Unbelievable Mexican 1965 Plymouth Barracuda

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Features appear to be factory installed:

Slant Six
Bucket Seats
Speedo reads in kilometers per hour
Tachometer mounted in center console!
Original Mexican AM Radio
Trunk prop rod
Hood has full center chrome strip
Front fenders have chrome arrows
Chrome strip down side of body--front to rear
Chrome belt on doors and including around rear seat side windows
Power Brake Booster has no reserve vacuum tank
Brake pedal is small, like a standard transmission width
Inside door panel logo reads "Valiant" (not Barracuda)
Is this a column shift automatic or column shift three speed?

What did I miss?



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I can't understand a word he's saying except for Barracuda Fastback! Lol.
 
I'm with Plymouth 65 I didn't understand anything being said. I do like the chrome down the side and the console tach. That made it for me.
 
I had a factory console tach in my 64 Polara 500, 361 four speed. It was really a stupid place to put the tach. I would have to look down to see the tach and thus lose sight of the road. I got real good at listening to the sound of the motor in order to correlate it to the tach reading.
It was different at the track. I could point the car straight after leaving the line and then look directly at the tach as I neared my shift point.
 
DFX 340 Duster said:
I had a factory console tach in my 64 Polara 500, 361 four speed. It was really a stupid place to put the tach. I would have to look down to see the tach and thus lose sight of the road. I got real good at listening to the sound of the motor in order to correlate it to the tach reading.
It was different at the track. I could point the car straight after leaving the line and then look directly at the tach as I neared my shift point.
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Yup. Pretty girl I went to school with they had a 65, console tach. Mayor's daughter, back then
 
There's so much wrong with that car that I don't know where to begin. By wrong, I mean non-original or even factory Mopar, like the mirrors, antenna (broken at that!), the hokey trunk prop, W/S washer bottle, air cleaner (and maybe carb/intake) gas cap, bumper guards, no jack (at least not visible in it's proper place), wrong door lock knobs, etc. Other things that have been changed or not quite right are: The electronic ignition, brake booster/master, turned ignition switch, trunk hinge chrome covers way out adjustment, poorly recovered dash pad, mismatched door/quarter trim panels, Barracuda fender emblems with holes in them, and what in the world did they do with the column/shifter/floor pedal combination. Looks like it started life as a 3 on the tree and got converted (I think) to an automatic? No shift indicator, but, has the small brake pedal and no clutch pedal, so, who knows? I wonder which transmission it has and how they hooked it up. The grille center isn't too straight either. Curious about the moldings. The hood molding has a rivet in the nose. The side moldings look similar to the cheapy Valiants around that year. The trunk molding looks like maybe a Signet piece?
 
The vehicle was assembled at a Chrysler plant in Mexico, therefore they used different parts. Mexico required a certain percentage of parts would be manufactured in Mexico, by Mexicans, using their own ideas/styles/materials.

For example, the upholstery is different from USA patterns, but is factory correct for Mexico.
 
They actually had a Mexican plant back then? All the Mexican Mopars I've had were all made in the U.S. with the export tags and mods......such as the KPH speedos. I found the Canadian cars were more different than ours than the Mexican versions.
 
You forgot to mention the cheap plastic wire loom thats covering all the engine harness. I hate that stuff, looks cheap.

cudamark said:
There's so much wrong with that car that I don't know where to begin. By wrong, I mean non-original or even factory Mopar, like the mirrors, antenna (broken at that!), the hokey trunk prop, W/S washer bottle, air cleaner (and maybe carb/intake) gas cap, bumper guards, no jack (at least not visible in it's proper place), wrong door lock knobs, etc. Other things that have been changed or not quite right are: The electronic ignition, brake booster/master, turned ignition switch, trunk hinge chrome covers way out adjustment, poorly recovered dash pad, mismatched door/quarter trim panels, Barracuda fender emblems with holes in them, and what in the world did they do with the column/shifter/floor pedal combination. Looks like it started life as a 3 on the tree and got converted (I think) to an automatic? No shift indicator, but, has the small brake pedal and no clutch pedal, so, who knows? I wonder which transmission it has and how they hooked it up. The grille center isn't too straight either. Curious about the moldings. The hood molding has a rivet in the nose. The side moldings look similar to the cheapy Valiants around that year. The trunk molding looks like maybe a Signet piece?
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I'm sure I missed all kinds of things, but, I just couldn't watch the video again! :lol:
 
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