Ugly Bastard.. 67 Barracuda Notch

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70DartMike

70DartMike

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Well, after 2 years abandoned in the garage by me, and 22 years abandoned by the previous owner in a garage after years of being raced, the Cuda is back to life.

It's a 1967 Barracuda notch, originally a /6 auto, white bench interior, blue exterior. The interior is now white buckets with console, and the exterior is maroon. Now has a early 70's 360, 727, 8 3/4 with 3.91 SG, 26" radiator, tranny cooler, and big bolt discs up front with sway bar. Looking it over, the car has a 340 K frame with the welded washer, the 360 has J heads, an Edelbrock LD4B intake, a Holley 750 double pumper, a re curved distributor, M/T valve covers, a Mopar Purple cam shaft, etc. The 727 has a manual valve body, and the 3.91 is a 742 case.
One of the corners of the carb mount area was broken off the LD4B, so I replaced it with an Edelbrock RPM I had laying around. I robbed the distributor and M/T valve covers for the 340 in my Dart. I sold the rallye's off the rear and put on a pair of Cragar's to keep it a roller.
I bought a few fenders, dual exhaust cut out rear valence, turn signal housings, and other parts from a guy just outside Seattle. I traded a friend some parts for a set of front bumper brackets, headlight bezels (undented!), and front valence.
When I bought the car, it came with a spare NOS trunk lid, NOS doors, and an extra hood from a 1968 with the 340 S inserts. I swapped the trunk lid over recently, and plan on doing the hood soon since the one on it is tweaked a bit. I put the front end together today.

Here's pics from when I bought it..

























Here's the thread from when I brought it home..

http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=143786
 
I had Carmen in the Valiant and me in the Cuda with a chain running from K frame to K frame. Carmen backed the Valiant down the driveway while I steering the car out of the garage. The only work I did to the car while in that garage for 2 years was change the timing chain to a double roller.
Got it running when out of the garage by swapping gas tanks, rebuilding the Holley, and cleaning the varnish out of the fuel pump. Everything was packed full of varnish! Changed the coil and ballast resistor, and it fired up! I had it running so good, I drove it down the street and around the block.

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I fired it up yesterday, but couldn't get it to idle properly. I opened the hood to discover fuel pouring out of every joint in the Holley. Apparently I can't rebuild a carb, this is the 2nd Holley I've rebuilt and the 2nd that leaks. So I swapped over an Edelbrock carb I had on my 65 Fargo. No more leaks and the car idles properly.
Over the last few days I mounted the front bumper, headlight buckets, headlight bezels, remote mirror, door handles, NOS trunk lid, and better trunk trim.

The plan is to get it road worthy so I can drive it to the house Carmen and I are buying, and then go from there. I have a plan in mind to give this a cool 70's paint scheme, wide rims out back, etc.

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The door panels are trashed, so I spray bombed a pair of red Duster door panels I had. They're way too bright for the rest of the car.



I pulled the passenger seat and back seat out to remove the carpet and check out the floor. Found the dead rat under the seat who chewed up my build sheet..
Annnd discovered my floor. Yikes! Not as solid as I hoped. Good thing my wire feed is full.







 
I think those seats are from a 67 Dart...how about pics from the bottom or back side?
 
Slap some headers,on it. Easy mid 12's . Nothing ugly,about any 67-69 Cuda notchie. Best of luck.
 
I have a 67 notchback too.....seeing this thread makes me want to go hug mine.

have you hugged your mopar today?.....I really do.

that's cool how you used a mopar to help another mopar out of the garage. I like that trusty valiant too
 
nice project. I'll be watching the thread :)
 
Looks good from here...All cars have to start somewhere. Hows the metal in the trunk
 
Wow!! How did I missed this Mike, I will be keeping an eye on this cool ride, I had no idea
you had this stashed away :thumblef: I hope a tech jumps in here and decodes the plate for you and I agree, the seat is from Dodge Dart 67/68.
 
