Challenger & Barracuda Restoration Guide, 1967-1974 (Authentic Restoration Guides)

By Paul A. Herd

Chrysler's muscular cars are among the most collectible cars of the the era. Rare Hemi-powered models are the crown jewels in collections lucky enough to have one. The essential guide for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760302073
• ISBN13: 9780760302071
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.8" x 0.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

If it has a part # and/or date code on it , this book will have it

Of the 3 E-Body restoration guides that I own, this one is the best if you are looking for part #'s,where they are found on the car , specifications and paint types/colors used. This book has very little historical info,very little 'why it was done that way' and it does NOT have a single color photo of a Barracuda or Challenger to highlight a specific statement in the text. However, if you are looking to find out the proper paint color (or lack of) for a specific part by year or are looking for a book with the greatest number of Part numbers/codes for the E-Body then this is the book to have. Use this book to find the correct item part # for your year of Cuda or Challenger as well as proper color for that part. To make your search for that hard to find part easier, get the related book, 'The Part Interchange manual' to find that part from other cars that will be an exact fit. Thanks to this book,for example, I found out why I could not get my wiper motor to work properly. The 1970 Challenger that I bought as a partial restoration was using a 1970 2 Speed Windshield Wiper with a 1972 variable speed wiper motor. I also now know that my 1970 Challenger which I bought re-painted with Y1 Banana Yellow matches the paint code on the very good Fender decoder in the book BUT the engine is NOT supposed to be painted Banana Yellow. My biggest gripe with the way this book is written is that it takes a lot of time to 'get to the answer' because you have to read the entire Chapter on a topic in order to not miss the information on the Cuda or Challenger you are looking for. That is because it is very common in one paragraph that starts to discuss a part for the Barracuda,for example, to switch mid-paragraph and start discussing the Challenger. For an owner of a 1970 Challenger, one would think that one could skip reading a paragraph with 1968 in the Title but not with this book. An example of a properly organized book is the 'Original Challenger and Barracuda 1970-19754 restorer guide ' since it's Chapter's are broken out by Year and each Chapter has specific sub Chapter's by Cuda or Challenger. The bottom line is that I always start with the '1967-1975 Restoration Guide' before I open my other restoration books.

Restoration Guide

Very good reference book for Mopar restorations. I wouldn't start to restore a project car without it.

GREAT ,NICE GIFT & VERY HELPFUL INFORMATION

IF YOU REALLY LOVE OLD CLASSIC CARS, I'D REALLY RECOMMEND GETTING THIS BOOK. (VERY DETAILED INFORMATION!)

Good reference source

This book is loaded with info, codes, casting numbers, diagrams, and photos. There is a lot of useful info. Many of the diagrams look to be directly taken from Plymouth/Dodge chasis and body manuals, but with additional info. If you are going to do a complete A to Z restoration, you will need more info than what is offered here, but show me one single book that covers an entire restoration on E-bodies, and I will buy it. Its my observation that you need a full library of reference sources and this book has its place.

Great resource for most details about these great cars

This book provides valuable illustrations and photos of these beautiful automobiles, and also some of the little known details that can help make your restoration complete.Don't expect this to be the only resource you'll need to complete a concours restoration, but you'll find it extremely useful for coming to understand the different options that were available for your model year, and more importantly, those little things that were unique to a particular year model.I've found it to be a very helpful resource for my first restoration, a 1967 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S.