This 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda was removed from its long-time hiding spot 30 years in a garage in Georgia before residing in a showroom as a static display. It’s since been put up for sale on eBay, offered as a numbers-matching 340 car that will need rust repair and a full restoration. The seller believes the mileage of 27,000 is correct, and notes that despite being parked for three decades, it fired up with minimal sorting. Though he can’t explain how a low mileage car ended up needing a fair amount of rust repair, the body itself looks quite clean. Find the ‘Cuda here on eBay with bids to $13,600 and no reserve.
The seller notes the color as being original EV2 “Tor-Red” which is, according to my research, Plymouth’s version of Dodge’s “Hemi Orange.” It’s a great color, especially when paired with a black interior like this car. Interestingly, the rust repairs needed seemed to be concentrated on the rear of the car, with the seller specifying the trunk lid, trunk floor, rear quarters, and front and rear floors all needing repair; the front body panels and doors are said to be solid. Was part of the ‘Cuda left exposed for the 30 years it was in a garage? Who knows. The seller has dropped the reserve, obviously due to some feedback from potential bidders that the bodywork costs would be significant. The seller notes you can do it yourself in the time you’ve been self-quarantined.
That may be true, but most any worker who has been told to stay home is still expected to do their job while there. The ‘Cuda likely isn’t getting done in 30 days if that’s the case, and who knows if supply chain interruptions would even get the body panels to you in time. Regardless, this is absolutely a Mopar muscle car worth restoring, but perhaps on a more relaxed timeframe. The interior, too, will need total restoration, and check out the damage to the front floorboards. This rust is not surprising for a car of this vintage, but it is for a southern example that supposedly wasn’t driven very much. Given the interior shows the type of damage that would result from prolonged sun exposure, I’m truly curious if the mileage claims can somehow be validated, given cars stored indoors don’t tend to look like this.
At the end of the day, however, this is a numbers-matching example painted great colors by the factory and accompanied by a clean title and other documentation. It’s a solid restoration candidate, with the rust repair concentrated on body panels you can still get from any number of vendors or classic car parts yards in the southwest or other desert states. The build sheet, fender tag, and door tag all match, and as mentioned earlier, the matching 340 seems to run well with the fuel tank bypassed. The seller notes he is willing to end the auction early if a suitable deal is met, so I’d consider dropping him a personal message if this ‘Cuda seems like a good project to tackle while you’re practicing social distancing.
Serious case of cancer, going to take big bucks and metalwork to restore! GLWTA :-)
It would seem that before it was moved “indoors” that it spent 20 yrs outside on grass.
Only 27 thousand miles and drove by a little old. Right and its a perfect orange non salt car ..
Sitting on the sales floor .. soo i guess a good salesman…
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Okay lil rib on the miles..
I could build this as its the cool orange but i have had enough days back in the day welding in floors., trunk floors and skins .
I do like it runs as its one item to assure the block is good.
The engine at 127 thousand miles plus will need to be rebuilt to make a real cruiser and allow one to run the ponies hard from time to time.
I think with my labor and paint one could get it done with just sending out engine and final paint for 25 grand and cost of car. Its easier to find one with a 318 and modify it… but if one wants a real deal get a platinum card and charge..
Agree with Classic Steel’s assessment. Evidence of amateur repaint on lower rocker “gills”. I’ve never seen rust like this one has on rear seat belts, and the speedo face is even damaged. Steering wheel cracked. Needs everything except part of the wheel jack. This one was outside for many years. Already overpriced at $13.6K.
And for those that wondered , here is the difference between the rusted out , orange ’70 Barracuda with a 318 that was posted earlier this week and this rusted out ,orange ’70 Cuda 340 . The 318 car’s bidding has stalled out at 7,100 and this one is nearly double that already . Its not just the fact that any of these E body cars are hard to find , its the fact that people still want the old muscle cars -Someday as us boomers get older the market may change, but theres a lot of fat wallets right now that want ANY Muscle car badly and no amount of rot or missing pieces is going to stop them .
Maybe they will trade it for a case of toilet paper. Worthless right now, maybe forever. Those times are over children, move on.
Worthless to you maybe , but with the bidding at over 13G I would say the times are still going strong
Yup , another snide comment – It sold for over $13.000 , so I guess we better not move on !
Flood car
Lots of old E bodies to look at here today, can’t argue with the hot styling. Memories from 1983 come to me, a high school junior at the time: a barracuda with mags, 318 auto nice driver for 300 bucks, “will it pass smog?”
“Uhh, no but I can a certificate.”
300 dollars, for a street cruiser Mopar with a slightly warm 318. Now, those were the days.
Wonder why so many are being dumped on the market all of a sudden?
I don’t really know why, always seemed to be a “supply” of these since forever and a day. They’re neat cars, although not my favorite at all, with styling that continued right on into the latest Challengers of today.
If any of these old machines appealed to the younger set it would be these, a proven timeless design as apposed to early GTO’s, Road Runners and the like.
Strong market and high demand?
27k miles… not likely!
Want an e body?
Get a 71 cuda they’re the best looking. Oh make sure you buy one done!