1967 Plymouth Barracuda

Archive for March, 2016

A little primer on the front fenders to protect the bare metal.

The car finally sees the light of day.  Installed the windsheild and bolted on the hood.  Took it on a maiden voyage up/down the street rattling some windows.

I decided to start piecing the car together and get it on the road.  It will not be in final paint or have a new interior, but I’ll be tearing up the streets in it before I die 🙂

Lot’s accomplished tonight:

1. Turn signal issue diagnosed and fixed.  It was a faulty plug by the front of the drivers door where the rear harness connects.  Turn signals all work.
2. Seam sealed the shifter tunnel to seal in the weld
3. Installed the Hurst shifter boot
4. Installed the drivers door handle hardware
5. Installed the passenger seat
6. Installed the interior door panels and all hardware.  The window winders, the armrests and handles.
7. Cleaned up the wiring in the engine compartment
8. Replaced the dimmer switch solving the low-beam/high beam issue

Installed the grille, front bumper and reverse light wiring harness.  Also, replaced the plywood trunk/interior separation panel as the old one was completely rotted.

I wish I would have taken more photos of this process, but really only have the finished product.  The jist of this is that I originally had a TRW power steering pump with TRW brackets.  The TRW brackets don’t really fit the new replacement Federal pump.  I have been trying to find a replacement TRW style pump, without any luck.  So the workaround was to cut up the TRW brackets and make them work for the Federal pump.  This image shows the minor differences between the 2 pumps… although minor, they presented a challenge.

The TRW bracket didn’t fit the Federal pump in the notched areas.  Needed to modify the bracket to work…  Lot’s of cutting, welding and grinding and the finished product looks like this:

The bottom bracket was the one that was cut, welded, ground and painted… you’d never know.

Welded in the shift tunnel.  Still need to grind down the welds, add some seam sealer and paint….

Also installed the rear bumper.  Getting closer by the day…

Decided to go without the red pinstripe…

Painted black…

Testing out the plan on a spare headlight trim piece… tried black/red and silver/black.  I really like the black/red and how it will look against the car color as well as the black accents I plan on.

More slow progress.  Stripped and primed the header panel.