1969 'cuda 383 4-speed

i have to say, with all the goofyness still on graveyard carz, i'm very glad this show is on. from a TV business perspective, graveyard carz must be drawing enough viewers to keep the show going. even though it is a low-cost "reality" show, it would not have lasted this long if no one was watching. it appears that there must be enough die-hard mopar collectors or fans that really enjoy the show and tune in each week for the ratings to stay in that "lets keep filming" range. and, of course, i do enjoy looking at all the mopars in all the stages of restoration. further, the more commercially successful shows like this are, the more the positive "ripple effects" to various vendors for these shows. i am familiar with most of the sub-vendors mark uses (like the dash guys) but each week pick up at least one new reference from his on-camera discussions. and.... when i started restoring my 68, i would have never considered tearing the car apart down to the bare body shell like worman does. i still would never attempt that by myself but i can see how one could try to do this alone based upon all the filming stages graveyard carz has shown. i think a collector could follow worman's procedures by making a list of sub-contractors in the area where they lived and if there were enough of these restoration shops in your area, you could probably do a full body off restoration.

i have a second barracuda - a 69 383 4 sp fastback S that i am starting on now. i think i might try to do some of worman's steps and farm out some of the work to a few local shops. i think if i send my car to a local engine/trans shop to have the motor and trans pulled then send the car to a glass shop and have them remove the windshield and back glass. after that, i will probably take the chrome and trime off myself .. and then send the body to a regular body shop for paint and repair.

my 68 took me over 2600 hours to get it to probably a level 2 restoration level. that was a LOT of work to do by myself. i'm learing a lot watching graveyard carz and as i said, i'm glad that show is on and is apparently doing well.