'66 Barracuda Form. S 4spd. orig. 68K
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zhandfull
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Cool car! White color is a little boring looking but man it looks in pretty good shape.
Extremely rare original Plymouth FS Barracuda with white interior and white vinyl top. Only 18 made at Michigan plant 4 known to exist. Factory Car runs excellant has Original 273 Commando engine ,Console with manual 4 speed, 4 bbl, Dual point Dist, and Posi rear. Also factory undercoating and Broadcast Sheet. 68,000 orig miles. I am second registered owner. The car spent entire life in New Mexico and is incredibly clean no rust and very straight. Car has its original paint but shows wear. It needs new vinyl top and headliner I have the headliner.I also have notorized letter from the Galen Govier Registry stating its rarity.
$8,800
Extremely rare original Plymouth FS Barracuda with white interior and white vinyl top. Only 18 made at Michigan plant 4 known to exist. Factory Car runs excellant has Original 273 Commando engine ,Console with manual 4 speed, 4 bbl, Dual point Dist, and Posi rear. Also factory undercoating and Broadcast Sheet. 68,000 orig miles. I am second registered owner. The car spent entire life in New Mexico and is incredibly clean no rust and very straight. Car has its original paint but shows wear. It needs new vinyl top and headliner I have the headliner.I also have notorized letter from the Galen Govier Registry stating its rarity.
$8,800
Thanks to fellow FABO ZooKypr for the headsup on the CL 1966 Formual S. I am now the owner and quite pleased with purchase. The car was accurately described by the seller and the transaction went flawlessly. I wish I could say the same for past deals, but this one makes up for it. I now have a licensed,running and driver Barracuda FS 4 speed. It's darn close to a survivor with what I believe is 69000 actual miles.
The restoration of my 65 FS in now into it's 4th year...and it's still a few months away from startup. So, having one that's road ready is a nice change.
For this 66 Barracuda, under the hood is all original with factory paint still on the exhaust manifolds. I don't think the valve covers have ever been off.
Original radiator, carb, and distributor in place and in good shape. Car options in addition to the Formula S were the following. 4 speed, console, remote mirror, radio, fast ratio manual steering, sure grip, white vinyl top and all windows tinted. (still has the original excellent windshield)
Car spent the first 40 years in NM....no rust with mostly original white paint. Fender tag, build sheet and original owner information include.
Fun car....plan to leave it with scratches and 45 years of living and drive it.
The restoration of my 65 FS in now into it's 4th year...and it's still a few months away from startup. So, having one that's road ready is a nice change.
For this 66 Barracuda, under the hood is all original with factory paint still on the exhaust manifolds. I don't think the valve covers have ever been off.
Original radiator, carb, and distributor in place and in good shape. Car options in addition to the Formula S were the following. 4 speed, console, remote mirror, radio, fast ratio manual steering, sure grip, white vinyl top and all windows tinted. (still has the original excellent windshield)
Car spent the first 40 years in NM....no rust with mostly original white paint. Fender tag, build sheet and original owner information include.
Fun car....plan to leave it with scratches and 45 years of living and drive it.
old mopars
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Good car. Good buy. Good luck.
Tribute SS/A 68
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oh well
Hi Mark....I now have two 66 Formula S Barracudas. One I just bought and the other one I got from you a year or so ago. Both cars are similarly equipped with 4 speed, close ratio manual steering and sure grip rear.
Yours was a factory silver car with disc brakes...a really cool combination.
And I haven't started a restoration on yours yet.....waiting to get my 65 finished.
I think I remember seeing a mauve 66 S on FABO that you latched on to a while back. Still have that car?
Thanks for your comment,
Pat
zhandfull
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Still have the mauve car. I'm getting in deep with with a motor rebuild. lol...
Does your white car still have the vinyl top on it? The mauve car had one but it's mostly gone and I'm wondering how the factory seams ran or if it even had any on the top.
Congratulations :cheers:
I bet it is great to have a 66 driver Barracuda 4 speed under you ready to hit the road :glasses7:
Our int. colors are except the white are the same and like you I enjoy driving it daily :happy2:
Another early 66 Plymouth Barracuda in the fabo family :happy2:
I bet it is great to have a 66 driver Barracuda 4 speed under you ready to hit the road :glasses7:
Our int. colors are except the white are the same and like you I enjoy driving it daily :happy2:
Another early 66 Plymouth Barracuda in the fabo family :happy2:
Congrats!! Very cool/classy looking car!!
The vinyl top on my car is completely gone....but all vinyl top related chrome is still intact. I don't know if there were seams on the early Barracuda vinyl tops. My guess would be no, but just a guess.
While I am not a fan of vinyl tops on early Barracudas, I probably will replace it sometime in the future.....white vinyl on white body is looks better than black vinyl top on white body color..IMO. I would love to retain the car's originality as much as possible.
Unfortunately, the biggest obstacle will be finding the correct windshield gasket. Vinyl top cars had a specify/different gasket which had a 1/4" lip molded into the gasket that covered the edge of the vinyl top around the top of the windshield and pillar post. Nooooooooooo body reproduces this gasket.So, unless you can save the original windshield gasket, reinstalling the vinyl top may be a mute point.
Pat
zhandfull
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I not a big fan of the vinyl top either especially on the fast back Barracuda. In fact I'm not sure how I even feel about the mauve color of my 66. But I will also keep the car as it left the factory. My gasket is probably not in good enough shape to reuse on a painted car. I think if you pulled the windshield and tucked a new vinyl top into the windshield channel you cold probably use a standard gasket and it would work. Mine has that 1/4 flap and it seems more cosmetic than serving a true function.
Jim Lusk
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My old 66 had a vinyl top that I had to peel off to drive home (after installing my engine). I also left the trim intact. That car was original light green with a black top. I went all black on the car without vinyl.
Someone to see a picture of the windshield gasket used with a vinyl top.
Here they are and you can see the 1/4" lip used to cover the vinyl around the windshield. I can't find a reproduction of this gasket anywhere.
My parts book lists the gasket as part number 2218960
Pat
Here they are and you can see the 1/4" lip used to cover the vinyl around the windshield. I can't find a reproduction of this gasket anywhere.
My parts book lists the gasket as part number 2218960
Pat
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