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  1. 07-31-2015, 02:10 PM #1
    matt911
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    Barracuda Road Racer

    I've just finished building my 66 Barracuda into a vintage road racer.
    I little known fact is Mopar homologated these to race in group 3 sports car class in Europe at Le mans, Spa etc, agianst the 911, Alfa's, Shelby's and the like. I built this accordingly. Here's a great article on the car..

    http://www.speedhunters.com/2015/07/...rracuda-racer/
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  2. 07-31-2015, 02:19 PM #2
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    Excellent Matt......... BIG congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  3. 08-01-2015, 03:16 PM #3
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    Very nice work!
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  4. 08-02-2015, 02:57 AM #4
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    Absolutely super! My first MoPar was a '66, slant six motor. Started to autocross in that car, giving Z-28's many headaches. Wished I had it back! Great job Matt!

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  5. 08-02-2015, 04:17 AM #5
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    Hi Matt,
    your car looks fantastic!
    I was over in Sydney early last month and walked past that very spot on the way from Bondi to Coogee...wish you guys were there then when I went past,would of loved to seen the car in the flesh.
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  6. 08-02-2015, 10:54 PM #6
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    Very cool Barracuda! Everything looks in place and period awesome!
    I have been working on a similar car-1966 Dart GT(in honor of the taking a win in class at the very first Trans Am race). We still need to puff the fenders a bit and drop the suspension, but all the hard work is done.
    67 911 , 69 911S, Ford V Ferrari 906LH, 85 Carrera...and-gasp! a bunch of Corvettes, Musclecars and Italian crap(330GTC,GTA/M,308GTB)

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  7. 08-03-2015, 03:05 PM #7
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    Awesome swbstudios!!

    The Darts and Barracuda's battled it out in 66 Trans Am. It was a great year with many big name F1, Nascar, Sportscar racers competing.
    I would love to see more pics and updates as you go..
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  8. 10-05-2015, 11:46 AM #8
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    Very cool. Love to see these great-looking Mopars on here. As a high school senior in 1990, I was driving a '66 Belvedere with a built 440. Couldn't turn at speed or stop, but it was great fun.

    Can you post a video? I'd love to hear your car rev.
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  9. 10-06-2015, 05:27 PM #9
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    Does this count as a "great looking Mopar?" I will have Dart updates shortly, but this thing followed us home. 69 Fury vert, unbelievably with zero rust!

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  10. 10-06-2015, 05:52 PM #10
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    Matt,

    What a cool car, congrats on the build. Always thought a vintage mustang road racer would be a lot of fun.

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