Sweet Survivor - This 273 / 4 Speed 1965 Plymouth Barracuda Needs Help After 28 Years Off The Road

[@Winterforged]

If anyone has questions about the car, im Dave. Just leave them here and ill answer as best i can.

[@Coronetguy]

Hi Dave, love the car, but I know what’s wrong with it!! Gotta be the Cougar license frame!! 👍👍 There I fixed it for you!! Anyway, exciting stuff! Congrats on getting close to a return to the road!

[@Winterforged]

@Coronetguy Thanks, and the WSU frame is going back to the previous owner. 😅

[@butcher390]

@@Winterforged No questions Just love it's originality

[@matzrat5006]

My friend's older brother had that exact Barracuda back in 1966.

[@Mclovingarage]

Dave’s Barracuda is incredible! The commando setup is going to look soooo good! Black on black, small block and a 4-speed. What’s not to like!

[@paulwortman483]

I remember one VERY cold Saturday putting new valve seals on my 318 Power Wagon. I still get shivers thinking of that day.

[@glenbo2464]

When i was younger a mechanic friend taught me an old trick for doing valve stem seals. He took some rope that was pretty flexible and smaller in diameter then the plug hole then he slowly fed it into the cylinder. After that he hand cranked the engine until the piston came up and squished the rope against the valves to hold them in place while he removed the keepers! I tried it on an engine myself years later and it worked perfectly! lol

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Roight. I did allude to that option. But the air worked well for me.

[@Fenderman1235]

That’s the way I’ve always done valve springs/keepers/seals. Small rope or paracord down the plug hole and piston brought up to the top. I’ve never had an air compressor I trusted enough to do the air trick

[@harrywalker968]

@@DeadDodgeGarage a body barra.. when the fuel came to the filter, looked like it unblocked some sht. so maybe that orig pump is.. good..?.. doubt it. auise, ave fan..

[@harrywalker968]

@@DeadDodgeGarage yes, me.. head gaskets. copper ones can be made. old skool..OR thoxicol.. dodge made a b/b head from a 350 chev head. just wandering if chec gaskets fit. 283, less,?.

[@harrywalker968]

@@DeadDodgeGarage for the age & wear on the engine bits. cam, lifters, springs. v/grind. ect. id of done it. $400.. ?.it needs it..

[@bandcshow11d6]

The joke about the back glass is so true. They say it’s worth more than the car and I say I have never seen anyone ask for one.

[@timothykeith1367]

The back glass is thick and heavy, it rarely cracks

[@Seansworld17]

I have a 64, currently under construction but it runs!

[@jeffrowlette]

I only own 2 cars right now.... A 2019 Dodge Challenger And my 1968 Barracuda Notch-Back 😃😃😃😃😃

[@jamieminton172]

I can not even begin to recall how many valve seals I have replaced on 1979 318s. Air is the way to go. My Stepdad had a thing for 79 Le Barrons. And rearends (crappy Chrysler's and the fun kind).... Oh the memories.....😅

[@Hobotraveler82]

My dad had a 64 Valiant convertible with the 273 V8 and automatic. It was blue on blue on blue. A little old lady back into it while he was the store. It was totaled. Love these early Baracudas. I really like the 67 model year as well. Sorry saw a squirrel and got distracted. 😂😊❤

[@SchoolforHackers]

Dammit: that ragtop would be gold these days.

[@lessharratt8719]

Your welcome. Aaaaand remember, It's my pleasure to support your channel. So much useful info and tips.

[@rong4189]

That desert tv car show staged the breaking of their “rare and expensive” rear glass on an episode. Hell, you rarely even see a broken Barracuda rear glass!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yes, Tom talked about that in his back window video. Haha. I’ve heard stories of someone skate boarding down the back window of one multiple times and it never broke.

[@georgejsalomskasiii3048]

My dad did the Barra-Dart conversion back in the day. Barracuda front nose on an early Dart. Wish we still had that car

[@RichL8223]

This why I like this channel, fix it up make it better than it was and getter back on the road.

