"20 minutes" is cool with me - probably one of the least insulting nicknames I've ever had.
But my car needs a name. Actually not my car, my
project.
There's "Sick Fish," "Twisted Fish," Everyone remembers the "Cuda Guy Project."
I want one for my car - somethin' catchy and creative.
Of course to help you need to know my intentions, so here goes:
It's a '73 Barracuda - factory 318. White. Sloooooowwww....
It's
going to be a '73 'Cuda, 440, mild stroke (500) built for reliability, longevity, and good, solid performance. I'm going to upgrade the torsion bars, a-arms, and possibly go with rack-and-pinion. I'm aiming for the 550 to 600hp range before the light shot of nitrous (just for fun,) but pretty much a confident, powerful street cruiser. Something that'll roast tires for fun but be enjoyable for long cruises to car shows. Air conditioning, decent sound system, maybe some extra 12V power ports.
I'm envisioning a metallic gold-flake paint job with a textured black top, but
not vinyl. PPG and House of Colors have some trick paint set-ups that give a textured surface. It'll have probably 17 or 18 inch wheels, silver or polished aluminum (I've seen too many Chrome wheels falling apart) 5 or 6 spoke, but NOT the Crager look that (no offense) every other muscle car has. She will be lowered, but not slammed. I think I've finally convinced myself that I'm going to have to run different tire sizes - front and rear - as much as I don't want to do that. (Can't rotate, always buying new rear tires - gets expensive. Oh well.) Oh, and I'm keeping the 340 hood on it - not going with a shaker. I like Dave's setup - 440 under the hood, but you can't tell. Granted she won't LOOK like a sleeper, but she's going to have that concept.
My current idea for my license plate? "440IBLT"
I've thought about "Golden Chariot" (no golden shower jokes, please,) "Golden Oldie," also things like "Home Grown 440." I took some pretty heavy Mythology classes in college (not necessarily by choice,) but Gold is a big color when it comes to religion and Greek Mythology. So I thought of things like "Zeus's Mopar," "Golden God," or the like....
Of course for as many times as I have and will be asking all kinds of questions on this board, names like "Golden Annoyer" could probably work too.
What do YOU think?
Jeff
