Sometime in the last year or two I saw an old Barracuda in the local Whole Foods parking lot. Don't know the model year.

Which motor do you have?

A stroked & bored 340. It dynos at 380-390 hp.

Ah, that does sound like it would be worth hanging on to.

When you said "1972 Dodge" I hoped it was something with a little more oomph than a slant-6 :-)

I was going to put a big block in it, but several moparheads told me the bb's unbalance the car (too heavy) and that the 340 was a great block that could be upgraded to pretty hefty power levels.

They were right, and I'm pretty happy with it.

I dislike chrome plate and billet engine dress-up stuff, I got all go and no show parts. (And a few whoa upgrades.)

Not often...still see more than few old beater late-80s Mercedes (Can't kill those old 300Ds)/Honda Accords and the like. I since this is mode or less the deep south K5 Blazer's are not exactly extinct either. 25 years ago is 1989 model year at this point.