Steve's 1972 Plymouth Barracuda 318 C.I. / A904 3-spd auto/ Fresh Buy

That’s a great looking Barracuda!

Thanks man...it'll get even better with time.

NICE!

Vinyl roof is off. Addressing corrosion Interior is gutted, attacking the windshield and rear window corrosion. New glass ordered...lot's of sound deadening and POR-15 action. Corrosion was addressed and passivated using corrosion inhibitor prior to POR 15.

Amazing color combo and dig the wheels!

Wheels are gone...car wasn't sitting right and rode extremely stiff. I chose and installed Year One 70-74 Rallye Wheel staggered set. 17x9 and 17x8 better look and probably will be a better ride. I have all the glass out and am addressing the vinyl top issue. Have any ideas on where I can source custom vinyl top materials? I want to change from Black to dark Argent to match the center caps of the Rallye Wheels.

Thanks for reading

The production body stripe is going to be in Dark Argent as well.

Club members: after about 8-months of work:
1. Fixing roof corrosion.
2. Hand-sanding and re-coating interior frame work doors etc. in body color
3. Sourcing a twin scoop hood
4. Passivation / POR-15 Treatment of trunk and passenger compartment
5. FatMat sound-barrier material installation in trunk and passenger compartment
6. Windshield and rear glass replacement with genuine glass from classic industries
7. Sourcing all new Stainless Steel exterior trim. (70%)
8. Trying to source all trim clips (very hard to get...still need the vinyl Trim clips)
9. My buddy sanded prepped and applied stock color to include painting on the factory-specific black stripe.
10. Found a 1973 / 340-1 long block to mate up with the A904 transmission. Still on the waiting list to get it in machine shop. Motor was locked (rust). Dis-assembled and needs honing etc.
11. Sourced beautiful 17x8 and 17x9 Year One Rallye Wheels. Put a nice set of Michlin Radials on them.

So much more to come.

SRKlegin said:

The production body stripe is going to be in Dark Argent as well.

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This comment was right when I bought and knew little about a Barracuda. Learning so much more and doing it right.

Just some of the work thats being done.

More additions. My buddy and I opted for Chrysler Black Metallic for the body stripe. Meadow Gold has a bit of pearl to give depth to the color. Astounding change. Took it to a show as a In-Work category and actually won.

fasjac said:

That’s a great looking Barracuda!

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Thanks...but I planned to get her back in Mopar shape.

Well, the 318 came out about 4-weeks ago. The 340LA/1973 block has been at the shop being worked on and off for the past few years. All cylinder bores had corrosion being a New York bone yard item that was scavenged by a Logan Wrecking Yard that was travelling around picking up mopar engines. I completely dis-assembled engine and sent it of to Chet's Performance, Utah. He's been sporadically working it around his workload (he's 1-deep in the shop). Great builder. Worth the wait. I will give all the particulars of the build with pictures within the next 4-months.
1. All cylinder bores were bored and sleeved. / Block and heads were decked / crank bores all machined. Beautiful craftsmanship by Tony
2. Nominal stock pistons
3. 2.02 / 1.88 valves / Heads were suprisingly in great shape
4. Per my builder: he led me through conversion to roller cam /rocker arms / springs / etc.
5. forged steel crank
6. Replaced with internally balanced harmonic balancer
7. Sourced 3671918 4bbl manifold (didn't come with long block)
8. Sourced stock valve covers (didn't come with long block)
9. New distributor (stock)
10. New Edelbrock high performance water pump
11. Double-roller timing chain