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quayzar
09/15/09

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Great car and song, sorry but every time I see one my mind goes straight to Heart.

P.S. I know the song has nothing to do with the car but does it really matter.
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scroggzilla raids again
09/14/09

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While I personally prefer the post-facelift 67 to 69 Cudas, this Lil Fishy is working some serious mojo.
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scroggzilla raids again
09/14/09

@scroggs: Some vintage Mopar on Mopar fun...A Team Starfish Barracuda, driven by some guy named Petty, vs a Group 44 Racing Dodge Dart drive by Tony Adamowicz at Riverside Raceway in '66
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armyofchuckness
09/14/09

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*sigh* It's like a breath of fresh air. 66 really was the best year for the early Barracudas, and this car is built up more or less what I would do to one, given the opportunity. Those dual Offy intakes are too cool. Makes my six's single quad Offy look like a cop-out intake. :P
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Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
09/14/09

@armyofchuckness: Cop intake? Coming right up. :)

1966 is my favorite Barracuda, and I have nothing but respect for anybody who hops up a slant rather than doing a V8 swap. Just needs metallic green paint, rallye wheels, and a pushbutton Torqueflite.
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
09/13/09

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Love it, love it, love it!
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13thfloorelevator
09/13/09

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God I love Slot-Mags.
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MushyHeirloom
09/13/09

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The interior is being invaded by consecutively larger green Tribbles. I hope they don't eat the upholstery.
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CptSevere
09/13/09

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Very nice car. I love the idea of a hot rodded slant six. You can get all kinds of neat goodies for these from Clifford Research. I can't tell if this car has headers or not, but you can get those as well.

Yeah, I always liked these Barracudas. Another car I like from the same era is the Rambler Marlin, which has the huge back glass as well.
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MushyHeirloom
09/13/09

@CptSevere: And the same Fairlane/Torino/Cyclone foot-long trunklid and five-foot-deep trunk.
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Muscles Marinara
09/13/09

@FP: Your Volvo is awesome! Anyway:

And don't forget the 1st-gen Charger. The quirkiness of the early muscle car-era mopars is just great.
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CaveTroll
09/13/09

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Oh man oh man oh man: I really, really, really, really, really love the back ends of these early Barracudas (as well as many of the other ridiculously long sloping rear ends of the era, like the early Chargers).
How much is he wanting for it?
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Mobius
09/13/09

@CaveTroll: If you have to ask, you can't...

Actually, do ask. And I hope you get it.
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MushyHeirloom
09/13/09

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Oooooooh, this!
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that ain't the way to have fun, son
09/13/09

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That rear window FTW!

Always liked this generation of Back-a-rooda.
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Novaload
09/13/09

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These super-Valiants have gone from being the weird wanna-be cool kid in class to their very own class. I wouldn't have driven one then--though a friend had one--in red--but I sure would now.
I swear I'm going to get a bumper sticker that says, "I'd rather be in Alameda."
Because, you know, I would.
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Psiu! Puxa!: You're right, Mopar or no car!
09/13/09

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As many of you may already know, I am a Mopar man. It brought a tear to my eye to see an early 'Cuda in such great shape. It has even retained its slant six, which means it hasn't been swapped to a V8 and beat on! You very rarely see these cars at shows or auctions, let alone on the street. I would love to buy it, but it's in CA and I have no money, or at least, not enough for a rare car like that. Curse you bad economy!

There's one of these driving around my area on an almost basis, it's painted flat black and is in ok shape but obviously is poorly maintained. It's driven around by a guy who apparently doesn't care that the brake lights don't work and he's risking a very rare car. I have tried to stop him and ask him if he wants to sell it to me when I'm (rarely) not in a hurry, but had no luck so far. Hopefully I can get him to take a fistful of cash for it before he wrecks it.
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skaycog was here
09/13/09

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This video commercial is of poor quality, but it's 43 years old! It shows you how huge the back window is.
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Maymar
09/13/09

@skaycog - Got Milk?: Sports car and station wagon all in one? I'll take seven!
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tonyola
09/13/09

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Great car that you hardly see nowadays. However, the back seat was not a fun place to sit on warm, sunny days because of that huge glass. The Barracuda has a rep of being a Mustang copy, but it was actually introduced two weeks before the 'Stang. The owner of this car has blacked out the grille, which looks a little fussy and busy in its original form.
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Turbineguy - now with reheat!!
09/13/09

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Wow - it's not like you see those everyday. Wild setup there - a 2 x 1bbl intake for a Slant Six? Then again, Offy has always made intakes with bizarro carb configurations for engines you wouldn't normally think of as hot-rod able..
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Novaload
09/13/09

@Turbineguy: If by "every day" you mean "ever" then that is true.
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