Original Hemi Cuda Info.......

[hemitime]

Originally Posted by Liteweight

Very few of these factory built cars survived without the modifications that were done to keep them competitive. I believe it was these mods that kept these cars in the limelight of being the iconic badass cars they are today. As far as I am concerned, bringing a legit car back to day 1 status is complementing the people that made that car what it was back then, along with preserving a piece of racing history for many years to come.
Now, if someone retags or rebodys a car that is a whole different matter.

As far as I'm concerned, what identifies a car as what it came off the assembly line as, is it's OE stamping numbers & the panels they were stamped on. The rest is only sheet metal with part numbers.

the car below is a 1971 hemicuda convertible. VERY RARE car
It has been fully restored since because the numbers were still on the cowl & rad cradle ID'ing as one. It has been accepted by very notable, high end collectors as being today a real car. This is an extreme case but just used as an example.

liteweight

As well as a few LO 23 darts out there currently with complete legit history lost body numbers with acid dipping,still recognized as original cars and still valued high .

[rhinodaert]

Originally Posted by a990hemi

The rear deck spoiler pictured on Ronnie's '69 Barracuda Pro Stock looks very similar to the spoiler offered on the '69 Barracuda Savage GT. Auto Craft was a little known Wisconsin based auto company that converted 13 fastback Barracudas into unique, and legitimate, consumer cars. The entire deck lids / spoilers were made from fiberglass.

I am the one who pulled that Savage GT out of it's hole in Wisconsin. Still sitting in storage in Illinois, hopefully one day it will be back on the road. The original 340 is in a Challenger still, maybe it will be reunited with car too!

[jerry witzel]

From Facebook.

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by jerry witzel

From Facebook.

[davescuda]

Tom Myls car throughout the years

[davescuda]

Ruddy's car racing with the factory exhaust on it, not sure if its hooked up.

[jackarnew]

[QUOTE=davescuda;487872]Ruddy's car racing with the factory exhaust on it, not sure if its hooked up.



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]Exhaust first required by NHRA for SS/B I think


Mine came slid on the rear end of the torq bars and were never hooked to the headers for front support. I took them of before they fell off and caused problems on a run. Guess everybody felt the same way as they came off most of the cars around 69 or 70

[davescuda]

Originally Posted by davescuda

Tom Myls car throughout the years

update on the paint

[Charlie A]

Classic "ART" right there.

[marfen]

small fortune in gold leaf there. beautiful work. very difficult to work with. most ends up on the floor.