The 'Ugly Cousin' is home!

[RSie]

Parts car for my Cuda. Drove it 180 miles home yesterday, with a few issues along the way, but that's a long story, lol. She's going to run awhile, being a 'test bed' for various engines, trannies, etc before I part her out. About the name... she's ugly, and being a Dodge which is a cousin to the 'Cuda

 

[diymirage]

you should call her vinny

 

[RSie]

you should call her vinny

I'll bite... why Vinny?

 

[moparmat2000]

My cousin vinny.

Ooooh you smooth talker you are.

 

[moparmat2000]

Remember hood and hinges as a set will fit and work on a 69 barracuda

 

[moparmat2000]

Sheetmetal looks shot. Is it a V8 car?

 

[Princess Valiant]

What is so ugly about that ??

I have actually been wanting to find a more door like that

 

[moparmat2000]

That thing needs some cop push bars on it, radiused wheel wells and expanded mesh on the windows. Its an escape from N.Y. car.

 

[RSie]

For how rusted this car looks, it's surprisingly solid underneath. Inner fenders, front frame rails, torsion crossmemeber look good. Lot of old oil caked up on all of it... thank god nobody ever thought of new gaskets! It's a 318, 904, 8 1/4 rear car. Runs pretty good. Frame rails, torsion crossmemeber, inner fenders will go into the cuda as a unit at some point. Will also give me big ball joints (which are new), power steering and brakes, A/C if I want to put into the Cuda which was an A/C car... tons of stuff I can use. New radiator and new front sway bar/mounts are a plus.

 

[68383GTS]

Damn you drove it a 180 miles??? Hope you put a pillow down on the seat....LOL

 

[RAT ROD AL]

Parts car for my Cuda. Drove it 180 miles home yesterday, with a few issues along the way, but that's a long story, lol. She's going to run awhile, being a 'test bed' for various engines, trannies, etc before I part her out. About the name... she's ugly, and being a Dodge which is a cousin to the 'Cuda

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can you still walk after sitting in that seat for 180 miles? Looks pretty comfy

 

[RSie]

About the seat: The guy had a floormat over it... I added a quilted bedsheet to it. Had to readjust here and there, but for the most part, I was comfy. Was nice to drive in a car with vent windows again... rain didn't bother me with the window down and the vent swung out.. no rain coming in

 

[RSie]

What is so ugly about that ??

I have actually been wanting to find a more door like that

Craigslist is your friend. Look often. The ad I found this on was an hour old, no photos. I texted him right away. I filter my searches on CL by Make: Dodge,(and Plymouth and Chrysler) and nothing newer than 1976, 200 miles from my zip.

 

[RSie]

318/904 out of the Ugly Cousin, and rolled through the yard to the neighbor for some torch fun.

 

[RSie]

My neighbor, figuring out and working on some yard art from the Cousin's ratty fenders. He's making a beetle (insect) out of them.

 

[RSie]

My neighbor cutting the floor, my resident hockey player cutting the posts, and she's in two.