1968 Barracuda in Plano Texas

[Y-TRY]

Looking great! You must be chomping at the bit!

[slammedwhitec5vert]

Loving this cuda!!!!

[mmosley]

Seam sealer going on today. Paint inside and underneath tomorrow?

[mmosley]

Trunk, Engine Bay, Door Jambs... oh my! Car before mine in the booth was yellow. The car next up is yellow. No, this is not Wisconsin.

[kmcanally]

Now where have I seen that color before?

[mmosley]

Now where have I seen that color before?

Your neighbor's Suburban?

Cars and Coffee tomorrow?

[mmosley]

Stopped by the shop this morning after Cars and Coffee. Turned on the lights, took some pictures. Alec approves of the paint.

[Y-TRY]

How much longer will it be at RCC? Are you taking it home to finish, leaving it there, or farming out some of the assembly? I want to see it before you haul it away.

[mmosley]

How much longer will it be at RCC? Are you taking it home to finish, leaving it there, or farming out some of the assembly? I want to see it before you haul it away.

Tomorrow they will do the bottom with the same color mixed with a bed liner material. Then they will paint the doors, fenders, trunk lid, hood, header panel, valance other odds and ends parts. Then they will paint the outside / top of the body. First the stripes, then the green, then the clear. After that I assume cut and buff. Probably be there for another two weeks. I will post pictures. PM me your number, remind me what your name is again, and I can text message you when it is at whatever stage you want to see. At the end it may be there a day or so before I take it home. The only part from this point forward I am farming out is the headliner install, some of the trim polish, the front windshield install and rear glass. I will do all the mechanical and assembly myself with my two sons. In a prior life I was an ASE certified master tech and have plenty of experience working on cars, just never learned any of the body / paint side of things.

[Mike]

I love the color, Michael.

[Y-TRY]

No updates because you're busy assembling, right?

[mmosley]

No updates because you're busy assembling, right?

Busy waiting for paint. About a week to go at this point. After I get it home it will be busy waiting for me to find time to work on it and busy waiting for me to come up with money to buy parts.

[icemanrd19]

Busy waiting for paint. About a week to go at this point. After I get it home it will be busy waiting for me to find time to work on it and busy waiting for me to come up with money to buy parts.

the last part is the main thing. I'm waiting to hook up my 60 gal air compressor and start working on my car. Here soon i should be back on it pretty good unless another kid comes lol

[gearheads78]

Here soon i should be back on it pretty good unless another kid comes lol

Careful what you say. I said it a few years ago and 9 months later I had twins

[mmosley]

the last part is the main thing. I'm waiting to hook up my 60 gal air compressor and start working on my car.

We are both moving at a snails pace, since we are both budget limited it will be quite the "race" to the finish. Your car may have paint... but mine will soon enough and I am an engine and transmission ahead of you overall. But you can probably buy a crate LS3 for the cost of my EFI computer and harness, and you already have pretty wheels, so $-wise we are probably close to even on our distance to the finish line.

Here soon i should be back on it pretty good unless another kid comes lol

Yeah... be careful what you ask for there. I had a pair of 3-1/2 year olds when I moved here. The following summer I found some time to work on the car and we even took it to the race track. We went to Disney World for their fifth birthday. Magically - eight months later we had a third child, my second boy. When he was about a year old I stopped driving the car because I needed to repair the wiring harness. After he turned four my older son, now eleven, and I started disassembling the car for paint. My youngest is now five. At this rate we are hoping to have the car driving the summer he turns seven.

[icemanrd19]

I have everything for my car but the following:

Front seats
engine
trans
driveshaft
fuel lines
brake lines
rear ebrake
speakers/ cd player
vintage air
battery relocation kit
Everything else i have sitting upstairs

Pretty much when I'm ready to pull the trigger on a killer engine/ trans deal i will go full force on it. Im really starting to lean towards dropping a ls1/t56 in there so i can get it on the road.

[Gil]

Very nice work !
Go Mopar muscle !
Not a purist but why not 383 EFI/T56 ?
Or 508 EFI 6 pack ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ITny...ature=youtu.be
Gil

[mmosley]

Very nice work !
Go Mopar muscle !
Not a purist but why not 383 EFI/T56 ?
Or 508 EFI 6 pack ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ITny...ature=youtu.be
Gil

Because I have a 440 with a Super Stock Weiand Tunnel Ram Six Pack Intake with the same EFI as the 508 in the video. And I already have the T56 also. The LS1 iceman is referring to is for his Camaro.

See the following for pictures of the engine in the car:
post #59 https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/...91#post1044791
post #60 https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/...73#post1047273
post #66 https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/...21#post1047921
Post #67 https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/...90#post1052090
Post #97 https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/...87#post1062687

Here is a picture of the intake:


Is it Mopar enough for you?

[mmosley]

Ready for paint!

[Gil]

Because I have a 440 with a Super Stock Weiand Tunnel Ram Six Pack Intake with the same EFI as the 508 in the video. And I already have the T56 also. The LS1 iceman is referring to is for his Camaro.

Is it Mopar enough for you?

Yeeees ! My mistake Michael, I'm breathing again !
Had just to go one page back to see what was in your car, sorry aout that ! 440 six pack EFI + T56, should be good, lol !
This car will take you at breakneck speed... Bada$$ !
Gil