[@ronaldrey8474]

With that gas tank going so smooth you're definitely in the right profession . You make this look so easy which means it's not !

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

No these pursuits are often extremely frustrating. Haha. Thank you.

[@henryknedel5683]

A 64 available here MN. Guy started resto 20+ years ago. Bit apart in garage covered! Ready to sell! Looks all round good canidate. Passes my like even. Great for rust land. Asking 1200. Already hook trailer to 70 Camper Hauler Special. 👍

[@beljames1563]

Cool vid. Glad to see the old gal getting a refresh.

[@roywhitman7109]

I've got a few sets of those Commando valve covers & chrome air cleaners. Definitely changes the appearance of that engine bay! Your buddy has got himself a real gem!👍

[@Winterforged]

Thanks! I'm Dave btw.

[@jamesblair9614]

65 is my favourite year early Barracuda, a 4 speed with a 2 barrel 273, I wouldn’t have even thought of it, but it’s a nice combination. I drove a 65 Dart six with the 4 speed for many years, a beautiful car, but dearly in need of 14” wheels.

[@davidraezer5937]

I had to laugh when you were describing the method of removing valve springs. I listen to your videos while working on cars. I was removing valve springs on a Corvair engine using my compression tester hose with the core removed. Also had a laugh about the weak valve springs. Yea I’m removing a broken spring for the 2nd time and finally decided to replace all of them.

[@PhilDodgeFury]

that first shot of gas that went through the filter was nasty

[@daveclemons1225]

Great video as always. Can't wait to see the next one "Commando Version"!! Wonder how much of a improvement it will be. Thank you for making the best video's on KZbin.

[@GaryGilpin-or5xr]

Can’t believe I only discovered your channel a couple weeks back. Can’t get enough. Keep up the good work! You should have a couple hundred thousand views.

[@tiffanyhovey7723]

Glad you like the pen 🤣 they were too fun to resist

[@wiggyjones]

My God, it's full of stars...I mean horrors. LOL. Don't mind me. It's raining in Detroit today and I don't want to put the Christmas tree up, so I'm watching your video. Much more fun. You saved me.

[@shazbotnanu7037]

Black on black 273 commando with a 4 speed? Yes please. That should be a very fun little car even more so if it ever gets built to commando specs. Also the cool Formula S exhaust system

[@klapaucius77]

My 880 had the same issue getting the tank down. I had to wire wheel to clean the threads. I learned not to change a full size vehicles fuel tank by yourself, in a driveway. Dumb decisions, but lived to talk about it. lol

[@manxcat7377]

Glad you survived the bomb cyclone. Lots of work getting the goop out. Thanks for the video!

[@butcher390]

Good evening , Jamie 🍻 That Plymouth Barracuda Is BEAUTIFUL 🖤 !!!! An original Survivor !! 273 c.i. with an 833 , 4 speed !! Triple black , too Gold Member ..... wasn't that a James Bond movie 🎬 ?? Anyways .... do you save , the black cars , for the fall 🍁 ?? Oh, Dude , I can tell you how many times , I've got a fuel tank without a neck gromit . They all seem too be , gromit deficient . Welp , I wouldn't call you , Captain of the Exxon Valdez 2.0 Never knew 273 head gaskets are Unobtainaium Good too know That crossover cleaning Was like an , archeological dig 👌 For some odd reason , MC hammer came too mind While watching you , replace these valve seals . Not sure why . Please stop critiquing yourself This car is a massive improvement From when it drove in Button it up & ship it !! You're fine . This car is ready for "Spirited driving" #DeadDodgeGarage #FallCleanUp #AbodiesGalore #273Camondos

[@michaelnault5905]

Look forward to see it healthy again!

[@garryhatchett775]

Those d4b manifolds are rare! Nice barracuda.

