These May be the Rarest of the Classic Muscle Cars

What Muscle Car is more Popular than the 70-71 Hemi Cuda?

It seems that everyone that has had a little history with fast cars has heard of the Hemi powered Plymouth Barracuda . The Barracudas were actually built from 1964 through 1974 with a number of changes in body styles and engine options.

In 1970 the factory sponsored special AAR (All American Racers) Barracuda models to be raced in the Trans-Am series. They were driven by Dan Gurney and Swede Savage. Also in the early ’70s several Hemi Cudas were raced in France and won 4 French Group 1 championships.

In 1971 13 Hemi Cudas were built as convertibles. In Seattle in 2014 a blue Hemi powered convertible sold at auction for $3.5million.

 

During the 1970 and 71 model years, there were something less than 1000 of these fabulous, fun to drive Hemi Powered Muscle Cars built with a new body style called the E-body. The Hemi engines were rated from the factory at 425HP but were really approaching the 600HP level making them one of the most powerful of the factory engines.

 

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