MODTOP Billys old Cudas

Hey rustyratrod I like your smart men statement sooo true!

I need all the help and advice I can get, Me not really that smart. The only smart thing I have done is hang on to as much as I can as long as I can.
And I flipped over from Mustangs to Barracudas in the late 80's

These cars were done a LONG time ago by me and the wife we did it all paint, body work, disassembly / reassembly cleaning everything except that flower top I did pay someone to install it and the headliner a local shop (legendary sewed it all up). It is my goal in this hobby to make the cars as nice as I can, as cheep as I can. The red car was done in 91 the yellow one in 98/99. We tied for 2nd at a very large show in Atlanta the last true Mopar only show at Atlanta dragway. We were on cloud nine we made the top 3 tie or not, the man we tied with was super nice 69 383 real deal "cuda" the owner of this car was spitting MAD bragging he has spent over 60k on rechromeing alone! We did the entire car back in 98/99 for around 10-12k. Never under estimate the power of a redneck that can use a rattle can! LOL After doing these 2 cars and one B5/B5 69 fastback that el dumbo here sold
we enjoy the restoration as much as the driving. I just bought that primmered fastback back from a friend I started it 15 years ago, sold it and bought it back. I will have the trifecta of the 3 body styles, coupe, conv, fastback, I am looking foward to finishing the car but the journey of restoration to me is more enjoyable the the finished product. OK now everyone with a unfinished car will say I is crazy, they might be right.

One last thing I have to share with this group. We have a top teir Mopar restoration shop here in Spartanburg I will not mention his name but he is a very nice and help full man, He has helped me a lot over the years, not cheep but very good. He said something, to him was a put down, but to me was the best compliment he could give. He said Billy you "almost got it right" you need date coded wires, hoses, oil filter and I did one of those battery "fake it" deals with red caps and a Mopar sticker, it looks close. A real red cap battery is like 700 the kit was 25, "as good as I can as cheep as I can" I am not even sure if either car came with a red cap battery and do not care I thought it looked cool.

Please give any and all advice you can. even the wisest man needs advice now and then.
and a wiser man will listen to that advice.