1968 Barracuda Notchback; Plano, TX

[68Cuda]

Hmmm… June 11th. Power Tour.

I have about 250 hours of vacation time saved up at work. About 120 hours off, a day at a time between now and then + about 2 weeks off starting about June 9th.

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Stranger things have happened.

OK… looking up E85 fuel stations. 201 miles is the longest stretch between fill ups and that is downhill. I have a 32 gallon tank, EFI, and a 6 speed with 2 overdrives. Driving from Round Rock to Plano I got 12 mpg with gas, carb, and an automatic. I think I’ll be good! I’m expecting to get better mileage. I plan to setup the EFI to be “flex fuel” so I could use Super Unleaded in a pinch.

[WSSix]

Good luck making Power Tour Michael. You can do it!

[68Cuda]

Worked on window alignment Saturday. Spent an hour or so tweaking the passenger side windows. I was starting to feel a bit inept, each adjustment affecting position a bit in ways I did not expect. Took a while before I was happy with the outcome, still may tweak the up stops on the rear to let the window come up a hair more. Tested the fit with a dollar bill in several places along the top of both windows and the seal between, pretty tight.

[68Cuda]

Sunday I took a dremel to open the ignition switch hole up a bit, then a flat file to make the hole almost a square. Start button fits snugly. Still need to sand down and paint the dash frame. With the lower dash pad in place the button will be a subtle change. I have a few more modifications to the dash to do... parts are a little dusty stored in the garage, definitely some clean up to do when it comes to final install. The maroon dash pad in the picture is a spare I had lying around, my "good" one is black.

[68Cuda]

Originally Posted by 68Cuda

Hmmm… June 11th. Power Tour.

I have about 250 hours of vacation time saved up at work. About 120 hours off, a day at a time between now and then + about 2 weeks off starting about June 9th.

Not looking like power tour is going to happen for me this year. I took 4 hours off last week and I thought my boss was going to have a heart attack. I have too much going on at work, that is for sure. Add to that I do not have any real extra money. Car needs 3 big money projects to be finished. AC, Exhaust, and shocks. I might be able to do one of them this year. Strange enough the AC allows me to get farther with everything else, so I may do it first even though it does not get me to a place where I can fire the engine. I have a lot of little projects also which take some money but mostly time.

[68Cuda]

Worked on AC ducting today. There is no easy way to add AC ducts to my dash and keep the factory dash bezel. I really dislike the aftermarket plastic bezels that hang under the dash and have a hose snaking under to them. Then you put a dress up or billet vent on the plastic bezel...

I do have an idea though. I took my old cut up dash frame and some old dash pads and mocked it up today. Need to pull it up 1/2" and maybe in 1/2" deeper, but here is the idea.

[68Cuda]

Very little progress as of late, too busy at work and no money. I rolled it out of the garage for a wash and wax. Rolled it back in and took a few pictures. Need to get lowering blocks for the rear but looks pretty good. Plan for the air cleaner is black base, hemi orange top with the 440 6bbl sticker. Suspension, engine and transmission are all in place. Trying to get myself motivated to do what work I can on it. Took a few pictures.

[randy]

get your A$$ moving.

[68Cuda]

Originally Posted by randy

get your A$$ moving.

Are you driving yours yet? I think Rodney wants my car done also. Problem is that I am the one paying the bill and I'm short on cash.

I'll take some time off over the next several months and get some more stuff done. But, in the end, there are a few parts that cost a lot of money that I still need to buy.

[66fury]

i need that intake on my car,its wicked!