Sandwiched between the glassy first-generation and the muscular E-Body Plymouth Barracuda is the lithe second-generation model, pictured here in 1967 hardtop form. With completely new, handsome styling, one would have expected the Barracuda to be a big seller in 1967, but unfortunately, a restyled Mustang and a new Camaro teamed up to ensure that sales were a relatively disappointing 62,534. Don’t let that talk you out of one today, however, as the Barracuda is a fine example of a practical collector car. This one, found on eBay in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by Barn Finds reader Curvette, has been the subject of some strong bidding: $17,000 so far with three days to go.
Making this Barracuda that much more practical is the trusty 225-cubic-inch Slant Six under the hood, teamed with Chrysler’s 904 Torqueflite. With 145 horsepower and 215 lb.-ft. of torque, the Slant Six is not exciting (unless your idea of a fun night out is lashing solid lifters), but it has plenty of power for modern cruising up to legal highway speeds. This one even has air conditioning, including a modern compressor.
The bench seat and column shifter lets you know that this car was ordered by someone who wanted a practical commuter with a little extra style over a basic Valiant. The seller says that they’re only selling it because they don’t drive it enough; it “runs and drives great” and the “suspension and brakes [have been] redone.” Of course, mechanical parts are still readily available for the popular A-Body, and the mechanical specification of this car could hardly be simpler. The only complaint I have about my personal Slant Six A-Body is that if I want to work on the distributor, it’s easier just to pull it out of the car, which is a small price to pay for such a durable machine.
The paint appears to be Chrysler’s beautiful “Turbine Bronze,” a color that reminds me so much of the fantastic Chrysler Turbine Car that I can’t imagine ordering anything else on a new Barracuda.
This Barracuda gives me a little non-buyer’s remorse, because about six months ago I spotted a yellow 225-powered ’67 fastback on Marketplace within two hours of my home for $11,500. Unfortunately, it showed evidence of some serious body filler in the left rear quarter, so I didn’t pursue it, but it would have been a fun car to add to the collection. This pretty bronze hardtop is already bringing some strong money, so it looks like I’m not the only one to feel that way.
Pretty car. I’ve always liked this generation of Barracudas more than the 1st generation, even if most buyers disagreed.
Slant 6 is fine. A little bit of work on induction and exhaust would make this a really nice cruiser without fundamentally changing the car.
I’m not going out to OK but someone will get a nice car.
Another cool mid-sixties coupe with a six. That bronze looks really good on this car, and since the exterior looks so nice, I’d just repair and blend paint on the pass side fender and enjoy putting some miles on it.
It was called Turbine bronze that year. My 1967 B body wears this color but my little Cuda coupe wears the popular green inside and out.
The bidding is questionable as it looks like one bidder is bidding it up. Nice little coupe though.
I did check out the bidding. The first bidder started out at $10,000, then bid again at a much higher price. Then the second bidder tried to top by bidding repeatedly in increments to where it is now at $17,000. He may have reached his goal, or he may have given up. Hard to tell. Or was the second bidder the seller. I’m not sure the rules on eBay. Can the seller bid on his own item?
Dave, They can’t use their own ID to bid on it, that would set off the Amazon alarm bells. But they can have their friends bid it up, or create a fake account and do the same.
It falls under the category of “shill” bidding. The pattern you are describing, it can be either bidder being the shill.
Nice car, but I think 17 K is a bit high for this car.
Agree….
Ahhhh, as BP returns to acceptable readings ( for someone who is 70) after that Charger fiasco, here we have what 90% of Barracuda drivers wanted. A Valiant in an evening gown. Just love it. Great styling, even with mismatched panel gaps, hey, it was the 60s, and they couldn’t make them fast enough. This was the “anti-Mustang/Camaro” offering that those secretary/librarian/HS art teacher had. I read, all these types of 6 cylinder base cars sold for about $2500, and went from there. Plymouth sold about 60,000 Barracudas in ’67, and half were just like this ( 30,000 fastbacks), which paled in comparison to the new Camaro( 220,000) that year, or 472,000 Mustangs, but for Chrysler fans, this was as cool as it got, even with the Slanty. Nice find, no wait, perhaps that rusty Charger is better,,,see the craziness?
Having had a dependable high mileage ’65 Fury III, I decided to try Plymouth’s revamped Barracuda. I took delivery of a ’67 Barracuda Fastback in June of that year. It had the 273 cid V8/180 Hp with the 3 speed Torqueflite, bucket seats, console, A/C, R&H. Liked the fold down rear seat, lots of cargo space. Price was $3608.90 less my trade. I don’t recall the factory’s name for the color, I called it Midnight Blue. Great looking car but, had problems, Passenger side cowl/windshield area leaked like a sieve in the rain with water pooling in the footwell, would overheat in slow moving traffic on hot summer days (front license plate bracket blocked air flow to radiator, removed same and bolted license plate to driver’s side of front bumper…problem corrected). torque converter replaced around 20K miles, left rear brake would lock up on occasion (factory rep’s excuse was that was the year they used green castings for the drums!). I had enough and with only 27K miles on the clock, I traded it for one of the first BMW 2500 sedans to come ashore.
I guess Plymouth didn’t win you over lol?
Yes, the 67 was the best looking of the second gen. In January of 68 i bought an identical low mileage 67 Slant 6 in red with three on the tree. Drove it over 100k trouble free miles…. the Slant 6 is an incredible engine and delivered good mileage and is very easy to fix if it ever needs fixing.
Nice Barracuda. Keep the 6. I wouldn’t even bother with any mods. Drive and enjoy. The color is just perfect on this car.
Had one with the 273 CI & Auto. Same Fastback Body. Built a 340 added at 727 T.Flight and Dana 3:91 Posi. Ran 12.80’s at 112 MPH consistently. Sleeper on the Street. Ate Big Block Mopar, GTO’s, and Corvettes for Breakfast ! Absolute Thrill for a 20 year Old – Gear Head.
love it leave it the way it is.
Lovely looking car. I’ve always loved this generation Cuda, probably more than the 1970s version. I’ve never seen a slant six version before.
This is actually my favorite gen. of Barracudas. And that beautiful turbine bronze looks good on almost anything. Slant 6 was indestructible. Not a #1 car but a really nice looking driver.
Don’t know what’s going on with BF but for a while now if I click the thumbs up on a comment, instead of just giving it 1 more it will give it another 3 or 4 lol. Rather strange.
Could be a “catch up” for when we click thumbs up and nothing changes? Similar to when we try to post and nothing happens?
That’s just it. The moment I click, it does change, but if it’s at 3 thumbs up already, the second I click it it will jump up to 5 or 6 instantly. Weird.
The extra thumbs up are because others have given thumbs up since you opened the page. It happens to me a lot because I will open a page but might not read it until several hours later, after many other people have read the comments and given their thumbs up. If I remember, I will actually refresh the page before I read it so that I can see recent comments.
This is normal behavior for any web page.
This would have been a good looking used car, back in the early 70’s. To my 20 year old eyes, it looked like it was designed in Italy. It was my favorite ChryCo car until I saw the black Charger in the movie, Bullitt.
Own a coupe, convertible and fastback in this body style. Even with a slant six I would pick this comfert ride over the others…..just my 2 cents….