1967 Barracuda Fastback

[1967Barracuda]

Heres my 1967 barracuda fastback, Its a slant 6 automatic Im im planing on doing a 5.9L 360 Magnum, viper T56 6 speed, and 8 1/4 rear end.

So far i stripped the entire car, except for the underchassis and enginge compartment to steel, then i primered it. Im about to begin the sheet metal work.

Heres my progress so far...

[1967Barracuda]

Heres more pictures, as far as the suspension goes, I'm planning on Road Race leaf spring from Firm Feel, a 1973-1976 Abody V8 k-member, Front and rear sway bars, Dodge viper front disc brakes, and jeep grand cherokee rear disc brakes.

[1967Barracuda]

More Pictures:

[6'9"Witha69]

Holy rusted metal Batman!! Looks like a lot of fun time in the garage to come. Good luck and thanks for all the pics!

[1967Barracuda]

Test Fitting The 8 1/4:

[NOT A TA]

Nice progress! Always liked those fastbacks.

[speedfreak68]

Do you think that 8/1/4 will hold up to that? You might want to keep your eyes open for a 8 3/4. Sweet project though, I have always wanted one of those!!

[Krazed]

I like where you're going with this! Id go for an 8.75" rear though, unless you put in a new center section thats built a bit beefier.

[1967Barracuda]

About the rear, Im planning on rebuilding it and upgrading it with an LPW rear end cover that supports the main caps, upgrading the front yoke to accept the 7290 yoke and installing a positraction center and a ring and pinion that can handle some horse power. If it brakes oh well then i'll get a bigger rear end either 8 3/4 or Dana 60... as far as rear brakes go, i do have a set of 11" x 2.5" rear drums but im now thinking about installing a set of rear discs brakes from a 1993 through 1998 jeep grand cherokee. These jeeps have 8 1/4 rear ends with 5 x 4.5" bolt pattern, so the rear discs are a bolt on deal with parts availible over the counter.

[bonecrrusher]

What did you use to strip the paint? It looks like whatever you used it did an excellent job....

[hivewax]

a lot of love, blood, sweat, and tears is going into that car. cool.

[1967Barracuda]

Lol Thanks i am working hard on this project Im 17 and i bought this car a couple months ago as i always wanted to have a project car, i had to deliver a lot of pizza to afford this barracuda. Any way i used tal-strip chemical stripper then i sanded the remaining paint off with a lite grit sanding disc on an electric drill

[1967Barracuda]

here is pictures of an 8 1/4 with disc brakes off of a jeep cherokee and another 8 1/4 with the rear end cover im planning on using. right now i cant afford these parts lol so im still brainstorming

[1968CamaroSS_Sam]

Really nice looking project. Great job.

[wellis77]

Where are you located? I've got an 8 1/4 and an 8 3/4 (not an a-body, but cheap) I'm getting rid of. I'm in Grand Rapids, MI.

[FoxGranadaChuck]

I would seriously reconsider the T-56 6-speed install. To my knowledge, that swap would entail a LOT of torsion bar crossmember work to get it to fit! Instead, I would get something along the lines of a Keisler/Tremec 5-speed. This would be almost a direct bolt-in kit (except for welding in the area for the shifter, which you would have to do anyway).

I definitely like your concept, though!!!

[FoxGranadaChuck]

A sage bit of advice from someone who has been around the block a few times in his life, especially as it relates to planning and building cars. Don't let your ideas become so vast that they don't work. Keep everything as simple (and as inexpensive) as is humanly possible.

From personal experience, I once had a project when I was your age. The problem was that my ideas were so vast that I ignored the simpler issues that had to be addressed. In the end, the floorpan was completely rusted out.

I really like the idea of swapping in the disc brake rear-end. If you are going to do some serious driving, I would do something with the c-clip retainers though.

[1967Barracuda]

Thank you all here is a little updates, I painted the rear end and stripped the passenger side wheel tub. Right now im working on stripping the underbody after that i'll start on buying new rear suspension parts so i can install the rear. coming along slow and steady!

[CruizinKev]

looks good keep it up!

[PRRC]

We painted a Cuda last summer looked just like your. Same color and all. The customer choose to paint it viper orange. It looks great. a great color choice for that car.You can see it on our facebook page. Heres the link
http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/Para...4078876?ref=ts