1968 Plymouth Barracuda Fastback

email address - barracuda@mmsacc-stainless.com

We have ordered a Stainless Steel Tilt Steering Column from Flaming River.  We should have it in a few days, but here is a picture of what it will look like.

We are going to refinish the dash - paint it black & silver.  We have purchased new Dolphin Gauges to put into the dash insert.  We will also be putting a tachometer in the smaller hole.

   "Fire" Steering Wheel from Colorado Custom

Aluminum Steering Wheel with half-wrap leather in Camel color.  Will look GREAT with  matching wheels (see Front End & Rear End pages).

Perry & Greg's Auto Trim will be doing the Interior for the project. - Front Seat, Back Seat, Door Panels, Carpeting.  We dropped off all the items, so they can get started.  We are having the seats done in a buckskin colored tweed - should look great with the Flame Orange Pearlcoat!  Pictures will be coming as it progresses.

We will be installing electric power windows on the driver and passenger door windows.  The actuators will be coming from Specialty Power Windows

Here is our first picture of the interior items.  This picture is of the dash pads.  Perry & Greg's Auto Trim did a beautiful job on them.  The seats will be upholstered in the same material.

05/03/2003 - We have been working on the dash and adding some A/C vents.  Here is the dash with the dash pads in place.

We purchased the A/C and Heater unit at the Street Rod Nationals in Tampa last October.  We installed the unit up under the dash and ran the lines to the bulkhead fittings. We still need to tie up the lines, but it is in place.

09/2003 - Wiring the Dash and Steering Column

We have begun the task of installing the dash and steering column and wiring these items.  We received a complete wiring kit from Haywire.  It includes a new fuse panel, all of the necessary color-coded and labeled wires, terminal ends, and even the electrical pliers to put the ends on.  This kit will make this a VERY easy operation to complete.

We started by mounting the fuse panel under the dash on the left kick panel. 

We then laid out the wires and ran the ones for the front of the car through the firewall, and the back wires towards the back of the car.  We then started the wiring for all the gauges underneath the dash.

The gauges we decided to use are Dolphin gauges with a white face.  They include electronic speedometer, tachometer, and four-gauges-in-one for Fuel, Oil, Water and Amp.

We continued wiring the other components under the dash for the radio, electric antenna, heater and A/C.

We installed the new Flaming River stainless steel steering column and the new "Flame" steering wheel from Colorado Custom.  They look so sharp!!!

We then connected the wires from the steering column to the wires going to the fuse box.  With the steering column in place, we can get the correct measurement from the end of the spline to the new steering box spline.

  We can now call to order the correct U-joint to connect them together.

11/2003 - We decided to install the battery in the trunk area to give us more room in the engine compartment.  We wanted something different from the ordinary box, since it will be seen in the trunk, so we contacted Del's Battery Boxes.  They are sending us a polished aluminum box with the Penta Star cut into the side of the box.  Here is what the box will look like.

12/03 - We received the battery box and it is as sharp as the picture showed it to be.  It is made from .090 aluminum (polished) and it is TIG welded.  It came with pre-drilled holes and grommets to run the battery cables through.  Another good thing is that meets NSRA specs!  Here is a picture of it in the trunk, on the passenger side.  Isn't it just the sharpest battery box out there!?!?

01-16-2004   Picked up the seats today from Perry & Greg's Auto Trim in Rockmart, GA.  They did a SUPER job!  Because these bucket seats are not original, we had to make custom seat brackets to bolt to the existing holes in the floorboard.  We made these brackets from 1" stainless steel tubing and stainless flatstock.  We temporarily bolted the seats in place to get the proper fit.  

We called Insulshield Technology and they sent us some High Temperature Thermal Blanketing for the floorboard and firewall which is good for up to 1800 degrees.  They also send us Carpet Underlayment, which is a closed cell foam with vinyl backing.  It provides sound deadening and vibration dampening.  We installed both products and now we can plan on taking the car to Perry & Greg's Auto Trim to have the carpet, door panels and headliner installed.

02/04 - We discovered that we need new front glass because the old glass is starting to separate around the edges.  We have contacted Rick Peek at Iowa Glass Depot.  He was very helpful in locating  the glass for our project car.  It should ship on 02/17/04.  As soon as it comes in, we will post pictures of it.