You can't ditch the slant.

8.25 is a fine unit with a good locker, my porky Duster has one with a late model 5.9 with spicy heads and cam and it does does fine.

More people don't race their old cars than those that do also.

Some couldn't care less how fast it is, and just want something to wash and wax and go to a cars + coffee with occasionally. A 3500 stall, 3:91 gears and a stroked 440 would be a turn off for that type of buyer.

The price is too high if it’s not selling. Are you advertising it anywhere else? If I were you, I would drop the “Firm” from the price as a start, possibly even add obo. Why are you selling? How fast do you need the money?

Take it from someone who had $27k into a 66 Barracuda and got $10k for it, you will NEVER get your money out of it.

Don’t do the swap!

Stout money for a slant six car. Buddy of mine sold his turn key 496 stroker SuperBee clone for 19k a few years back.

I think $15,000 is a better starting point.

The problem i run into looking at cars is that a lot of people will have their 6 cylinder car for sale for V8 prices. And like others said you can't win because if you put a V8 in it people will complain about which one it is or that they would have prevlffered if it was left stock so they knew it was done properly or some other excuse. Some might be legitimate reasons others are only people complaining.

People who have never had an entire old car repainted to a nice level of quality will say "Gee I'll just buy a 5K rusty project car instead and then have it painted my way and be able to put a V8 in it and be less in than the slant car with the nice paint". Cept that won't happen at a reasonable price unless they:

1. Know how to fix dents & rust, and have a clean space to paint it,
2. Already have a V8 engine and transmission sitting there ready to go and are capable of doing the swap at home without paying for help.

It's an acceptable car for a guy with a spare V8 drivetrain looking for a home and wrenching ability who does not want to deal with a paint shop.
It also works for someone who does not want a speed demon, and does not want to have a car painted either.

Hey, thanks for all the feedback, guys! And for the compliments.

I will likely leave the car as is, and just wait for the right buyer.

Fortunately, I don't absolutely need to sell it - I would just prefer to have some garage space back.

Yes, I probably need to increase my advertising to other sites. So far, it's only been on this site, FABO, slantsix.org, and Facebook.

As for price, I didn't just pull it out of the air. I looked at all the other cars that I could find. As I recall, most V8 cars were asking in the mid-$20's or more, so mine didn't seem that unreasonable. However, I will re-consider my asking price. And I realize it's generally not possible to get back all the money one has spent on a car.

Thanks again!

Roger

What year is it?

It’s a 67 Barracuda coupe notchback that’s painted an orange. Like a 68 Omaha orange

Big pluses are the large bolt disks, and 8 1/4, and shiny done paint. Very ready for a small block swap of your choice. And paint is very expensive these days.

Unfortunately Notchbacks are not hot sellers. There’s people that say they like them over fastback and sometimes over Darts. But when it comes time to sell them those people go silent.

.. and I’ve owned a 68 340-S notch for 30 years. It’s probably the least valuable of all 68-71 340 cars.

Same for same: I think a 67 Notch is near the least desirable 67-71 2-door A-body.

Notches just don't get the love they deserve.

How much to put a Toyota engine in it?

With an ebay turbo and front mount.....and a giant fart pipe sticking out the back and lowering springs. Next thing you know its sold....

Sounds like this is a So Cal car. Maybe some pictures of the undercarriage to demonstrate how clean it is.

We (So Cal) take stuff like this for granted much more than in other areas.

No, it actually came out of a Houston, TX suburb. It was just very well cared for by the original owner (I'm the 3rd owner). But that's a good idea about underside pics - I'll see if I can get some.

Make sure to take them with flash manually on to show detail.

If you still have it by Spring Fling, bring it there. Buyers come from all over: Australia, Germany, Sweden...

no way would i spend the time and money to drop a V8 in it to sell. maybe you are just asking too much for it. maybe you just haven't found the right buyer. maybe you aren't advertising it in the right places.. car looks decent and doesn't seem way out of line price wise compared to what other cars are being advertising for. maybe its just the wrong time of year.

have you advertised it on forabodiesonly.com ? may be a good idea.

Remove spare tire and take picture of spare tire well since its common for those to be rusted out. Also the trunk drop downs, behind the rear wheels, pictures of those from under the car. Those areas are where these cars commonly have rust. See if you can get car up on lift and show that underside. Maybe even pull carpet back and show floors. If the car truly is rust free provide pictures to prove it because that is a huge value add to these cars.

Thanks. And yes on FABO, I think that's where all of my inquiries so far have come from.