Posts Tagged: Mopar
Plymouth built only 824 convertible Road Runners for 1970 before killing the body style for good. A clean survivor hardtop, featured in a recent walk-around, carries all the same oddball 1970-only details: a licensed cartoon bird, a vacuum-actuated hood scoop, and a facelift that lasted exactly one model year.
A featherweight 1970 Plymouth Duster 340 and a rare, dealer-installed 1967 Chevelle SS396 L78 lined up on a Pure Stock Muscle Car Drag Race strip, where every part has to match factory specs. The $2,547 economy car many owners still call a ‘Big Block Killer’ had to prove it against one of only 612 genuine L78 Chevelles built that year.
A 1971 Plymouth ‘Cuda rolled onto Pawn Stars with a $90,000 price tag and Rick Harrison’s boldest compliment yet. Sharp-eyed Mopar fans in the comments weren’t buying the superlative without proof of what engine was actually under the hood. Here’s what really separates an ordinary ‘Cuda from the 114 factory Hemi cars collectors now pay millions for.
A New Jersey car owner named Mario Rossi refused to accept a NASCAR rule that was supposed to end his Dodge Daytona program for good. So he built the smallest engine the rulebook allowed and sent it out to embarrass the sport’s biggest teams. What happened next has stayed a Mopar racing secret for over 50 years.
