Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
Once again I figured I should transfer some of the pictures off of the Member Photo Gallery page to a spot that might be more appropriate.
There have always been cars that I dreamed of owning 'some day'. My list is pretty long and I know I'm never going to have a chance to own them all (especially all at the same time). But every now and then I've been fortunate enough to be able to check a few off from that list.
Ever since the days of the HEMI UNDER GLASS and Sox & Martin, I'd dreamed of owning a fastback Barracuda. - Either 1st or 2nd generation. I always figured they must have been pretty rare because I couldn't remember ever seeing any on the streets growing up. - Lots of B-bodies, E-bodies, Darts and Dusters, but no fastback 'Cudas that I could remember.
So anyway, one day while I was scouring the 'net for Charger parts I came across an eBay listing for a '67 fastback. Despite the fact I already had a few projects in the works, I couldn't help myself and put a bid in on it. It looked pretty good in the pictures and was supposed to be "capable of being driven home". I'm located in Nebraska and it was in Texas. This would be the second car we'd have gone down south to get.
From the pictures it appeared that the car needed very little. - Mainly interior issues. I messaged the owner and despite the fact he couldn't give me much background on the vehicle, said it ran great. Apparently he had purchased it from a government auction in Nevada. It had been confiscated in a drug conviction case. He had bought it to 'flip' it.
I did win the auction. - And at a price that I felt was reasonable. Now all I had to do was get it home. At first I had thought about driving it back, but we had bought a really nice open car trailer a few months earlier and figured we might as well use it. It's a good thing we did. By the time we made it to where the car was it was dark. And the first thing the owner told us was that he had 'bad news'. 'For some unknown reason the lights (all of them) had stopped working earlier that day'. Although the 'sudden' light problem was suspicious, the car looked pretty good. I was so eager to finally have a fastback Barracuda that I didn't bother bitching about it. We loaded it up and headed home.
Backup lights are missing lenses and rear trim needs detailed.
Just back from trip to Texas, - haven't had much of a chance to look the car over in daylight 'til now.
The trailer worked flawlessly. Other than a drive that was way too long we did pretty well.
Online purchases are always a little spooky. The car looked much better in pictures than it did after we got there to pick it up. - Still, all in all a pretty solid car especially for 45 years old.
Spence and I went together on the purchase of this sliding axle trailer. The aluminum box houses the hydraulic pump, tie-downs, and jack. No need for trailer ramps because the rear of the trailer lowers to the ground as the axles move forward. I built a front 'gravel shield' on the trailer out of aluminum deck plate to protect our cars from whatever the tow vehicle might kick up.
Not too bad in the pics, but it needs a lot of work.
It's been years since I've seen one of these on the road. And apparently the first time for a lot of people. Whenever we stopped for gas someone would inevitably ask us what the heck it was.
I thought I was getting a car to drive 'as-is' but I'm afraid it's gonna be another project vehicle.
Interior had been re-upholstered, but missing lots of trim and needing dash rebuilt.
You've heard of Frankenstein and the Bride of Frankenstein. I think this must be the Steering Wheel Cover of Frankenstein. This steering wheel cover has got to go.
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Once again I figured I should transfer some of the pictures off of the Member Photo Gallery page to a spot that might be more appropriate.
There have always been cars that I dreamed of owning 'some day'. My list is pretty long and I know I'm never going to have a chance to own them all (especially all at the same time). But every now and then I've been fortunate enough to be able to check a few off from that list.
Ever since the days of the HEMI UNDER GLASS and Sox & Martin, I'd dreamed of owning a fastback Barracuda. - Either 1st or 2nd generation. I always figured they must have been pretty rare because I couldn't remember ever seeing any on the streets growing up. - Lots of B-bodies, E-bodies, Darts and Dusters, but no fastback 'Cudas that I could remember.
So anyway, one day while I was scouring the 'net for Charger parts I came across an eBay listing for a '67 fastback. Despite the fact I already had a few projects in the works, I couldn't help myself and put a bid in on it. It looked pretty good in the pictures and was supposed to be "capable of being driven home". I'm located in Nebraska and it was in Texas. This would be the second car we'd have gone down south to get.
From the pictures it appeared that the car needed very little. - Mainly interior issues. I messaged the owner and despite the fact he couldn't give me much background on the vehicle, said it ran great. Apparently he had purchased it from a government auction in Nevada. It had been confiscated in a drug conviction case. He had bought it to 'flip' it.
I did win the auction. - And at a price that I felt was reasonable. Now all I had to do was get it home. At first I had thought about driving it back, but we had bought a really nice open car trailer a few months earlier and figured we might as well use it. It's a good thing we did. By the time we made it to where the car was it was dark. And the first thing the owner told us was that he had 'bad news'. 'For some unknown reason the lights (all of them) had stopped working earlier that day'. Although the 'sudden' light problem was suspicious, the car looked pretty good. I was so eager to finally have a fastback Barracuda that I didn't bother bitching about it. We loaded it up and headed home.
Backup lights are missing lenses and rear trim needs detailed.
Just back from trip to Texas, - haven't had much of a chance to look the car over in daylight 'til now.
The trailer worked flawlessly. Other than a drive that was way too long we did pretty well.
Online purchases are always a little spooky. The car looked much better in pictures than it did after we got there to pick it up. - Still, all in all a pretty solid car especially for 45 years old.
Spence and I went together on the purchase of this sliding axle trailer. The aluminum box houses the hydraulic pump, tie-downs, and jack. No need for trailer ramps because the rear of the trailer lowers to the ground as the axles move forward. I built a front 'gravel shield' on the trailer out of aluminum deck plate to protect our cars from whatever the tow vehicle might kick up.
Not too bad in the pics, but it needs a lot of work.
It's been years since I've seen one of these on the road. And apparently the first time for a lot of people. Whenever we stopped for gas someone would inevitably ask us what the heck it was.
I thought I was getting a car to drive 'as-is' but I'm afraid it's gonna be another project vehicle.
Interior had been re-upholstered, but missing lots of trim and needing dash rebuilt.
You've heard of Frankenstein and the Bride of Frankenstein. I think this must be the Steering Wheel Cover of Frankenstein. This steering wheel cover has got to go.
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