A Michigan collector’s wanted ad for any Plymouth Barracuda, in any condition, reflects just how scarce genuine survivors have become since Plymouth’s 1970 redesign turned the car into one of the era’s most sought-after E-body muscle cars. That redesign also produced the one-year-only AAR ‘Cuda, a homologation special built for Trans-Am racing that still drives collector demand today. Read on to find out what makes the 1970 model year so different from everything that came before it.
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A 1969 Plymouth Road Runner with the 390-horsepower 440-6 Six Pack takes on a 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS running the 375-horsepower L78 396, both racing under Pure Stock Drags rules that require genuinely factory-stock parts throughout. A commenter who says he debugged the 440-6bbl setup as a young Chrysler engineer adds real credibility to the story. See which factory rivalry actually won this closely matched quarter-mile.
