67 barracuda notchback restoration
Ok, so i put the cart before the horse so to speak. I went to my local police auction about 6 months prior to buying the barracuda. I was looking for a mopar either parts car or project car. Whichever bodyline i bought would probably determine what i would be building. I found a 1974 dodge dart. Hood wouldent pop, no biggie i looked underneath and saw a Y pipe and knew it had at least a 318, and BBP disc brakes. Carpet was torn out long ago so the sheetmetal floors were in perfect condition. Only had a 7&1/4 in the back. Oh well i cant have everything. The gavel dropped at $400. Now i had a parts car lol.
At this point an A body project was in my sights. Already determined prior that a B body was out of my reach but at the police auction anything was possible so i was still holding out hope but the only thing that was there was the dart. It had all the V8 and disc brake conversion parts in one spot and decent floor pans which i knew i would probably need anyways.
At that point i found the forlorn 67 barracuda and started to cut up the dart. I stripped it out for everything i would need including K frame, floor pan, and transmission crossmember, sold what was sellable and scrapped the rest.
I used spotweld cutters to seperate the floor from the rocker panels and crossmember this way i could reuse both pieces. A barracuda is a 108" wheelbase. Its a shorter floorpan than the dart. But that length is taken up at the back of the pan so i will need cut the dart pan short at the back and make 1 non stock seam. I figured $400 for a whole car with a lot of what i need or can sell to recoup my money verses a new AMD crossmember and correct length floorpan at over $600 plus truck freight. I will do the sweat equity and make the dart floorpan fit.
Ok, so i put the cart before the horse so to speak. I went to my local police auction about 6 months prior to buying the barracuda. I was looking for a mopar either parts car or project car. Whichever bodyline i bought would probably determine what i would be building. I found a 1974 dodge dart. Hood wouldent pop, no biggie i looked underneath and saw a Y pipe and knew it had at least a 318, and BBP disc brakes. Carpet was torn out long ago so the sheetmetal floors were in perfect condition. Only had a 7&1/4 in the back. Oh well i cant have everything. The gavel dropped at $400. Now i had a parts car lol.
At this point an A body project was in my sights. Already determined prior that a B body was out of my reach but at the police auction anything was possible so i was still holding out hope but the only thing that was there was the dart. It had all the V8 and disc brake conversion parts in one spot and decent floor pans which i knew i would probably need anyways.
At that point i found the forlorn 67 barracuda and started to cut up the dart. I stripped it out for everything i would need including K frame, floor pan, and transmission crossmember, sold what was sellable and scrapped the rest.
I used spotweld cutters to seperate the floor from the rocker panels and crossmember this way i could reuse both pieces. A barracuda is a 108" wheelbase. Its a shorter floorpan than the dart. But that length is taken up at the back of the pan so i will need cut the dart pan short at the back and make 1 non stock seam. I figured $400 for a whole car with a lot of what i need or can sell to recoup my money verses a new AMD crossmember and correct length floorpan at over $600 plus truck freight. I will do the sweat equity and make the dart floorpan fit.
