65 the good bad and ugly
Hey All,
Im new here but been reading up as I recently put a deposit on 65 barracuda over at an importer which just arrived from the US. FYI, I live overseas and trying to have a piece of home away from home.
Went over to view and test drive the car put a deposit down on the basis that they get it road ready to actually drive. How can I put it, it ran well but drove poorly... Test driving this was scary. Would like to get your all opinion as its been a few years since I've owned American and this will be (my own) first mopar.
Uploaded a few pics so you all get an idea.
Cheers,
expat
The good:
Car seems solid and a decent starter to get up to par.
Underbody is entirely clean and was re-sealed.
Lots of new parts.
Interior appears completely original except new carpeting and needs some minor love.
273 runs smooth
The Bad:
Overpriced
Lots of stuff missing (no heater, heater core you can see from the pics no hoses even into the firewall, wiper reservoir, just to name a few)
Brakes not working (Still on original drums, which not entirely bad looking at conversions)
Still on manual Steering which seemed loose p. (robably need to replace headers for conversion hooker headers in there now)
The Ugly:
Drives poor car was all over the road.
Bit of spot rust in some places everywhere else looked clean.
Going into reverse load whirring noise (sounds like a bent carrier or mount may be going, maybe exhaust? Hard to say right now)
Some inexcusable workarounds done like on the throttle, car accelerates very poorly.
Hey All,
Im new here but been reading up as I recently put a deposit on 65 barracuda over at an importer which just arrived from the US. FYI, I live overseas and trying to have a piece of home away from home.
Went over to view and test drive the car put a deposit down on the basis that they get it road ready to actually drive. How can I put it, it ran well but drove poorly... Test driving this was scary. Would like to get your all opinion as its been a few years since I've owned American and this will be (my own) first mopar.
Uploaded a few pics so you all get an idea.
Cheers,
expat
The good:
Car seems solid and a decent starter to get up to par.
Underbody is entirely clean and was re-sealed.
Lots of new parts.
Interior appears completely original except new carpeting and needs some minor love.
273 runs smooth
The Bad:
Overpriced
Lots of stuff missing (no heater, heater core you can see from the pics no hoses even into the firewall, wiper reservoir, just to name a few)
Brakes not working (Still on original drums, which not entirely bad looking at conversions)
Still on manual Steering which seemed loose p. (robably need to replace headers for conversion hooker headers in there now)
The Ugly:
Drives poor car was all over the road.
Bit of spot rust in some places everywhere else looked clean.
Going into reverse load whirring noise (sounds like a bent carrier or mount may be going, maybe exhaust? Hard to say right now)
Some inexcusable workarounds done like on the throttle, car accelerates very poorly.
