Cuda_Al's Copper 1967 Barracuda Fastback
This is a car that was restored in 2008 and has been on the road as a weekend cruiser.
I got the car in 1985 from my grandparents whom purchased in new in 1966. The car was used as my daily driver on and off for about five years when I was finally in a position to restore the car (that was 1990), well life got in the way with the car completely taken apart.
Fast forward fifteen plus years later and I was in a better place and was able to get back to the car, over the next few years I worked on it till I was done in October 2008, a couple weeks before the Fall Fling.
At the time the original engine (that had been rebuilt twice already) was put in the car, it was opened up and new gaskets installed, cleaned up and made to look like new. It was fitted with the Commando intake and and all the correct parts to make it look like a factory Commando 273.
Not quite done.
Engine 1.2.2
The car ran hot from the moment it was first fired up, within days the oil pan was fill of water. A plan was hatched to pull the engine from the 67 Valiant I had at the time and put it in the Barracuda to make the show.
Engine 2.0
Max Heim showed up and helped with the final bits and on we went, yup that day 120 miles to the Fling.
Right away another engine I had recently acquired was cleaned up and put in the car, again a used engine but it was clean.
Engine 3.0
That engine was put in the car in April 2009 and has been in car ever since. In the time the car made a 2500 mile road trip into Oregon from California. Over the years it started to show its age and is way down on power so it is time for a proper build.
In 2010 I acquired a genuine retired CHP 1969 Polara, over the next 6-1/2 years my focus was on restoring that car, now that it is done I can focus my time (and money) on this.
At this time a forth engine was selected and the block and heads done, being standard is why we chose to go with it. My friend that is doing the assembly asked for me to paint the block and heads before we did the assembly, they will be painted again as an assembly.
I am fortunate that I have pretty much everything needed to do this and not take the Barracuda out of operation, brackets, pulleys etc. are being prepped ahead of time. This is essentially a stock build and I'm going back to the original 2bbl configuration.
We are using the Egge Commando pistons and the Mopar Performance purple cam, the idea with the pistons is to bring the compression up for better fuel economy.
If all goes well we should start the assembly within the week.
As always I have this and more on my website MrMopar.com!
Alan
This is a car that was restored in 2008 and has been on the road as a weekend cruiser.
I got the car in 1985 from my grandparents whom purchased in new in 1966. The car was used as my daily driver on and off for about five years when I was finally in a position to restore the car (that was 1990), well life got in the way with the car completely taken apart.
Fast forward fifteen plus years later and I was in a better place and was able to get back to the car, over the next few years I worked on it till I was done in October 2008, a couple weeks before the Fall Fling.
At the time the original engine (that had been rebuilt twice already) was put in the car, it was opened up and new gaskets installed, cleaned up and made to look like new. It was fitted with the Commando intake and and all the correct parts to make it look like a factory Commando 273.
Not quite done.
Engine 1.2.2
The car ran hot from the moment it was first fired up, within days the oil pan was fill of water. A plan was hatched to pull the engine from the 67 Valiant I had at the time and put it in the Barracuda to make the show.
Engine 2.0
Max Heim showed up and helped with the final bits and on we went, yup that day 120 miles to the Fling.
Right away another engine I had recently acquired was cleaned up and put in the car, again a used engine but it was clean.
Engine 3.0
That engine was put in the car in April 2009 and has been in car ever since. In the time the car made a 2500 mile road trip into Oregon from California. Over the years it started to show its age and is way down on power so it is time for a proper build.
In 2010 I acquired a genuine retired CHP 1969 Polara, over the next 6-1/2 years my focus was on restoring that car, now that it is done I can focus my time (and money) on this.
At this time a forth engine was selected and the block and heads done, being standard is why we chose to go with it. My friend that is doing the assembly asked for me to paint the block and heads before we did the assembly, they will be painted again as an assembly.
I am fortunate that I have pretty much everything needed to do this and not take the Barracuda out of operation, brackets, pulleys etc. are being prepped ahead of time. This is essentially a stock build and I'm going back to the original 2bbl configuration.
We are using the Egge Commando pistons and the Mopar Performance purple cam, the idea with the pistons is to bring the compression up for better fuel economy.
If all goes well we should start the assembly within the week.
As always I have this and more on my website MrMopar.com!
Alan
