1966 Barracuda X's 2

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Re: 1966 Barracuda X's 2

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Enjoying watching this, great work. Wish I could do this kind of stuff! 8-)
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Re: 1966 Barracuda X's 2

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bit more mocking up.
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bulk-head double plated over the heater blower aperture.

yes the master cylinder is close to the engine but don't forget i'll be centralizing the engine and i'll also change to banjo unions for the brake pipes.
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Re: 1966 Barracuda X's 2

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and yes i'm robbing all the bits off the Gold Barracuda. I'll keep all the LHD bits just in case i decide i can't be arsed to do another conversion. All the steering off the Gold Barracuda went years ago so i'll keep all the steering parts off the Blue Barracuda to go with the Gold Barracuda.
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Re: 1966 Barracuda X's 2

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before and after

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extra hole is for the handbrake cable.
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Re: 1966 Barracuda X's 2

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Coming along nicely now! looking at that floor pan it reminded me of the badly fitted inner wing my car came out of the factory with, I had to drill out all the spot welds to align it correctly.
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Re: 1966 Barracuda X's 2

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Badly fitted factory panels shouldn't affect body strength. I remember seeing what you did to the inner panel on your thread and quite a commitment to put it right.

What shocked me most about the poor repair on my Barracuda and really hit home is when i had the door off, the screen out and both barely fitted floor pans removed it showed there is not a lot metal holding these cars together. In a minor crash the cabin area would have folded around the occupants with no effort at all with the front and rear sections being pretty much intact.

That's another reason for fitting heavy gauge box section frame connectors. Hold the rear part of the car away from the front part in a head on or being rear ended and hopefully lessen the crush in the center section.
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Yes there's no surplus metal holding these cars together and I do think subframe connectors are a worthwhile addition to any car.
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Tidy. 8-)
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Still in the mocking up stage to see whats required, what i need to do and don't need to do.



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the K frame is now 1/4 inch further forward, the sump notched and the rack is in what i'm sure will be its permanent resting place.


i know what you're thinking. 'the rack is too low and too far forward which'll cause severe to dangerous bump steer. also you are going to lose a lot of turning radius because the A body steering arm is quite long and steering racks have limited movement'

you are right and iv'e had a bit of a think on that.

it turns out that a B body steering arm ball joint will fit the A body lower arm. The B body steering arm is much shorter and angled a lot lower than an A body one so it'll take care of a lot of the problems.

'they don't fit A body uprites though''

i'm ahead of you on that one, they will once iv'e finished modifying the uprites to take the B body lower ball joint/steering arms.

just need to build up a suspension unit, without the hubs and brakes, to set the geometry so i can finalize the position of the steering arms to eliminate bump steer. I'm not too fussed about ackerman. there will be some still but it isn't as important as you think.
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robbed these pictures from the internet.

as found a few years ago
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well it's been nearly a year since the last post.

i haven't done much recently as iv'e been quite busy at work on a 427 Cobra that spent the best part of 40 years in Beaulieu Motor Museum
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But i did get to drive it at the Revival in the Shelby Tribute Parade (it's the Dark Blue Cobra with no stripes)

it is a Competition 427 with Dry Sump oiling once owned by John Wolfe. raced in period by Ed Freutel and Tony Settember


anyway, a couple of mods on the Barracuda

K Frame now fully welded to take a Jaguar steering rack
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and i did another little mod on the standard gear selector. It's too easy to drop into 1st from 3rd when only 2nd is required so i added a small step (at the purple mark) to catch the lever so it cannot go into first without letting go of the button, it'll then just catch the first gear ramp where the lever can then be puled back to first if required.
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should be back on the project soon.
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Re: 1966 Barracuda X's 2

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This is what the Beaulieu Cobra looks like now
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