Mopars Of The Month - March 2008

1974 Plymouth Barracuda by Dustan Berry

Submitted via 440'S PlymouthBarracuda.net

Its a 1974 Plymouth Barracuda. I bought the car when I was 16 my sophomore year in high school. I am now 24 years old and still have it though I about sold it for a ducati street bike once. The car was originally a Gold metallic and went through several paint stages such as lime green and purple. It has an AARcuda hood on it with 70 style tail lights on it. The motor is a 340 with a 727 tranny in it from a 71 Barracuda which I believe still sits at the place I bought my Cuda at. The original car that the motor and tranny is out of now has a slant six poor thing. It also has a 8 3/4 limited slip rear end which I love and I ordered my newer truck with that rear end also that's how much I loved that. I knew about he car since I was like 13 or younger and finally got my dad to ok me for buying it. After a few years of electrical problems I finally parked it and left it there in the same parking spot for like 7 years and now its about to be running again. When I'm out of high school I Plan on fixing it up for show worthy condition. I wont put it back to original condition I want to make it my own. though the car is in bad need of restoration my financial funds are not there to restore it but soon as I'm out of school and get bills paid my future plans are to put awd on it and awd steering. I'm also going to put a 440 in it and beef the tranny up and put a dana 60 under it. I'm going to dress the interior out with a surround system and white interior and put the fish gill front fenders on it along with a custom made aluminum polished front grill. A roll cage will go in also. I cant wait to be driving it on the road with the rest of the mopar owners out there along with my good friend and neighbor with his 69 charger.

Dustan Berry - Prague, OK