Stroker's 68 Barracuda
I decided I'm not trying to keep up with appearances on this build. It's obvious that at some point in time this car had some surgery done on the front. Both inner fenders were definitely replaced, the welds are not pretty, but neither is the rest of the car. There's also been work done forward of the k-frame to the frame rails. The last 5 inches or so, where the bumper brackets bolt, has also been replaced. Im assuming at this point that maybe the rad support has also been replaced.
I took measurements according to the 68 service manual and the chassis is per Chrysler dimensions. Thank god. I was not looking forward to designing and building a tube frame front end for this rig.
All that being said, in the spirit of the overall look of this car, I cleaned all that undercoating **** and bad primer out of the engine compartment. I decided to leave a little of the shmutz behind and primered and painted over what was left there.
That's just Eastwood underhood black. Today before work I hung the k-frame, the new PST 20:1 box and the steering linkage.
I decided I'm not trying to keep up with appearances on this build. It's obvious that at some point in time this car had some surgery done on the front. Both inner fenders were definitely replaced, the welds are not pretty, but neither is the rest of the car. There's also been work done forward of the k-frame to the frame rails. The last 5 inches or so, where the bumper brackets bolt, has also been replaced. Im assuming at this point that maybe the rad support has also been replaced.
I took measurements according to the 68 service manual and the chassis is per Chrysler dimensions. Thank god. I was not looking forward to designing and building a tube frame front end for this rig.
All that being said, in the spirit of the overall look of this car, I cleaned all that undercoating **** and bad primer out of the engine compartment. I decided to leave a little of the shmutz behind and primered and painted over what was left there.
That's just Eastwood underhood black. Today before work I hung the k-frame, the new PST 20:1 box and the steering linkage.