Strange 70 HEMI 'Cuda ragtop

copo9566aa · #1 02-15-2004, 05:34 PM

One of the 14 ???

gemleeus · #2 02-15-2004, 05:41 PM

i think they were one of 14. whats so strange?

copo9566aa · #3 02-15-2004, 05:55 PM

Flat Hood

gemleeus · #4 02-15-2004, 06:13 PM

does appear to be flat. probably just an advertising mistake

442w30 · #5 02-15-2004, 07:07 PM

It's not an advertising mistake. It's a Chrysler mistake - here's why.

The wheelcovers are not correct for the car, I believe. The car has a flat hood, which is not correct for a 'Cuda. And the car does not have the rockers of the 'Cuda.

My guess is that car was a base Barracuda with some 'Cuda elements airbrushed in. Or maybe the reverse.

**njsteve** · #6 02-15-2004, 08:44 PM

If I recall correctly this was a F6 green, trim mockup for advertising purposes only. It was not a real BS27R0B car. It just had the hockey stick stripes. You can even see the non-cuda steering wheel and the 14x6 wire wheel covers. (Hemi Cudas had mandatory 15x7 wheels). The closest one to this trim combination would be the F8 green one that Kevin S. has in his collection. I too have a copy of this old photo from an old Popular Mechanics issue, as well as a sideview next to a station wagon, in which you can see it really does have a flat hood.

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