[@Grandadsjunk]

Dave will be rapt pretty cool watching you do the valve stem seals without taking heads off I think it's great you helping others with their projects good job brother hood

[@Oldjohn52]

When using a torch, you often sing a line from a song by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. It was a hit in 1968 or 69. He was touring to support his album with a young guitarist from London. Jimi Hendrix and Arthur Brown played a show in hartford that I won tickets to on a radio call in game on station WDRC. I couldn't drive out of state but I could take a bus. So I did. The late sixties until the mid eighties were some really good years to attend concerts. Thats why I don't have a cool old car. I have the memory of those experiences instead.

[@robertwittjr1198]

Brown quickly earned a reputation for outlandish performances, which included the use of a burning metal helmet, that led to occasional mishaps, such as during an early appearance at the Windsor Festival in 1967, where he wore a colander on his head soaked in methanol. The fuel poured over his head by accident caught fire; a bystander doused the flames by pouring beer on Brown's head, preventing any serious injury. The flaming head then became an Arthur Brown signature. On occasion he also stripped naked while performing, most notably at the Palermo Pop 70 Festival in Sicily, Italy, July 1970, where he was arrested and deported.

[@SE-me2pt]

I hope Jamie does some screaming lord sutch someday. Lol

[@kevinlee7263]

Valve seals on my 85 318 is one of those jobs I've been putting off for a while. Right now, it only smokes when it's been run, shut off, and sat long enough for oil to leak down into the cylinders but not long enough for it all to leak past the rings when you restart it. Basically, it only smokes on restart between about 5 minutes and 45 minutes after you shut it off.

[@stevetaylor9265]

That's the perfect car. Small v8 4speed

[@dwightwaldvogel2783]

As always , I enjoy watching you work !

[@idaholineman5788]

Awesome video, the valve seals definitely need to be done on my 360..this video will help greatly!!

[@economicsandguitarsandsome1722]

Rad! That's the Barracuda I'd want.

[@patricklynch1962]

I feel the same about those early small BBD's as you do about the Holley 1920 on slant sixes. Never ending pain in the butt and usually ends up needing the throttle shaft rebushed. My '68 Fury VIP is running nicely on a late 70's Holley 2280. For now, I'm keeping it a 2 barrel. (the engine did get the timing chain replaced and other external bolt ons replaced like the water pump, fuel pump and distributor but the long block is still running its original late 1967 build) It's got about 150,000 miles.

[@countswing284]

Nice job cleaning up the sludge and gunk. I was thinking Quaker State, I've never had problems with Pennzoil. Looking forward to more Barracuda fun. Cheers! 😎👍🏎🏁🏁

[@PhilDodgeFury]

Seattle ? We met some hardcore bikers from Seattle and Portland and Salem . They came to visit us in Australia a few times

[@jimringo2569]

It's good enough! DDG family motto.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Oh yeah. It was (literally) written on the wall in my old shop.

[@Biokemist-o3k]

I love that '63 valiant!!!..I would love to find a barracuda to make a replica Dodge race car someday...-John

[@waiting4aliens]

Backyard valve polishing involves chucking up the stem and running the head against the seat while in the head. Best of luck, and thanks.

[@rong4189]

I was changing valve springs recently, putting each piston at tdc before I put the air to it, got out of sequence, hit a cylinder that had the piston half way down with air, spun the engine at least a quarter turn and I had to find my place again!

[@2LaneTraveler]

Chrysler products of this vintage always make me think of the film, "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World".

[@clembob8004]

It's fun to watch that movie, with all the Exner-styled late 50s and early 60s Mopars.

[@SE-me2pt]

The big W.

[@Blink_____]

I love these cars so much

[@antoninoorfano8187]

Great looking car 😊

[@Winterforged]

Thank you! (Dave here)

[@allanperryman388]

Nice pen 😂 and an awesome car! Thanks Jamie

[@p38kris]

That barracuda is so nice

[@graydude4698]

👽 .... .. Brings me back my car had gold Int.

