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Offline RusTy/SE

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Re: First 2 mile drive in my barracuda
« Reply #15 on: August 18, 2007 - 01:16:20 PM »
Al, I bet that feeling never gets old :cheers: :cheers:

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Re: First 2 mile drive in my barracuda
« Reply #16 on: August 18, 2007 - 01:26:03 PM »
Al, I bet that feeling never gets old :cheers: :cheers:

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Re: First 2 mile drive in my barracuda
« Reply #17 on: August 18, 2007 - 01:26:43 PM »
The 4 spd keeps the feeling alive. I can't wait to get it painted.  I bought 1.5 gallons of bc/cc for it, just having to wait my turn. Then the chrome and my plates.

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Re: First 2 mile drive in my barracuda
« Reply #18 on: August 18, 2007 - 05:22:13 PM »
It will be done before you know it, once you go for that 1st long ride you may never want to put it back in the garage.... Keep it rolling........

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Re: First 2 mile drive in my barracuda
« Reply #19 on: August 18, 2007 - 06:53:57 PM »
nice Moparal, nothing quite like slammin gears in a e-body.  :ylsuper:
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Re: First 2 mile drive in my barracuda
« Reply #20 on: August 19, 2007 - 06:13:40 PM »
 :drool:SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!  :clapping:
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Re: First 2 mile drive in my barracuda
« Reply #21 on: August 19, 2007 - 10:44:25 PM »
That is great news about your barracuda.   :2thumbs:
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Re: First 2 mile drive in my barracuda
« Reply #22 on: August 19, 2007 - 10:46:34 PM »
Cool, another mope back on the road  :2thumbs: :burnout:
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Re: First 2 mile drive in my barracuda
« Reply #23 on: August 20, 2007 - 05:21:48 PM »
Very cool!!  I'm jealous!!   ;D

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Re: First 2 mile drive in my barracuda
« Reply #24 on: August 20, 2007 - 07:42:11 PM »
Cool, but why is the passenger door a different shade of purple?
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Re: First 2 mile drive in my barracuda
« Reply #25 on: August 20, 2007 - 08:50:10 PM »
Cool, but why is the passenger door a different shade of purple?

There's not really any body work done to the car. It was walnut blasted down to the metal. The hull had a light coat sprayed on it in 1980, the doors were painted useing the same can of paint in 2007, then I bought some paint and had the guy spray the fenders and pans so it wouldnt look so bad. In other words, it needs a paint job. Thats why there is no trim on it yet. It set in a garage with no paint on it at all for 27 yrs while it was in the desert.

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Re: First 2 mile drive in my barracuda
« Reply #26 on: August 21, 2007 - 09:15:32 AM »
There's not really any body work done to the car. It was walnut blasted down to the metal. The hull had a light coat sprayed on it in 1980, the doors were painted useing the same can of paint in 2007, then I bought some paint and had the guy spray the fenders and pans so it wouldnt look so bad. In other words, it needs a paint job. Thats why there is no trim on it yet. It set in a garage with no paint on it at all for 27 yrs while it was in the desert.

Well that explains everything! lol
I have heard that if the doors are painted while off the car the color usually won't match under certain lights as well, just the way the paint lays down.
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Re: First 2 mile drive in my barracuda
« Reply #27 on: August 22, 2007 - 11:16:51 PM »
That's very cool news, Al. :thumbsup:  Congrats on making it this far with the project. :cheers:
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Re: First 2 mile drive in my barracuda
« Reply #28 on: August 22, 2007 - 11:32:22 PM »
That's very cool news, Al. :thumbsup:  Congrats on making it this far with the project. :cheers:

Thanks street, I am wishing right now I had some more time to play with it. I thought I'd be going home after this Dallas job of 6 16 hr days, and just opened my email saying I have to fly into Bakersfield ca. for 2 weeks on monday doing 14 more 16's. :banghead:

This is suposed to be my vacation too. I'm trying to get it together in timing so I can drive up and pick up the 340 cuda 4 spd stuff I bought, and meet tropicalcats. He went and picked it up for me and has it put away in his garge.

Seems like everything in the USA is broken 7/24.   But I am training some one now.

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Re: First 2 mile drive in my barracuda
« Reply #29 on: August 22, 2007 - 11:36:59 PM »
What do you do Al that takes you everywhere?