Well, this really isn't a restoration thread, but more of a resurection thread.
I bought my 74 cuda in 1991 and fixed it up with my dad over the next few years. I drove it daily for the fall of 92 and summer of 93. My dad and I hit the local shows (won a lot) and had a great time. Dad and I did everything on the car ourselves except the front end work.
I rebuilt the motor my self in highschool shop class (360 with a eddy torker cam and intake, holly 750 vac sec, but other than that basically stock, even the bore).
In the fall of 93, the car came of the road for some engine work (spun a bearing) and life happened. Fast forward to many years and the car has sat in storage for too long. I now have a wife and 2 kids and a car that needs a lot of work, and a garage to do it all in.
I just ordered all of the parts I need to makie the car road worthy again. The goal is to have it on the road for my 34th birthday (May 20).
Here are a couple pics. The car is not as good as the pics look and is in need of a body and pint job, but that wont come untill next year at the earliest.
My to do list is as follow:
rebuild the engine harness (all the wires are fubar);
MAD alt gauge bypass;
new master cylider;
new brake flex hoses
new wheel cylinders
rebuild calipers;
new fuel tank and sender;
replace tranny mount;
new carpet and underpading (old house carpet in there now); and
replace drivers floor.
CRAP I have a lot to do.
There are a few other odds and ends, but not big things.
I also have a few non essential things that i am working on, rally guages, painting/fixign interior panels etc.
So with any luck, a lot of time and a little patience, I should meet my goal and the family and I will be cruseing all summer long.
I will try to keep future posts a little shorter.
