68 Formula S 383 and 75 Duster 360

by 68cudamouse Sun Apr 05, 2015 11:40 am

68 Formula S 383 and 75 Duster 360 Dave_014

1975 360 E58 Duster Super solid project and 68 383 Formula S

by philcollins Sun Apr 05, 2015 4:37 pm

Nice cars.

by **smoken340** Sun Apr 05, 2015 5:39 pm

They are both nice looking cars, for projects.

by 68cudamouse Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:30 am

Well changing a bulb ends up being a project for me.
Getting the Cuda to be more street friendly and the Duster was in a garage in Arizona since the early 90's, it's so neat.

by JGL Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:58 am

Looks like your workload just got lighter, unless you have big plans. Nice cars.

by **smoken340** Mon Apr 06, 2015 1:28 pm

68cudamouse wrote:Well changing a bulb ends up being a project for me.
Getting the Cuda to be more street friendly and the Duster was in a garage in Arizona since the early 90's, it's so neat.

What's in the Cuda now, that doesn't make it street friendly ?

by JGL Mon Apr 06, 2015 2:19 pm

smoken340 wrote:
68cudamouse wrote:Well changing a bulb ends up being a project for me.
Getting the Cuda to be more street friendly and the Duster was in a garage in Arizona since the early 90's, it's so neat.

What's in the Cuda now, that doesn't make it street friendly ?

Burnt out light bulb...of course.

by **smoken340** Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:06 pm

68cudamouse wrote:
1975 360 E58 Duster Super solid project and 68 383 Formula S

How about some more pictures of these cars. Do you have any interior or under hood shots.

by 68cudamouse Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:38 pm

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Engine pics as of now,
the Cuda 391 sure grip, 727 reverse manual valve body, hurst quarter stick,line lock, ttl headers, 400 with aluminum heads(numbers block is in the garage . I want it closer to stock.
Dave

by **smoken340** Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:45 pm

I've never had the pleasure of driving a Cuda "S" 383 car, but I'm going to guess that it's a hand full even when stock.

by JGL Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:53 pm

I heard stories and yes they can be a handful, even stock.

by JGL Mon Apr 06, 2015 4:56 pm

You know when tires spin and smoke, then stop squealing but the smoke keeps pouring out well that would be it.

by 68cudamouse Tue Apr 07, 2015 6:12 am

I had a 68 383 4 speed car in 75 as a teenager(I even lived through it and with no tickets)
and yes the speedo does go all the way to 150.

by **smoken340** Tue Apr 07, 2015 6:57 am

Ah, the good old days. In 1975 I was driving a 69 Coronet R/T 440-4 speed convertible. It's to bad that I had the " its only a car mentality back then ". Love to have that car today

by 68cudamouse Mon Apr 11, 2016 5:29 pm

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Well here are some new pics from the stable.

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by **smoken340** Tue Apr 12, 2016 5:12 am

They both appear to be pretty clean cars. Still love looking at the Barracuda. Like to see some interior pictures of both.
Where exactly is Oakwood, Ont. ?

by philcollins Tue Apr 12, 2016 5:56 am

Very nice.

by **Keith Mopar** Tue Apr 12, 2016 6:21 am

Real nice cars, love that barracuda. I had a 383 in an early A Valiant that had a 6 in it original and dam cold it do a burn out. This was 30 years ago now though.