panel was available.

Jack.
I just read this entire thread. You're doing a fantastic job. Congratulations!!

George

thanks, :D well tonight i said screw it and couldnt get the new shifter shaft seal in so i dropped the trans its out now and the seal is in woohoo. Next is to try and figure out who to leak proof the fittings for the trans lines to tranny. then get everything back together and pray for no leaks, i sure nope none come about.

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Removed the trans last night to install the shifter shaft seal, and leak proof it up

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grilles all done and ready for paint

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why cant i find a inspection sheld to fit this, its a 904 and ive tried 4 different plates

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some idiot decided hey lets weld the u joint to the yoke...you serious

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$180 for business shipping and this is how they come :angry7:

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wavier then the ocean

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I hate rust

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now to make it stand like this while taking off :-D :-D 8)

sorry for the overly huge photos but i cant resize them, to bad it doesnt do it automatically. i hate it like this having to scroll over but so be it. Thanks for looking

glad to see progress jack!!! she is gonna have one rust free body when you get done. keep us posted.

Glad to see you back on it, Jack. When I first found this forum, it was this thread that motivated me to dig my notch out and start on it.

Looking forward to seeing more progress pics.

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$180 for business shipping and this is how they come :angry7:

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wavier then the ocean

Im not happy with paddock myself, I visited thier store in knightstown Indiana and they were out of stock on my brake line (shocking) so I paid there and they waived the shipping. A couple weeks later my brake lines arrive with the ends sticking out of the box with packing tape around them! WTF...They were not damaged but could have been! An ear full someone will recieve on my next visit!

is it just paddock that ships stuff so crappy, since i know everyone gets the parts(body pannels) from the same place in tiwan. and i can tell the dents were not from shipping they are from the plant or were dented before shipping. thoughts???:angry7:

is it just paddock that ships stuff so crappy, since i know everyone gets the parts(body pannels) from the same place in tiwan. and i can tell the dents were not from shipping they are from the plant or were dented before shipping. thoughts???:angry7:

I think everybody tosses them in a big box with little more than the box to protect them during shipping, but like you say, the dents are probably there before they even go in the box.

well added transmission fluid today and fired her up. noticed it still have a 'stuck lifer tick' to it restarted it a couple times and it eventually went away woohoo. i had a question plugs are black(very rich) same goes for the exhaust which way do the adjustment screws go on the stock 2bbl (carter right??) to lean it out some is it in or out, i dont remember. other then that it ran great :cheers: now i just need some warmer weather to throw some mroe filler on that dang fender so i can get her moving at night time for the cruises my favorite :).

O and did i mention i go to school for auto body, done for the summer and got a job at a body shop full time now.:-D

the screws are right=lean, left=rich. turn them out til highest rpm, then 1/4 turn in.

Good work on your Barracuda! It gives some inspiration to watch real projects grow with limited budgets rather than those on TV. Keep the pictures coming.

I seem to be delayed everytime I intend to start something on my 67 Barracuda 383/4spd, or my garage is filled with something else than my cars..

Your progress is a great inspiration, Jack, keep up the good work and the postings.

Kent, I am in the same boat with you. I found a '68 Barracuda fastback locally in May. I have been building out the shop inside my garage since last September (time is very limited), but it is coming along, despite periods of inactivity due to various unrelated circumstances. I will probably have the garage/shop ready by this September; however, I have been working on deciding how I want the car to be when it is done. I have been garnering all kinds of great info from this site and will soon start ordering the necessary parts.

I would like to do as Jack is doing by posting progress (or lack thereof) photos on the site to help others down the road.

Way to go, Jack.

You do great bodywork, a real credit to your skills, nice to see

Well guys i bought another cuda :D

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=47646

Mainly for parts right now though, honestly i feel bad since i didn't really do much to the 69 over the summer its amazing how time fly's, especially when you work all the time :(. Fender is still as last posted, not primed/finished

take your time its all worth it in the end.should be sweet.good luck bro.

i sure do like threads like this though... watch a old car come back to life...

-RPM

Somebody say no Barracudas for sale in South Dakota? Might check this one out.
http://ragtoproad.com/cars/69barracuda/morepix.html
It's hard to tell navigating the site if this one is actually sold or not.
You are making good progress, despite minor setbacks. They say it builds character....
alan627b

Somebody say no Barracudas for sale in South Dakota? Might check this one out.
http://ragtoproad.com/cars/69barracuda/morepix.html
It's hard to tell navigating the site if this one is actually sold or not.
You are making good progress, despite minor setbacks. They say it builds character....
alan627b
thanks for the link, its amazing to some would look at that and go awh ugly/pile of junk, i was going Dang thats in nice shape Id fix up the lil stuff, brakes, needs a belt, and daily drive that in the summer
:D

Somebody say no Barracudas for sale in South Dakota? Might check this one out.
http://ragtoproad.com/cars/69barracuda/morepix.html
It's hard to tell navigating the site if this one is actually sold or not.
You are making good progress, despite minor setbacks. They say it builds character....
alan627b

That car looks better than many here on the east coast.

