My M-Code Cuda is finally getting worked on

jimharvard said:

hey bob...

if you live close to bartlesville maybe you ran across jim ballenger who used to own my yellow m car. jim had a mopar garage and speed shop in bartlesville and he also had a brush and tree cutting service. he closed those activities for a while but both his shop and brush service is up and running again. i think his shop is called Ballenger Speed shop and if you get to bartlesville maybe you could look him up. here's a pic of jim and the old cuda at the local drag strip out by you ...

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Don`t know how I missed all that. Well like I said, I don`t get around much anymore!

jim ballenger posted an "action photo" of my 69 cuda when he had it and was still running it at the track. he told me that it was still turning high 10's with the race 440 that was in it.

i'm fixing up my "restoration garage" to start on the car for this winter. i'll be posting some pics as i progress. i think a spring time completion schedule should be doable... i hope to be cruising in the only "4 speed M-Code Cuda" when the sun comes out again in pittsburgh.

here's the action photo from jim :

Excited to see your build pics!

i purchased a second "flip house" to use as a storage facility for various tools and remolding items i've accumulated. the house has a large single car garage and me and my carpenter have been working on the garage for the last two weeks. it's going to be a "race car man cave" with white walls, red racing stripes on the walls and black and white checker board floor. this is where the M Cuda is going for the winter so i can start putting it together.

i'll be posting some pics of the garage in the next several days. once i get the car moved in and the place set-up for the winter's work, i'll post a pic of where i'll be spending my "cold winter nights." i have already gathered about 90% of all the parts i need for this build. i can't wait to get settled in and begin.

pics in a few days!!

jimharvard said:

i saw two notch back m cudas for sale last year. one was a roller with no drive train that had the entire left rear quarter smashed - and then cut off. the other one was here on FABO. it was a pretty rough car but complete. however, it did not have the original drive train and had fenderwell headers. i think the guy was asking around $20k for it. the m cars only show up at big buck auctions. they are very hard to find at prices most people could afford.

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That Green M code hardtop actually had the original block in it.

jimharvard said:

jim ballenger posted an "action photo" of my 69 cuda when he had it and was still running it at the track. he told me that it was still turning high 10's with the race 440 that was in it.

i'm fixing up my "restoration garage" to start on the car for this winter. i'll be posting some pics as i progress. i think a spring time completion schedule should be doable... i hope to be cruising in the only "4 speed M-Code Cuda" when the sun comes out again in pittsburgh.

here's the action photo from jim :

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This musta been when I was in California, I can usually remember the cars of my era, and don`t remember this one.