After searching for some 5 years, I finally found a M-Code 69 Barracuda Fastback to add to my collection. I had a chance to buy one off of "Big Block Dave" here on FABO but I screwed around too much and ended up making him mad (which was entirely my fault). At any rate, my M-Code is on its way down to American Metal Direct (AMD) Installation shop in Cleveland, Georgia to have the entire rear floor pan replaced. This car has had a rough life having been converted into a fully tubed drag car by someone in New England. The car was on Ebay two years ago from a guy in Massachusetts and it had a 426 Hemi and full race prep - tubed, roll bar, slicks, cut out wheel wells, etc. I tried to buy it without the drive line but the guy wouldn't sell. Then about two months ago the car showed up again on Ebay this time being in Oklahoma and having the Hemi replaced with a 440. The latest owner was a great guy with a race shop and garage and a long history of racing Mopars with some of the biggest names in racing. He agreed to pull the 440 and all the race stuff and sell me the car as a roller. We completed the deal and he took off everything he wanted. The car should arrive at AMD's shop next week.
I have great plans for this "M-Code." It's NOT going to be a trailer queen "museum piece" (not that there's anything wrong with those cars) but a driver. I'm going to build it in a way that i wish Plymouth would have done in 69. The car will look like all the OEM 69 M-Codes but will have the A12 69 "and a half" special Road Runner drive train - a 4 speed, 440 six-pack motor, the big dana with a 4:10, front discs with the large rear drums. Plymouth could have built this car with all these parts "off the shelf." If there had been a "race only" 69 Barracuda like the "race only" A12 Road Runner, I'll bet they would have sold a bunch of them and I'll bet they would have been deadly at the strip as the Cuda is a little lighter than the Road Runner.
AMD doesn't think they will have the car done for about a month so I'll spend that time rounding up various parts. One other thing I'm going to add - I'm going to make the "A56" M-Code hood scoops functional as "ram air" devices. Since the A12 Road Runner had the black lift off fiberglass hood with the massive "Ramchargers" hood scoop, my "special" M-Code will HAVE to have "ram air."
I'm looking forward to doing this car. After its done, I hope I can convince Mopar Muscle or some other mag. to do a feature on "the M-Code that Plymouth should have built."
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I have great plans for this "M-Code." It's NOT going to be a trailer queen "museum piece" (not that there's anything wrong with those cars) but a driver. I'm going to build it in a way that i wish Plymouth would have done in 69. The car will look like all the OEM 69 M-Codes but will have the A12 69 "and a half" special Road Runner drive train - a 4 speed, 440 six-pack motor, the big dana with a 4:10, front discs with the large rear drums. Plymouth could have built this car with all these parts "off the shelf." If there had been a "race only" 69 Barracuda like the "race only" A12 Road Runner, I'll bet they would have sold a bunch of them and I'll bet they would have been deadly at the strip as the Cuda is a little lighter than the Road Runner.
AMD doesn't think they will have the car done for about a month so I'll spend that time rounding up various parts. One other thing I'm going to add - I'm going to make the "A56" M-Code hood scoops functional as "ram air" devices. Since the A12 Road Runner had the black lift off fiberglass hood with the massive "Ramchargers" hood scoop, my "special" M-Code will HAVE to have "ram air."
I'm looking forward to doing this car. After its done, I hope I can convince Mopar Muscle or some other mag. to do a feature on "the M-Code that Plymouth should have built."
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