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1974 Plymouth
Barracuda by Tarrance Davidson |
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I bought
this 1974 Plymouth Barracuda from Howardton Auto in
Reidsville N.C. in 1976. I used my inheritance I
received from my father. It was an one owner and in
great shape. I drove the car daily in Eden N.C. while I
lived there. It didn't take long, living in the Red Mud
areas of North Carolina , to find out the original white
interior was going to be hard to keep clean. |
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| Back then it was not
hard to find these cars in junk yards so I changed the color to its
present black color. After 125,000 miles the 318ci, 2
barrel carburetor, single exhaust motor needed a short block rebuild
and it was done by, what many call, a shade tree mechanic. No major
machine work done to the heads or block. It was just a simple
backyard rebuild that came out perfect. It was at this time I also
decided to get the fish painted. The white stripe was removed and
the original Forest Green Metallic Paint was the color of choice.
The paint job didn't come out as well as the motor build. It looked
great at first but was just a short time before the cracks started
showing there ugly self and before long the whole car was looking
worse than it was before it was painted. |
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In 1990
the fish was still my primary transportation. The shade
tree motor build had lasted another 100,000 miles and
was due for another rebuild. Yes, that's 200,000 miles I
had put on the car so far. I decided to park the car at
that time because I had other transportation. Fast
forward 5 years to 1995. It was time to fix her up
again. I started with the motor. I had Terry Walker of
Roanoke Virginia to do a long block rebuild and balance
on the 318. The build plan was to put a Holly 4 barrel
with one of the intakes that was used on 360. Dual
exhaust, 3000 stall converter and a street cam to make
it rock just a bit. |
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| Wow what a plan too. With the stock 273 diff. and the new
motor build I get some really great gas mileage with plenty of get
up and go to boot for those Cruises. Next was the paint and body
restoration. I had P&J Auto Repair of Danville Virginia do the work.
I, like most collectors, had no clue the extent of the work that
this fish was in need of. |
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I won't go
into all the work done. I will just let you look around the site and
see that for yourself. I went back with the original Mopar Green
Metallic paint but also put the white stripe back on. I removed the
luggage rack that came on the car.
Lastly, I had the seats of this Barracuda redone by Rudy's of
Martinsville Virginia and stayed with the black color, head liner,
carpet were also done. |
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| Tarrance Davidson - Ridgeway,
Virginia |
| For more information and photos of
Tarrance's Cool Barracuda visit his web site at
http://www.74barracuda.com. |
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