Blackbirdsrt78
Well-Known Member
Here goes...
My MOPAR journey started 12 years ago when I was in the NAVY.I was fresh out of boot camp and one of the things that was keeping me going in boot camp was dreaming about the sweet MOPAR I was going to buy. One day at work I overheard someone talking about how he couldnt sell his car. This sparked my curiosity so I asked "What kind of car?" . he replied its a 68 barracuda....
JAW Dropped
I asked how much...he said 1500. I had the money in his hand by the end of the day and it took us 2 weeks to get it running well enough to make it 2 miles to my house.
Thats where the story begins, now lets fast forward to recent times, I'm out of the Navy now, I have a cheating wife who is in the Navy, and now all i care about is my daughter. We fell on VERY hard times and I was torn between being selfish and keeping the Barracuda or selling it...I sold it. I had to there was no other option or we would be out on the street. I wont say for how much but it was enough. After I sold the car I thought that things would get better between my wife and I. It didn't she just gets more and more distant and now we are getting divorced. here is a pic of my car. it took me a decade to restore it. and it was loaded
225 4 bbl holley
ported and polished head /w stainless over-sized valves
Offenhauser intake
clifford perf headers
pertronix ingnition
milled the head to raise compression a little
Disc brake upgrade
15x7 wheels /w Bfgoodrich tiresswaybars....I think you get the picture it was a ROAD KING...it hurt..it still hurts
My MOPAR journey started 12 years ago when I was in the NAVY.I was fresh out of boot camp and one of the things that was keeping me going in boot camp was dreaming about the sweet MOPAR I was going to buy. One day at work I overheard someone talking about how he couldnt sell his car. This sparked my curiosity so I asked "What kind of car?" . he replied its a 68 barracuda....
JAW Dropped
I asked how much...he said 1500. I had the money in his hand by the end of the day and it took us 2 weeks to get it running well enough to make it 2 miles to my house.
Thats where the story begins, now lets fast forward to recent times, I'm out of the Navy now, I have a cheating wife who is in the Navy, and now all i care about is my daughter. We fell on VERY hard times and I was torn between being selfish and keeping the Barracuda or selling it...I sold it. I had to there was no other option or we would be out on the street. I wont say for how much but it was enough. After I sold the car I thought that things would get better between my wife and I. It didn't she just gets more and more distant and now we are getting divorced. here is a pic of my car. it took me a decade to restore it. and it was loaded
225 4 bbl holley
ported and polished head /w stainless over-sized valves
Offenhauser intake
clifford perf headers
pertronix ingnition
milled the head to raise compression a little
Disc brake upgrade
15x7 wheels /w Bfgoodrich tiresswaybars....I think you get the picture it was a ROAD KING...it hurt..it still hurts