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- Boss-Barracuda
My adventure started when my father checked me out of school at 1:30. We went back to our house, had a little something to eat, and waited until about 2:30 for Gene (the guy with the trailer) to get there.
This is what my car would be traveling back on. Gene also has tons of experience with trailers so he's the only one I would trust with my car.
The trip there took a little more than an hour and we ended up getting there around 4:00.
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It only took about a half an hour to load up the car and get the papers signed. Gene took extra precautions to make sure that the car wouldn't move, which made me feel good.
I ended up paying with three $1000 money orders.
Those extra precautions proved themselves to be useful as the car didn't budge and inch, even when Gene had to brake quite hard.
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This is the right quarter panel I've talked about before. It will need a bit of work, and plenty of new metal, but i'm dedicated to fixing it. That bump on top is from a branch that hit it in a recent wind storm. He ended up sealing it so it wouldn't rust. The trim in the back accounts for a lot of surface rust because of the holes where the trim goes into. Whoever last tried to fix it didn't prime or protect it right.
273 V8 with a two barrel carburetor. The only things I'll have to work on here is finding and installing power steering, and a new windshield wiper pump. Some disc brakes would be nice as well, drum brakes scare the hell out of me.
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All original interior. Seat covers are there because the seats have a few rips, but they're still sittable. Lucky enough for me, a friend of Genes just bought an industrial sewing machine. The seat in the back, along with the area between the trunk and inside (not shown in pic), fold allowing for quite a large amount of space.
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By the time everyone left and the Barracuda was safe in my garage it was around 7:00. Seemed to be quite a successful trip.
Something I found to be quite interesting was that the car was originally owned by someone that lived in Tavares, one town over from where I live. I have all the documentation from the first owner down to even tire changes, which probably adds quite a lot more to the value of my car. I am the third owner, and it is very strange to find out that I just brought the car back to its original area.
The only things I have to do now is get the car insured, get my license, and give her a name. Oh, and power steering might help a bit
This is what my car would be traveling back on. Gene also has tons of experience with trailers so he's the only one I would trust with my car.
The trip there took a little more than an hour and we ended up getting there around 4:00.
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It only took about a half an hour to load up the car and get the papers signed. Gene took extra precautions to make sure that the car wouldn't move, which made me feel good.
I ended up paying with three $1000 money orders.
Those extra precautions proved themselves to be useful as the car didn't budge and inch, even when Gene had to brake quite hard.
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This is the right quarter panel I've talked about before. It will need a bit of work, and plenty of new metal, but i'm dedicated to fixing it. That bump on top is from a branch that hit it in a recent wind storm. He ended up sealing it so it wouldn't rust. The trim in the back accounts for a lot of surface rust because of the holes where the trim goes into. Whoever last tried to fix it didn't prime or protect it right.
273 V8 with a two barrel carburetor. The only things I'll have to work on here is finding and installing power steering, and a new windshield wiper pump. Some disc brakes would be nice as well, drum brakes scare the hell out of me.
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All original interior. Seat covers are there because the seats have a few rips, but they're still sittable. Lucky enough for me, a friend of Genes just bought an industrial sewing machine. The seat in the back, along with the area between the trunk and inside (not shown in pic), fold allowing for quite a large amount of space.
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By the time everyone left and the Barracuda was safe in my garage it was around 7:00. Seemed to be quite a successful trip.
Something I found to be quite interesting was that the car was originally owned by someone that lived in Tavares, one town over from where I live. I have all the documentation from the first owner down to even tire changes, which probably adds quite a lot more to the value of my car. I am the third owner, and it is very strange to find out that I just brought the car back to its original area.
The only things I have to do now is get the car insured, get my license, and give her a name. Oh, and power steering might help a bit
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Christine was a '58 Fury - this is a '65 Barracuda.
👍 Congratulations!
That sounds good.
