1964 Plymouth Barracuda

318

Manual 4 speed

V445177819

Clear

Early (June 4 1964) HURST Barracuda. High Desert Cal. car, made in Los Angeles and sold new in Victorville and has been in the high desert it's entire life, NO RUST. Barracuda was the first PONY car, introduced April 1st 1964, Mustang came out April 15th 1964. This car was made on the 68th day of production. Rare car, HURST 4 speed, V-8, Posi, and Disc brakes. I tried to get the fender tag decoded from MYMOPAR.com but they could not do it, he provided me with just the basics, L.A. V-8 Barracuda, I was very disappointed with them, he charged me to decode but then couldn't do it. The car does not have the original 273 ci engine, it does have a 318 with a performance cam and upgraded ignition, Edelbrock Aluminum Performance manifold and a new 600 cfm Holley carb. The mufflers are very early RAVEN mufflers, they look like an early Flow Master. The car sounds really good, you hear the cam and mufflers. The car had not been on the road for many years, it had been in a shed for 10 years when I bought it. The previous owner had plans to restore but all he got done was removing some of the trim and shot some spray can primer on it. Here is what I have done to it. Removed intake manifold and installed new Felpro gasket set to solve vacuum leak, installed a new Holley 600 cfm carb with electric choke, installed new throttle cable, flushed fuel tank, new valve cover gaskets. new plugs and new streetfire plug wires, New fan belt, fuel pump, air filter, Four new shocks, old oil was clean and new oil has stayed clean, rockers had no sludge build up. Alternator had a problem, had it repaired at a specialty shop. Brakes totally redone, new front pads, front brake lines, rear wheel cylinders, clean and adjust rear brakes, front end alignment. New tires, 225/60R15 BFG T/A Radials rear and 165/80R15 Nankang pizza cutters up front. I had new tubes installed due to the first generation CENTER LINE two piece wheels, new lug nuts. This is a real Black on Black car, I sent it in to a local body shop and had them prep and shoot it matte black, it has some very minor imperfections that I left in to keep it honest, this is a very straight NO RUST car, I put no bondo on it just the matte black paint. When it was up on a lift I was able to really take a good look at the floors and there is no rust or damage to the floors, rocker panels, trunk, gas tank or spare tire well. I just sent it into a transmission shop to have the shifting rods adjusted so it shifts great, New pinion seal and new gear oil in differential. New sun shaded windshield and gasket. Car has all the original trim including the crazy rare rear quarter panel spears in front of the bumper, chrome on bumpers are showing age. Radiator had a leak, pulled it and had it repaired and cleaned. I was unable to verify the disc brakes as original, the shop that did the brakes said they are the original factory 1964 Mopar units, I did try to get fender tag decoded, if anybody can help me decode this please do, I have included a photo of the tag. This is a genuine So Cal car, made in L.A. still has the old original license plate frames from the local Plymouth dealer from day one and has been in the high desert all of it's life. The car is an unrestored survivor, good solid driver, I drive it all the time and it is a fun car just the way it is, how can you not like a 4 speed V-8 Posi with disc brakes, drive it the way it is or restore it. These are rapidly climbing in value and an early HURST Barracuda is a good investment. I have not done anything to interior and it does show age. The only things it needs is the speedometer cable needs replacing, I only have one front arm rest and the one I have is damaged but they repop them and the rubber bushing at the steering shaft needs replacing (very minor), it still has one minor oil leak I never got to. I don't know if the non-original radio works, it had speakers mounted under the dash and they were dried out, however there are NO speaker holes cut in door panels or rear bulk head. The car has a clear title and there is a lot of old registrations and receipts that go with it. I remember the full page ads in magazines "HURST BARRACUDA" as Plymouth was trying to go head to head with the Mustang. They only sold about 20,000 of the first year 64's. I bought this because it is a HURST and the license plate is AFX, I knew it was special and would be a fun car. It took time and money to sort it out but it is a good driver now. The heavy lifting is done. One of if not the first Mopar muscle car. Please feel free to contact me, I will post the emails. The car is for sale locally. On Aug-10-14 at 15:06:08 PDT, seller added the following information: As stated I am posting questions that give info and opinions since I was unable to get the fender tag decoded to provide as much info as possible. Please read the questions area.