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all right you guys what is going on we
are driving a 1973 Plymouth CUDA Wow
wow what a trip this car came out
exactly 20 years before I was born and I
know the putt the muscle car market and
the collector-car market of these cars
has kind of tapered off a little bit
from what it was like 10-15 years ago
but that being said they will always be
respected cars among pretty much of all
car enthusiasts because this is like a
period in time that was very specific to
a specific country in the world like
American muscle cars are American muscle
cars they were only built in one country
for like a 20 year period of time and
then the 80s rolled around and
everything went to shit super sad but at
the same time it kind of capped off the
market it was a very limited number of
all these cars CUDA Nova Chevelle
Camaros Mustangs all that kind of stuff
the pony cars so to speak of the 60s and
70s are very limited so these cars still
fetch a very high dollar especially if
you try to get like a numbers-matching
one you're looking at a lot of money in
fact the most expensive CUDA sold that
option I believe was a either a 70 or 71
in CUDA Hemi convertible sold for
something like 3.5 million dollars that
being said this one is a 360 so it's got
a 360 cubic inch v8 under the hood it's
been poured out it's got three and
ninety one here's in the back as a final
drive it does turn like 3,000 rpm on the
highway going about a hundred kilometers
an hour but that being said it helps
with acceleration which is what you want
so we're in second right now
it's got plenty of torque it's got a
boat 330 horsepower 375 foot-pounds of
torque and it all comes down to the fact
that that torque number is in fact
higher than the horsepower number so
that's what you feel you feel before
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down into second so it's got this verse
pistol grip shifter it looks really cool
it's all machined and everything but it
doesn't have any letters or numbers on
it right so I'm basically doing this by
feel the owner of this car Trent showed
me how to use it then once you get used
to its basic enough so you got first
you've got second and then you've got
basically a lock out to third which
would be drive so you want to kind of
play around in second so like 30,000 rpm
you got a massive roar from that
carbureted v8 the glorious sound of
history under the hood and that being
said I think this view out of the hood
is the best view out of any hood I've
ever looked out of hands down hands down
this car does have collectors plates on
it here in BC and it's very much close
to stock the owner Trent pays about $190
per year to insure this vehicle which is
pretty ridiculous
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hi my name is Trent this is my 1973
Plymouth Barracuda this car was
originally purchased by my uncle in 1973
in New Westminster and it lived its life
there I remember seeing it as I was a
kid always in the carport about 2001 he
started to have health complications and
the car came into possession of my
father so it was originally a 318 car
with a 904 transmission 274 years open
diff metallic dark forest green with
white vinyl top my dad in 2002 we
painted it did the bodywork and left it
as it is it was kind of cool for my dad
because he actually got his driver's
license in this car so it certainly
meant a lot to him especially when my
uncle passed away he got to see the car
when it was restored to a new meant a
lot to him fast forward to 2009 my dad
came into a position where he could buy
a 71 GTX with the numbers-matching 440
and decided to sell the CUDA to help
fund that project I of course haven't
grown up with Cudas in my life this one
and my dad previously had a yellow one
with a 340 I decided to buy this one and
within a year of owning it I took a
sawzall and an engine hoist and ended up
ripping the 360 in the 727 out of a
motor home and that alleyway in Burnaby
and I threw that in in about 2009 2010
there and that wasn't quite enough
so I started modifying it a bit more I
put and the engine has been bored out
60,000 compression Pistons the heads are
stock with the original valves
I've got comp cams taxi to 62 camshaft
with Springs push rods adjustable roller
rockers and Edelbrock four-barrel intake
aluminum to shave some weight off
because the factory intake manifold is
like an anchor that thing is like 50
pounds easily the car has 39,000 miles
on it
my uncle owned it he basically drove it
drove it from his house to the Elks or
the Eagles there and then drove back
home that's all that's the only journey
had ever made when my dad owned it
he barely drove it at all only when it
was meticulously sunny not a cloud in
the sky and for myself I never was able
to get a past air care in DC so that was
a pain I had to wait and then I just ran
into engine issues so I haven't been
able to enjoy it since 2018 the
transmission I put a stage to bnm shift
kit in it and the rear end I put 391
gears in the sure-grip with the eight
and three-quarter rear and it already
has it's more than enough to give it
some oomph
it was repainted dark forest green
metallic just like it came from from the
factory so it looks like it did the only
thing I've done in addition to the car
is I've changed the white top to a black
vinyl top I've added an AR spoiler on it
I've put the hockey-stick stripe and
hood pins and hood other than that it's
fairly original
there we go chirp chirp the tires 1000
rpm in the third 70 miles an hour and
we're having a lot of fun this is fun
the steering okay you guys look at that
nothing absolutely nothing until you get
into it now the power steering has been
removed on this car but you would think
in a heavy vehicle like this it would be
a very bad thing to have power steering
removes actually it's not that bad it's
pretty great once you're going it's not
too bad at all down into second
everything works though that's the thing
you know you've only got lap belts
shoulder belts we're not really uh
saying or definitely not mandatory back
in 73
immediately though you just feel like a
badass you like I feel like I'm driving
a piece of history I think that should
almost be in a museum at this point
the best part about this car one of the
best parts about this car and its
history and
is this car has been in Trent's family
since it was brand-new brand-new which
is pretty remarkable if you ask me and
