Great forum guys and would like some opinions. I am about 90% sell to 10% keep on my project car and wanted to see if you all had some opinions on value if I decide to hit the button and list her for sale.
The Car: 1970 Barracuda Convertible. Originally 318 automatic, white interior, white top, Bronze exterior.
The Story: Bought this car many years ago, paid a good price back in the day, with the plan of ripping it apart and pro-streeting it (It was the 90's, I was a dumb kid, and there was no numbers matching craze going on then). Drove it home after punching out the hazed and cracked plastic back window and tore it down. Sold the original engine to a friend for his van that blew his engine up, took out the trans and put it in my 1973 Challenger I had at the time and junked the tiny rear. Put in an 8 3/4 to get it rolling around, stripped the car for body work and sent it out to get the body fixed and painted. First body restoration it got both quarters, trunk, and trunk extensions all thanks to the leak top rear window. Entire exterior was done and shot in Bonzai Blue Metallic, it was a color offered on the Dakota's back then. After that I was tapped so I put car in storage for many years. When it came time to revisit the car took it out of storage and put in my buddy's garage. The car got a little banged up in the storage from the guys moving it around to get to other cars and I grew older and weary of the blue paint. Body was then gone over again, more work done on some other parts such as inner fenders due to rust near hood hinge areas and put in primer. In the pictures you can see some of the blue and some of the original bronze color on the inside of the car.
The Bad: There are four speed pedals in the car, but I have the original brake pedal to install and the hump was cut for the four speed mount because at one time we actually had a 383 and attached A833 trans in the car so had to cut for clearance, we cut out the auto shifter and a hole for clearance but the shifter in the pictures is sitting where is should be. Also, the original hood was crushed in a shed collapsing accident so there is no hood at this time. In all the years, the interior has never been touched and would need to be redone. It has all the seats, kick panels, door panels in white and console but as with most that had leaks they are chalky. Also the car would need engine, trans and driveshaft, as well as lines, brakes, etc. to get a 55 year old car that has been torn down and not on the road in 25 years to move safely.
The Good: Car was undercoated from factory and the original floors are awesome. Also to preserve them we POR 15 the top inside so nothing would start. Floors are fantastic and there are shots of frame rails, torsion bar mounts and torque boxes in the photo link. Also has original doors (although no door sticker as that was removed in first paint job). Since I purchased the car it has never sat outside and has been moved from garage to garage. Also has new dash with no cracks but will probably need new speaker cover if you want perfect because one of the corners is cracked. Body is great and not a ton more to go for paint and I have boxes and boxes of parts, but they too have been moved from garage to garage so some screws or fasteners may be missing, slipped through boxes, broken (stupid tail light connectors) but I have all the convertible trim, lights, taillights, interior, glove box, etc. that came with the car as bought, nothing was thrown out.
I tried to list all I could but of course the best judge is the pictures so here is a link to a file sharing album that should work, if not let me know and I will retry the link:
https://1970barracudaconvertible.shutterfly.com/picturesThanks again for any opinions.
