John R 68 Barracuda

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Mon Jan 03, 11 8:56 pm

Scott and John have finally started on Johns Barracuda, I'll let John fill you in on the detals.

Short video of progress on YouTube. By the way, It's not Scott speaking.

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Mon Jan 03, 11 9:18 pm

cool vid i love the narration

NaughtyAlan · Post by **NaughtyAlan** » Mon Jan 03, 11 9:21 pm

At last, will be nice to see that car fairly strait again

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Mon Jan 03, 11 10:18 pm

Well got to Scotts about 9 am with Kev and found Scott had fired up the stove , he vanished someplace and Kev an I got started with removing the bits inside whoever has a fast back will know how many trim bits there are to take out ! more than a ordinary motor !!!!!!

well bumper off , then the fast back bits loads of screws and spring clip thingy's , seats out then the carpet, oh yes and the drivers door and hinges , then on to the front bit , at least the bolts came out with no probs as they had been out about 8 years ago , front bit out that has the grill etc after kev and I had a struggle with the bumper forgot how heavy they are ! then front wing and there it is in all its glory !!!!

oh yes dropped the tank out as Scott got back and he ran for the grinder !!!!! sorry Alan but he was to quick !! cooked up some soup on the stove that I slung together and had some thing to eat , Scott started to get into the swing of things and fetched a club hammer , say one thing for him he did not laugh to much as the quarter came off !!!! all in all we thought it did not look to bad for a 68 that had been in england for all its life

more later when I find my camera !!!!!!!!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Mon Jan 03, 11 11:18 pm

JohnR wrote: Scott started to get into the swing of things and fetched a club hammer , say one thing for him he did not laugh to much as the quarter came off !!!!

LMAO.

ANTON · Post by **ANTON** » Tue Jan 04, 11 8:39 am

Hi John

It must have taken you a long time just to empty the trunk of all the tools.
Keep the updates coming.

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Tue Jan 04, 11 11:39 am

Anto I did that before I took it to Scotts !! came up about 8 " and felt very light !! big pile in the garage now though , never thought how much it would hold !!!!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Jan 04, 11 11:41 am

Get some picutres up John.

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Wed Jan 05, 11 7:40 pm

Right got myself a new camera and took some pics this morning , with Dereks help I might have this posting bit sussed

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Wed Jan 05, 11 7:49 pm

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Wed Jan 05, 11 7:53 pm

tommorow we are going to jack it up on the level block it under the frame rails and start on the door pillar , the part scott got was cut out of a 68 sill and all , they could not sell the quarter panel as it had a small ding in it !!!!
lucky me !!!!!! and some more pics I hope

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jan 06, 11 7:25 am

Well pleased for you John, its fantastic to see the work start on your car. I cant wait to see it done. I bet she looks a million bucks. Gotta say, for a UK mope that floor looks solid as a rock. Keep the pictures coming

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Thu Jan 06, 11 8:03 am

scott thought the floor would be rippled but its fine as I told him that when the guy hit me he missed the sill, and yes it is a very solid floor considering it has been here all its life but it was well undersealed from new just a few surface rust patches inside that will get done when we put it back together

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Thu Jan 06, 11 3:46 pm

Up and small one off to school scott and I jacked up the front end and put blocks under to keep it steady and safe ,next to do was remove the old door pillar and clean everything up, the spare pillar was stripped for the bits we wanted and tried in place a bit of tin bashing on the sill and hey it fits !!!!!! what we need to do next is to get the door on to line everything up with the rest of it !!

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Thu Jan 06, 11 3:54 pm

I think I might explain that the first pictures are of the section of door pillar that Scott got from the states, as you can see it is not flimsy by any means , some people used to say that yanks are only made of tin but these mopars are well built !!!

more pics !!! in case your wondering how we keep warm I made a log fire !!! makes good toast and heats soup up grand stuff !!!