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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.

bit more mocking up.
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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only £150 an hour!

don't know why the battery has a cushion on it though?

Cheers.


'Passenger' floor now fully welded into position.
the repair panels are galvanized which is why the paint came off easy and they aren't rusted.

welds will go rusty though so need's paint that also adheres to galvanized metal.

One floor mostly there now.

and there isn't half an inch gap between the floor and chassis.

Frame connectors in with just a few more welds to finish. Reason it took so long was that with a conversion like this you always need to think 5 steps ahead and look for reasons why something cannot be done. so i had to mock up the RHD stuff to mount the handbrake to see where it'll need to go throu...

i was thinking more at the drag strip as the front rises you lose positive caster and could go into negative caster making it twitchy?

if i recall it was Nine degrees Caster change from full bump to full droop due to the angle the top arms are fitted at. (angled like that for anti-dive under braking conditions) The Caster change can be reduced by lowering the position of the front top arm mount point made easier by fitting the rose...

not very exciting updates. the floor repair sections are straightened and pretty much ready to go in. but they'll be last after all the other chassis mods. swapping all the handbrake linkage to mirror image what was on there means making sure it'll all line up and clear the chassis connectors. putti...

Just need to make the rest of it perform the same and be reliable. DSCF6912.JPG DSCF6911.JPG love how simple everything is. so easy to work on DSCF6910.JPG quite a solid old beast though i suspect it has had a slight rear end knock at some point as there are little nodules of filler poking through t...

part way through making the frame connectors. but while the floor is out i finished the gear linkage (note the awesome hacking of the floor) DSCF6908.JPG changed the lower worn rubber/brass bushed mount for a 1/2 inch rose joint and rose jointed the remaining linkage. now has zero play and a very po...

S800 nearly there. Axle still to sort out.

I was going to leave it LHD and sell it in a few years when the other was done. But as i now have to put more money, time and effort into it just to sort the bodges with no increase in value i'm turning it into a keeper. And i will probably keep the other one when done as well as it should be quite ...

hmmmm. haven't posted for a while as i contemplate what to to. i think i have a plan. as you may recall i posted how this Barracuda was "restored" in the 80's and been off the road for many years till recently. the most recent advert in the US before it came to the UK proudly shows new fro...