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    Offline crocha617

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    Re: 1970 Barracuda Convertible (value)??
    « Reply #15 on: June 19, 2012 - 10:24:48 PM »
    Quote from: cuda_73 on June 19, 2012 - 04:33:24 PM
    Thanks for the quick replies guys....interesting I see a range of $300 - $12,000....not sure this helped me anymore than beforehand :)
    Anyway, I "think" I got a good deal & really wanted of these cars for a very long time. My thought was I can fix it (many hours or years & $) or if it becomes TOO much - sell it without taking a loss.

    Chris -  I actually tried contacting you as I know you've bought/sold a few e body ragtops in previous years to get your feel on this one...PM'd you to discuss.
    Thanks guys - once I get pix - I'll post some so everyone can laugh (or cry)...I'm going to need a tetanus shot now.

    No worries you'll be fine whatever way you decide to go with it. Another week it would've been in my garage in long term project corner.
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    Offline cuda_73

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    Re: 1970 Barracuda Convertible (value)??
    « Reply #16 on: June 19, 2012 - 10:40:54 PM »
    Not sure if a rebody is needed? But it will definitely need a lot of the external sheetmetal + rear rail sections.
    The car is a 383-N code, slapstick auto, B7 Jamaica blue, white top, medium blue interior. Trunk luggage rack, AM-8 track, stripe delete, hood tie downs (Rallye no Shaker)....I will try to get the car into a roller status & re-evaluate it before deciding what to do with it. I REALLY wanted an ebody ragtop - I'm sure I will try to convince myself I can do the car - but reality might set in soon-after :)
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    Offline Topcat

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    Re: 1970 Barracuda Convertible (value)??
    « Reply #17 on: June 19, 2012 - 10:47:28 PM »
    Quote from: cuda_73 on June 19, 2012 - 10:40:54 PM
    Not sure if a rebody is needed?

    that's a word you should never say.

    Barry, AlaskanT/A, will have radar on you now.
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    Offline cuda_73

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    Re: 1970 Barracuda Convertible (value)??
    « Reply #18 on: June 19, 2012 - 10:58:06 PM »
    Ha...let me try again....I would never rebody a car (period) but I was responding to a previous post saying the car sounded so bad that that was the only way it could be restored. It's not...the exterior panels are bad but I've seen much much worse overall.
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    Offline Gus cuda

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    Re: 1970 Barracuda Convertible (value)??
    « Reply #19 on: June 21, 2012 - 10:16:25 PM »
    Sounds like quite the project, but if you have the ability to do all the work yourself this may work out. In the end you are going to have a real bs27 that you know what is under the shiny paint. Good luck!
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    Offline cuda_73

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    Re: 1970 Barracuda Convertible (value)??
    « Reply #20 on: June 29, 2012 - 10:00:01 AM »
    As promised, here's pictures of the beast (in all it's glory) :)
    I'm either ALL IN on this or not at all.....worse cars have been restored but this is in the "not for the faint of heart" category...
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    Offline crocha617

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    Re: 1970 Barracuda Convertible (value)??
    « Reply #21 on: June 29, 2012 - 10:31:52 AM »
    She's a beauty slap a drive train in and some wheels and drive her to Carlysle next week.
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    Offline cuda_73

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    Re: 1970 Barracuda Convertible (value)??
    « Reply #22 on: June 29, 2012 - 10:39:24 AM »
    Great idea but I hear there could be some rain.....the top isn't in mint shape
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    Offline crocha617

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    Re: 1970 Barracuda Convertible (value)??
    « Reply #23 on: June 29, 2012 - 10:51:48 AM »
    Quote from: cuda_73 on June 29, 2012 - 10:39:24 AM
    Great idea but I hear there could be some rain.....the top isn't in mint shape

    Wear rain gear.....Pretty much what I expected it to look like. The cowl looks a little crunchier & twisted up though then I thought.
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    Offline ragtopdodge

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    Re: 1970 Barracuda Convertible (value)??
    « Reply #24 on: June 29, 2012 - 12:10:08 PM »
    Worth saving, but man, a ton o' work there.

    Try to save the cowl and the top part of the radiator support.  Got pics of the VIN tag and fender tag? 
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    Re: 1970 Barracuda Convertible (value)??
    « Reply #25 on: June 29, 2012 - 12:12:11 PM »
    I think it's worth no more than $10k.

    It'll take $50k easy to restore it (including much of your labor for assembly/details), so it'd be a labor of love and not an investment.

    Go for it if you can!  Save her!
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    Re: 1970 Barracuda Convertible (value)??
    « Reply #26 on: June 29, 2012 - 02:17:38 PM »
    Some serious work needs to be done but you can buy about everything you need to get it back to where it was originally.  Nice thing about E-body's is almost everything is available for a price.  I like that it appears to have been an air conditioned car and like the huge drum brake on the front.  Two things my convertible shared with the one your thinking about when I got it.
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    Re: 1970 Barracuda Convertible (value)??
    « Reply #27 on: June 29, 2012 - 02:26:04 PM »

    Nothing is impossible.....

    Front end is a bit crunched but still doable.

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    Re: 1970 Barracuda Convertible (value)??
    « Reply #28 on: June 29, 2012 - 02:56:52 PM »
    2000.00 max.I saw thet on ebay a few times.Its in sunny florida. :smokin: :crying:
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    Re: 1970 Barracuda Convertible (value)??
    « Reply #29 on: June 29, 2012 - 09:24:25 PM »
    Quote from: 71gogreen linkopic =85626.msg857617#msg857617 date=1340996212
    2000.00 max.I saw thet on ebay a few times.Its in unny florida. :smokin: :crying:
    [/quite] not the one from florida. The florida car was a 318 wth no fender tag that was basically broken in half sold for $4500 first round this is a much different car real bb Cuda with fender tag worth $7500-$10000 once he makes it a roller. maybe miré
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