The 70 Duster......

[carcrazyguy]

And my Christmas showed up early....

 

[crj1968]

What is that? Oh nevermind found it....cool !

Nice duster by the way!

 

[carcrazyguy]

What is that? Oh nevermind found it....cool !

Nice duster by the way!

Thanks :thumbup: It was a LONG road to say the least! Seeing it come from the very beginning to sitting at the indoor show last March was very rewarding.

 

[carcrazyguy]

Thanks to my brothers and my dad. We got a lot done today!

 

[carcrazyguy]

Worked on getting the car balanced on the Whirlyjig today. Also finished installing some extra braces on the rear mounts.

 

[carcrazyguy]

We decided to get some subframe connectors on before we try to rotate the car on the rotisserie. So I ordered..........


US Car Tool
Part # USCT1M1103 70-74 E Body Frame Connector for Plymouth Cuda

 

[carcrazyguy]

We went today and got the support pipe for the base units. We went with 2" I.D. schedule 40 galvanized pipe.

 

[carcrazyguy]

Front view.....

 

[carcrazyguy]

Subframe connectors going in courtesy of my brother.

 

[carcrazyguy]

Another action shot......

 

[carcrazyguy]

Thanks to a LOT of hours of fitting, grinding, welding and grinding. My brother got the subframe connectors in! Next up is to find a shop to do the body work and paint. :banghead:

 

[carcrazyguy]

I thought I had a shop lined up to paint the Barracuda. I started talking to him around the 1st of October. That shop has not done much of anything on any of the 4 or 5 cars they are working on since then. Everytime we dropped in....everything looked the same. So I decided not to take the car there.

So I began talking to a 2nd shop. Made an appointment for him to come look at the car. He never called and never showed up. A couple of weeks later he wanted to meet (in 20-30 minutes) but I was not in town so I could not meet him. He said he would get back with me during the week. Never heard back from him.

I visited a 3rd shop last week after my brother (jdr2483) had stopped and talked about the project with the owner of the shop. My dad and I drove back over to this shop today and made arrangements to take the Barracuda over in January. So hopefully in a few weeks we will see progress being made.

 

[carcrazyguy]

Found a 340 air cleaner for the Dart. Looks a LOT better than the temporary air cleaner we had been using.

 

[carcrazyguy]

Barracuda loaded and ready to move to the body shop!

 

[carcrazyguy]

Today we got it moved over to the body shop! Hopefully this one will go smoother than the other 3 cars did....:iconbigg:

 

[carcrazyguy]

We had to make a trip back over to the body shop today to take some thing over. Surprised to see that he had already started digging around the car!!! He had a list of stuff he wanted me to order and wanted to check over the car before he gave me the list.

Drivers door....good!
Passengers quarter....bad and was getting ready to get cut off!!
Passengers door...needs a skin unless I can find a good door this week/weekend

 

[carcrazyguy]

So it was time to fire up the credit card, :banghead: again. :banghead:


Flebay.....
72-74 Barracuda Super Body Plug kit
73 Barracuda Body Bumper kit w/ Hood Wedges


Jegs.....
770-1570-R AMD 70-74 Barracuda Outer Wheel House (RH Pass side)
640-1570 AMD 70-74 Barracuda Package Tray


Summit......
405-1571-L AMD 71-74 E-Body Front Floor Pan (LH drivers side)

 

[barbee6043]

I skiped from pg 1 to last page. I lost the duster!!???? LOL

 

[carcrazyguy]

I skiped from pg 1 to last page. I lost the duster!!???? LOL

Then you missed 4 body shop moves, a Charger rebuild, a few Dart upgrades, a pickup purchase, selling off 26 cars/trucks, 2 different moves across the state of Texas and the completion of the Duster!




The thread started out as the Duster rebuild. Then when we moved from the Corpus Christi area. It became a way for my former coworkers and friends from that area to keep up with my projects. If I could edit the front page title I would have done that a couple of years ago.

 

[carcrazyguy]

More parts ordered for the Barracuda.

Elite Custom Body......
105-1570-S.......70 Barracuda front bumper brackets
100-1570..........(chrome) 70 Barracuda front bumper
970-1570-S.......70 Barracuda rear bumper brackets
990-1570..........70 Barracuda rear bumper (chrome)
980-1570-P.......70 Barracuda rear bumper guards
101-1000-16S (x2) bumper bolt kit 32-pc
700-15720-R....72-74 Barracuda OE Style Quarter Panel - RH
340-1570.......battery tray
battery tray hardware kit (complete)
door pin kit (complete with springs)







Notes: Still need to locate
981-1570-S Rear bumper guard set (backorder until late March)

 

[carcrazyguy]

Purchased from Cudagee (Moparts)...............................
73 Barracuda passengers door shell

 

[carcrazyguy]

Purchased from flebay...........

Mopar front window clips Pin Type #64
Mopar rear window clips Screw Type #76

 

[carcrazyguy]

Jegs.....
770-1570-R AMD 70-74 Barracuda Outer Wheel House (RH Pass side)
640-1570 AMD 70-74 Barracuda Package Tray

Cancelled order due to backorder with "NO DATE". :banghead:




Classic Industries......
MM1099 - 1970-74 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA REAR SHELF PANEL (Package Tray)

 

[carcrazyguy]

The replacement door for the Barracuda came in today so we took it over to the body shop. Also the front suspension and rear end have been delivered over so they can be stripped down and painted.

 

[carcrazyguy]

I know several people that have watched this thread bought some of the cars that I sold off in the last year and half or two years. I said the plan was to sell off the untouched, unfinished and project cars to get ONE vehicle that my dad could drive and enjoy. Since April of 2013, I sold off 27 Mopars that we had collected. I pooled all the money from them and I have been watching for something to come up that I thought my dad would really like and enjoy. Well last Thursday I found something I thought he would like. It took a few days to work out a deal but it all came together yesterday!!!!! My brother (jdr2483) and myself took my dad to Oklahoma City and brought this back!