1967 'cuda
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Despite my passion for all muscle cars, - Mopars have always been my favorites. Although I've owned some Chevys, I was always more likely to consider myself a Mopar guy. I realize that the Chevy and Ford guys are equally passionate about the cars they own, but there seems to me to be something different about Chrysler enthusiasts. Amongst the sea of Fords and Chevys we seem to stand out. When I go to local car shows I'm likely to see rows of Camaros, Chevelles, and Mustangs. But here and there a Mopar will be hidden. But not hidden well.
To the non-Chrysler community we must appear as blemishes. - Like pimples on a teenager's face, we refuse to be ignored. With the high optic paint and body lines that refuse to blend into the crowd, we stick out.
Just owning a Mopar makes us feel like rebels. We have not conformed. We have chosen to be different.
Many cars are referred to as being iconic. - Shoebox Chevys, GTOs, Mustangs, 442s.... - the list goes on and on. Hell, there are probably even Vega and Pinto owners that consider their cars to be icons of some sort. The basis for why - is that something about those vehicles is odd. Something that has set them apart from the rest of the tin sitting in the Walmart parking lot. Their owners can spot them at a glance no matter how full the lot may be. They catch the eye. Even small children that had never seen these cars before will stop playing and point. They don't do that with the average car.
One of the cars that I have on my personal list of iconic vehicles is the early Plymouth Barracuda. There never were too many of them around where I grew up. But the red, white, and blue Sox & Martin Hemi Barracuda and the Hemi Under Glass were a few of the coolest cars I'd ever seen.


So one day as I'm surfing the net for parts I came across an ad for a 1967 fastback. It was on an eBay auction and it didn't look like it was going to sell very high. I put a bid on it and won. The car was located in Texas. Time for another road trip.
At first I had thought about driving it back, but we had bought a really nice open car trailer a few months earlier and figured we might as well use it. It's a good thing we did. By the time we made it to where the car was it was dark. And the first thing the owner told us was that he had 'bad news'. 'For some unknown reason the lights (all of them) had stopped working earlier that day'. Although the 'sudden' light problem was suspicious, the car looked pretty good. I was so eager to finally have a fastback Barracuda that I didn't bother bitching about it. We loaded it up and headed home.
Backup lights are missing lenses and rear trim needs detailed.

Just back from trip to Texas, - haven't had much of a chance to look the car over in daylight 'til now.

The trailer worked flawlessly. Other than a drive that was way too long we did pretty well.

Online purchases are always a little spooky. The car looked much better in pictures than it did after we got there to pick it up. - Still, all in all a pretty solid car especially for 45 years old.

Spence and I went together on the purchase of this sliding axle trailer. The aluminum box houses the hydraulic pump, tie-downs, and jack. No need for trailer ramps because the rear of the trailer lowers to the ground as the axles move forward. I built a front 'gravel shield' on the trailer out of aluminum deck plate to protect our cars from whatever the tow vehicle might kick up.

Not too bad in the pics, but it needs a lot of work.

It's been years since I've seen one of these on the road. And apparently the first time for a lot of people. Whenever we stopped for gas someone would inevitably ask us what the heck it was.

I thought I was getting a car to drive 'as-is' but I'm afraid it's gonna be another project vehicle.



To the non-Chrysler community we must appear as blemishes. - Like pimples on a teenager's face, we refuse to be ignored. With the high optic paint and body lines that refuse to blend into the crowd, we stick out.
Just owning a Mopar makes us feel like rebels. We have not conformed. We have chosen to be different.
Many cars are referred to as being iconic. - Shoebox Chevys, GTOs, Mustangs, 442s.... - the list goes on and on. Hell, there are probably even Vega and Pinto owners that consider their cars to be icons of some sort. The basis for why - is that something about those vehicles is odd. Something that has set them apart from the rest of the tin sitting in the Walmart parking lot. Their owners can spot them at a glance no matter how full the lot may be. They catch the eye. Even small children that had never seen these cars before will stop playing and point. They don't do that with the average car.
One of the cars that I have on my personal list of iconic vehicles is the early Plymouth Barracuda. There never were too many of them around where I grew up. But the red, white, and blue Sox & Martin Hemi Barracuda and the Hemi Under Glass were a few of the coolest cars I'd ever seen.


So one day as I'm surfing the net for parts I came across an ad for a 1967 fastback. It was on an eBay auction and it didn't look like it was going to sell very high. I put a bid on it and won. The car was located in Texas. Time for another road trip.
At first I had thought about driving it back, but we had bought a really nice open car trailer a few months earlier and figured we might as well use it. It's a good thing we did. By the time we made it to where the car was it was dark. And the first thing the owner told us was that he had 'bad news'. 'For some unknown reason the lights (all of them) had stopped working earlier that day'. Although the 'sudden' light problem was suspicious, the car looked pretty good. I was so eager to finally have a fastback Barracuda that I didn't bother bitching about it. We loaded it up and headed home.
Backup lights are missing lenses and rear trim needs detailed.

Just back from trip to Texas, - haven't had much of a chance to look the car over in daylight 'til now.

The trailer worked flawlessly. Other than a drive that was way too long we did pretty well.

Online purchases are always a little spooky. The car looked much better in pictures than it did after we got there to pick it up. - Still, all in all a pretty solid car especially for 45 years old.

Spence and I went together on the purchase of this sliding axle trailer. The aluminum box houses the hydraulic pump, tie-downs, and jack. No need for trailer ramps because the rear of the trailer lowers to the ground as the axles move forward. I built a front 'gravel shield' on the trailer out of aluminum deck plate to protect our cars from whatever the tow vehicle might kick up.

Not too bad in the pics, but it needs a lot of work.

It's been years since I've seen one of these on the road. And apparently the first time for a lot of people. Whenever we stopped for gas someone would inevitably ask us what the heck it was.

I thought I was getting a car to drive 'as-is' but I'm afraid it's gonna be another project vehicle.



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