Any progress lately?

after much delay, i finally worked on it, ya i know i was very lazy last summer with my new(er) car my daytona, but that is somewhat done now, and painted and all super straight(ya i know "why wouldnt you be working on your real car lol" heard that alot) anyways after much delay, my DRIVERS FENDER IS DONE, monday i'll take it to work(i work at a shop now btw) and prime it then thats done, well ready for blocking, then on to doors, door jams and all that other good stuff, next major thing will be putting my qt pannels on.


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Daytona: I have rims for it now just no tires
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well after 3 years, the fender is finally in primer, its in epoxy now, i'll be spray a high build primer on it tomorrow :-D. Not sure what i'll be doing next, id like to get the front end on and drive it around, maybe sand blast the jams of the doors soon too :-D

more to come!

and better pics too, i didnt bring my camera to work, this is from my phone

Glad to see your still at it Jack! I thought that you had disapeared from the site!

Good weather is coming....so get it to a point and drive it for a while.

yeah i did some what drift away from the site for a while but its summer again and im back :) The fender is just in epoxy on the last photo I primed it now with a blocking primer, also the grills are finished and in primer too! No camera, and my phone died so i'll be getting photo's soon :cheers: Maybe even put the front end on and DRIVE IT! 8)

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next is the front valance and header panel 8)

Picked up a bunch of parts earlier this week. Just some of the basic stuff

4 piston front brake setup for the cuda, what did this come on? i figured it would be only single piston stuff, pretty sweet though!

K frame, not sure what its from/what motor any help?

PS pump, brackets, chrome trim in good condition, a whole set of door pannels, a 4 speed bellhousing, a z bar, center console chrome plates, rear trim pannels for a cuda FB, filler neck, so much stuff, extra NEW body plugs and int. screws.:cheers: SUPER SCORE

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I need to prime my header pannel and front vilance pannel so i can put the front end on and drive it, thats next, also getting the bike running good

Also bought a 77 yamaha RD 400 last Thursday and turned 21 last Friday :-D

I have seen these 4 piston calipers on R/T cars my buddies 68' R/T Charger had 4 piston brake calipers.

AD

I have seen these 4 piston calipers on R/T cars my buddies 68' R/T Charger had 4 piston brake calipers.

AD

Very true, but A bodies used Kelsey Hayes, B bodies used Bendix, and C bodies used Budd for calipers. None of the 3 interchange between spindles.

Very true, but A bodies used Kelsey Hayes, B bodies used Bendix, and C bodies used Budd for calipers. None of the 3 interchange between spindles.


Sweet thanks for the info, i'll check soon, as of now im getting ready to sandblast the underside of my hood, i'll post pics tonight

First off, man these clips are a pain in the butt to take off and not break:

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Well didnt quite finish, i kept having to stop to let the air compressor catch up, ran out of sand too, also need new tips for the sand blaster, since they are now all gone. Should finish up tomorrow and probably prime friday. After that i'll strip the hood and start the body work

Hood is done, underside is dirty from dust. Now starting on front vilance, and going to blast the bumper supports, hood latch and other misc. parts probably do that tomorrow.
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The cuda ran for the first time this year today, fired right up took it outside and cleaned it up, next is to do the door jams

Put the hood on last night.
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What type of retainer goes in by the headlight bezel where the surrounding black piece screws in, hard to explain. Im talking about the two metal pieces that branch off of the headlight retainer/bucket.
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa268/1966dartwagon/DSCF0064.jpg

Wow this is looking real good!

Do you mean that goes in that square hole in your pic?

Front clip is looking good Jack.

Do you mean that goes in that square hole in your pic?

Front clip is looking good Jack.

Thanks everyone, god im slow at doing all of this but since I do bodywork all day i really dont wanna go home and do it some more.

The sq is for the headlight adjusters, im talking about the round holes that are in the tabs that come off of the headlight retainer ring

Thanks everyone, god im slow at doing all of this but since I do bodywork all day i really dont wanna go home and do it some more.

The sq is for the headlight adjusters, im talking about the round holes that are in the tabs that come off of the headlight retainer ring

springs???

Well the headlight surrounding bezel which is black goes on the car, and there are spots to put what i think is screws though the black bezel then go into those spots im talking about...but i have no idea what the clip would look like, maybe something like that license plate screws screw into??? but much smaller

Left work early and decided to pull the doors off my car, Im going to sand blast the jams, prime them then start on the outside.

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Well goddamn. Jack is still around! What have you been up to?

Well goddamn. Jack is still around! What have you been up to?

oh nothing much, still around mopars alot, just kinda shifting gears, I did a complete resto on my daytona last year while at auto body school, im also in the middle of kinda restoring a 77 yamaha RD400, I hope on here every once and a while to see whats going on, dont post much, but as last year. Good weather = must work on cars, and since I do bodywork now its much easier/faster, and since one car is done well now I will start working on this. Im like everyone, to many projects not enough time/money. But the cuda requires less money(since its mainly body work) so just time and I'll see what I can do about getting alot done this summer.

