John R 68 Barracuda

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Tue Aug 16, 11 8:59 pm

got mint s/hand front/ rear/side vent rubbers for this and wireing loom £80.00 the lot

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Aug 16, 11 9:23 pm

I know it was 20 years ago John but did you claim on the insurance for the damage?

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Tue Aug 16, 11 10:23 pm

Yep it was written off !!!! not economical repair !!!! so had to buy it back for £100 and repaired it myself, ( you can tell cant you ) , so progress is that Scott has put the other quarter on but I do not have pics yet as I forgot my camera !!! but I can use Scotts hope he does not have any naughty ones on there !!!!!!!!!

new engine is running , sorted out what wires do what and had to make up a pulley because I took off the air con and power steering pump , had a problem getting a new serpent belt but it came this morning and it fits !!!!!for those who are wondering about it it is because the new engine is a 5.2 magnum with mpi and the water pump is reverse rotation and the one belt does the lot !!!!!!I will get pics of that later

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue Aug 16, 11 11:48 pm

Ring me J.

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Wed Aug 17, 11 12:04 am

OK mate , must thank Kev with the Vette for his help with the lathe tools as I have not touched one for 40 years !!!!!!!!

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Wed Aug 17, 11 2:34 pm

Got hold of Scotts camera and hope this stuff is OK resized and etc
first pic is the rear window , I had filled it with gutter seal about 25 years ago coze I had lost the trim now all cleaned out ready for paint and thanks Dunc for the trims that you had at the nats !! good price too !2nd pic is much the same but top end of window clips have been removed long ago and holes filled up as the clips were rusty and leaking

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Wed Aug 17, 11 2:42 pm

rest is just back end stuff with new metal !!!!!!

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Wed Aug 17, 11 2:42 pm

OOOOOps forgot one !!!!

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed Aug 17, 11 2:45 pm

Love it John. She will be a peach when she is done. Well done to both of you. Cant wait to see the finished job (first two pictures are crap by the way

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JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Wed Aug 17, 11 3:16 pm

Yea sorry Clivey not my camera !!!!! not used to it you see !!!!

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Thu Aug 18, 11 10:29 am

Got some pics of the engine work that I have done this time useing my camera !

the shaft and pulley that you can see is one that I made , the pulley came from the A/C unit and I had to make up a plate to get the run for the belt right , the wiring looks like a mad spider has been there but when yo see what I had to cut out as I did not need the ABS or A/C wires then it make sense !! it took me about 2-3 days to make it out I found that I could not do it for long as it gave me a headache !!

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Thu Aug 18, 11 10:36 am

Some of the wires !!!!!!!!! now all I have to do is tidy them up into some sort of loom !the bottom pic is some of the bits I had cut out

R.RUNNER · Post by **R.RUNNER** » Thu Aug 18, 11 3:14 pm

Rich · Post by **Rich** » Thu Aug 18, 11 10:33 pm

good choice of lump.. dare to be different.. Should help in the reliability stakes..

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Sat Aug 20, 11 6:40 pm

Yep thats what I thought , and it has more power and it has a lock up T/Q and it has overdrive !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! also it has only 58,0000 miles on it fron 1996 !!!!! and I only paid £200 for it !!!!!!!