Thanks All

Brent, so as I said our strange connection of coincidences continues. You live in Vegas now and I am in ABQ. I lived there almost 7 years. You had the orange 72 Duster, and a green 69 340 swinger too and I have a feeling the further we go the more we'll see.
Folks he and I did not realize the connection or that we had ever even met as we have been following the builds of each others current projects but Brent is actually the guy who started the chain reaction which became my Cuda purchase. I can not thank you enough for telling me about that 340.....
He live in ABQ and I was living elsewhere (military) at the time. I was looking for Mopar parts when I met him. He had sold an engine to his roomate that I was coming to town to get. That deal fell through so being bored and having a pocket full of cash I went to merely look at a relatives Cuda. Brent even came by and helped me bleed the brakes in prep for flat towing.
It was1:30am and i am up from a dead sleepand my first thought.....just a few screws stand between me and whats beneath that carpet....

...and the carpet was faded and dirty and looked tan, the rear looked darker but I kind of brushed that off.

Seems I have been favoring the drivers side. Poor Ram all work no glory, and the Cuda looks shiny and new until the flash exposes the dust

I found a base decal that expired in 93, the plate is a 1972 NM plate and the sticker is too tough to read. I found this in the car


Some folks caught that I hinted about another car. If the weather is good a real jaw dropper will be parked in the Rams stall, does not mean it's mine. Everyones favorite Mopar in the rarest of hues.... maybe even tonight When I'm not posting I am busy doing something somewhere

Pass floor dust not rust

I moved some items in the back seat and the seat buldged out like someone had pulled the top back looking for the sheet. Guess it needs some work. So I look down and theres a nice build sheet in there....careful removal of the seat and lots of pre-photos to follow. Maybe I can remove the foam....

That's awesome. Congratulations! That thing looks sweet. Reminds me of the one I know of sitting in a guys personal field!





Best of luck on the new project!

Ryan

That is one clean car! Fingers are crossed that the sheet matches

I believe that all the four speed cars came standard with black carpet, regardless of the interior color. Your car looks to confirm that.

It has the torque boxes too. My E body 4spd Cuda doesn't
Funny I thought the same thing, hope it's the right sheet. I'm going to search the whole car for sheets.

Time for some engine pics... Ohh and you're only a jack a couple of stands away from matching #'s...

Mine has them as well, front and rear. I wonder if the automatic cars had them? The E-bodies only had them when U,V and R-codes were ordered (of course all ragtops as well).

I was told 4spd cars had them? My Cuda is 4spd.
Dart has all 4

That only works with small block A-bodies. No more E-body torque boxes after 1971. Even in '70-1, 340 and 383 cars (4-spd or auto) didn't come with them. They were reserved for 440 4bbl, 440 6bbl and 426 hemis only.

Numbers do match ...trust me

another

I can breath again. I got the sheet out in one piece. I took it to be scanned, saved as a PDF and ....laminated. I had to it would never have made it. Thoughts?

I wouldn't laminate your broadcast sheet. Put it in an acid free sheet protector.

It never would have made it, far to brittle. I have a great scan prior to lamination and when I unearth another sheet it will stay natural

I laminated a pic of my oldest nearly 20 years ago (she will be 21) so I could protect it during military times abroad and it still looks new

drivers side of trunk