[@SchoolforHackers]

“You start putting fuel in there, And it’s going everywhere.” 😂

[@02shaded]

Funny my 66 Dart GT has those same red fur seat covers! They were on it when I bought it in 92 in San Diego and are still on it n mostly intact.. one of David's Darts on roadkill had the same ones too.. Love ya man .. keep on keeping on Buddy

[@sixtee5cuda98]

Those started as black fur seat covers. Like the cargo area carpet, the sun decided to change the color.

[@ChristopherJohnston-t5z]

The Commando pieces look very nice. Looking forward to the next installment on this car.

[@JeffMiletich]

Those old Barracuda rear windows look like they could be fun for sliding down a snow covered hill- They'd be fast!

[@LSSindustries]

That black on black looks great

[@OPPlaidDoesStuff]

I don't even like Dodge, but your channel is awesome. I mean it's really just adult legos anyways, not much difference from one make to the next, so what's the difference. Your editing is great, pace is good. Getting sick of the 2 hour videos from the "other guys."

[@iamnoone.]

2 videos 1 day the sun just got brighter. Sky bluer.

[@rudybriskar5267]

Along the northern coast of Southeast Alaska there's a high pressure ridge and we're getting lower 20s and gusts to 40 mph. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="675">11:15</a>

[@JeffMiletich]

I received a severe weather warning on facebook the other day for that storm you're in - I have friends & family in the Oly & Seattle areas so FB notified me. Aberdeen was on the edge of the "Circle of doom" in the <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="420">7:00</a> position & Seattle was at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="720">12:00</a>.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

It wasn’t so bad here. Sure was up there though.

[@peterparsons7141]

Really looking forward to seeing the results. MOPAR or NOCAR !

[@rexkean]

Barracuda 273 stuff! Cool!

[@jeffstone5554]

When I am doing seals with the head on I pull the plugs and turn each cylinder to the top so the valves can't fall far.

[@lauriegreen1643]

Nice old bus Sir.... Cometic mls head gaskets should have the size you are after price sux tho. Great vid can't wait to see yhe finished product

[@robroche6483]

Carpet is sun faded....mine was like that.

[@lanceneuman9528]

Thanks

[@wyattoneable]

Have fun. I'll be hanging out.

[@Amoparman408]

I'm not at MCACN but i'm still all in here.

[@Sidewayz455]

ME: Dang it, why must I work when a new vid from DDG drops! * _Bright divine light starts shining upon him_ * GOD: Because you want to own a classic Mopar ME: Oh... Right. Thanks God. GOD: No Problem Fam.

[@tombob671]

Great work

[@garymckee63]

I remember years ago there was a 65 Valiant black and never could catch the people that owned it until they sold it one hour before l got there. It was black also, and I had a 340 ,8 3/4 rear, and a short tailshaft A 833 to install in it. A day late and a dollar short 🙂🙃 <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="487">8:07</a>

[@Nicks66Service]

Rubber + petroleum grease = eventual glorp. Recently changed out sway bar bushings in a friend's vehicle, replacement units had gone bad quickly because someone installed 'em w/ grease. Silicone brake grease is what to use, rubber likes it.

[@michaelasher8084]

Have you ever used the rope trick for changing valve guide seals

[@jimbo3214]

LOL. I was thinking old Quaker State more than Pennzoil.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Did you notice the cut after I said Pennzoil? The words I cut out were “or maybe Quaker State.” Don’t ask why I cut it, I don’t know. Haha.

[@samuelgoodman2825]

Cousin to my black 65 Dart GT 273 hardtoo,poverty caps and all,except mine is a console 904.Cool.

[@pauljones2031]

Cool old quirky early A body!

[@ckramer115]

I guess they thought the glass was expensive back in 86 when they filmed the " The Wraith". In the movie, th back glass magically disappeared just before that Barracuda exploded.

[@timbarry5080]

That's a cool v8 emblem

[@SE-me2pt]

Your PB blaster looks like it needs recharged, I watched a cool video on recharging the aerosol can with air compressor. The price of my go to WD40 etc is getting too pricey to throw 1/4 can away when it runs out of pressure.

[@ScottDLR]

Nice vid and cool car. I wonder if you went back and looked at that first blast of old, nasty fuel that filled the filter after you replaced the pump? That's probably where the stuff on the plugs came from.

