1966 Barracuda. Converting to RHD

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Oct 29, 13 8:48 am

Looking Good!!

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Tue Oct 29, 13 8:48 am

Your doing well Boz, keep the pics coming.

Bozwell · Post by **Bozwell** » Wed Dec 25, 13 12:27 am

not really done much more as iv'e been more busy with the S800.

i thought though i'd better drain the water as i know it wont have any antifreeze in the system. i couldn't remove the drain plugs so i just drilled the core plugs. while under there i noticed the casting number. its a 318 and dated 1967.

not sure if this is a good or bad thing so a bit of research and it seems the '67 318 should have the forged crank (apparently the only year they did this) the bottom end in standard form is supposed to be good for 6000 rpm so a beefed up top end and camshaft should allow it to rev a bit more. more research to do.

i also unwrapped the front bumper for the first time since i got the car. i'm now going to have to spend a fortune getting the rear bumper to look as shiney.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Dec 25, 13 12:33 am

318's are pretty under-rated.

I only had one and I binned it out for a 440 +6

I did have a couple of 340's and you could rev them to death.

I regularly gave my Duster 6500rpm on the way home (daily Driver) and it was good as gold. Usual stuff: Oil and filter changes, etc....

Bozwell · Post by **Bozwell** » Wed Jan 01, 14 2:07 pm

S800 on ebay at the momnt with an old picture of the tow vehicle and inspiration for the colour

link to S800 Coupe in America

i'm still undecided on what colour to paint my Barracuda. maybe red?

Bozwell · Post by **Bozwell** » Sun Jan 05, 14 12:55 pm

you can't have too many wheels to chose from can you

Rallyes are 15 inch and the alloys are 14 inch. plan is to convert all the studs to metric to make it easy to get wheel nuts of various designs. the alloy wheels will take Revolution wheel nuts then.

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Sun Jan 05, 14 2:37 pm

Are they the Rallyes I posted up Boz ?

Bozwell · Post by **Bozwell** » Sun Jan 05, 14 2:59 pm

they are

chap has a very nice '68 Barracuda which now has the large PCD. he had to order those Rallyes from America as no one here did them in the small PCD. only on the car for about 8 months.

i jumped in quick once i saw your post as i thought that opportunity may not come up again. it was actually a bonus that they were 15 inch, i new they were chuncky from the photos but would have been happy with 14 inch.

it'll probably spend 90% of the time on the Rallyes and i'll use the Alloys with very low profile tyres for track days etc. cheers for the heads up

i may sell the black steels with the trims and caps as i doubt now they'll ever get used again?

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Sun Jan 05, 14 3:06 pm

Glad to help.

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Sun Jan 05, 14 5:15 pm

Bozwell wrote:S800 on ebay at the momnt with an old picture of the tow vehicle and inspiration for the colour

link to S800 Coupe in America

i'm still undecided on what colour to paint my Barracuda. maybe red?

blimey should have bought the tow vehicle as well mint,

terryr · Post by **terryr** » Sun Jan 05, 14 6:52 pm

I got the wheel vintique rallys on mine ,they look like 7s you have there ,you may have to trim your front wings to get a tyre clearance ,I went for 6s on the front and 7s on the rear

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Sun Jan 05, 14 7:08 pm

terryr wrote:I got the wheel vintique rallys on mine ,they look like 7s you have there ,you may have to trim your front wings to get a tyre clearance ,I went for 6s on the front and 7s on the rear

They are 15x6 and 15 x 7

terryr · Post by **terryr** » Sun Jan 05, 14 7:35 pm

so they are ,should be ok

spec savers next week

just see how much you won these for ,you jammy bugga,,that's a steal ,

Bozwell · Post by **Bozwell** » Wed Mar 19, 14 8:49 pm

just realised that the pic of the S800 with the Mustang doesn't show how small these cars really are.

next to my old CRX

be a while before i can park it next to the Barracuda though

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Mar 19, 14 10:34 pm

I've got shoes bigger than that!!!!