RTS 'Cuda Uncovered after 40 years!

[Mopar Nut]

Anybody know who this guy is?

 

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Anybody know who this guy is?

 

Sorry, I added his name like 2 minutes later.  If you watch the video as well... That's Chuck Miller, he was the main guy that built the RTS 'Cuda at his shop, Styline Customs in Detroit.

[Mopar Nut]

Anybody know who this guy is?

 

Sorry, I added his name like 2 minutes later.  If you watch the video as well... That's Chuck Miller, he was the main guy that built the RTS 'Cuda at his shop, Styline Customs in Detroit.

I know, the video wouldn't play for me.

[Mopar Nut]

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Anybody know who this guy is?

 

Sorry, I added his name like 2 minutes later.  If you watch the video as well... That's Chuck Miller, he was the main guy that built the RTS 'Cuda at his shop, Styline Customs in Detroit.

I know, the video wouldn't play for me.

You were right, I forgot to put his name in my post.  I edited it and put him in. 

[odcics2]

Styline Customs was in River Rouge, a suburb south of Detroit.

[TONY]

The date on fender tags is the SPD - Scheduled Production Date. Actual build dates can very by weeks at times.

1970 model year cars had the final month month & completion on the Mylar door stickers, they were installed at the end of the line right before the cars left the plant.

There are hundreds of examples where the SPD and Mylar show different months.

In this cars case, this car would have been finished during the 1969 model year since the body numbers start E9.

The car would have been finished on the line then sent out for modification after the factory build was done.

A similar example is the Yellow Jacket / Diamante show car. It left the line as a black 1970 Challenger R/T convertible. 

the wiper motor on this car is dated june 16th 1969.

The Diamonte while an early vin, had parts on it dated into october 1969,
there was a theory that waiting on the shaker hood for the car delayed its completion

[Alaskan_TA]

The date on fender tags is the SPD - Scheduled Production Date. Actual build dates can very by weeks at times.

1970 model year cars had the final month month & completion on the Mylar door stickers, they were installed at the end of the line right before the cars left the plant.

There are hundreds of examples where the SPD and Mylar show different months.

In this cars case, this car would have been finished during the 1969 model year since the body numbers start E9.

The car would have been finished on the line then sent out for modification after the factory build was done.

A similar example is the Yellow Jacket / Diamante show car. It left the line as a black 1970 Challenger R/T convertible. 

the wiper motor on this car is dated june 16th 1969.

The Diamonte while an early vin, had parts on it dated into october 1969,
there was a theory that waiting on the shaker hood for the car delayed its completion

The factory invoice for the car that became the Yellow Jacket is dated Oct. 29, 1969. NO shaker hood on the invoice. 

[Mopar Nut]

Anybody know who this guy is?

 

Sorry, I added his name like 2 minutes later.  If you watch the video as well... That's Chuck Miller, he was the main guy that built the RTS 'Cuda at his shop, Styline Customs in Detroit.

I know, the video wouldn't play for me.

You were right, I forgot to put his name in my post.  I edited it and put him in. 

Have you seen this one?

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Anybody know who this guy is?

 

Sorry, I added his name like 2 minutes later.  If you watch the video as well... That's Chuck Miller, he was the main guy that built the RTS 'Cuda at his shop, Styline Customs in Detroit.

I know, the video wouldn't play for me.

You were right, I forgot to put his name in my post.  I edited it and put him in. 

Have you seen this one?

I have not seen it in person, but Chuck had the original concept artwork for the Sonic 'Cuda on his wall.  It's in the video.

[RallyeMike]

Cool. Thanks, Ryan!

[hemi-hampton]

 

[hemi-hampton]

 

[Mopar Nut]

Anybody know who this guy is?

 

Sorry, I added his name like 2 minutes later.  If you watch the video as well... That's Chuck Miller, he was the main guy that built the RTS 'Cuda at his shop, Styline Customs in Detroit.

I know, the video wouldn't play for me.

You were right, I forgot to put his name in my post.  I edited it and put him in. 

Have you seen this one?

I have not seen it in person, but Chuck had the original concept artwork for the Sonic 'Cuda on his wall.  It's in the video.

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

The RTS 'Cuda and Black Ghost Challenger are both going through Mecum tomorrow afternoon.

[hemi-hampton]

Curious what high bid will be on both cars? LEON.

[Pinballjim]

The RTS Cuda brought 2M.  With fees, that's 2.2M.   That's a LOT of cake.  I didn't see the Black Ghost.   

[Mopar Nut]

[hemi-hampton]

The RTS Cuda brought 2M.  With fees, that's 2.2M.   That's a LOT of cake.  I didn't see the Black Ghost.   

Lots of cake? I think you mean lots of CASH.

[hemi-hampton]

It got much more then I thought it would. I don't think Julien paid much for his RTS Cars & I think they sold for only a small fraction of what this one got     LEON

P.S. What thje Black Ghost get

[Mopar Nut]

The RTS Cuda brought 2M.  With fees, that's 2.2M.  That's a LOT of cake.  I didn't see the Black Ghost.   

[Pinballjim]

The RTS Cuda brought 2M.  With fees, that's 2.2M.   That's a LOT of cake.  I didn't see the Black Ghost.   

Lots of cake? I think you mean lots of CASH.

No, I meant CAKE.  Maybe that's an old school saying or maybe its a regional thing, but around here, if something is expensive, we say "Wow, that's a lot of cake.".     

[hemi-hampton]

must be a regional thing

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!

The new owner of the RTS 'Cuda, Evan Metropoulos of the Only Original Once car collection, is going to be showing the car at MCACN 2023, November 18th and 19th.  Come check it out and say hi.  You know where I will be.

www.mcacn.com

[birdsandbees]

Any truth Ryan, from a woman claiming to be a Daughter, that the car was removed from the owners property without the permission of his Estate?