I've started working on my 65 Barracuda. The plan is to make an Altered Wheelbase early Funny Car, that I can drive on the street. And go pretty quick at the drag strip. Like, high 8s, if all goes well. Motivation is Hot Rod Drag Week, which I've participated in for several years.
The plan for the drivetrain is a blown Hemi, with an automatic trans and Dana 60 rear. It will have a dropped axle up front.
Here's a photoshop by one of the guys on the HAMB. The car will have paint and lettering, and sit up higher than this in the front. And a blower poking out just in front of the windshield.
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The raw material. A nice solid southwest car, that probably should have been restored, but no one else bought it, so I figured I ought to. I took just about everything out of the car, but left the chassis alone. I intend to cut the body off the floor and firewall. There won't be much left of the body, just the roof, quarters, rear panel, and door openings.
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Follow along as I figure out how to make this work. It won't be easy.