[@keithmckibben8774]

Love it! I am headed down the same path with the 318 in my Belvedere, though at a shuffling pace with lots of rest stops. I have been painting the parts I take off and clean Chrysler Industrial Red. You have been calling the 273 orange. Which is it?

[@01ls1z28dabx]

Today just got better

[@SolamenteVees]

Best little Horrorhouse in the Northwest <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="480">8:00</a>

[@SypherF]

May I ask about the slanted half dozen on truck at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="531">8:51</a>? The Commando dress up was a good call and made it change to looking "lived in". Cheers DDG

[@MoparJimmy]

Careful, I hear the back glass on those cars are worth a FORTUNE!

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I’ve heard that too 😂

[@SchoolforHackers]

I can get you one for $5000!

[@barrycuda3769]

Excellent, and informative .Have you ever done a video on re bushing a throttle shaft? . Is the BBD more prone to throttle shaft wear than other carburetors? . While watching this I had a brainwave, and that was , imagining a custom made steel brackety thing that would bear up against the throttle shaft , and that would take the strain of the return spring, instead of the carb body .Without re familiarizing myself with the external part of the shaft , Im not sure if this would be possible.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

I’ve never done bushings in them. Not sure I’m qualified… The BBD sure seems prone to that issue. By which I mean I don’t think I’ve ever seen one that didn’t leak

[@barrycuda3769]

@DeadDodgeGarage Actually now that I think of it, I probably should have said bushing, not re bushing. My father had the shaft bushed on his Valiant's BBD when it was about 14 years old , it was obviously worthwhile ,because it still doesn't leak to this day.

[@kellismith4329]

Was worth the trip just to get the Whopper My sister lives on BC Island, they are on day 5 without power after the bomb cyclone

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Other places up north got it way worse than we did. Beach lost power but that’s typical. There was some intense thunder and lightning, lighting actually struck a church in nearby Hoquiam. And there was a tornado warning, and water spout filmed not far offshore over the ocean.

[@tyronebiggims1613]

Man you can see that float needs adjusted,,Get with the program bruce Guess that will be another video

[@allenm00]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2203">36:43</a> Plan B-1/2. I love that. 🤣🤣

[@tedcorey3054]

Nice .

[@jimbo5728]

I've never opened throttle for compression tests. The one time I was curious, I tried and it made no difference.

[@michaelstrafello7346]

I was thinking fuel filters use to come with hose and clamps then you said it

[@doublebackagain4311]

Goats screaming in Stereo.

[@trojmn]

hahaha that slug of stale gas in the fuel line was GROSS !! ;-)

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Yknow, I meant to blow that out…

[@timothyupleger7007]

A better way to hold the valves up is to use a bungee cord. Cut the hook off and lower the piston. Stuff about 2 inches in and Crank the piston and go for it.

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Right, the same as the “string trick” that I explained

[@DPWheeler67]

Well.... I got both in this video, it ran and drove early and is clearly DEAD now... Thanks Jamie LOL

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Anything I can do to help 😂

[@DPWheeler67]

@@DeadDodgeGarage LOL

[@dantupper1784]

The lack of a viable 273/318 'small bore' head gaskets... You would think making even a 'short run' copy of the older style gaskets or a MLS version with the production technology available in North America & Europe- might a few more $$$, but it's just 60yo tech. Somehow, No...

[@SnowMan68]

FYI the fuel filter is backwards!

[@ibannymous]

I can hear Aerosmith singing, “Big Ten Inch Fuel Hose” now. Thanks! Jaime, can you play it on your Sunday Funday Live Chat?

[@DeadDodgeGarage]

Don’t know that one. Haha.

[@ibannymous]

@@DeadDodgeGarageBig Ten Inch is a definite worth it listen by Aerosmith. Enjoy!

[@ibannymous]

The Michelangelo of heat crossover ports!

[@Brian-Gribble]

TWIN GOATS!!!!!!!