71 Hemi Cuda Coupe-Ebay

[JTH74]

Anyone watching this Hemi Cuda on Ebay, 33K mile car, never restored, orange, body color bumper, vinyl top, its one mean looking ride! Its only slightly over 1million with 4 days to go.

[jfkheat]

Auction link. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1971-BARR...1QQcmdZViewItem

James

[JTH74]

Thanks for posting the link, I just thought this is a interesting car. If these Hemi cars are worth that, then so should a ZL-1 Camaro!

[mockingbird812]

I am stymied as well! From a market standpoint, ZL1s should be considerably more than a '71 Hemi 'Cuda. It is a more rare car/engine package (69 vs. 108). They possess an infinitely more rare motor (in production cars) of 69 vs. over 11,000 hemis. Both possess incredibly terrific looks by most people's standards. '69 Camaro beat the '71 'Cuda to the punch on stuffing this enormous motor in a pony-size car by TWO years (in this comparison). Some things just defy logic. Here is a decent market analysis (albeit mostly a discussion of 70 Hemi 'Cudas) from October 2005 - yeah I know, a LONG time in this market:

Hemi 'Cuda

One thing is for sure. This stuff makes for lively discussion.........

Do you think things might be a tad different if they had allowed a ZL1 option with a convertible Camaro?

[Stefano]

What is interesting to me, is that a Hemi Cuda in stock trim and with equal drive train couldn't keep up with an L78 Camaro Much less any of the COPO cars, Iron or aluminum block.

They are still very cool and exciting cars.

[CamarosRus]

I thought it was very interesting and exciting to see and hear the misc HEMI's (real and clones) at Pavillons Mall during the misc B/J auction week

[njsteve]

One of the reasons for the value difference is name recognition: Everyone on the planet recognizes the name "Hemicuda". Not a whole lot of people outside of the inner circle of knowledgable musclecar officianados recognizes the name "ZL1". Secondly, the Hemicuda was a car that anyone could have ordered and purchased if they had the money at the time, not so with the ZL1. 652 hardtops plus 14 convertibles were built in 1970 and 108 hardtops and 11 convertibles in 1971. You had to really have the inside track to order a ZL1 back in 69. Third, you could order a Hemicuda in whatever bizarre option combination you felt like back then. The ZL1s were "option challenged." With a ZL1 you are hindered by a select number of colors being really the only option, other than the 2? Rally Sports built. And finally, no ZL1 convertibles, which would have been the high $$$ flagship of the marque.

[Charley Lillard]

Show me a ZL1 that looks as cool as that Cuda.....

[Mr70]

It looks like what a Cop car would look like in Hell.

[JTH74]

I see where the name recognition comes into play, but the ZL-1 would smoke a Hemi Cuda stock for stock. My dad bought a 69.5 Roadrunner M-code new(wishes he still had it), and he always said that a stock 440-6 would blister a stock Hemi, but he said with a compression and cam change really would wake a hemi up! I don't think any other manufacturer put a all out race engine in a street car like GM did with the ZL-1, or with the L-88 for that matter. I think GM should have built an L-88 Camaro, has the power of the ZL-1, more durability, just not the lightweight!