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7 Things to Inspect Before Buying a 1971 Plymouth ‘Cuda

by Jack Harmon

You have finally found one. The gills are in the fender, the shaker is sitting proud of the hood, and the seller has a folder of receipts thick enough to prop open a garage door. He calls it a frame-off restoration and he is not lying. But on a 1971 Plymouth ‘Cuda, the number that decides whether you are buying a six-figure car or a very expensive replica is not horsepower and it is not the color code. It is how much of the original Chrysler steel is still hiding under that paint. Get that answer wrong and you will find out at auction, in front of an audience, years after the check has cleared.

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Charger: IT USED TO FLY AND NOW IT HAS 4 DOORS

by Wes

The Dodge Charger debuted in 1966 as a two-door-only muscle car with V8 power and a distinctive rotating-headlight grille, a formula it kept until the nameplate went dormant in the late 1970s. When Dodge revived it in 2006, the Charger came back as a four-door sedan, a shift that still splits opinion among Mopar loyalists decades later.

The 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda Buyer’s Guide: What Every Enthusiast Should Know

by Jack Harmon

Buying a 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda without doing your homework is one of the fastest ways to turn a dream car into an expensive mistake. Hemmings breaks down the E-body platform, the full engine lineup from the 340 up to the 426 Hemi, and the specific trouble spots and options that separate a great example from an overpriced tribute car. With E-body prices climbing fast, the stakes for getting it right have never been higher. Watch the full buyer’s guide before you write a check.

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1971 Plymouth Cuda Custom in Green with Envy Paint

by Kiril

This green 1971 Plymouth ‘Cuda wears one of the era’s loud High Impact colors, a signature of a model year that only lasted twelve months before Plymouth changed the design again. Only 16,492 Barracudas were built for 1971, and the truly rare variants, like the 114-unit Hemi ‘Cuda, get scarcer still. Here’s what made 1971 such a distinctive year for the ‘Cuda.

Shelby GT 350 Mustang 1966-images

by Ross Mills

Hertz rented race cars in 1966 — literally. Shelby built roughly 1,000 GT350H Mustangs for the ‘Rent-A-Racer’ program, and the black-and-gold color combo everyone remembers almost didn’t happen. Here’s the real story behind Shelby’s strangest, most famous customer.

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Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 or Dodge Challenger Hellcat?

by Kiril

Both the Camaro ZL1 and the Challenger Hellcat cross the 700-horsepower neighborhood, just by very different paths – a supercharged LT4 for the ZL1, a bigger-blown Hemi for the Hellcat. The Hellcat edges the quarter mile by two-tenths, but the ZL1 gives up nearly 600 fewer pounds and closes the gap everywhere else. It’s one of the closest fights in modern muscle, and it still isn’t settled.

Plymouth Barracuda 1970 and 1971

by Ross Mills

The 1970 Plymouth Barracuda shed its economy car past, rolling into the muscle car scene with a swagger, thanks to the ‘cuda Hemi power option. Vibrant colors like “Vitamin C” and “Sassy Grass Green” ensured it wasn’t just fast but flashy too. In 1971, the Barracuda sported a grill makeover and four headlights, making it the only year to sport fender “gills.” With engines ranging from a “slant six” to the mighty 426 Hemi, it was a beast on the road, albeit with handling that made tight turns a bit more of an adventure!

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1968 Plymouth Barracuda, 1 of 18 Garage Find, 32 Years in the Making

by Wes

A 1968 Plymouth Barracuda spent 32 years parked in a garage, untouched, and what rolled back out is one of just 18 documented examples of its exact build. The owner has confirmed it carries an original BO29 code and a four-speed transmission, a combination rare enough to turn a routine garage find into a genuine survivor story. See the car exactly as it looked the day the door finally opened.

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’68 Barracuda in Highwaymen

by Wes

This ’68 Plymouth Barracuda wasn’t restored for a car show — it was cast as the villain’s ride in the 2004 film “Highwaymen,” starring Jim Caviezel, and put through real stunt driving on public roads outside Toronto. Fans still debate the reverse-chase sequence and mourn what the stunt work did to a genuine Cuda. See the scene that’s kept this movie alive in car chase circles for two decades.

Classic red 1970s muscle car with black racing stripes.

This Immaculate 1971 Hemi Cuda Says There’s No School like Old School

by Kiril

Plymouth built just eleven 1971 Barracuda convertibles with the 426 Hemi engine, and only seven of them went to U.S. buyers new. That scarcity has pushed sale prices as high as $3.5 million at auction, with a different example chasing a $4.8 million bid in 2021. Read on to find out what separates a seven-figure Hemi ‘Cuda from an ordinary E-body.

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1971 Plymouth Barracuda Street Machine “Medusa”

by Kiril

All Speed Customs skipped the Hemi entirely on this 1971 Plymouth Barracuda, dropping a V-10 and a paddle-shift transmission into a body reworked with custom modifications, silver paint, and red accents. The build, nicknamed Medusa, stopped traffic at the 2017 Detroit Autorama with a back-seat ‘wall of sound’ audio system and a fully custom interior. One viewer said it belonged in the Louvre. See why this Cuda broke every rule a numbers-matching restoration would follow.

Yellow 1969 Plymouth Barracuda Mod Top in a showroom video.

Muscle Car Of The Week Video Episode #96: 1969 Plymouth Barracuda Mod Top

by Wes

This 1969 Plymouth Barracuda isn’t fast, and it was never meant to be — its mild 318 and automatic transmission sit well below the muscle car standard. What makes it worth a feature is the factory Mod Top option overhead, a rare floral vinyl roof and interior package that turned a base-model car into one of the most distinctive survivors from the era. Few enthusiasts have ever actually seen one in person. Watch to find out why this quiet Barracuda earned its own spot in the Brothers Collection.

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1965 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S Unrestored with 5804

by Wes

This 1965 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S has just 5,804 original miles — and after two careful owners spanning nearly six decades, this was its first car show ever. Owner Ron George’s dad got him and his brother into Mopars as kids, and this unrestored survivor even has commenters debating a muffler note that later model years reportedly lost. Watch to see what nearly six decades of restraint actually looks like.

Classic white convertible car parked outdoors with lush greenery.

Fiat Chrysler renews Cuda trademark

by Kiril

A routine trademark filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had Mopar fans refreshing message boards for weeks after Fiat Chrysler quietly renewed its claim on the word ‘Cuda,’ two years after doing the same for ‘Barracuda.’ Corporate lawyers rarely do anything without a reason. Read on to find out what the filing does, and does not, actually confirm.

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