1967 Plymouth Barracuda

Here’s a sneak peek at the exhaust setup I’m planning…

New harmonic balancer seal, new water pump, new alternator.. going back together.

Had a bad oil leak from the front of the engine.  Did some testing… without any accessories, no oil leak, the minute I put a fan belt on and connected the power steering pump or the alternator, oil sprayed generously out of the harmonic balancer seal… it had to be replaced.  I used this opportunity to replace the water pump, the alternator and the power steering pump so I wouldn’t have to deal with that in the near future.  Can’t button it up quite yet as the new water pump does not come with the heater hose connectors and the ones from the old water pump will be no good after liberating them from it.  Also, needed to order a new harmonic balancer bolt as the current one is toast….

Stripped the drivers door using a combination of Aircraft paint stripper and a 36-grit disc on my handheld grinder.  The aircraft stripper seemed to only remove the paint that had been added over the factory red.  I had to grind the factory paint off.  3-hours.

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

Had to do some cleanup in the garage to make some room for progress..

Replaced the carburetor with a new Holley 650 CFM and it solved all of the issues that existed with keeping an idle.  Runs like a champ now.

Been a little over 2 months since I’ve had the time to work on the Barracuda.. spent a few minutes with it today.

Installed the exhaust from the headers to the mufflers.  I think I’ll just attach some turndowns to the mufflers for now until I decide how I’m going to handle the tailpipes.  I want to exit in front of the tires, but may just put the rear exit dual tail pipes back on.

Planning to replace the Holley 600 carb with either a 650 or 750 double pumper carb to feed the larger cam.

We moved to a new home and the last piece to move was the Barracuda… She made it home without issue.  Now I have to figure out the organization of the garage…

Thanks to the 2 Bens.

Re-installed the torsion bars and set the ride height close to where it was.  It’s now ready to roll onto a trailer and take it to it’s new home.