ugly man you have to be looking in the mirro they made funny cars bodys out of them wen I was raceing.hell we had one of the first ones around the DC area...had it on order a yr.befre they hit the street because you could not race any car that wasn't a production car.as far as that goes all the race parts you have now we ran agenst most or all the guys that was just a name back then.( vic rob keth john don Kenny jim& marv)hell I cant remember all ther names.the ones that arnt in bessness's R pro racers now sum are retired and most not around any more.( Iloved them all like brothers)that's y I get hartbroken to see sum of thes post......hop I havet steped on any toes.thanks for the rant with tirs in my eys I will let you alone.....I sume times start typing be for I read.......................Artie ( ps our car was the black magic car if you want to cheak one mre thing IM sure you hav seen.our car the I think was the ether the charger or damcant remember mybe the Omni) first car to do a fire burn out and if you haven seen that your ether dead or haven't been born yet..haha.....in factwe started the promod as you know it.back then it was call the (wild bunch)it was 5 of us.ya thay talked me in to a chevy.but at lest it had a reall motor in it...hell im not evn shor of that any more..........I will let you alone now.thanks artie
 
Thanks everyone. Ugly Bastard was due to multicolored and rusty. I love the look of the notch 67/68 Cuda, don't get me wrong.

Scamper asked me for a video of it running in the other thread, so here's one I took today. I pull on the drivers quarter to show how bad it is. It may look ok, but it's rough.

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I hate show cars the first car show I went to was in 1970 and got in a lot of fites.and got kik out in the DC area world of wheels.it was called bak then..? now its hard to tell what its called would go back but,would have to take my sun..haha with me.....went to the first show mopar show in ohio..don't remember the yr.same thing I thut I was at the worlds biggest chry.deler..ha was I wrong I was getting ing and out of sum of thos cars about the 5th hemi car I got in and was reving it up doing burn outs and every thing els.ot only the owner but the cops were ther looking at me.with guns drune and cocked going to shout me.damit boy......scared me to death.they seaid thay would have shot me sooner but thay couldn't keep up with meeeeeeeeeee wow I thout my girlfreds husben cut up with us.....you know her as linda von then she was clled ready!!! now I here shes miss hurst and I know now her husband stated the co.mmman what a women.....but that's another storie.ooooothats funny,now im setting here thinking about calling her shoooooooew.I ddont even know wat wapened to her or were shes at....I still see here in sum of my sons books now and the.I tell my boy about her and he used to laf tell he got older and I showed him sume pic.then he hug them in the shop got them blown up sum how..tell patsy seen them and I thut she was going to burn the shop down she gave my sun two chouces take them down and give them to her ORRRRRRRRRRRR)she would get them down her way....and she had the torch in her hand already let torch my son laft at her and said youd be lucky to stik a macth let alone a torch.ooooomy I wished he didn't sathat..by that time she had the black sut flying............shoooooooooooooo so much for that I don't remember what I was talking about ill think about it..........tomarrow Artie
 
Well, I put 1 day insurance on it and it runs pretty good. It pulls hard through all the gears, however when I stopped at the gas station I noticed something dripping underneath, quite heavy. Turns out there is tranny fluid pouring out of the bellhousing, soo the front seal blew out? I guess I'll pull the tranny when I get the car to our new house. Damn, I was having fun too.
 
Here's the proof I had it out today. Stopped at a friends to help him pull parts from a 63 Valiant wagon, and then stopped at Joe's.



 
Decoded the fender tag.

CAR: Plymouth Barracuda 2 Door Hardtop
ENGINE: 225cid Slant Six
TRANSMISSION: 3-Speed Automatic
TIRES: 6.95x14 White Sidewall
MODEL YEAR: 1967
BUILD DATE: May 01.
AXLE: 2.94 Rear Axle Ratio
INTERIOR: High Trim Grade, Vinyl Bench Seats. White on Black Interior.
PAINT: Bright Blue Metallic (Dodge, Plymouth), Mediterranean Blue Metallic (Chrysler).
OTHER: Black (Dodge, Plymouth), Formal Black (Chrysler, Imperial) Upper Door Frame Color.

MOLDINGS:

ABC OPTIONS:
M2: Assembly plant: Hamtrack
R1: AM Radio

abc OPTIONS:
w6: Build to Spec's for Canada


Built May 1, cool. Seems to be pretty low optioned, though I do like the colour, blue on white/black interior.
 
2 ways to approach that trans fluid leak. If you have all the tools required to pull the trans, fine. That will likely get the ride back on the road sooner.
If you think it would be easier to pull the engine and sit on the K member while replacing that seal be forewarned.... Pulling the engine for any reason can lead to front suspension rebuild, engine bay detail, and more.
 
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