tony20110
Well-Known Member
Well I thought I'd start a thread on my new 1966 Barracuda. I hope I don't bore anyone. My first car, at 16, was a 64 Cuda and I'm now 44. I decided I wanted another and while I am not much of a mechanic I thought I'd take the plunge. I have my brother in law who is one signed on to help. We are going to start with a bare block 360 and see what happens. My goal is a reliable 350-400 hp daily driver with a 833 4 speed. We will see what the future holds. More on that stuff later.
After looking at a whole lotta rust buckets for $1500 I found what I consider an absolute steal. In Pa on craigslist I ran across a 66 with a super six for $2500. I went on tuesday and picked it up. It is a complete car. Only rust is now bondo patched on both back quarters, behind the wheels. The interior looks so good that I'm going to leave it untouched until everything else is done. Seats and headliner are excellent. Carpet is about an 8 on a scale to 10 and everything works inside.
My immediate items to work on are as follows: It needs a new exhaust. Nothing from the manifold to the pipe but has pipe and muffler from about the driver seat back. I am replacing the brake master cylinder and the shoes in the front but the drums are perfect. My main problem is the car went from a 1 barrel to a 2 so I need new linkage to the pedal. My brother is coming by on Monday to help with that. For now I'm just going to use my limited abilities and get to work on the front brakes and I guess I have to check on the gas and tank. I don't think it's been started in a long time.
I'm having a little trouble putting pics in the thread so here is a link to the library I started. Hope you enjoy.
http://s1278.photobucket.com/user/tony20110/library/1966 Barracuda?sort=2&page=1
After looking at a whole lotta rust buckets for $1500 I found what I consider an absolute steal. In Pa on craigslist I ran across a 66 with a super six for $2500. I went on tuesday and picked it up. It is a complete car. Only rust is now bondo patched on both back quarters, behind the wheels. The interior looks so good that I'm going to leave it untouched until everything else is done. Seats and headliner are excellent. Carpet is about an 8 on a scale to 10 and everything works inside.
My immediate items to work on are as follows: It needs a new exhaust. Nothing from the manifold to the pipe but has pipe and muffler from about the driver seat back. I am replacing the brake master cylinder and the shoes in the front but the drums are perfect. My main problem is the car went from a 1 barrel to a 2 so I need new linkage to the pedal. My brother is coming by on Monday to help with that. For now I'm just going to use my limited abilities and get to work on the front brakes and I guess I have to check on the gas and tank. I don't think it's been started in a long time.
I'm having a little trouble putting pics in the thread so here is a link to the library I started. Hope you enjoy.
http://s1278.photobucket.com/user/tony20110/library/1966 Barracuda?sort=2&page=1