that's what makes a lot of these cars so
cool is the passion that was there when
they saw this car for the factory new
inside some driving on the road and was
like I had to have one you have to have
one right and that's what a lot of the
pony car era was was the biggest about
it's the most powerful the loudest the
most ridiculous looking thing and the
kuda is one of those cars I mean this
car looks insane ridiculous I love this
color as well so throughout in two years
from 1964 to 1970 for the Plymouth
Barracuda came with a bunch of engines
the base models came with slant-6
engines which you don't want obviously
you want to boot up with a big v8 and
there were a few actual there was the
340 cubic inch 360 383 and then there
were the Hemi engines those are the ones
that can fetch six figures and above if
you find a number if you find a
numbers-matching Hemi Cuda you're
looking at much shit time money to get
into one of those but if you want the
experience or if you want like half the
experience of a Hemi Cuda look no
further than this car I mean that to me
the muscle car experience the true
muscle car experience of this
it's just it's so big it's so floating
and heavy and there's so much body roll
but it just needs to be ate that's all
you really need
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all the smell - the smell -
so it's got single piston brakes up
front they're doing their job just
brakes up front actually which is nice
and then drums in the rear so this car
does weigh a lot it's somewhere between
33 and 3,400 pounds with this engine
maybe a little bit maybe closer to 3,300
pounds and these cars traditionally you
think of muscle cars you think of wow
they're just boats they're way too heavy
to even get their own body weight around
right
what do modern cars weigh you guys
weigh more than 3,300 pounds okay you're
looking at a new a new challenger is
heavier than 3,300 pounds okay you're
constantly having to move the wheel I
don't know if you guys aren't noticing
this but like I was showing you there's
so much play that you got to actually
get into the steering
they like us we're running from the cops
right now or something that's what that
makes me feel like no confidence in the
steering I no confidence in the brakes
no confidence invisibility shoulder
checking's of pain the only confidence I
have is in the power of this v8 that's
literally the only thing and I'm very
confident that this looks sexy as hell
rolling down the road that's all there
is to it
I'm definitely not a Mopar guy
I'm actually an import guy I have a 89
GTR a single turbo bill that I'm
currently building it's actually my
wife's vehicle she'd be mad if I took
credit for that but I've grew up with
imports in my life
pad RB 2 40s I've had turbo Honda's this
is just something like a family heirloom
really that has sentimental value that I
built up to try and keep true to what a
muscle car should be I get a certain
level of satisfaction when old timers
come up and give you the thumbs up for
the car because you know that brings a
certain level of nostalgia back to them
and and that's what I'm enjoy it as I
don't particularly want a restomod it I
just like leaving it as it is and giving
people something to look at it what it
used to be like in 73 compared to a lot
of other vehicles I've owned this thing
is an absolute dream to work on I've
been able to pull the heads off with the
engine inside I've been able to pull the
engine in and out quite easily without
damaging anything there's a lot of work
that has gone into this car and that
probably will continue to go into the
car as I Drive it but it's very simple
to work on very easy no electronics no
really see you it's just fuel air and
you're good to go
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all right we'll go from like first here
and then you just float over the pumps
all that is awesome I love the original
look though I love the original look
Trent you got to keep this original look
the hood the interior of the wheels it's
all stock and original and having not
really known much about the CUDA before
this shoot to be honest
other than Hemi Cudas are ridiculously
expensive now to actually drive on I
find the appeal I get the appeal god the
sound is
lovely
I would not even be angry if this woke
me up at 3 in the morning I would not
even be a groupie
it sounds so good at idle to the idle of
these cars you cannot be this was
actually based on the same platform I
think it was a Chrysler ybody that be a
challenger the Dodge Challenger was on
ok that Dutch challenges a little bit
longer but in terms of dimensions this
is essentially the same platform as the
Challenger I saw in terms of size that's
kind of why you've got the big big nose
versus the Nova which is a little bit
shorter and smaller a little bit more
manageable on the street but that's part
of the fun the part of the fun of this
car is just how ridiculous it is to
maneuver around it like the reverse
lockout to get into reverse and like 1 2
3 and like this is a whole new thing for
me if it doesn't have a clutch and five
gears I'm usually a pretty lost in the
audience
you definitely want to keep it in second
though kind of above 3,000 rpms got big
torque big power but it's fast I feel
like going detect Osito cuz check cocido
another thing I love you guys might
think is hilarious but this is like a
this is a 5.9 liter v8 okay it is
hilarious that from the factory that's
made less than 300 horsepower from a 5.9
liter that is I love that about early
American cars I absolutely love that all
right you guys we're gonna wrap it up
here in the second hopefully you guys
enjoyed this video it's not very often
that I get to drive something of this
era and of this caliber of car and this
beautiful beautiful of a car so thank
you guys so much for watching I really
hope you appreciate this yes it's
different than the r8 and the Civic Type
R we filmed recently but I love this
just the same definitely check out Trent
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we will see you guys very soon with some
more unique cars we'll be in Atlanta
Georgia on mid-october and then we'll be
back down in LA sometime in this winter
so if you're in those places or if
you're up here in Vancouver Canada hit
me up if you have something I can drive
and we can feature on the channel but
until then see you guys next time
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