now that I finally have it home to start working on, time to start the project thread
Welcome to Project Slantfish! This is a 1970 Barracuda, 225 Slant 6 attached to a 3spd manual on the floor, B5 exterior/B5 interior, extremely basic build (doesn't get much more bare than this one folks). early production 8/20/69 LA built car, vin# BH23C0E100322.
The history of the car: my dad purchased this Barracuda in 1973 at a Pontiac dealership in Longview/WA for $1600 (approx. $8800 in 2014 dollars) and 36,000 miles on it (I found the original sales receipt in the glovebox). As he tells it - he fell in love with the body styling when they first came out, but couldn't afford to get into one until '73, he wasn't into the big v8s and always liked the 225 slant6, so he searched around specifically to get one + he needed something better on gas mileage because he was training in western WA but lived in eastern WA. Between '73 and 1987 he racked up 146,000 miles on it (also didn't help that the drive from the farm, into town where he worked was a 30 mile drive each way).
The car was parked in the spot you see here on top of a bed of gravel he laid down. There was nothing wrong with it, he was just tired of driving it and so it was parked. It sat parked outside with no cover except a few trees on either side to protect against the beating sun during most of the days, and the factory undercoating 'seems' to have saved most of the frame and floorpans.
this was 2007
After years of this car being an obsession in my head (I'm in love with the body style as well, don't care about the motor size .... too much
) in '07 I was finally able to get him to realize that I love the car as much as he does and I want it for me, not to sell or flip. The way I see it now, is that it is a family heirloom and it will be passed down to my son in 20 years for him to enjoy.
this was last year in July when we went to evaluate it after a tree fell on it that winter
thankfully it's not as bad as it could have been, that was a thick/heavy tree. fender, hood and windshield are toast.
sigh
not bad
ouch! bend in the trim a little too, @ a 1" section I think I can fix
got lucky here too .... my parents raise sheep and the little ones liked to crawl on top, no damage and feeling by hand there are no issues I can find, pretty straight
he used to tow a boat with it ......
lotsa surface rusties
it is what it is ..... complete
a little work, not too bad
I found a buildsheet under the rear seatback (rare for LA cars I understand) ..... however, it's for another bare bones Barracuda a few hundred off in the VIN# than mine
lots of surface rust to take care of, some on the panels goes a little deeper
this is an issue .....
rather than fill this up with pics, here is the link to my album
