1970 Barracuda Tor red project

[Romero14]

Of course, the floor pan was bad except for the passenger rear floor pan.

[Romero14]

The firewall/cowl, rocker panels and door hinge pillars were the next rusty works of art we tackled.

[Romero14]

Sandblasting revealed so many bad areas such as the rear package tray and rear under seat pan. Someone had done some shoddy patches on the package tray probably decades ago so we had to replace it. Here you can see where we started cutting the package tray out of the way so we could replace the rear under seat pan.

[cuda hunter]

That's a lot of rust. 
Looking great now!  Your buddy Mike sure is great!

What state did this come out of?
Southern state?  Did they just have the windows rolled up for 30 years with no where for the moisture to go? 

Did you ever by chance find a broadcast sheet in the seats?   Still the only YX car I have seen.  Any other factory documentation with the car ?  Monroney, BS, factory documents? 

[Romero14]

That's a lot of rust. 
Looking great now!  Your buddy Mike sure is great!

What state did this come out of?
Southern state?  Did they just have the windows rolled up for 30 years with no where for the moisture to go? 

Did you ever by chance find a broadcast sheet in the seats?   Still the only YX car I have seen.  Any other factory documentation with the car ?  Monroney, BS, factory documents? 

Thank you. Yes, Mike is great. I would be lost without him spearheading this project.

I bought the car from Florida but I'm not sure where it was originally. I also have not found any factory documentation, unfortunately.

[Romero14]

The inner rear fenders only had surface rust so we cleaned those up and left them in. The bottom part of the car is pretty much done. We added all of the frame stiffeners and torque boxes. Next up was cutting the entire roof structure off the car. We were super lucky to find a cut roof in Alabama so we bought it. It was painted and in nice condition but for some reason they started parting the car out. That was actually a lifesaver for us because we needed those pieces that aren't reproduced. So we were able to cut the roof skin from the structure and weld it onto my car as one piece. This was the most nerve wracking thing for me so far because we knew windows and doors would have to fit and be lined up so screwing this part up couldn't happen.

I attached pics with the structure off, the new structure attached, and a windshield fitment test.

[Romero14]

After more sandblasting, we found both quarter panels, tail panel, trunk gutters, and one of the trunk extenstions to be a mess so they had to be replaced. One of the quarters had been damaged some years ago and covered with bondo and a couple of patches. We put primer on the rear then started on those replacement pieces.

We haven't been able to do much in the last month and a half but we should be getting back on it next wk. But here it is in it's current state.

[larry4406]

Wow!

Nice job.

When you replaced the cowl did you move the numbers over from the old cowl?

[cuda hunter]

Wow!

Nice job.

When you replaced the cowl did you move the numbers over from the old cowl?

Good question.  If it was not done I would suggest putting those back on.  A future buyer will want those attached, even if it is in 40 years.

[Romero14]

Wow!

Nice job.

When you replaced the cowl did you move the numbers over from the old cowl?

Thank you.

And yes, we moved the numbers over.