I have a special place in my heart for a black-and-gold second generation Plymouth Barracuda, and it’s purely because of Bob Riggle’s Hemi Under Glass wheelstander. That car is the only reason I like the 1967-69 Barracudas. Now, that being said, anybody who has ever driven a big-block A-body knows that handling goes out of the window due to the added weight of the engine, so the best solution to that problem is to run a wicked small block. 340s are good motors, but you simply cannot argue with a 500hp 408ci stroker Chrysler LA for power. This is the Hurst Barracuda, and it was at SEMA a few years ago as a show car. It’s a nice, useable build of a car: pretty paint that has a classic look, what appear to be one-off Centerline-style wheels in a larger size, and of course that snotty small block backed up to a TKO-600 five-speed manual trans. It’s a nicely balanced package with some upgraded bits here and there, and a little bit of fun in the trunk just because…we’d rock it in a heartbeat.
I just drooled a little bit.
The car is phenomenal but the wheel are a bit dated even with the bigger diameter rims.
It needs Keystone Klassics!
Really Bryan! Not a fan of Hurst Hemi Cuda Super Stocks huh?
Nah . . . what it needs are a set of the Hurst “dazzler” wheels which would be period correct and much better looking IMO.