Posted By: 71nonRT340shaker
New to me cut up 69 Barracuda - 07/22/13 04:42 AM
Hey guys it's been a long time since I posted on here, but the good news is I still have the same pc so my avatar pic from '04 wasn't too hard to find. I still have my cars, the family still has the challenger and 73 charger, I've been lurking around the race forum for a few months now drooling over the cars and what not.
Long story short I finally got my hands on a drag car. Maybe not the most obvious choice for a first car but it's the car that presented itself. I wanted to go with a nostalgia car, mostly period correct, she shot down the F.E.D. idea pretty directly so that narrowed it down to a mopar with doors preferably older than 72. After a horse trade for a roller, I ended with the driveline the car was last run with years ago. It's a Roth built 440, 727 set up that needs a once over just due to sitting, the heads are fresh, and with any luck it will make it to the track next year.
As for the car it's cut to pieces, it has sheet metal tubs, rear floors, dash and firewall. Stock floors, the body is all steel aside from the hood and front bumper. The rear is a 9" with I believe 4.88's the rear has leafs, hard welded 3 pt ladder bars, wheelie bar and 32x16.5-15 rubber. The windows are all lexan, it's a stock mopar front end with welded up shock mounts and no inner fenders, you get the point it's a cut up car that appears to have always been a race car. I was told it was raced out of Cooperstown NY and that's pretty much all I know about the car's history. Has anyone ever seen this car before?
I'll be asking a lot of questions while I try to get this thing back to the track where it belongs, so that's why I wanted to make a quick intro and let you see what I'm working on, TC.
Long story short I finally got my hands on a drag car. Maybe not the most obvious choice for a first car but it's the car that presented itself. I wanted to go with a nostalgia car, mostly period correct, she shot down the F.E.D. idea pretty directly so that narrowed it down to a mopar with doors preferably older than 72. After a horse trade for a roller, I ended with the driveline the car was last run with years ago. It's a Roth built 440, 727 set up that needs a once over just due to sitting, the heads are fresh, and with any luck it will make it to the track next year.
As for the car it's cut to pieces, it has sheet metal tubs, rear floors, dash and firewall. Stock floors, the body is all steel aside from the hood and front bumper. The rear is a 9" with I believe 4.88's the rear has leafs, hard welded 3 pt ladder bars, wheelie bar and 32x16.5-15 rubber. The windows are all lexan, it's a stock mopar front end with welded up shock mounts and no inner fenders, you get the point it's a cut up car that appears to have always been a race car. I was told it was raced out of Cooperstown NY and that's pretty much all I know about the car's history. Has anyone ever seen this car before?
I'll be asking a lot of questions while I try to get this thing back to the track where it belongs, so that's why I wanted to make a quick intro and let you see what I'm working on, TC.
now go get a great big NOS bottle and make a statement for the team 
At least the grill is in one piece, congrats 
