Finally got my car!!

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Offline inot2old

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Finally got my car!!
« on: November 06, 2006 - 03:54:39 PM »
I finally got my '71 Barracuda today.  I had found it a few months ago and posted pics, then decided about 6 weeks ago that it was too good a deal to pass up, I would probably never find another '71 for this price.  Last week i sold my '73 Cuda to someone on this site, and paid for the '71, but had to work a lot last week and never had the chance to go pick it up.  So I got the guy to deliver it this morning.  It started life as a 318 car, but now has a rebuilt 440 & 727 trans.  As you can see it needs paint.  There were some bubbles behind the rear window, so someone sanded them down and just covered it with primer.  It needs a patch in the front drivers fender & there are some bubbles under the vinyl top, but it seems to be pretty solid other than that.
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Re: Finally got my car!!
« Reply #1 on: November 06, 2006 - 04:00:46 PM »
SAAAWWEETTT :bigsmile:
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Offline RUSTY Cuda

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Re: Finally got my car!!
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2006 - 04:05:36 PM »
Looks Great! Congrats! Rich.

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Re: Finally got my car!!
« Reply #3 on: November 06, 2006 - 04:08:40 PM »
                  :woo:      LOOKS SWEET                 
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Re: Finally got my car!!
« Reply #4 on: November 06, 2006 - 04:14:01 PM »
Congrats, looking good, how is it to drive? :cheers:
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Offline inot2old

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Re: Finally got my car!!
« Reply #5 on: November 06, 2006 - 04:37:21 PM »
Congrats, looking good, how is it to drive? :cheers:

It drives OK.  I'll have to get used to the manual steering and the 4.10 gears though.  I don't think the engine has many miles on it, so it maight take a while to work out the bugs, but it runs rreal strong.
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Offline Lunchbox

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Re: Finally got my car!!
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2006 - 05:16:19 PM »
Great find :thumbsup:

Offline antilles2000

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Re: Finally got my car!!
« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2006 - 05:30:14 PM »
looks like a nice car.  post your trim tag?  that car looks like it must be  :eek2:
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Offline willhaven

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Re: Finally got my car!!
« Reply #8 on: November 06, 2006 - 05:45:25 PM »
Looks good man. :naughty:

If I'm really lucky I will be able to afford mine in 3-4 months. I just hope I can find one when I finally have the cash in hand. :)

What are your plans for the car? Anything special?

Offline Madmax440

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Re: Finally got my car!!
« Reply #9 on: November 06, 2006 - 05:47:11 PM »
Looks great - I don't think that I could have passed up on it either.

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Re: Finally got my car!!
« Reply #10 on: November 06, 2006 - 06:17:06 PM »
Looks great Bill!!   :clapping:

  Are you going to keep it gold?  :dunno:



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Offline inot2old

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Re: Finally got my car!!
« Reply #11 on: November 06, 2006 - 07:34:53 PM »
looks like a nice car.  post your trim tag?  that car looks like it must be  :eek2:

Its missing the fender tag, although I did get the buildsheet.  It came with A/C, 3 speaker dash, road lights, and luggage rack.


Looks great Bill!!   :clapping:

  Are you going to keep it gold?  :dunno:



  Mike

I am going to repaint it gold.  That is the original color.  I would like to add gills and billboards to make it look like this.
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Re: Finally got my car!!
« Reply #12 on: November 06, 2006 - 07:37:40 PM »
Congrats, nice find :2thumbs:

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Re: Finally got my car!!
« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2006 - 08:15:10 PM »
Congrats!
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Re: Finally got my car!!
« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2006 - 08:27:16 PM »
 :ylsuper: sweet looking car,nice find,going to look awesome with the repaint and billboards,greay choice.  :2thumbs:
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