'70 440+6 Cuda Convertible
 

Not a Mopar guy, but this is one I'd love to own....

Power windows, even.

Link to 1970 'Cuda Convertible

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Looking st the Fender Tag - the engine (E87) is listed twice ???. The bottom left corner is where the engine code goes. Then above that is the body color and above that is the top color. The car appears to be Jamaica Blue : B7. That color is not on the Tag. The B in EB7 has a very distinct straight line while the 8 does not.

The Engine Callout Sport Stripes on the 1970 'Cuda only came in Black (V6X). White stripes are aftermarket additions.

There is no N96 on the Tag so the Shaker Hood is an add-on.

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Black Arrow: Top Color - if no vinyl top or convertible top it will be the same as the body color

Red Arrow: Body Color

White Arrow: Engine Code

Above Fender Tag reads: Blue Fire (EB5) with Black Vinyl Top (V1X) with 426 Hemi (E74)

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It's a reproduction tag (very blurry, off-angle photo of it, too). It's supposed to say EB7 paint color code above the E87 engine code. Hard to tell if it's the photo or they mistakenly used an "8" instead of a "B".

i laugh when they hide the bidders

A friend of mine originally found the car and passed it on to the seller. My understanding is they are looking for well over a mil.

Looks like the car that use to be for sale in North Dakota for a long time that I almost pulled the trigger on. The guy had a couple of Six Pack converts and a 383 and 340 convert too all very nice cars. If I remember right the paperwork was being held for ransom by the previous owner in Ohio I know it had some crazy story with it but looks like its with the car now. Very nice car but they are dreaming if they think it will pull anywhere close to a Mil IMO.

I believe this car has always been a Long Island, NY car.

I never heard of Dave Wise? I know a few names of guys in the mopar world but never that name.

Dave is THE man.

He's certainly one of them. Look at the Mopar Judges in Vintage Frank Badalson and Scott Smith....

How much value does a car like that lose if it doesnt have the original fender tag?

with all those options, plenty. the entire car is suspect if you ask me

If the car had no other evidence to back up what's on a repro tag, then the value drops big time - like 30 or 40%. If they have original paperwork, photos, and ownership chain that fully corroborates a repro tag, I would say 10%.

I've seen too many Mopars over the years that have new repro fender tags and mysteriously every possible option. I can just about hear the late Andy Rooney's voice in my head saying: "Ya ever wonder why it's always the mega option cars that have the repro tags? Hmmmmm, it just makes you think"

Keep in mind that those tags were only held on by two small screws and people tended to remove them for some crazy reason over the years. Whether to protect the tag from being swiped at a carshow, or to just keep it for safe keeping somewhere (and subsequently they forgot where they put it), that's usually how they got lost.

And sadly I can’t remember how many times I’ve heard of body shops losing the tags while the cars were in for restoration.

My understanding is it has a tremendous amount of paperwork. warranty card, window sticker build sheet. Dave Wise did inspect and did a report. The hood was install at dealership and has records. I've never seen but when it was found 10 plus years ago i remeber hearing it had killer docs.

Just an fyi....

If the tag was made from the original broadcast sheet, then value is affected only minimally, as Steve said, probably 10%

For such a valuable car - why did they put non factory stripes on it? According to the Tag it should have no Sport Stripes (V6X).

Relisted for $0.95M.

Link to 1970 Cuda Convertible