Father Son 65 Barracuda

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I went to my local NAPA store and looked at the swatches for silver metallic. Just basically picked one I liked. My dad has used NAPA auto paint to paint all of our cars. I made sure to look at them in the sunlight so I could get a good idea of the color.
 
I took the painted rear vent rubber to get a paint match and was suprised that they put a shot of green in the mix..still wasnt a match, too light. But from what I can tell, your paint is pretty much the same color as mine. Ill have to check out Napa and see if they can mix me up an oz. I got a few spots I could go over again..
 
Still moving along on rebuild. Cleaning parts then installing it. Time consuming but worth it. Got my new tires and wheels put on tonight. Now it looks so much better.

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Another update. We have slowed a little with work and life but still making some headway. Interior is coming along and the engine has been set in place and a few other things are done. It's like a big jigsaw puzzle now putting it all back together.

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Looking good!
Will be driving it in no time!
 
We are in the homestretch. Car is down off the rack. All the electrical is done and actually working and the exhaust is installed. The start up party is this weekend. Sure hope that goes well. After that is interior and any last minute adjustments. I cant wait to hear this little 273 come to life.

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When you get it going, post up a video of that little 273 purring!!!
 
Its alive. After some ignition problems it started right up. Gonna break it in nice and slow. Sounds pretty good for first time in about 30 years. Will load a couple videos if I can figure out how.
 
We moved it outside under it's own power to sit in the sun for a bit. Really looking good. We are working on the carpet and the rest of the interior. I will say that little 273 sounds really strong.

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Looks great! Just my opinion, and I know it wouldn't be stock....but the center grill is just screaming bloody murder to be semi gloss black! Y'all have done a very nice job on that little Barracuda. :thumbsup:
 
The back is complete. Didn't go too bad. It was just like putting a puzzle together. Not much left now. Did have some starter problems as in we broke 2 of them. Figured out the drain bolt wasn't in far enough so the starter was coming around and smacking it pretty hard. Few other bugs but I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.

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