Convertible 70 Cuda for $3000

[Freiburger]

Rebeldryver posted this photo elsewhere and it gave me flashbacks. I bought that Cuda for $3000 in about 1989 or so and immediately sold it to a friend. It was a 318 car, but he painted it and threw in a 440. He drove it every day, and I picked it when we were doing the swimsuit issue. Like 1992? He later sold it for like mid $20k and it seemed like a lot of money then.

Times have changed, huh?

[SpiderGearsMan]

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my buddy bill bought a 70 barracuda convertible in 1985 for 600 bucks , blue on blue , white top , 318 , 904 -- we started making a hot rod out of it , bought a parts car for a 727 and an 8 3/4 rear , front discs

then I quit the chevy dealer I was working at , the car sat , bill sunk into heroin addiction , overdosed and died , never knew what happen to that rare barracuda

my buddy steve bought a 71 barracuda convertible , 3800 bucks with completely wasted floors , bought a super clean 74 hardtop , the body man mixed the 2 cars together and 14 grand in body work later a curious yellow 440 clone

[kick_the_reverb]

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Hey I remember that picture...IIRC I bought my 70 Gran Coupe for 1,000 NIS which was about $333. It was 91. Of course it was a piece of junk, not a convertible, and had a slant six.

[JOES66FURY]

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That car and chick were pinned up to my bedroom wall!!!

[Vegaman]

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About 3 yrs. ago before I bought the Vega there was a '74 Cuda sitting in this guys carport for at least 10 yrs. Nothing special, just a 318 auto, moldy interior, so so body. When I tried to talk to his wife about maybe selling it she said at least $10,000.00 Now maybe that's a deal nowadays but I couldn't bring myself to part with that much cash for a "nothing special" Cuda. Must be the Scottish in me, lol.

[Silver68RT]

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If you subtract what I got for some of the extra parts it came with, I've got $3000 in this one I bought last year.



That's it's best angle - it needs a lot of work, but it's pretty solid overall. I've been watching closely as the 'cuda convertible prices have been dropping lately - I really love those cars. They went way out of my reach for a while, but if they drop some more, I might have to sell a couple of my cars and try to snag one. I'd love to get a real 'cuda with a 340 or a 383, but I'd settle for a nice clone.

This one was pretty sweet, saw it at the Dream Cruise last year.

[Scott Liggett]

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Too bad my scanner isn't big enough to get the whole picture. This is from the Aug 94 issue.

Best I could do with my scanner.

[kick_the_reverb]

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Hot bodies of the Summer was the title, IIRC.
BTW, I always hated the posing girls.