First Car -- 1968 Barracuda Notchback
Hi everyone!
Now that the spring semester is over, I'm going to try to use part of my free time to update everyone here about my car as I work on her. I joined this forum back in November of 2015 when I got my 1968 Plymouth Barracuda as my first car at the age of 15! I never made a "Welcome Wagon" post when I joined because I didn't know it existed, so -- Howdy! My name is Jacob and I got this car when I still lived at home in Anchorage, Alaska. It is a 1968 Plymouth Barracuda notchback, originally a pretty simple 318/904 car, 10" manual drums, white bucket seats with maroon interior, PP1 Matador red paint, and manual steering. I don't have all the photos from the first couple years of owning her, so I'll upload them as I find them. That being said, here's some pictures of her the summer after I got her (summer 2016), running and streetworthy. She needs some TLC in the body department but the underside is rust free and straight!
When I bought the car, it had a 1978 360 out of a dodge van and an original A-body 8 3/4" from a '67 Formula S car that was wrecked. The previous owner took some parts from that car and put them in mine, mainly the 3.23 Sure Grip 8 3/4" and the quick-ratio steering box. Other than that, he said everything on it came from yard sales and swap meets! It's not a rocket ship but it does good burnouts and has been an excellent summer daily for the past 5 years. Here's a picture of me when I first got it!
It had been sitting since August of 2002 and needed a little TLC to be streetworthy, but was otherwise a solid car. The biggest issue on it was the brakes; the master cylinder reservoir looked like the bottom of a pond, so I replaced the MC and flushed the lines. It needed new front wheel bearings too as the old ones were head scored, but the rest of the brakes were good! I also put in a new gas tank, a new Holley 650, replaced the tires, and did the basic maintenance stuff. Plugs, wires, cap and rotor, oil change, new battery, and such. I proceeded to drive it as my daily the following summer and had a blast! This car taught me a lot over that winter, and got me addicted to the right things in life! I'll make a second post in a bit, this is enough for now.
Hi everyone!
Now that the spring semester is over, I'm going to try to use part of my free time to update everyone here about my car as I work on her. I joined this forum back in November of 2015 when I got my 1968 Plymouth Barracuda as my first car at the age of 15! I never made a "Welcome Wagon" post when I joined because I didn't know it existed, so -- Howdy! My name is Jacob and I got this car when I still lived at home in Anchorage, Alaska. It is a 1968 Plymouth Barracuda notchback, originally a pretty simple 318/904 car, 10" manual drums, white bucket seats with maroon interior, PP1 Matador red paint, and manual steering. I don't have all the photos from the first couple years of owning her, so I'll upload them as I find them. That being said, here's some pictures of her the summer after I got her (summer 2016), running and streetworthy. She needs some TLC in the body department but the underside is rust free and straight!
When I bought the car, it had a 1978 360 out of a dodge van and an original A-body 8 3/4" from a '67 Formula S car that was wrecked. The previous owner took some parts from that car and put them in mine, mainly the 3.23 Sure Grip 8 3/4" and the quick-ratio steering box. Other than that, he said everything on it came from yard sales and swap meets! It's not a rocket ship but it does good burnouts and has been an excellent summer daily for the past 5 years. Here's a picture of me when I first got it!
It had been sitting since August of 2002 and needed a little TLC to be streetworthy, but was otherwise a solid car. The biggest issue on it was the brakes; the master cylinder reservoir looked like the bottom of a pond, so I replaced the MC and flushed the lines. It needed new front wheel bearings too as the old ones were head scored, but the rest of the brakes were good! I also put in a new gas tank, a new Holley 650, replaced the tires, and did the basic maintenance stuff. Plugs, wires, cap and rotor, oil change, new battery, and such. I proceeded to drive it as my daily the following summer and had a blast! This car taught me a lot over that winter, and got me addicted to the right things in life! I'll make a second post in a bit, this is enough for now.
