'68 Barracuda Formula S Fastback Restoration Background

Part Three Finding the Original Engine

Finding the Original Engine​

When I lived in the SF Bay area, a good friend had a ’67 Barracuda 273 convertible that I was helping update to Formula S status. We were going to install a 340 and I gave him my original engine for the job. It never got done. I moved to Tulsa, then Denver, and he moved to Seattle and then Vashon Island were he retired. I had not been in contact with him for nearly 20 years. Fortunately, I had his phone number and was able to reestablish contact with him. He still had the original 340 and never installed it in his convertible. I just needed to drive to WA and pick it up. He knew that it was important to reconnect the car with the original engine. Lucky Me!



Figure 15 1968 340 engine after 30 years of storage and moving across 3 states.



Figure 16 Loading the 340 into my truck for the drive back to Colorado.