I was just cruising the Paddock Site i just found out they make inner wheel wells now woooooohooooo!

Hey Jack, just flipped thru some of your thread pretty cool and glad to see you back here, just an FYI, Paddock has gone tits up, they are in serious trouble, so dont give them any $$$. If you order, do it without giving them anything. Check some other threads on here about them.
Keep at 'er!!

4spd

Hey Jack, just flipped thru some of your thread pretty cool and glad to see you back here, just an FYI, Paddock has gone tits up, they are in serious trouble, so dont give them any $$$. If you order, do it without giving them anything. Check some other threads on here about them.
Keep at 'er!!

4spd

ah really thanks for the heads up! I'll look into it!

Finished my doors and hinges today, tomorrow I'll be taking them to work to epoxy prime them, along with a header pannel for my dads trailduster plow truck. I also stripped the truck chrome, took the tail lights out, then stripped the door jams of all the items along with the rear side marker lights. I think I may be working on the door jams this weekend, or maybe pulling the qt pannel out, it was hit on the right lower on the frame rail so we'll pull that out and get it fiting nice with the truck. Dont worry I'll take plenty of before and after photos! As already mentioned luckily I do body work and my dad does frame work so its perfect! I'll get photos up tomorrow when I prime the parts.

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Epoxy primed my doors and hinges, but forgot to bring my camera, should get pics tomorrow:-D

Started working on the exterior of the doors today after work, stripped all the crap paint off of them, then Fixed a couple dents then epoxy primed it, Tomorrow I'll be spraying on some filler primer then starting on the other door

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looks like the weather isnt going to cooperate either, suppose to rain all day tomorrow and sunday. I was going to pull the rear frame out and straighten the qt so i can get it ready to install the new qts but with the weather all crappy, I'm not going to roll it outside to put it on the frame machine :(

very nice work you have done. you have terrific body work skills.

More updates!

Today I resprayed the door I epoxy primed last night, going to block it tomorrow. As for the drivers door, I stripped it of the old paint and started from scratch.

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Drivers door:
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The picture doesnt do justice i couldnt get the right angle, but this is just another reason im starting from scratch, fixing others halfass work, this was just mudded up.
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Finished up the day by epoxy priming the drivers door, tomorrow i'll be respraying it to be blocked.
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Finally got both doors done both are home now, hindges are done too, now to prime the bolts so I can at least hang the doors so they are out of the way

I pulled the dash harness again, going to redo some stuff again, since last time I didnt use any shrink tubing just tape, going to respray the gauge console and stuff and perfect it, since I'm more picky now.

Man!! What a GREAT thread!! I started in on my car today, only had a few hours to start in on the piddle things to pull the motor/trans out.

Threads like this is whats giving me the motivation to tackle the car, again.

Job well done Jack!

Forgot to take pictures but I repulled the dash/gauges to redo a spot, and touch it up, do A lil more wirng work. Also completely cutted the car, all interior is in boxes and now ready to do those Quarters, but need to order wheel wells first. I noticed nobody makes trunk extensions. Has anyone tried using a 67+abody one, it states on year one that they will not work, can I Make them work(I can modify them so I guess i could) I just want it to look somewhat orginal not like I just put a flat piece of metal back there to make it work, I want it to at least have the drain holes and look correct.

I'll get pics ASAP

Lookin good Jack!! Love this thread!

Do you have rusty wheel wells or are you minitubbing it? Not sure if std a body trunk extensions will work since you have a small trunk.

Forgot to take pictures but I repulled the dash/gauges to redo a spot, and touch it up, do A lil more wirng work. Also completely cutted the car, all interior is in boxes and now ready to do those Quarters, but need to order wheel wells first. I noticed nobody makes trunk extensions. Has anyone tried using a 67+abody one, it states on year one that they will not work, can I Make them work(I can modify them so I guess i could) I just want it to look somewhat orginal not like I just put a flat piece of metal back there to make it work, I want it to at least have the drain holes and look correct.

I'll get pics ASAP

Auto Body Specialties has a trunk extension that will work beautifully. It will need a small amount of trimming. I replaced a pair on my 67 Barracuda convertible.

Auto Body Specialties has a trunk extension that will work beautifully. It will need a small amount of trimming. I replaced a pair on my 67 Barracuda convertible.

Thanks for the tip, I see its the same Part number as a later dart/duster So as it states and you did you, minor trimming that'll work for me! Now to order these too. Oh and Im not going to mini tube, It had crossed my mind, but after seeing that I'd have to modify the interior pannels and on top of that I have to relize what the car will really be for, Just cruising around, I mean sure I want it to have a warmed over motor but the older Im getting and the longer ive had the car I just come to be more 'realistic' on the hole thing, But still wanna go 4 speed and pistol grip!