buie1289
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Funny thing is that I lived next door to the Barracuda for years and never knew it was sitting in the garage less than 10 feet from my daughter's swing set. It had been in that garage since '81 when the owner finally stopped using it as his daily driver. It's remarkably rust free and in pretty good shape overall.
I started the restoration process on the Charger about a year and a half ago. It was not quite so rust free. It was originally a bench seat, column shift car. I decided that I wanted some of the rallye options, so I set out on a major parts hunt. I ended up with everything I needed (except the bulge hood) I still have a lot left to do, but it's definately coming along. I ended up using the factory engine & trans with the only deviations from stock being the cam (Comp Thumpr roller), Edelbrock Intake, Carter AVS carb, 340 exhaust manifolds and the engine color. I figure that if everything goes right, I should be able to fire it up as early as this weekend :grin: . I figured you guys would ask, so here are some pictures. I'll post some of the Barracuda & Challenger when I get them uploaded to my Web Server.
Here's how it looked when I bought it.
Just after paint & body work
Coming home after paint & body.
Engine all painted up. That's me and my favorite "wrenchin hat".
It fits!!
