Good candidate for a US Car Tool stiffening kit.....Sharp looking fish!! Can’t help but think of how loose that car would be though…. imagine how much cowl shake and flex there would be when going over railway tracks…..
Many of us here know much more about those cars than the so called "professionals" that restore them. And we damn sure know more than the used car salesmen that are auctioning them off.Yea, funny how we notice all the incorrect stuff.
Yeah like a numbers M code.maybe if it was 440 powered, big maybe.
Yeah the fading body line in 1/4 panels missing on second gen Barracudas is a common thing. I never knew it was there until I bought AMD full 1/4s and saw that fading line on them.
Yeah the fading body line in 1/4 panels missing on second gen Barracudas is a common thing. I never knew it was there until I bought AMD full 1/4s and saw that fading line on them.
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no lies!Yeah like a numbers M code.
Shouldn’t it have hood inserts too ? 340 S
no lies!
and here's proof positive
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To me that’s one of the more damning issues with that car, and it could definitely be the hardest one to fix. The problem is now you don’t know the state of the bodywork underneath. It’s a spot that’s prone to rust, so you’ve got unanswered questions. Is the bodyline gone because the quarter rusted out and the “repair” was just to slab bondo on it? Or is the quarter solid and it was just carelessness on behalf of the body guy? It’s a small detail, but it being missing says a lot about the quality of the bodywork done. And even if the quarter is solid, it’s not an easy fix.
A lot other stuff is pretty minor, swap out some hardware, even the black out sections are pretty simple to remedy given how the factory did that stuff to begin with. Send the tail panel trim out for polishing etc.
But a missing bodyline, that’s an issue. Even the best case scenario means bodywork and at least a partial repaint. At worst and you’ve got a bondo sculpture that needs quarters. If it’s a middle of the road car then I’d leave it alone and just have fun. But considering it’s supposed to be a high end car, well, it’s gonna get high end scrutiny and that kind of stuff gets noticed.
no arguments from me there, i was just trying to point out that there are legit well restored cars in that number bracket.There were no M-code convertibles.
And all M-codes are automatics.
The 340 4spd convertible is rarer that an M-code. And the paint color is pretty uncommon also. And a desirable color too.
But... rare does not always mean it's a desirable as other cars.