Another Mopar Off My Bucket List - Barracuda Fastback
Normally I'm excited when I see another Dodge Charger pull up in front of our house. Today it made me nervous. As I was working in the garage Teresa came out and said there was a police car out front. When I turned around and looked, - sure enough. Lights flashing and all.
I figured they were probably here to complain about the funnycar. Teresa ran back inside the house because she didn't want to have to deal with it. I thought I'd meet the officer half way so I headed out the garage door. Boy, was I relieved! This time they weren't here for me - they had someone pulled over on the street out front.
As far as the car goes, I spent the day measuring, buying steel, cutting steel, and getting everything ready for welding tomorrow. I even cut the parts for the floor supports and the driveshaft loop. I also spent some time sanding down some of the high spots on the roof fiberglass. My patchwork has made it rigid but it still needs a lot of re-shaping. One of the things I measured was for an escape hatch. Putting one in would probably take care of 3/4 of the roof distortion.
The square tubing doesn't look like much yet. It's just rough cut to length. Each piece still needs to be ground, reshaped, and re-cut. I used some of the old rectangular pieces that were cut out as props that I'll need to hold the new steel in place as it's being tacked up.
I would have gotten farther but my welding lead doesn't reach far enough. Tomorrow I'll have to use a jack to slide the car over and roll it partway into the garage.
Normally I'm excited when I see another Dodge Charger pull up in front of our house. Today it made me nervous. As I was working in the garage Teresa came out and said there was a police car out front. When I turned around and looked, - sure enough. Lights flashing and all.
I figured they were probably here to complain about the funnycar. Teresa ran back inside the house because she didn't want to have to deal with it. I thought I'd meet the officer half way so I headed out the garage door. Boy, was I relieved! This time they weren't here for me - they had someone pulled over on the street out front.
As far as the car goes, I spent the day measuring, buying steel, cutting steel, and getting everything ready for welding tomorrow. I even cut the parts for the floor supports and the driveshaft loop. I also spent some time sanding down some of the high spots on the roof fiberglass. My patchwork has made it rigid but it still needs a lot of re-shaping. One of the things I measured was for an escape hatch. Putting one in would probably take care of 3/4 of the roof distortion.
The square tubing doesn't look like much yet. It's just rough cut to length. Each piece still needs to be ground, reshaped, and re-cut. I used some of the old rectangular pieces that were cut out as props that I'll need to hold the new steel in place as it's being tacked up.
I would have gotten farther but my welding lead doesn't reach far enough. Tomorrow I'll have to use a jack to slide the car over and roll it partway into the garage.
