I would think the color combo paired with the drive train combo makes this car super rare. I vote stock.

For me, what you have is far more interesting than any V-8 swapped in it, including a Hemi. But I'm interested in history, not clones.

If you don't want it as is, someone who will restore it to stock will want it.

IMHO if someone clones it into a V-8 they should hope to get the value of the parts they put in. Labor free. Certainly not a money making venture for a cloner. Plus if someone wants to clone it they would want to get rid of the "economy" features.

So if you are selling it, is your price realistic for the person who would buy it?

I believe I would restore it as well.

Your car reminds me of a 1971 Challenger my father had back in the early 1980's that I learned to drive in.
It was also a 198 with a 3 speed standard in the floor and a coupe as well.
His was white with a Chartreuse longitude stripe which my father taped off and painted black and it had green interior with out the console.

I would like to have that one back but the guy my father sold it to was going to big block it and before he got started on it some young punks vandalized the car and it was parted out.

Some interesting reply's in this thread.

I have a 70 challenger that is a slant six stick, factory FJ5. When I bought it I had plans to use it as a "blank piece of canvas" I never did anything with it. Now I feel like I should leave it alone but in the grand scheme of things it is probably last on my list.

Got a buddy here that has a A93 71 Barracuda, 198 with 3spd on floor. Only options as I recall, are power brakes and steering. Fixed rear windows, Butterscotch with two tone tan interior, 75k mile car. He has turned down lots of $$$$ by those that wanted to make a Hemi 4spd clone car . . . I would think the /6 with 3spd would be rarer today, than a Hemi car . . .

Total 198 cu.in. Barracudas were "rarer" than HEMI'Cudas when new! & I'd bet 90% are dead 'n gone.

1970 U.S. spec.:
BH23B0 w/3-spd ~297
BH23B0 w/auto ~164

BS23R0B w/4-spd ~284
BS23R0B w/auto ~368

Great color combo & the "elastomeric" bumper package does not hurt the eye appeal!

the hunt for Buildsheet...I was ready to get tweezers out But it was for another car...

bagged and tagged in case it is some ones.. Bh23GOB421349

the #'s

There may be more.

Have you looked inside both bucket seat backs & behind the glove box liner yet? Rear seat?

Save all the pieces you can for this one, I am good at puzzles.

I am hoping under carpet under front seats but that is a long shot...Back seat bottom was gone and nothing in rear seat back.

If you keep the original block in it and want a little more grunt, a 225 crank and rods will bolt right in the 198 block, pistons are the same 198/225.

I found 3 sheets in my Cuda, 1 in the back seat bottom, 1 in each of the bucket seat backs.

I enjoy seeing restored slant six and 318 cars as much as the HiPo V8s, so yeah, keep the 198 in it.

There is/was an FM3 A93 Barracuda in north GA. The owner posted about it 8-9 years ago on another site, never heard about it since.

I already have the DODGE Sister to it...

pink

Pretty cool, a match set in good colors.

My vote is to make something cool out of it. A 198 slant is a dog, you won't like it. Put a 440 in it and some hockey sticks and don't look back.

I have a JH23B0B Deputy Challenger, one of like 500 or something but it's still going to be a Vanishing point clone even though it's numbers matching and pretty rare.

front on

Keep it original!

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