6 Jan
2003
6 Jan
'03
2:48 a.m.
I think if I ever somehow had a drastic increase in cash flow, I would
likely buy nearly every pre-1980 or so mopar I could get my hands on,
especially 67-69 barracudas.. I dunno, 2 1967s just isn't enough... Of
course, I would immediately be shot by my parents but yeah..
Will J
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6 Jan
6 Jan
9:36 a.m.
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Will Jennings wrote:
I think if I ever somehow had a drastic increase in
cash flow, I would
likely buy nearly every pre-1980 or so mopar I could get my hands on,
especially 67-69 barracudas.. I dunno, 2 1967s just isn't enough... Of
course, I would immediately be shot by my parents but yeah..
Flew into Phoenix airport this afternoon, and down by the baggage
carousels they had a '71 440 *Automatic* Charger R/T. Yes, it was built
that way, and yes, as far as I could tell it was showroom perfect. Plum
Purple. Black leather, front buckets. R/T trim package.
RRrrooooowwwww!!!
They only want $55k for it.
Doc
10:18 a.m.
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, John Lawson wrote:
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Doc Shipley wrote:
Dude, if I had 55 large to drop today, I would NOT be sitting in front
of my computer right now.
They only want $55k for it.
So when are you taking delivery????? Paid my go-kart, street-rod, B-Gas dragster, and CART
dues...
Heh. I was lead wrench-wrangler for Hill Kountry Kart Klub's 2001
track champion. What used to be a B&S 20hp got tuned up to about 42bhp
at the wheels. We sat out 2002 getting this business going, and we're
looking at the senior shifter class.
I don't drive anymore. I thought for years it was my reflexes going,
but realized recently that it's just my eyes. I see fine, as long as
there's a good half-second to adjust focus for range changes. Not a
working hypothesis on a track.
Doc
10 a.m.
I have a '74 Barracuda that's being restored. The original 283 was tossed
out into the dirt by the previous owner, and a 440 dropped in. During the
restoration, I found a cracked piston skirt, so I had the engine rebuilt.
We're looking for some adapter plates to put it on the dyno, but the desktop
calculation says 475 HP at the crank.
http://tinymicros.com/vehicles/cuda/images/74Cuda_001.jpg and
http://tinymicros.com/vehicles/cuda/images/74Cuda_002.jpg.
The previous owner did a couple things I don't care for, such as making the
inlets functional (well, air goes in, but it just goes down over the
manifold, and nowhere useful), painted the bumpers, and lost the sheet metal
where the exhaust should come through. I'm putting as much as possible back
to factory as far as esthetics. Obviously it'll never show class 1 because
the numbers don't match.
Before I started the resto project, she could lay 110' of rubber on those
crappy tires that are on there.
--John
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Subject: Re: TRS-80 fever on ebay?!
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Will Jennings wrote:
I think if I ever somehow had a drastic increase
in cash
flow, I would
likely buy nearly every pre-1980 or so mopar I
could get my
hands on,
especially 67-69 barracudas.. I dunno, 2 1967s
just isn't
enough... Of
course, I would immediately be shot by my parents
but yeah..
Flew into Phoenix airport this afternoon, and down by the baggage
carousels they had a '71 440 *Automatic* Charger R/T. Yes,
it was built
that way, and yes, as far as I could tell it was showroom
perfect. Plum
Purple. Black leather, front buckets. R/T trim package.
RRrrooooowwwww!!!
They only want $55k for it.
Doc
11:43 a.m.
On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 00:02, J.C.Wren wrote:
We're looking for some adapter plates to put it on
the dyno, but the desktop
calculation says 475 HP at the crank.
Hmm, reasonable for a 7.2 litre I suppose, although I've had 405bhp out
of a 4 litre (normally aspirated, 2-valves/cylinder, aly top steel
bottom)...
Mind you, that was a rather special racing engine which cost over ?10k
all by itself (that's about US$16k).
--
Cheers,
Ade.
B-Racing, "B" where the action is!
http://www.b-racing.com
11:54 p.m.
At 07:02 PM 1/6/03 -0500, you wrote:
I have a '74 Barracuda that's being restored.
The original 283 was tossed
283? When did they start putting Ford engines in Plymouths? I think you mean 318.
out into the dirt by the previous owner, and a 440
dropped in. During the
restoration, I found a cracked piston skirt, so I had the engine rebuilt.
We're looking for some adapter plates to put it on the dyno, but the desktop
calculation says 475 HP at the crank.
http://tinymicros.com/vehicles/cuda/images/74Cuda_001.jpg and
http://tinymicros.com/vehicles/cuda/images/74Cuda_002.jpg.
Nice Ride! Reminds me of the '71 Barracuda that I used to have. The X-Ol got it
when we divorced and promptly lost it to a sharpie-car dealer. :-( But I managed to keep
my Challanger; 1970 RT Convertable with 440 6-Pak, Trak Pak, 15" Rally wheels, full
instrumentation and ALL the toys including the factory AM-FM Stereo with the floor mounted
cassette player/recorder. I still have it and probably always will :-)
Joe
7 Jan
7 Jan
10:50 a.m.
