70 Plymouth Cuda

[RMW]

Any car experts here? Just wanting to know what this car is possibly worth, was restored a few years ago, has a 440 big block not the 426 Hemi. Wife likes it and might try to purchase but don’t want to overpay.

[Bard]

If it's a Plymouth it is not a Cuda but a Barracuda. Dodge had the "Cuda". I had the same car and sold it for $700, had a 318 3 speed. Pretty sure it is worth more than that. A quick search shows restored asking prices from 30k to 250k. Prices are all over the place.

[Johnny Dangerr]

I see this as a flip car. Buy it for 20K and sell it next month for 24K. Good luck sir...

[GroceryGetter]

https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/2d04ea22-d44e-4aa2-ab67-49626691dbb5

[7sdad]

If it's a Plymouth it is not a Cuda but a Barracuda. Dodge had the "Cuda".

If it's a Cuda it's a Plymouth, I have a 66 and it says Plymouth across the hood.

[Bayouboy]

Cuda in panty dropper purple!

[WItoTX]

Dodge had the Challenger....

OP, it really depends on the quality of the resto. One picture isn't enough, do you have the link?

Some items of concern. What "resto" was done? Aftermarket rims look ehh...implying in my minds eye the previous owner probably made other "ehhh" decisions on the car. Resto cars drive like absolute crap. So if they didn't upgrade brakes, suspension, sway bars, steering, etc...it's not going to be pleasant for much more than Coffee and Cars.

The 440. is it original? Rebuilt? How many miles on the body? It's missing some side decals on the quarter panel I see. How about the transmission? Original? Updated?

That is where I would start. Once you have that info, you can make a much more educated guess as to what it's worth. Knowing NONE of that info, I wouldn't pay more than $20k for it, because you just don't know what you are getting into.

One other thing. That color is not original, and appears significantly darker. here is the 1970 color car:



Nothing wrong with the color. But you have no idea what, if anything, has been bondo'ed underneath.

Bring A Trailer might also be a good spot to research. Good luck, and let us know what you end up doing!

[RMW]

Dodge had the Challenger....

OP, it really depends on the quality of the resto. One picture isn't enough, do you have the link?

Some items of concern. What "resto" was done? Aftermarket rims look ehh...implying in my minds eye the previous owner probably made other "ehhh" decisions on the car. Resto cars drive like absolute crap. So if they didn't upgrade brakes, suspension, sway bars, steering, etc...it's not going to be pleasant for much more than Coffee and Cars.

The 440. is it original? Rebuilt? How many miles on the body? It's missing some side decals on the quarter panel I see. How about the transmission? Original? Updated?

That is where I would start. Once you have that info, you can make a much more educated guess as to what it's worth. Knowing NONE of that info, I wouldn't pay more than $20k for it, because you just don't know what you are getting into.

One other thing. That color is not original, and appears significantly darker. here is the 1970 color car:



Nothing wrong with the color. But you have no idea what, if anything, has been bondo'ed underneath.

Bring A Trailer might also be a good spot to research. Good luck, and let us know what you end up doing!

Not sure how to post link but the car is listed on Hagerty Marketplace for auction, you can check it out there. If you do check it out please let me know what you think

[BlessedVeteran0305]

Here ya go OP. With the talks of the rust that you can see I'd be worried about what you can't.

https://www.hagerty.com/marketplace/auction/3axnTgzlOMRsZkrcrza2J5

[WItoTX]

Here you go:

https://www.hagerty.com/marketplace/auction/3axnTgzlOMRsZkrcrza2J5

Just looking at the photo's, that car does not give me that comfortable feeling that it has been well maintained. This is just a gut reaction, and I wouldn't bid much more than ~$18-20 without laying my eyes on it first. It's definitely going to need some work, and judging by the story posted, the son probably didn't do anything with it besides park it. Luckily, it's been less than a year. Now, how long has it not been driven since before then? The positives, power steering, disk front brakes, AC, and with some tuning, I'd bet that motor will go to 500 HP. Combine that with the fact that the car has already been tinkered with, you don't have to feel bad about changing things to your liking, rather than keeping it all original because it "preserves value".

That's one of those cars, you really need to see in person before putting money out on it. You might get a smoking deal, you might get a car that needs $15k in work to be drivable.

There are others that are probably better experts than myself, so I hope they chime in on the link in my post. I do hope it works out for you!

[WItoTX]

One other thing to add. Hagerty is generally pretty good about putting decent, reputable cars on their site. So that is also a positive for the car. If you did go look at it, I'd bet there won't be any surprises.

[RMW]

Here ya go OP. With the talks of the rust that you can see I'd be worried about what you can't.


https://www.hagerty.com/marketplace/...OMRsZkrcrza2J5

Appreciate that Blessed! Would love to hear others thoughts also now that the link was posted.

[RMW]

Here you go:

https://www.hagerty.com/marketplace/auction/3axnTgzlOMRsZkrcrza2J5

Just looking at the photo's, that car does not give me that comfortable feeling that it has been well maintained. This is just a gut reaction, and I wouldn't bid much more than ~$18-20 without laying my eyes on it first. It's definitely going to need some work, and judging by the story posted, the son probably didn't do anything with it besides park it. Luckily, it's been less than a year. Now, how long has it not been driven since before then? The positives, power steering, disk front brakes, AC, and with some tuning, I'd bet that motor will go to 500 HP. Combine that with the fact that the car has already been tinkered with, you don't have to feel bad about changing things to your liking, rather than keeping it all original because it "preserves value".

That's one of those cars, you really need to see in person before putting money out on it. You might get a smoking deal, you might get a car that needs $15k in work to be drivable.

There are others that are probably better experts than myself, so I hope they chime in on the link in my post. I do hope it works out for you!

Thanks for your thoughts, was hoping this was a 40k-50k car that I could get for 20-30k, and do 20k of work on to get really nice. There is other cars she like also, 69 Mach 1, 69 Chevy Camaro, and my favorite the 70 Chevelle.

[PYBUCK]

I would be cautious about all the rust bubbles. No telling what you will have to spend to repair them, then repaint. If you could get it for 18K you would have some room for maintenance and still have a great muscle car. Now if it was a 70 Duster, I'd be bidding against you.

[BlessedVeteran0305]

Appreciate that Blessed! Would love to hear others thoughts also now that the link was posted.

You bet. Hadn't looked at the pictures until just a second ago. If it were me I'd look for something else. I don't get a warm fuzzy at all. This auction house may be a reputable seller but even they don't know what's been covered up.