You can tell they were not serious about performance with this car. Just like the 65 and 66' no dual exhaust. The bare basics of performance are missing. It why Mustang and Camaro put a waxing on the Barracuda in sales. And I owned a 65' Barracuda as my first car which was a hand me down in the mid 70s. Current car is a 17 SS Camaro manual trans.
My 67 Cuda has always needed bigger gas tank. 13.5 gallon (est.) Is small enough to get into trouble, stopping to often in killing fields to gas up.But there is nothing like cracking 3rd gear up to 105 mph and catching 4th on up to 140mph. The wind holds the car perfectly straight.
My first car was a 10 y/o ‘65. Bought it for $500 but it needed front end work to be drivable. Wish I knew how gutless the ‘65 was as compared to the ‘66 or ‘67 and I would of made a better choice.
As I posted in the accompanying 'DRIVE' video, this initially appeared to be a car I was very familiar with once owned by a woman customer (name withheld for obvious reasons) who resided in Pacific Palisades, California. We religiously mainatined, if NOT this car then - shockingly - its Doppelgänger. A very well done detailed expose'/walk around, much like we would often perform as a part of a pre-purchase check out, or factual reperesentation for insurance purposes.
I believe this is my former customers car affectionately named 'Huey' by it's lovely woman owner/caretaker. We religiously mainained this, as well as quite a few celebrities automobiles. If so, it was fully restored back in the 1980's by the highly respected Hill and Vaughn in Santa Monica, California. Gorgeous car then, and remains so today.
No. It did not. It had to be added. With this body style, only the 300 SE had such trim on the wheel wells from the factory. The 220 SE, 250 SE, 280 SE & 280 SE 3.5 did not have wheel well trim.
Great Vid!! A buddy of mine in HS (mid 80s) had two of these!! First a black w/gold 83, then a Met grey/light grey 84, Both Manuals!! Pretty sure they were both stock.. Awesome, fun cars!!
I had an 85 Iroc Z back in 2014 and it was an amazing car. I really wish I could've kept it but sadly traded it for a K5 Blazer because we moved way out in the country where the roads were rarely plowed. I started looking for another and the darn things price are insane now.
I miss my dad’s. Had this same one. Just supercharged. I think it’s ugly. Still would have preferred it over the 94 GMC OBS I had. Thing was a shit bucket.
Stock 944 or is this Turbo? I can't tell what that is below the tachometer...is that a boost gauge? Great car...looks like a ton of fun to drive but if you don't mind, could you tell me if it's stock or any mods you have done? I'm thinking of buying one in a couple of months, wondering if this is the kind of acceleration I can expect....seems just fine for me if this is a stock engine?
Not the OP but this is a naturally aspirated car. The gauge you mention is a vacuum gauge that shows your 'economy' - that's where the turbo boost gauge would be on a turbo model. An European spec N/A model goes from zero to sixty in about 8 seconds and tops out at 215 km/h. Not fast by today's standards but still quicker than a low spec economy car of today.
@@varmastiko2908 Hey thanks so much, I didn't realize NA 944's had anything below the tach so it was confusing Appreciate the help! :) And agree completely, 8 seconds is quicker than some cars today and personally I"m fine with what an NA 944 offers although ideally I have to believe an LS swap would be an amazing combo that car's handling.
@@locophoto6881 Sounds like you're in the US which means the N/A cars will be somewhat slower than the Euro spec cars; there's roughly a 20 horsepower deficit. That being said they are still light cars and the point of them was always their road holding and handling, allowing them to maintain speed much better that you would expect of an '80s car. Obviously the Turbo models will be much quicker but in your case I would also look at the later S2 models. They don't seem to have increased in price nearly as much as the Turbo models have and they are still much quicker than the 2.5 liter 8 valve N/A models.
Abetter set of cylinder heads, and 220 duration @ .050s cam (, and variable lifters, and intake and exhaust manifolds could uncap the potential of lca) this 305. At least you guys got the t tops.
Beautiful Camaro. I owned an 82 with the dreaded cease fire ignition and traded that in for an 85 with 4 barrel carb. Gonna have to buy one from California as they have all but rusted away here in Michigan.
Interesting video with excellent breakdown of paperwork showing work carried out but in my opinion should have upgraded the braking to disc braking all round. Also if it could have fitted the same engine as the TZ1 then why not fit that engine, seeing as there are extensive modifications elsewhere to the engine and suspension compared to stock.
