1965cudav8
Well-Known Member
Hey guys,
First I suppose I should give you all a quick background. I grew up a VW fanatic and have done alot of work with them, mostly on TDIs (diesels). However, I have always been an excited sidewalk bystander to any classic muscle car going by.
So, when a friend told me that he had heard an aquaintance of ours had a pair of first generation barracudas sitting in a garage in the middle of Vermont for sale, I jumped. The guy had one in very good shape, a partially done restoration. Next to it, under a pile of trash, furniture, and dead mice was a 65 gold cuda that looked like it came off a tetanus shot poster. Perfect. I was told that if I could get it to run and drive out of that garage it was mine for just a few hundred bucks. This was a daunting task because I lived about 6 hours away in Maine, so the running and driving had to be for sure.
So, I started working. It took me almost a full day just to clean everything away from it so i could get a feel for what the job would entail. In the midst of this I was alerted by a few FABO members on the introduction page that I was not looking at a 273 at all, but a 318, which I later confirmed using the casting number and found it was a 318 produced between 1967 and 1975. Even more interesting, I ran the VIN and discovered that it was originally a /6. Hrumph. The puzzle began.
A couple of dump runs, battery, and alot of cleaning later and here is a few pics from when I cleaned all the stuff off of it and got a look:
First I suppose I should give you all a quick background. I grew up a VW fanatic and have done alot of work with them, mostly on TDIs (diesels). However, I have always been an excited sidewalk bystander to any classic muscle car going by.
So, when a friend told me that he had heard an aquaintance of ours had a pair of first generation barracudas sitting in a garage in the middle of Vermont for sale, I jumped. The guy had one in very good shape, a partially done restoration. Next to it, under a pile of trash, furniture, and dead mice was a 65 gold cuda that looked like it came off a tetanus shot poster. Perfect. I was told that if I could get it to run and drive out of that garage it was mine for just a few hundred bucks. This was a daunting task because I lived about 6 hours away in Maine, so the running and driving had to be for sure.
So, I started working. It took me almost a full day just to clean everything away from it so i could get a feel for what the job would entail. In the midst of this I was alerted by a few FABO members on the introduction page that I was not looking at a 273 at all, but a 318, which I later confirmed using the casting number and found it was a 318 produced between 1967 and 1975. Even more interesting, I ran the VIN and discovered that it was originally a /6. Hrumph. The puzzle began.
A couple of dump runs, battery, and alot of cleaning later and here is a few pics from when I cleaned all the stuff off of it and got a look:
