RTS Cuda Found

[markinnaples]

I didn't see this posted, but the RTS Cuda has been found and a great video was posted on YT. Sorry if this is a double post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FF8044pKtY

[Tracker1]

So cooool!! I cannot remember if Steve Juliano could not find this Cuda or if he found it and the owner refused to sell. Memory blank. Perhaps someone here knows...awesome that it is seeing daylight again.

[PeteLeathersac]

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W:eek2:W news!
Steve J. had found and seen the car but not purchased it as this 2019 article w/ great comments by Bob Ashton…
https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2019/03/08/most-of-plymouths-rapid-transit-caravan-to-make-one-last-trip-together
:beers:
~ Pete

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[John Brown]

--> RTS Cuda thread on Moparts <-- (https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/3138601/1.html) Lots of info on there.

Don't be afraid to be a lurker on other brand websites. There is useful information everwhere, you just need to sift it out. goggles

[markinnaples]

Now I'm curious as to what happened to the Sonic Cuda....

[A12pilot]

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W:eek2:W news!
Steve J. had found and seen the car but not purchased it as this 2019 article w/ great comments by Bob Ashton…

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Hmmm….I don’t know. Can we trust this guy?:confused2::wink::scholar::haha:

Cheers
Dave

[Charley Lillard]

What is it worth is a good topic.

[Lee Stewart]

Now I'm curious as to what happened to the Sonic Cuda....

https://images2.imgbox.com/37/72/tan642or_o.jpg (https://imgbox.com/tan642or)

https://images2.imgbox.com/05/b1/NtMqQfy6_o.jpg (https://imgbox.com/NtMqQfy6)

https://images2.imgbox.com/a5/39/iZ2AJ3DF_o.jpg (https://imgbox.com/iZ2AJ3DF)

Where abouts . . . unknown

[olredalert]

----Keystones on the Sonic!....Bill S

[Mr70]

Another vid from Ian just released..

NNhMsCEb3RI

[PeteLeathersac]

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L:eek2:VE this RTS Caravan stuff!
Lots online now but some info suggests SJ had never seen the RTS Cuda, other that he had indeed found also viewed it but just never got a deal made to buy it?:hmmm:
Looking forward to what it reaches at Mecum, hope it’s a bidding frenzy and outa’ the park like it deserves!:headbang:
Whatever the #, it should also help realize more realistic values for the other RTS cars that sold way too cheap at the SJ sale…who’s the lucky bastard that got the Chicken Head ‘71 ‘Runner?:ooo:
Looks like the Sonic Cuda is still out there yet to be found.
When’s the last it was known existing also note last pic below w/ Plate # JT 590S / 5905?
:beers:
~ Pete

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[PeteLeathersac]

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:beers:
~ Pete

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[Lee Stewart]

https://images2.imgbox.com/43/d2/N35MM4Gj_o.jpg (https://imgbox.com/N35MM4Gj)

https://images2.imgbox.com/77/74/oembKZfK_o.jpg (https://imgbox.com/oembKZfK)

[Xplantdad]

My Pics from MCACN 2018....






The Rapid Transit display conceived by Bob Ashton and Steven Juliano and in memory of Steven :cool2:






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[mssl72]

Very cool!!!

[bashton]

Actually, Steven had NOT seen the car in person. He was able to connect with the owner, (who coincidentally IS still alive) and met with him several times. He was not able to put a deal together.

Steven believed the car was stashed in a dilapidated garage behind a house in a rather rough area of Detroit under the Ambassador bridge. Many years ago on one of his visits, we went on an adventure, (and believe me, that location did make it an adventure!) where he showed me where he believed it was.

In reality, the car was never there. It was at the owners home, which was about ten minutes from where I live in a suburban neighborhood. The pictures that surfaced showing the car being loaded onto a flat bed is where the car had been stored from 1976 until March of 2022.

More of the discovery and how it ended up at the upcoming Mecum auction next month will be shared when the time is right.

Bashton