1967 Plymouth Barracuda

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Replaced the inner and outer tie rod ends.  Fired it up, set the idle, verified the oil pressure.

The old fuel pump was not working, ordered a new on from Classic Industries.  It’s not quite the same outlet, so I’ll have to bend the line a little to make it work… nothing is ever easy.

Pretty much fired right up after wiring up the battery and setting up a wire for the coil.  It has an oil leak at the oil adapter that I have to address, but other than that, it seems to run really well.  I’m sure the neighbors are real happy….

Using that wires supplied by the MSD kit, we cut them each to custom length and added the boots.  Check out the custom Spark Plug Wire Looms……. Tie Straps.  They turned out great and helped clean up the look.

Getting closer to firing it up!  Tested and installed the radiator and upper/lower hoses.  Had the starter tested and then installed it.  Installed the Mopar HEI distributor and bolted down the valve covers.  Had to do some fabrication to the clutch adjusting rod to make it longer… Won’t be long….

What a collosal pain in the ass it is to put Hooker HOK-5901HKR Headers into a Mopar A-Body.  Both motor mounts were unbolted.  Torsion bars had to be removed on both sides which was a pain in itself.  Once those were removed, the passenger side installed without much of a hassle.  The drivers side however, a very different story.  The steering box was removed, the clutch z-bar was removed.  The car had to be raised as high as possible.  We used ramps on the rear wheels with 3-ton jackstands on the rear axle.  On the front, a special contraption was made out of wood that was lying around which gave us 12″ of extra lift and was used as a base for the taller 3-ton jackstands.  Together, that gave us 34 inches of lift.  It’s important to understand that after we got the vehicle up that high, we DID NOT go under it.  We attached a bungee cord and rope to the header and pulled it up from above.  The car needed to be that high so that the header could get just about verticle.  The steering box was held from above and positioned into place while the headers were pulled up.  The engine was jacked as high as it would go before it started moving the body…When we got it  close to being in place (after lots of tugging, pulling and some serious swearing), we put 1 bolt in and then lowered the car back to a normal, safe height  and bolted the steering box back in place.  The we proceeded to bolt the driver’s side header n place.  After that, we bolted the motor mounts and re-installed the clutch z-bar.  WHAT A HUGE PAIN IN THE ASS…but it’s done and getting much closer to firing it up!

Custom bent the fuel line from the fuel pump to the carb with an in-line see through filter.

Super Competition Headers that is…

Home Depot supplied the brass heater hose fitting for the intake and the heater hoses have been installed.  Also installed the Temperature Sending Unit and have to figure out how to modify the brass bypass fitting.  I attempted to clean up the thermostat housing and it disintegrated under a little sandblasting …. so I’ll be replacing that.

Also, picked up a Hurst ‘Indy’ shifter handle from eBay.  Turns out that it’s too long and using it would cause severe knuckle damage when power shifting into 3rd gear… it needed modified.  About 2-2 1/2 inches was cut off the end.  New holes will be drilled shortly and the new shifter handle will get installed.

Got the PVC, Coil Bracket and Coil and the belts installed.  Next, Radiator and hoses.

Ben is becoming a great fabricator.  The reverse linkage rod was approx 2 1/4 inches too long.  He cut out 2 1/4 inches out of the rod and welded the threaded end back in place… after installing it… PERFECT fit.

Added new throttle return springs and bracket.

Driveshaft installed.

The 1st/2nd gear shifter rod was hitting the crossmember.  The crossmember was clearanced a little to make room.  After installing the rods, it no longer hits the crossmember.

Mocked up the throttle cable.