Wheeler Dealers 65 Barracuda

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I enjoyed watching it. I watch wheeler dealers quite a bit actually. Pretty cool to watch. I dont find the host annoying at all. I bet the camry was a fully tubbed and tubed LS powered drag car in stock sheetmetal.
 
the managed to recreate a iconic car with a modern engine and be a full second slower then the King was...impressive
 
They replicated a car with a tragic history. I wonder if they're aware of the memories it would invoke in Richard...probably not.
Petty's garage already built a replica of the original one, hemi and all. I saw it rockingham mopar show last year. I think Richard is just fine with it
 
I ain't too sure of those two guys!!!!! They hold hands!!!
Oh well.
Seems that when I watch their show, they spend X amount of dollars, he spends 40-60 hours on it, and they sell it for what they paid plus parts/. Guess they make their $$ off the show. ( like us its their HOBBY!!)/????/
 
I ain't too sure of those two guys!!!!! They hold hands!!!
Oh well.
Seems that when I watch their show, they spend X amount of dollars, he spends 40-60 hours on it, and they sell it for what they paid plus parts/. Guess they make their $$ off the show. ( like us its their HOBBY!!)/????/

Gotta give off that "good guy paying it forward" vibe. Plus like you said, it's all about making a good show, not for the profit.
 
I don’t think Richard is all that good with it. The original car sat behind the race shop till they sold it and all the inventory. I believe he still will not talk about it or the car.
 
I don’t think Richard is all that good with it. The original car sat behind the race shop till they sold it and all the inventory. I believe he still will not talk about it or the car.

Petty built a 2nd 43 Jr. Barracuda a few months after the tragedy and raced it for the rest of the season and well into 1966, jumping between stock cars and drag racing.

The number one car was dug up and given to a friend.
 
They replicated a car with a tragic history. I wonder if they're aware of the memories it would invoke in Richard...probably not.

I was actually there that day in Dallas Ga. on the same side but closer to the line, didn't actually see it go into the crowd though.
 
this is definitely not what my NASCAR buddies tell me and they are not just regular fans, they spot and hang out afterward in the garage. I have had employers sponsor to rub elbow's with other major sponsors to get work. these folks all talk and the talk is The King was so distraught he will not talk about it. when Kyle sold the shop out, the car went with it and Richard had nothing to say about it.

Petty crashed #1 'cuda in February '65. in June of the same year he won his class at the Spring Nationals in Bristol in the # 2 43 Jr. It's fairly well documented.

Petty dug up #1 and gave it to a friend when they were expanding the shop.
 
43jr. # 1 remains are sitting in a Mopar junkyard in NC. It wouldn't be recognizable as a 65 Barracuda to anyone other than people like most of us.
 
I saw the first Barracuda episode, and plan to watch the second one tomorrow night. I think Richard will always associate that car with tragedy, and understandably so. I met him at SEMA this year, and although I was hesitant to do so, I called his attention to my '65 Barracuda that was on display at Stewart Warner's exhibit. Although he responded with a very low-key "That's nice", I immediately thought I should not have done that.
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Just seen this episode last night on UK TV!
Liking the build quality of the car very much, but should have gone faster with all those 'modern' toys...:steering:
I ran a 440ci Dart with a 727 and a Ford nine incher, into the MID TENS all day long.:thankyou:

Great program when it started out with Big EDD, proper mechanic doing 'real work' on British classics.

Not sure you guys like us limeys, teaching you 'to suck eggs' over in the US of A!:mob:

From what I can gather the original 43jr Cuda was badly built and a 'throw together' sort of set-up, unlike the wonderfully built Nascars of the mid 60's!
 
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43jr. # 1 remains are sitting in a Mopar junkyard in NC. It wouldn't be recognizable as a 65 Barracuda to anyone other than people like most of us.

got pictures? show us where the junk yard is on a map. post the address. go there and get video.
 
got pictures? show us where the junk yard is on a map. post the address. go there and get video.

And you need to know all of that...why? The junkyard is not really open to the public, and the owners are sort of touchy about people taking pictures and video. The man who started the junkyard passed away years ago, and he and Richard were indeed, good friends. His descendants will let people in to browse and buy things....if someone they know and trust will vouch for you. That's how I got in there about 10 years ago. They wrote my name down in a ledger they keep of who has visited and been allowed in. 43jr #1 is definitely in there, but all it is, is a pile of scrap metal with some Petty blue paint still on it in places. Between the wreck, being scrapped out and buried, and then dug back up and hauled a hundred miles away and deposited behind a junkyard shed....you have to look REALLY hard to recognize any 65 Barracuda structure or resemblance. It was in the Barn Finds column in Hot Rod Magazine several years ago, but like me....the author respects the privacy of those folks and honors their wishes.
 
And you need to know all of that...why? The junkyard is not really open to the public, and the owners are sort of touchy about people taking pictures and video. The man who started the junkyard passed away years ago, and he and Richard were indeed, good friends. His descendants will let people in to browse and buy things....if someone they know and trust will vouch for you. That's how I got in there about 10 years ago. They wrote my name down in a ledger they keep of who has visited and been allowed in. 43jr #1 is definitely in there, but all it is, is a pile of scrap metal with some Petty blue paint still on it in places. Between the wreck, being scrapped out and buried, and then dug back up and hauled a hundred miles away and deposited behind a junkyard shed....you have to look REALLY hard to recognize any 65 Barracuda structure or resemblance. It was in the Barn Finds column in Hot Rod Magazine several years ago, but like me....the author respects the privacy of those folks and honors their wishes.
And that’s how it should be. RESPECT!!There will always be the disbelievers. Kim
 
And you need to know all of that...why? The junkyard is not really open to the public, and the owners are sort of touchy about people taking pictures and video. The man who started the junkyard passed away years ago, and he and Richard were indeed, good friends. His descendants will let people in to browse and buy things....if someone they know and trust will vouch for you. That's how I got in there about 10 years ago. They wrote my name down in a ledger they keep of who has visited and been allowed in. 43jr #1 is definitely in there, but all it is, is a pile of scrap metal with some Petty blue paint still on it in places. Between the wreck, being scrapped out and buried, and then dug back up and hauled a hundred miles away and deposited behind a junkyard shed....you have to look REALLY hard to recognize any 65 Barracuda structure or resemblance. It was in the Barn Finds column in Hot Rod Magazine several years ago, but like me....the author respects the privacy of those folks and honors their wishes.

then you shouldn't have a problem getting pictures.
 
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