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Lots of stuff changed in this car, so it’s not going to be easy to see what is original and what’s not. The engine should be red, not orange, and it should have a “B” prefix stamp on the pad under the drivers side cylinder head on the front of the block. For all intents and purposes, it is a...

It’s only been there since spring. It was in his barn at home, but he’s moving and brought it to his rental shop right in town.

Contact member “Rick@Laysons”, they have a filler neck adapter That keeps the gas from coming back up the tube. It’s not cheap, but it works!

I hear, and obey! And it’s not the money, it’s the lack of space to keep it. It won’t help it moving from one outside storage situation to another. I might hit up my buddy for some space in his really large barn. I’ll report back in this thread if I succumb to my conscience

He might have the keys at home, he was going to check, and if he has them he’s going to bring them to the shop. He says there’s some parts in the trunk, I’d personally like to see the missing rear wheel well trim piece.

No, the interior is turquoise as well, under some spray bomb red on the metal, and some really bad vinyl on the door skins and dash pad. The front seat looks to have been reupholstered, the back seat looks like Mopar vinyl, but it’s red. Not sure if it got dyed or they swapped one from a red...

Ok Mike, please do that.

My next project HAS to be putting the 340 into my blue Barracuda. Now that Nellas room is finally done, I can turn back to doing stuff with cars. I wish the Signet would find a good home, I need the space, and the money would be nice too. Although it’s a really fun car to drive. Come on down and...

I really, really, REALLY don’t need another car. And the biggest drawback to this car is the crappy interior job. Although the red vinyl door skins are literally glued to the metal surround of the door, with the turquoise door skins untouched and underneath. Of course, I have a complete commando...

For reference, I drove my 66 Signet convertible up there, which has been on the market for about 3 years now with no takers at $7500. He wasn’t there, he doesn’t spend much time there except in the morning, so I went Saturday morning on my way to Lowes, but I was in my truck. From the feel of...

It’s in Michigan, near Ann Arbor. It is remarkably rust free, and the owner said that’s why he bought it. He didn’t know that it has been repainted once, it was originally turquoise. And some old old vinyl and paint work on the interior to change that to red. It’s complete, and I would wager to...

Found this little gem up town. It’s been sitting at least since 1999 when the current owner bought it for a father/son project that never happened. It ran, and would probably run again, but it’s going to need love. 6cyl, e speed on the tree, 9” drums all around. It was turquoise when it was...

I liked it!

Drill the spindles?

I just gave my buddy a pair of original 66 springs from a Formula S, 6 on the passenger, 5 on the driver. I’m not saying that’s gospel, just what I’ve seen through the years.

This car has all the formula S suspension parts and the 4bbl engine. You could order all the Formula S parts except for the badging and stripes on any Valiant, or Barracuda in 65/66, it just won’t be a designated Formula S. It will be rarer than an S car tho, which doesn’t really mean much.

The Formula S was primarily a handling package, brought about by the Rallye Pack option from early 65. It consists of…. HD leaf springs, 6 leaves on the passenger side, 5 on the drivers side HD “892/893” torsion bars, .870” dia Front sway bar 14x5.5” steel rims 273 4bbl engine Dash mounted...

Wow, that is a sweet little car. Although not a custom, I’m thinking that if this darn car doesn’t sell this year, I might go back to my plan to slam it, put some 17’s all the way around it, 2 tone copper and ivory paint job, and a Gen 3 Hemi!

I don’t believe any of those manifolds will fit into an early A body and clear the steering shaft and frame rail on the drivers side. Maybe a post from @Treblig can shed some light on this.

That little car sure is turning out nice!

Holy smokes! I say that little red car sure grew up through the years!

My little commando convertible 66 Signet. It’s a fun little car, and I might take it up to the cruise tomorrow evening, it’s supposed to be 71 degrees here. Spring has finally sprung here in the Mitten.

That’s the only spot.

It’s really a non issue to me. Everybody knows what early A bodies are….before 67. Why complicate it?

I’ve had a 66 Barracuda for the last 30 years, and they’ve always been called early A bodies, why would you expect them to change the name of this sub forum to suit your opinion? Follow the herd? When I first got my 66, I was literally the only one buying parts, guys at the Nats and other swap...

The term “early A” is not just from this site, that is what they are called in the Mopar world. Sorry if you don’t agree, but that’s what 63-66 A bodies are called, and have been called, for a long time.

The 742 was available as early as the 67 model year, and was phased out in 69 when the 489 was implemented. Although it’s funny, the “657” cases of 1964 were the same size as the 741, and they came in all Max Wedge and Hemi cars, and although the 741 gets a bad name for being the “small”...

I was only speaking to the early A bodies, as he asked about a 65. Although you speak the truth. In 67 the 8 3/4” was standard with the 383 in a Barracuda, in 68 it was standard with all 340 and big block cars, and remained standard throughout the next few years until 1973 when it was replaced...

The 8 3/4” was available by late 1965, although always as an extra cost option. Mopars big fix for the weakness was to make the 7 1/4” Suregrip standard on the 4bbl cars. I would bet that under warranty, the 8 3/4” was not the first repair, it was probably given to repeat “offenders”, after a...

Yes they will, but a couple of differences. The later ones had a woodgrain finish to the top plates, and the glovebox hatch got a push button lock!