73 Cuda restomod 96706

[Riceman65]

got a few goodies today. does anyone know where this little bracket goes? it came with overflow bottle and i assume that it bolt to battery tray to hold it all together but im not quite sure. got the overflow bottle and bracket on ebay.. very nice quality very thick bottle.
grabbed all new harness's from year one but it seems engine and foward light harness are back ordered. been over a month since its been in stock
also grabbed a few items from 440 source. aluminum dist hold down / pushrod tool / damper bolt / woodruff key / alternator bracket and arp alt bolts. nice quality on all items

[swede-cuda]

  :wave:great looking car.those 2 straps on the inner fender behind the battery should not be there if you want to be more correct,i see you got the oem holes intact under where those white with 9 holes in them are plugged in.if you bought a kit there should be short straps with 2 plugs on them that fits in those holes.that way you wont have any unused holes in the inner fender

[quapman]

My 74 parts car has that funky bracket attached to the bottom of the battery tray. I thought it was for some aftermarket gizmo.

Will try to get a pic for you.

[Riceman65]

swede i do have those straps somewhere i never knew what they were for. i copied someone elses engine bay and will take some correct pictures from you if you have any. i have 5 extra straps that i cant figure out where they go.

quapman i think i figured out that little bracket. i had and extra hole on the batt tray and an extra hole on the coolant bottle bracket. looks right and makes the coolant bottle way more stable.
thank guys.

[Riceman65]

short update : got the gear drive installed, degreed the cam, installed and aligned damper and pulleys, got my stealth heads finally. price went up though. also got all my harness's from year one. trans, engine, headlights, rear lights. got the speaker for the dash and map lights and other goodies

[Road_Runner]

You're still making great progress!  The engine looks awesome.  Is it a 383, 400 or 440? Hard form me to tell w/o the intake.  I'll be very interested to see how happy you are with the Stealth heads, if you had any work done on them, etc. I'm staying with a small block for the Barracuda, but the Roadrunner is either get a stroker BB or Hemi.  Looking Good!

Later, Jim

[Riceman65]

gonna be a 440 six pack using barry grant six shooter

[coupman35]

Hey Riceman that looking super nice man keep posting

[Riceman65]

small update: Engine stand is about 95% complete. heres a few pics. may add another fan and trans extension. all gauges and circuits work so thats a plus.
also will get it sandblasted and painted next week

[Riceman65]

IT runs!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNadqwt1Hbw

[Street_Challenged73]

Very nice!!!   Congrats!!

[Riceman65]

thanks
heres a few tear down pics
looks like carb was rich during run
other then that she ran very smoothly.. guess the full balance was worth it.
trans seemd to shift ok on test stand since transgo kit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNadqwt1Hbw

[72cudamaan]

Cool.  So where does the seat bolt on?  Or do you just sit on the trans? 

[Riceman65]

Its Island Style Maitai in one hand throttle in the other and Hang on... lol

[Riceman65]

Its Been A While!!
Well I finally have time to restart this project. had to give it up for a few years. money time just were not their. did some oval track and off road racing  track shutdown and now I'm back
pics to follow.  quarters and roof removed. new roof sitting in place. fit looks good. (gold star piece) gotta remove then weld in new drip rails and a-pillars. replaced rear frame rails, rear crossmember, inner wheelhouses patched, outters fitted. removed dutch man and tail panel. Dutchman fit is great. tail panel seems complicated(new tail panel = xmas present from wife)2 piece trunk floor and gas tank brackets welded together. fitted extension drop offs to floor and wheelhouses fit seems doable. prefitted tank and it fits and is centered.  Rebuilt rear roll up windows .. smooth. patched and rebuilt rockers but now I think im gonna replace them. lotta bondo on them

Need new Quarters, door skins and rockers and I should be set. worried about quarter, tail panel, trunk floor combo. not quite sure how it all goes back together. crossmember extension to crossmember to floor to quarter to tail panel.. seems like their should be more steel at end of trunk floor.
Thanks for all the help in advance of my questions.

Got some new toys= spotweld drill and spotwelder both work great