AMT 67 Barracuda engine

[junkyardjeff]

I am restoring one and just got it apart,it looked like it had a 318 in it and had a 340 six pack sent to me and its too large.  The engine is molded in red where the rest of the car is in white so it has the wrong engine,what engine came in the original 67 Barracuda kit.

[Mark]

The annual kit included two engines: a slant six, and a 426 Hemi.

[junkyardjeff]

There is no mention of any engine on the box but the box art did have 426 on the car so thanks for the info,it had some kind of small block Mopar in it that after further investigation did not fit too good.

[1972coronet]

Just as @Mark stated, the 1967-1969 Barracuda annuals (shared tooling between AMT and MPC) had either the 225 six ( "stock" ) or the 426 Hemi ( in non-stock form, with the crossram intake setup ).

When the '69 was reissued in c.1988, MPC saw to it to include their 'generic' B/RB engine ( "383" ) , backed with a manual (the originals both had automatics) - dual exhaust was moulded-in dating back to the original '67 (hence the quotes I'd added to "stock" in reference to the 225 six ) .

In every case the shear panels (inner fenders, et al.) are incorrect. Should that be a bother, the AMT '71 Duster 340 or the Revell '68-'69 Darts have much better -and correct - engine compartments (with the Revell including the correct big block A-body K-member).

[junkyardjeff]

5 minutes ago, 1972coronet said:

Just as @Mark stated, the 1967-1969 Barracuda annuals (shared tooling between AMT and MPC) had either the 225 six ( "stock" ) or the 426 Hemi ( in non-stock form, with the crossram intake setup ).

When the '69 was reissued in c.1988, MPC saw to it to include their 'generic' B/RB engine ( "383" ) , backed with a manual (the originals both had automatics) - dual exhaust was moulded-in dating back to the original '67 (hence the quotes I'd added to "stock" in reference to the 225 six ) .

In every case the shear panels (inner fenders, et al.) are incorrect. Should that be a bother, the AMT '71 Duster 340 or the Revell '68-'69 Darts have much better -and correct - engine compartments (with the Revell including the correct big block A-body K-member).

I noticed the under hood panels were not anywhere near correct,not sure if I am going to get carried away and try to make it look correct but it's going to get a 340.  I  just remembered building a 69 back in the late 70s and all I think it had was a hemi.

[tim boyd]

Also...there is a build of the 1988 and later version of the '69 'cuda in the current issue of Model Cars magazine.  That article also includes a fairly detailed history of his kit tool, tracing its origins as the the AMT 1965 Barracuda annual kit all the way to the latest Round 2 MPC 1969 'cuda reissue from 2024.  Those following this thread might want to check that out.  TB 

[junkyardjeff]

I found a 340 on eBay and it's on the way,I did have a couple big blocks but none were complete and I prefer a small block for this rebuild.  I did think about a slant six.