1969 Barracuda cleaning up!!
A few months ago I bought this 1969 Barracuda from a friend of mine. I had been bugging him for a while about it, because I always thought they were neat looking cars. He eventually agreed to sell it to me, so here we are. Outside, the car is fairly clean. Has a few imperfections, but most do. Inside is pretty nice as well. But under the hood is TERRIBLE looking. The car has had a coolant leak since the day I brought it home, that has progressively gotten worse. I tightened the water pump bolts, to find two stripped bolts. The trans also has a small leak, so I've decided to pull the engine and trans, fix some issues, and give it a rattle can tune up. I've decided to leave the engine alone mechanically, aside from changing the intake, carb, and a different exhaust system. The trans has a cheetah manual valve body, and shifts firm 1-2, but has a lazy feeling 2-3 shift, so I'm dropping it off to be inspected as well. Today I got the motor and trans out, so I figured I'd post some pictures for anyone who may be interested.
The car, and some photos I took of it a couple weeks ago.
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Upon tearing it out, I've decided to take care of a few other issues that scare me. The oil pan is touching the K member, so I'm going to do a little clearancing on the K member, and the fuel system is pretty scary. The new pump is mounted on the exhaust hanger, with a variety of tiny steel fuel line mixed in with a little rubber hose here and there and secured with some worm clamps. I will run braided all the way from the pump to the regulator.
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And some new parts that will be going on the engine.
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Stay tuned for updates as they come!!