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Joe wrote:
At 07:02 PM 1/6/03 -0500, you wrote:
MoPar built a 280-class V8, but I think it was a 273.... Very light,
very quick, and way too limber. The block was *too* light. It would
flex under load till the heads cracked.
Doc
I have a '74 Barracuda that's being
restored. The original 283 was tossed
283? When did they start putting Ford engines in Plymouths? I think you mean 318.
10:48 p.m.
At 06:52 PM 1/7/03 -0600, you wrote:
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Joe wrote:
It was but they quit building it in 1968(?) and switched over to the 318. BTW that was
the wedge 318 not the earlier poly-sphere 318 that they had been building since the early
'60s.
Joe
At 07:02 PM 1/6/03 -0500, you wrote:
MoPar built a 280-class V8, but I think it was a 273.... I have a '74 Barracuda that's being
restored. The original 283 was tossed
283? When did they start putting Ford engines in Plymouths? I think you mean 318.
12:22 a.m.
> On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Will Jennings wrote:
>
> > I think if I ever somehow had a drastic increase in cash
> flow, I would
> > likely buy nearly every pre-1980 or so mopar I could get my
> hands on,
> > especially 67-69 barracudas..
Ah, A man after mine own heart! I've owned a '64 Sport Fury, '70 Duster,
'68 Charger, '71 charger, '70 Hemi Superbird, '71 Barracuda, '70
Callanger RT convertable and '52 MG TD with a 340 Plymouth engine and a push button
Torque-Flite stuffed into it. The only one that I still have is the Challanger. The MG
was probably the least practicle but the most fun. NOTHING in Sacramento that could touch
it, even the cops!
Joe
12:46 a.m.
OK, last post on this topic, before I get flamed.
A) You SOLD a '70 Hemi Superbird?!? Arghhhhh... Those are going for
mondo cash these days. Only car that looks like it's moving at 100 MPH
sitting at a stop sign. I'd LOVE to have one of those.
B) What I really want is a '71 Barracuda with the 440 6-pack. But I
couldn't find one of those. This one was kind of an odd find. I was
commuting up to Raliegh, NC from Atlanta, GA once a week (leave Sunday
night, come back Thursday night). I bought a couple of car rags for light
reading, but before I got around to reading them, I was just poking around
on the 'net, and decided to check out 'cudas. I found one about 7 miles
from me (in NC), but didn't think much about it.
Then I was looking through
the auto-trader, and saw the same car. I started
thinking it was a sign.
So I called the guy, and we talk, and he says "You gonna be around Saturday?
There's a gun show about 15 miles off, we can meet up, you can check out the
car, and then we can go check out some WMDs." Sounded good, so I rearranged
the schedule, drove the car, decided that what he was asking was pretty
decent. Went to the gun show, ended buying a Sig P229. It was a good day.
Of course, the wife was a little surprised when the 'cuda showed up, so I
gave her the P229.
--jcwren
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Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 09:11
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: TRS-80 fever on ebay?!
> On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Will Jennings wrote:
>
> > I think if I ever somehow had a drastic increase in cash
> flow, I would
> > likely buy nearly every pre-1980 or so mopar I could get my
> hands on,
> > especially 67-69 barracudas..
Ah, A man after mine own heart! I've owned a '64 Sport
Fury, '70 Duster, '68 Charger, '71 charger, '70 Hemi
Superbird, '71 Barracuda, '70 Callanger RT convertable and
'52 MG TD with a 340 Plymouth engine and a push button
Torque-Flite stuffed into it. The only one that I still have
is the Challanger. The MG was probably the least practicle
but the most fun. NOTHING in Sacramento that could touch it,
even the cops!
Joe
6 Jan
6 Jan
11:40 a.m.
On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 23:38, Doc Shipley wrote:
Flew into Phoenix airport this afternoon, and down
by the baggage
carousels they had a '71 440 *Automatic* Charger R/T. Yes, it was built
that way, and yes, as far as I could tell it was showroom perfect. Plum
Purple. Black leather, front buckets. R/T trim package.
Hmm - that must be some kind of weird code for a computer, right?
'71 440... Does it maybe have a slash in there somewhere ('71/440)?
Obviously, the name "Charger" either implies it's a Texan computer, or
maybe that it was really quite fast for it's day. R/T's got me stumped,
unless it means "radio teletype", which seems unlikely...
Oh, and what on earth would it want buckets for? Does it leak coolant or
something?
<evil g>
11:55 a.m.
Flew into
Phoenix airport this afternoon, and down by the baggage
carousels they had a '71 440 *Automatic* Charger R/T. Yes, it was built
that way, and yes, as far as I could tell it was showroom perfect. Plum
Purple. Black leather, front buckets. R/T trim package.
Hmm - that must be some
kind of weird code for a computer, right?
'71 440... Does it maybe have a slash in there somewhere ('71/440)?
Obviously, the name "Charger" either implies it's a Texan computer, or
maybe that it was really quite fast for it's day. R/T's got me stumped,
unless it means "radio teletype", which seems unlikely...
Oh, and what on earth would it want buckets for? Does it leak coolant or
something?
bit buckets.
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