Author: lou3500

I have a 66 Barracuda 273/auto with a Fourmula S Factory tach that was rebuilt still in the post office box when i bought the car it came with the wiring diagram hand written by the re-builder . I wired it per the diagram and it works however the needl…

Please enlighten on what this canister purpose was and what years the were put on please, there is a discussion on one of our A Body Facebook pages and no one is sure other than it’s a vacuum canister.

Was there trim panels for the rear of the interior above the drop down panel where the holes are for the nut access for the rear window trim. There is a discussion and some say yes others say no.

The radiator in my 66 Cuda was pretty wasted [not leaking] but on it’s last legs I noticed how awful it looked when I removed it for a water pump change [which was a pain finding the right pump for an ac car]. I ordered a Champion 1635 [due to the inlet and outlet on the proper side. I just installed it yesterday [got it in October] could not use my stock fan or shroud so I installed dual 10 inch. electric fans [I recommend 9 inch fans 10 inchers are slightly tight offset]. I had to modify the…

I love the sound my Cuda makes when it talks!!!
http://s1138.photobucket.com/user/lou3500/media/cudaexhaustsound_zpscbf913da.mp4.html

Well today I decided to clean out my work shop storage closet moved my Cuda back so I would have room after I was done I noticed water on the floor, Damn my water pump is weeping so gotta fix that I decided while I got the car apart i’ll replace the radiator due to the green corrosion looking stuff getting worse, I had no idea finding a stock replacement radiator would be this difficult. I found I place that guarantee exact fit stock replacements, I would go with an aftermarket alum radiator…

I have been researching what sizes of tires I could use on my 66 Barracuda I have read all the old threads [I could dig up in a search] and felt that what I had decided [thanks to ya’lls threads] to do would work, so I did it this morning. My 66 is bone stock in the rear other than the previous owner replaced the stock sagging springs with J.C. Whitney high lift springs [remember those?] I removed 2 leaves [cause it was too high] and added a 1 inch block for a total drop of 3 inches or so. On…