68 "Riddler" Barracuda

[ss wannabee]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

So anyone have any ideas on what ever happened to Joe & Mark Coletti's 1968 340 Riddler Barracuda...is it still around somewhere or gone.

Don't know about the 'Cuda, but didn't the Duster end up in Div. 1? Thought I saw the car at the E-Town points race...circa '73...as SS car...(an easy transformation then.)

It didn't have the paint job in the picture posted here...possibly purple in color? I do remember "Coletti" and "Riddler" lettered on car...Did have a photo somewhere...but it's lost...

Could have been new owner, someone from Colletti's team in similar car, or Mark himself (on tour?)

Sorry Hemi Moose...didn't mean to steal the thread...I know you're trying to track down the 'Cuda! BTW, the fellow with the Coletti performance manual...that's really neat!

[Paul Ceasrine]

Where did it come from,

(1973 photo)
Bill Davitt
'The Automobile Shop'
(Bedford Hills, New York)
NED 1
SS/IA,,,,1970 340 Duster (later w/1971 grille)

Was it the Coletti's Duster, Ed Hamburger's or,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Hemi Moose]

ss wannabee, there was another thread earlier about the Coletti Dusters a while back, just check a few pages back in the nostalgia forums, there's lots of info about them there...anyway here's another '69 340 Barracuda called 'King-Cuda' with the Coletti name on the front fenders.

[Paul Ceasrine]

That,,,,,,,,,69' 'cuda 340

From Webster, New York (near Rochester)

Raced at;
ESTA Safety Park, Cicero, NY
Empire Dragway, Leicester, NY
Niagara Dragstrip, NY
Utica-Rome, NY

F/SA in 69, and G/SA 70' and 71'

[ss wannabee]

Originally Posted by Hemi Moose

ss wannabee, there was another thread earlier about the Coletti Dusters a while back, just check a few pages back in the nostalgia forums, there's lots of info about them there...anyway here's another '69 340 Barracuda called 'King-Cuda' with the Coletti name on the front fenders.

Hemi Moose...the "King Cuda" is the one...that fatdsoto mentioned...BTW...the '57 Delivery that Mark is chasing...is Cal Method...

Did you notice...the "hand"...just below the LH grille...on the "Riddler" Cuda...

[ss wannabee]

Paul... Dan Hicks from Maine purchased the Hamburger Duster and ran it as SS/IA.
Dan was at that '73 E-Town points meet going rounds with the car...might have won the event? Car was run at all the New England area tracks among others...not sure where it is today....

Went to many Northeast Div. 1 events during that time frame...don't recall the Bill Davitt car...maybe he didn't travel?

[ss wannabee]

Anyone know what Mark's doing today? Somebody's got to have that photo I recall from a magazine... of Mark...in the winner's circle getting a "smootch" from Linda Vaughn...Lucky guy!

[Neil Smedley]

Mark passed away a few years ago and his dad, Joe is also gone

[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by fatdsoto

Here is the cover, back and first page of "Coletti Racing Tips" that I bought by mail order for $3 in 1972 or 73. I learned about them from a guy out of Webster, NY named Glen Wessel that ran an I/SA '69 fast back 340 Cuda called "King Cuda" at ESTA in Syracuse, NY in the day. His engines were built by Coletti. I was young and had a '72 340 Demon that I wanted to learn about.

Originally Posted by ss wannabee

Hemi Moose...the "King Cuda" is the one...that fatdsoto mentioned...BTW...the '57 Delivery that Mark is chasing...is Cal Method... Did you notice...the "hand"...just below the LH grille...on the "Riddler" Cuda...

Yep to all your questions...I was also wondering myself what the meaning of the 'hand placed in the grille' was all about.

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[Hemi Moose]

Originally Posted by ss wannabee

Somebody's got to have that photo I recall from a magazine...of Mark...in the winner's circle getting a "smootch" from Linda Vaughn...Lucky guy!

Yes I've seen those old photos myself before too...taken at the '69 Winternationals.