1967 Plymouth Barracuda

Installed the restored brake distribution block and installed all new front brake lines from the master cylinder to the wheels.

Got the flywheel resurfaced at a machine shop on 14th street in Plano.  Ben and I got the engine off the stand and onto the crane then got it mounted in the engine bay.  No issues at all and we were able to bolt the motor mounts in just a few minutes.  The Engine is IN!

I am in love with this portable spray gun.  I used the Preval System with some POR-20 Heat Resistant Aluminum paint to spray the Edelbrock Performer intake and the Bell-housing.  The POR-20 paint was thick, so I had a concern that the Preval wouldn’t be able to lay it down consistently….I was wrong.  It sprayed well, although somewhat messy….paint was all over the sprayer and bottle and my gloves.  There are breather holes in the cap so the ‘gun’ needs to stay verticle for the most part otherwise some paint may leak.  I learned the hard way.  Having said that, it laid down in 2 nice even coats and once again, the parts look great.

Sandblasted the motor mounts and clutch fork at Ben’s house.  After a coat of chassis black on the motor mounts and some POR-20 Aluminum on the clutch fork, they look new.

Decided to attempt to grind off the welds holding the console mounting brackets.  The plan is to sell the complete automatic transmission setup as a whole.  That includes the 727 automatic transmission with torque converter, the floor section that I’ll be cutting out and replacing with a 4-speed floor, the console with brackets, the automatic shifter with linkages and the automatic pedal assembly.  However, while attempting to liberate the brackets, I’m actually doing a better job at cutting thru the floor, so I decided to keep them attached to the floor for now and attempt to make some kind of template to cut out the section for the factory 4-speed hump…

Here’s what the VIN tells us:

VIN = BH29D72352326

Make: B = Plymouth Barracuda
Price Class: H = High
Body Type: 29 = 2 Door Sports Hardtop
Engine: D = 273 180HP 1-2BBL 8 Cyl
Model Year: 7 = 1967
Assembly Plant: 2 = Dodge Main, Hamtramck, MI USA
Sequence No.: 352326 = 252326th Vehicle

Ben and I installed the 4-speed pedals and master cylinder.

In order to prepare for the 4-speed, I needed to remove the factory automatic shifter.

In order to install the 4-speed pedals, we (Ben and I) needed to remove the factory pedals as well as the steering column.  The gauges were also removed and will be cleaned and ‘restored’ soon.

Applied the 2nd coat of POR-15 Hemi-Orange paint.  Also managed to pick up an Edelbrock Performer Aluminum intake from the same guy that I got the flywheel/bellhousing from.  Topped off with a Holley and it’s looking like an engine.

Got the POR-15 engine primer and 1st coat of Hemi-Orange spread on the engine.

I decided to sandblast the Mopar Performance Valve covers and restore them.  After blasting them, I used a red scotch-brite pad to scuff them.  I then coated them with some black VHT (Very High Temperature) header paint that contained ceramic chips.  After that dried, I used some 220-grit, 400-grit, 800-grit and finally 1000-grit paper to get the chrome below the letters and fins shine.  After that, they were  coated with some VHT clear.  They came out looking GREAT.