• down on the street

    1965 Plymouth Barracuda

    Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. It's been a couple months since we last saw a Chrysler A body in this series, which means we're due. Instead of a Valiant or Dart, however, we're going with the third DOTS Plymouth Barracuda (after this '65 and this '67). More »

    9:00 AM on Thu Aug 14 2008
    By Murilee Martin
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  • down on the street

    1967 Plymouth Barracuda, With Bonus Plymouth Poll

    We love our Chrysler A-bodies around here, no doubt about that. For that reason, I'm overjoyed to have finally found one of the later A-body-based Barracudas in Alameda. Cool as the 'fastback Valiant' early Barracudas were, the 1966-69 cars were the ones that really looked like their sleek carnivorous namesake (the E-body Chryslers- those that avoided being hooned to death back in the day, that is- are probably worth too much to the nostalgio-freak crowd to be seen parked on the streets of Alameda, but I'm still hoping to find one).
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    9:00 AM on Fri Apr 11 2008
    By Murilee Martin
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    Latest by MOPAR-MAN: YES!!!!!!!!!!!!! more »

  • down on the street

    1965 Plymouth Barracuda

    It's about damn time that I found an A-body Barracuda for this series, since some of the baddest cars on the island back when I was in high school were '64-66 Barracudas. The Valiant-based early Barracuda didn't weigh much, so droppping a crazy 340 or 360 in one resulted in something that would hold its own against the Mustangs, Camaros, and Novas (not to mention the big-block GM A-bodies). This example is a little bit rough- well, actually, it's a total beater- but it's still good to see it parked on the street.
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    9:30 AM on Tue Jan 22 2008
    By Murilee Martin
    4,507 views, 33 comments

    Latest by TheOnlyRaphael: I saw this at the Alemany flea market today! more »

  • novelties

    Before the Corvette Z06 Speedboat there was the Charger Runaboat

    While they may not have the obsessive mimicry of the Corvette Speed Boat, Chrysler produced a rather large line of their own boats, including the pair of Chargers pictured above. The folks at ALLPAR have a great history of models from 1969, which included popular models such as the Valliant, Fury, Barracuda, Dart, Charger and Polara. Though none of the '69 models were HEMI-powered (and a few had GM engines), you could still get one with 225-horsepower. More »

    9:15 AM on Tue Dec 4 2007
    By Matt Hardigree
    1,463 views, 16 comments

    Latest by rickvette: Chrysler also manufactured an 18-foot sailboat in the 1960s called the Buccaneer. Talk about a zero emissions vehicle. (And no, more »

  • sema

    SEMA 2007: Much Ado About A 'Cuda That T'wasn't

    We were wondering how long (or if) it would take for folks to notice the little two-door 'Cuda sitting behind the SR-392 yesterday. It didn't take too long for people to start rumoring, but before we even left the showroom floor, we'd already gotten our answer from the massively Mopar folks. Mostly because it was actually one of the first questions we asked when we walked out of the Chrysler display — and the answer we got made our hearts sink. Yes, it's a 'cuda. But no, it's not a real 'cuda and no, it's not a concept car from "The New Chrysler." It's nothing more than a one-off concept car built off a Dodge Charger body and created for a private enthusiast. Sorry folks, but good eagle eyes all around. [via Autoblog and CarDomain]

    9:15 AM on Tue Oct 30 2007
    By Ray Wert
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    Latest by rivky1: The Sema Cuda shaker scoop on the Chrysler concept was made for the new Chargers and Magnums by Danko more »

  • what the hell happened?

    Plymouth Rapid Transit System Brochure


    While modern automakers try to infuse us with computer generated images of brush strokes morphing into luxury cars or show us smarmy future executives happily tossing their light blues and khakis out of the window on their way out of town, they seem to have long and truly forgotten something. Driving is supposed to be wicked fun - and budget performance counts. To think that Plymouth had an entire system of budget minded performance machines in 1970, yet went out with a mere breeze thirty years down the road makes for a sad ending to the once mighty name. Glorious text excerpt from the 1970 Rapid Transit Brochure after the jump. – Mike Bumbeck More »

    1:00 PM on Fri May 4 2007
    By Mike Bumbeck
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    Latest by Stoatmaster: I am, as my good friend the vicar was wont to remark, positively fucking tumescent. more »

  • race on a track

    Team Starfish Barracuda


    From the Plymouth compact performance department comes this Barracuda - shown here putting the twist to the front torsion bars and rear leaf springs through the corkscrew at Laguna Seca Raceway. Mike Ritz and Team Starfish have logged over 5000 miles of race track since building the vintage race prepared 1966 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S in 1994. The little fish tosses up door handles with Camaros, Mustangs, and AMC Javelins on the weekends it tears up the track. On those weekends the team burns through around 1200 clams of gas, tires, and entry fee, but manages to keep racing by doing all the mechanical work themselves. Budget performance - from your Plymouth dealer. – Mike Bumbeck More »

    11:30 AM on Fri May 4 2007
    By Mike Bumbeck
    1,166 views, 10 comments

    Latest by spirit: I have one of these... pic: http://home.quickest even on the road now, wish I had the money to take care more »

  • cars like never before

    Classic Ad Watch: 1970 Plymouth Rapid Transit System


    From the something slightly less ballistic to wrap up the day department comes the very old news that Plymouth is out to win you over this year - with the 1970 lineup. Who says speed, luxury, and low price don't mix? Dig this. – Mike Bumbeck More »

    10:00 PM on Thu May 3 2007
    By Mike Bumbeck
    955 views, 10 comments

    Latest by A strolling player just got CR-Ved!: So fabulous, so furious, so fresh. You don't hear adspeak like that anymore. It's a shame. more »

  • gossip

    A 'Cuda for Chrysler? Foose Hints Yes

    What's this, then? Apparently during an interview at the New York auto show, hot rod supernova Chip Foose hinted at a possible Chrysler 'Cuda to join the upcoming Dodge Challenger. Of course, without Plymouth, resurrecting the original "Hemi 'Cuda" would seem a hollow exercise. Maybe Chipper was talking about a new restomod project or similar nostalgia play. Either way, our buddy George created a mockup of what such a Chrysler product may look like, using the '72 as a baseline. We'd have liked to have seen the strobe stripe from a 1970 'Cuda AAR, but that may have been over the line. [Thanks to Michael for the tip.] – Mike Spinelli More »

    9:21 AM on Thu Apr 26 2007
    By Mike Spinelli
    2,983 views, 17 comments

    Latest by Dodges_Rule: i would definatly buy one of those if they make it :) more »

  • news

    We're Not In Love With Saturday's Children; We're In Love With the Misfit Children: The Cars That Didn't Run in Saturday's Trans-Am Race at Laguna Seca

    For Google's sake, that may well be the longest headline we've ever written. This blogging crap is ridiculously wordy work now and then. Regardless, here're a few shots of the Mopar/AMC contingent, who for reasons we do not know, didn't run in Saturday's Trans-Am session at the Monterey Historics. Which, frankly, was unfortunate, as Dan Gurney's legacy was left to be defended by a mere Cougar. We suspect foul play on the part of Ford and Chevrolet. More »

    9:30 AM on Wed Aug 23 2006
    By Davey G. Johnson
    442 views, 8 comments

    Latest by tidedriver: Rubin's javilin lost an oil pump, Canapa's Nash lost the rear end, Jackson's#48 'Cuda suffered a stuck throttle which resulted more »