Just figured I'd share some progress we've managed with the Barracuda. For those of you that don't know, I've been spending my "free time" over the past... nearly a decade... working on restoring my dad's 1970 Plymouth Barracuda convertible. It's finaly at the point where the body's getting finished up and painted, and getting ready to be a rolling chassis again *real* soon. We got the call from the body shop yesterday that they'd gotten the initial coats of Sub-Lime green on the car (it's original color), so mom, dad, and I took a trip there this morning to check out the work so far. Here's what we saw....

so the car is green with envy?

you planning on leaving it straight green, or are you gonna add some white racing stripes or anything else? Racing stripes would look good.

Holy crap that color is amazing. I want to eat it.

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you planning on leaving it straight green, or are you gonna add some white racing stripes or anything else? Racing stripes would look good.

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Racing stripes on a 'cuda? I don't think so. I've seen 'cudas with a black stripes down the side of the rear quarter panels, or along the entire side of the car, but I don't think racing stripes would look right on a 'cuda.

I'm green with envy

I love the colour James, good job. Too bad it's completely fucking ugly looking because of the Crapvette!


MUWHAHAHA!!!

That's looking nice, man! So are you going to restore it to drive or restore it to every-nut-has-mirror-finish show quality?

schweeet.. remember I called shotgun in the cuda first!

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you planning on leaving it straight green, or are you gonna add some white racing stripes or anything else? Racing stripes would look good.

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Racing stripes on a 'cuda? I don't think so. I've seen 'cudas with a black stripes down the side of the rear quarter panels, or along the entire side of the car, but I don't think racing stripes would look right on a 'cuda.

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"Billboards" and "Hockey Sticks" is what they were called. We considered those, but decided against it, since the car didn't come with them. My dad does want to do some rather off-the-wall airbrushing on the fiberglass hood I got for the car, but I'm fighting it the whole way (REALLY don't like the idea).

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That's looking nice, man! So are you going to restore it to drive or restore it to every-nut-has-mirror-finish show quality?

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It's gonna be a daily driver, but a secondary one.

Which engine? I'm guessing the 440?

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Which engine? I'm guessing the 440?

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Nope, 318 2 barrel bored out to a 340 4 barrel setup (automatic tranny), the Hemis / big blocks were murder on the drivability for the muscle cars, made them ridiculously front heavy. There is a all-aluminum big block available from Mopar that weighs about the same as the 318, so we're considering that as an option down the road.

That's not Polycount green. Back to the drawing board with you.

wow thats actually pretty freaking cool. hopefully you get to finish it soon!

oh yah, just as a point of reference... and this was after the car body had already been through an (ineffective) acid bath... it would take a side trip from the body shop to the powdercoating shop to get the rust blasted off and a special coating put on.


(oh yah, and this photo is from about a year ago...)

Nice color.
Too bad its convertable tho, coupe looks so much better.

And for god's sake get atleast 360 in it, to be honest i didnt know they made 'Cudas with 318's :S

Nice to see a muscle car restored. It seems to be becoming a lost art. Great color choice btw [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] You make the motor city happy [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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Nice color.
Too bad its convertable tho, coupe looks so much better.

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I would have to disagree with that wholeheartedly. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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And for god's sake get atleast 360 in it, to be honest i didnt know they made 'Cudas with 318's :S

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Because the Chrysler 318 small block, much like the Torqueflight transmission it's hooked up to, is pretty much bulletproof, it provides plenty of power, and unlike with the big blocks, the car is still drivable. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

If you like it then its all cool, its just that i dont like most 4 seat convertables and convertables that have been coupes first, because they look like the roof has been cut off, which is the case ofcourse.

And just for the record 360 is a small block and should weigh as much as 318. Smallest classic Mopar big block is 383.

Ah, well then, paint me misinformed. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

But yah, like I said in an earlier post, considerations have been made for that Mopar all-aluminum big block, with the option to convert it to a hydrogen-fueled powerplant (with just as much compression).

Interesting choice of colour. If I might so bold as to critique it, it seems rather more Mountain Dew than muscle car...

What can I say, man, Chrysler in the 60's and 70's... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

... and the best part is, when I roll this bad boy up next to some ricer in a day-glo pink import, I can brag my car came this color stock. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

lol, well the thing people need to remember is, it won't be so shocking once you decal it and add your other contrasting items... like tires, the top, and the seats, etc...

The only 'decals' will be the model names, which are small chromed pieces. Besides that, it'll have the black interior / roof / tires. The black and green goes together real well.

What kind of rims?