Recent content by Cuda Al

The original poster is talking about a convertible. ALL 67-69 Barracuda/Dart convertibles use the same gasket, the convertible gasket uses the plastic lock strip on all three years. There are a couple different options that I have heard people talk about. no experience with either. A. Use the...

Are the bolt center the same as the ring gear center? No, so useless. Alan

Not on mine, (hood was just cleaned here) Alan

Here are pictures of my 67 Barracudas original blackout. It was sprayed from under the car with no masking. Alan

I get mine at the local NAPA Alan

You should be able to just use the different coil with no changes. Alan

You are going to get some long winded responses. The ignition and charging are not (directly) related. You can put a 4-pin module one a 5-pin system (dual ballast) You cannot put a 5-pin module on a 4-pin system (single ballast) Alan

This is something that may have varied from year to year. Here are some NOS ones 2862364 1968 Valiant Phosphate and yellow zinc with a natural rivet 299074 1969 Satellite All Phosphate with a natural rivet 2765531 1966 Charger Phosphate and yellow zinc with a natural rivet 3739874 1972...

For the most part this brings me up to current, this weekend I'll start on the disassembly to pull the engine. Once the engine (and everything else) is removed I'm going to have the engine compartment repainted. As I'm putting a new k-member in the install will be bottoms up. Alan

No, you never know when you may need a spare. It is hard to say when or if these will ever be reproduced. I saw this coming from over four cars, I thought it was coming through the glass. Not little gravel, just glad it didn't hit paint. Alan

Once again back to the engine. By now I have all the parts back from the machine shop and have acquired everything else that I should need. Overall the build went smooth. It is for the most part a stock build, not going to cover in detail. First up was to clean all the oil passages with long...

On the way home from Oregon the car got hit with a pretty good size rock, I have a new windshield, still need to have it installed. Northern California, Avenue of the Giants Alan

Back in Oregon on its second trip. Alan

I've had the car at a few Cars and Coffee, this was the first one my friend had his 68 there. The 68 is a 340 4-speed survivor, original paint, original interior (original engine in storage). Alan

Next up was the Mopar Alley show in Cupertino. I met up with Max there with his fastback. At the show was a very nice (rare) 67 383 GTS convertible. Alan