Vehicle Description
SUMMARY
6.1 liter Hemi V8 / Modified by Indy Cylinder Head / 400 rear-wheel
horsepower
Tremec TKO600 5-speed manual transmission
RMS AlterKtion front suspension / Heidts Superide rear
suspension
Custom leather and ostrich interior
Classic Auto Air conditioning
Correct Limelight paint / Gloss black & ghost flame accents /
Purple pin stripes
Sale includes restoration receipts and component paperwork
Power rack-and-pinion steering / Wilwood 4-wheel power disc
brakes
American Racing Torq Thrust II wheels
Modern Pioneer audio
In the classic car hobby, the word "resto-mod" gets thrown around
so much that it's hard to remember what the term really means. And,
unfortunately, a lot of times it's used as a catch-all phrase for
builds that have so many modifications they aren't considered stock
but don't go far enough to fall in to any specific category.
Thankfully, we have cars like this killer Plymouth 'Cuda, which
provide a literal definition: take a solid factory cruiser and bump
the dial to 11! The beneficiary of a spotless, ground-up
restoration, this coupe wraps hot Black and Limelight aesthetics
around a custom suspension, five forward gears and 400
Hemi-sourced, rear-wheel horsepower. If you like your MoPars mildly
modernized but pure in spirit, step right up and take a look at
your new muscle car!
BODYWORK/TRIM
This E-Body's thorough restoration began when its solid fuselage
was meticulously stripped, lightly massaged and carefully coated in
correct Limelight 2-stage. Once cured, that urethane was detailed
with flamed war paint, purple pin stripes and appropriate "6.1
HEMI" callouts. And, with everything fresh and ready to roll, the
car was buffed to a clean and substantial presence. Take one look
down the profile of this sweet Plymouth and you'll see tough,
slab-sided panels that have been straightened and finessed far past
anything that rolled out of the factory. Pull the car in to the
sunlight and its glossy glow accurately reproduces Chrysler's
planar, straight lines while offering a level of showmanship that
can only be achieved with today's advanced paint technology. And,
in summary, it all adds up to one super slick, all-American muscle
car that benefits from what its restorer likes to call 'reversible
restification' - terminology that means anything changed could be
taken back to stock if a future owner decides he wants to trade his
one-of-a-kind show-stopper for a 'Cuda that looks like everyone
else's.
Unlike many striped and decaled creations, which tend to throw good
taste out the window, this awesome MoPar seamlessly balances a cool
personality with flashy good looks. At the front of the car, a
glossy, "PLYMOUTH" branded grille hangs green ghost flames and a
purple pin stripe between bright headlights, a smoothed bumper and
a familiar, sculpted valance. At the top of that grille, a pinned
Rallye hood rides in front of like-new glass, straight stainless
trim and clean, body-matched mirrors. At the sides of that hood,
satin door handles, a power antenna and small marker lamps
highlight a smooth, professionally finished profile. And at the
back of the car, a flamed valance hangs LED taillights between
color-keyed louvers, a second smoothed bumper and polished exhaust
tips.
ENGINE
In the name of 'reversible restification', the builder tapped
Chrysler's resurrected Hemi to continue this coupe's role as a
small block barnburner. Measuring exactly 6.1 liters, the car's
nouveaux elephant utilizes a revised block, a forged crank, lighter
pistons, strengthened rods, new oil jets, variable cam timing and
increased flow heads to turn stout 10.3 to 1 compression into 425
horsepower. The pros at Indy Cylinder Head decided to make the
engine their own by boring and stroking the block, installing
CNC-ported and polished heads and bathing everything in a familiar
coat of Hemi Orange skin. At the top of that skin, eight
Hilborn-style velocity stacks mix modern fuel injection with
reliable F.A.S.T. programming. At the sides of that skin, coated
TTI headers flow in to custom, mandrel-bent pipes. And, at the
front of that skin, a Synister Serpentine system spins modern power
steering, modern air conditioning and a polished alternator at the
sides of a coated Edelbrock water pump, which is hooked to a large
aluminum radiator and, by extension, two electric puller fans.
Visually, the body-matched bay comes together every bit as well as
the outside of the car, with its smooth firewall and bright green
fenders providing a perfect frame for the tough Chrysler mill.
There's a host of first-class ancillary components, like ARP studs,
an Auto Gage fuel pressure gauge, "HEMI" branded coil covers and a
Wilwood Hydratech brake booster. And the exceptionally installed
motor twists 400 horsepower and 426 lb./ft. of torque directly to
the car's beefy rear wheels.
DRIVETRAIN/SUSPENSION
Take a peek under this buff E-Body and you'll see the sorted chops
that back up the car's handsome looks. The smooth-revving engine is
hooked to a Keisler-supplied Tremec TKO600 5-speed, which stacks a
proven McLeod clutch in front of a polished driveshaft. Not
surprisingly, the car's old-school torsion bars have been
completely replaced by a polished AlterKtion front-half, which
includes: tubular controls arms, modern coil-over shocks and power
rack-and-pinion steering. Out back, Heidts Superide technology
provides a polished independent setup, which plays well with the
car's polished 9-inch rear end. Naturally, that pavement-ripping
suspension is augmented by first-class Wilwood braking, which
pinches vented and slotted rotors via 6 and 4-piston calipers. An
intimidating engine note comes courtesy of 3-inch exhaust, which,
thanks to the techs at Arvada, Colorado's Rocky Mountain Street
Rods, follows an X-shaped crossover with beefy Magnaflow mufflers.
And power flows through polished and color-keyed American Racing
Torq Thrust IIs, which spin 245/45ZR17 Nitto NT555 Extreme ZRs in
front of 295/45ZR18 Nitto NT555 Extreme ZRs. As you might expect,
this 'Cuda's over-restored floors are sprayed in a nice coat of
Limelight Green urethane. And everything, from the car's polished
sway bar to its coated fuel tank, is fully sorted and ready to bank
some curves!
INTERIOR
In many heavily modified classics, builders are content leaving the
interior just as the factory designed it. And, in the case of most
MoPar muscle cars, that's a very good mindset! Like the
aforementioned body panels, which subtly blend old and new, this
Plymouth's cockpit takes everything great about Chrysler design and
builds on it. Note the Barracuda emblem at the center of the custom
steering wheel and tilting Flaming River column. Original seats,
accompanied by modern shoulder belts, are churched up with clean
ostrich inserts. The car's simple door panels, which found factory
power windows, are now wrapped in tight leather. At the front of
those panels, a padded dash anchors green-lit Auto Meter Pro-Comp
Ultra-Lite gauges above crisp Pioneer audio and controls for
Classic Auto Air conditioning. At the base of that dash, fresh
carpet floats "Barracuda" branded floor mats between a Hurst Pistol
Grip shifter and stainless-trimmed foot pedals. And behind the
passengers, a matted trunk features plenty of storage space.
OUR SALE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION
Photos of the car taken prior to its restoration
A small pile of restoration receipts
A stack of component paperwork
An official dyno sheet
A...for more information please contact the seller.