1967 'cuda INTRO

[1967 'cuda]

The first post that I made on this site was in the PROJECTS section a few days ago. I hadn't noticed that there was a separate section for introductions. - oops. I'm a non-recovering Moparaholic. I live in Nebraska. These are a few pictures of some of the projects I have going on.

 

[Basketcase]

welcome from Ohio. Nice bunch you have there. Love to have a Lil Red. How about some info on all of those?

 

[peresvet24]

wow, nice collection and Welcome aboard!

 

[69hemibeep]

Next to the stand of corn is what looks like an old funny car, what's the story on that one.

 

[droptop]

Oh yeah......need the story on the funny car. What are your plans for it????

Next to the stand of corn is what looks like an old funny car, what's the story on that one.

 

[1967 'cuda]

welcome from Ohio. Nice bunch you have there. Love to have a Lil Red. How about some info on all of those?

I'm the 3rd owner of the 'Lil Red. The first owner only put 300 miles on it and then parked it away. When I found it back in '82 it had 7000 miles on it from the 2nd owner. I've owned it now for 32 years. I stopped driving it 24 years ago and parked it next to the shop at our farm. I began the restoration last year.

 

[Basketcase]

lookin good. I wish Dodge had kept that dash in the '80s trucks. best palce ever for the fuse box, and nice gauge layout.

 

[1967 'cuda]

The Cuda is an AAR clone. It's a 1974 with a 1970 tail light panel. The exhaust system is from an actual AAR. The engine is a 1970 340.

 

[Basketcase]

great looking 'cuda

 

[1967 'cuda]

The black Duster is a '72. It's sporting a 440, Dana 60, coil overs, 4.56s, - been back halved. I'm hoping on getting it into the 9s this year.

 

[Basketcase]

looks mean!

 

[1967 'cuda]

We picked the 1970 Roadrunner up last year in Missouri and have been working on it since then. - Factory 383 4-speed car. So far most of our work has been focused on the fuel and ignition systems.

 

[1967 'cuda]

The Fastback Barracuda is a 1967. Front body panels are all fiberglass now. Currently I'm running a 318/904. I'm working on putting in a Dana 60 and a 727.

 

[Basketcase]

very nice collection.

 

[1967 'cuda]

The 1968 Charger is a true R/T. Originally it had a 440 with a 727. - Picked it up out of Oklahoma a few years back. - A real basket case. We're putting together a blown 512 stroker/4-speed for this project. Most of the sheet metal had to be replaced.

 

[1967 'cuda]

My old '69 SIX PACK BEE. I sold it to a buddy of mine.

 

[Basketcase]

I had a '68 R/T for almost 20 years. Yours looks wicked.

 

[george68hemirr]

Welcome from new york.....wow you have been very busy......love your collection

 

[cj69RR]

Very nice work and collection of Mopars!

 

[1967 'cuda]

I picked up the funnycar back in the late seventies. It's a 1970 Duster body. Although I'd never raced it I had bought it as a 'someday project'.


It does not have the original chassis. The guy I bought it from was trying to set the car up as a two passenger vehicle to use as a show car. A business out of Lincoln, Nebraska called BLUE ENGINEERING had built the new chassis. They were well known locally for building sprint car chassis. It's got a rack & pinion front, torsion arm suspension. 16 X 14 monocoque rear wheels and 15 X 4 Cragar S/S's up front.

This is a picture of the car back when it was still being raced in the late seventies.

My plan was to install this stroked 331 Hemi that I had. It came out of a fiberglass turtledeck T gasser that I'd bought. It's running an old HOWARD roller cam, forged 13&1/2 to 1 pistons, aluminum roller rockers, a HOWARD finned fuelie front cover, block girdle, Cragar blower manifold,etc... When I bought it - it was running six Stromberg carbs.

One of my favorite quotes.

The car was vandalized by teenagers about six years ago. They trampled down the roof on it and cracked the sides.

I decided that I needed to finally start doing something with it a year ago. So I began stripping the metalflake paint off of it. I knew the fiberglass could all still be repaired.

I had always loved the early funnycars. The body on this one seems to have been identical to one that McCewen had run. Underneath the metalflake paint there was another paint scheme that was similar (if not the same) to his blue and white Hot Wheels car. None of the original lettering was evident. I could tell that the rear roof vent was added later. I've compared the body's under structure with photos of McCewen's car and they're identical. His also was made with the same amount of chop and stretch.

My plan had always been to race it as an econo-funnycar.

Over the years I had tried to sell it but could never find anyone interested.