Righty's '74 Barracuda
I bought this car in March 2021 in Albuquerque, New Mexico from a gentleman who had had it since the 90s. Unfortunately, he wasn't a great historian, so he hadn't kept really any paperwork on the car. The only real documentation he had (other than the title), was an invoice from the engine builder when he swapped the 318 for a 440 six pack and some gas station receipts and a matchbook. I know, it's technically a "six barrel" since it's a Plymouth...
The invoice from the builder didn't list any specs like cam, pistons, or any of that. It simply stated what he did to the engine. "Rebuild heads - hard seats," "high stall converter," etc, etc. So I didn't really know exactly what I was dealing with.
The story I got from the owner was that when he had the engine built, he broke it in for about 500 miles but never could get it tuned. He said it would idle very high once it warmed up -- so high that he thought the engine would blow, and he would have to kill the ignition in a panic. He got frustrated and pushed it into storage where it sat until I bought it. This was in the late 1990s and it hadn't run since.
More updates to come, I have a year of catching up to do with this thread. Enjoy the pictures in the meantime!
I bought this car in March 2021 in Albuquerque, New Mexico from a gentleman who had had it since the 90s. Unfortunately, he wasn't a great historian, so he hadn't kept really any paperwork on the car. The only real documentation he had (other than the title), was an invoice from the engine builder when he swapped the 318 for a 440 six pack and some gas station receipts and a matchbook. I know, it's technically a "six barrel" since it's a Plymouth...
The invoice from the builder didn't list any specs like cam, pistons, or any of that. It simply stated what he did to the engine. "Rebuild heads - hard seats," "high stall converter," etc, etc. So I didn't really know exactly what I was dealing with.
The story I got from the owner was that when he had the engine built, he broke it in for about 500 miles but never could get it tuned. He said it would idle very high once it warmed up -- so high that he thought the engine would blow, and he would have to kill the ignition in a panic. He got frustrated and pushed it into storage where it sat until I bought it. This was in the late 1990s and it hadn't run since.
More updates to come, I have a year of catching up to do with this thread. Enjoy the pictures in the meantime!
