65 Barracuda A love / Hate kinda thing

Saw these pics online of a car show in Ohio. Lotsa work went into this one. I know nothing about the car other than what you see, there were no photo captions.

Nope

Sorry I cannot find any love

The only cuda that looked good with a wing is Corky's Cuda.

I do like the color.

A lot of work went into stretching the wheelbase, adding a modern drivetrain and all the body mods, but in the end, you still find yourself asking, 'Why?'

too bad he spent all that effort to make something like that , looks like someone with ability did it

Not at all to my taste but it wouldn't be so bad without the wing. It just doesn't look right on it.

Nope. It's a hate/hate thing. Well, maybe with a bit of vomit mixed in.

the wing is too much.

Definitely would be better without the wing and I don't like the wheels

With the 6 bolt pattern and Viper wheels I'm thinking they put it on a Dakota frame....

Someone put a lot of work into it.
The wing needs to go.....

Yes, I agree also, the wing needs to go. If he had just stopped right before he put the wing on it would be a decent custom. The fender flares look much better than the current ones coming out of the factory.

Um, no. Lots of work to take the car in the wrong direction...

Is that a Viper V10 motor or a truck V10?

Don't like the color, don;t like the wing, other than that it's nice.

But that wing looks almost photo shopped, look when it meets the trim atop the fender.

Well, the guy had an idea. Too bad his taste was in his rear.

I'm thinking the guy made use of a wrecked Viper. V10, 6 bolt very wide wheels.

The wing doesn't fit the car theme, but maybe he didn't have enough time to paint it to match the car.

Not something I'd want, but looks like he did a lot of work to make it fit together.
Bet its a fun driver.

That’ll be a no for me dawg.

What a hideous toad.
Early A body cars are handicapped with ugly bodies anyway and this guy made it even worse.
I'd drive a AMC Pacer before I'd sit in that turd.

I like it, should have stopped before putting the wing on though.........

The best selling Barracuda was the 65, go figure.

Based on the engine setback, wheelbase, and the boxed rockers to clear the exhaust routing, I'm pretty sure it's actually a rebodied Gen 3 Viper.

After looking at the pics more, I think that you're right.

If they did that they stretched the Viper frame to get that wheelbase.
A Vipers wheelbase is only 96 inches which is short compared to most cars.
That looks longer than any Vipers stock wheelbase.

To sum it up for me, other than the wing, wheel flares, wheels, color, body kit and hood, it's okay.

It is only ugly if you look at it.

Looking on the bright side, I feel better about almost all the mistakes I've ever made

Two bagger

A 65 Barracuda is a love/hate vehicle to begin with, now you add customization and it pushes the envelope even farther.

We had a 65 Barracuda with a 318 (swapped in place of the 273) with a 4 speed. That little car was a bunch of fun. A 65 Barracuda was probably one of the lightest cars built in 65.

My take on the modifications are: the boxed rockers are likely to cover the exhaust. The fender extensions are to cover the Viper wheels and wider tires. The nose was extended to make room for the V10, and then probably for the front suspension that likely had to be moved forward to clear the V10. Maybe the wing was an after thought? It was not painted to match the car, so it was probably added after the paint was done. He probably would have been better off to forget it, but at the point its at now, I guess another modification doesn't make much difference. The color is also a love/hate thing, some people really like that green.

His car, he gats to do what he wants with it. The modifications appear to be well done, and I'll still bet its fun to drive.

Lol, lead goggles

saw this one at a local show. Looks way better IMOP.

Now that's a beauty!

I can't let my wife see that one!

She really liked the one we had, and has said she wouldn't mind having another one when her PT dies. After I reminded her the PT get driven year around, she backs off a bit. We have real winter here, snow & salted roads.

i had an early 64 barracuda.
it was a 273 2bbl, pushbutton. that thing ran great, smoked the tires at will, even after i replaced the 13" stock tires with H78 14's on the rear. it even got 26mpg going to work on the interstate.
i lent it to my old man to drive to work one day, so i could take his new chrysler to the garage to get it safety inspected.
he called the house around supper time, and asked to bring the hook.
seems he hit a phone pole dead center, breaking the pole off and making a nice "dent" in the roof, coming home from work.
and that was the end of that car..........
my old man kind of had a habit of screwing up any vehicle he was lent. in later years, we laughed about this, but when it happened, it wasn't so funny.