Author: Matt L.

Original Interior Floor Pan with seam sealer

This is my restoration of the interior of my 71 Cuda. Sorry the pics aren’t better, just wanted to get an idea from start to end in the interior restoration, as there was some pitting in the metal and a couple of pin holes in the floor pan under the driver’s side pedals. I sealed them up with JB weld after taking a wire wheel to it. I was originally going to try and weld it, but I didn’t want to blow throught the metal and then have to chase my tail.

I’ve left the original factory…

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340 Engine Rebuild

I am in the Austin area and looking to see if anyone has a line on someone nearby that can rebuild a 340. I’ve talked to a couple body shop guys and they said people that are able to work on these are becoming more rare by the day.

Any advice/suggestions greatly appreciated.

Questions for 71 Cuda restoration project, advice needed

Hello there, I’m getting ready to restore a 71 Cuda with a numbers matching 340 – 4 speed in it. Someone restored it in the early 90’s and I bought it over 10 years ago. I’m trying to restore this and wanted to know what you guys think in order to ma…