70-71 Barracudas?

[Harlow]

My patience may have paid off. Someone I know, knows a lady looking to sell her 'Cuda. I still haven't been able to go look at it but it is a 70 or 71. I'm supposed to have a price from her this weekend. The cars were her husbands, the barracuda is more of a project and they have a blown 69 charger race car (I'll get pics of both) Are there any parts I should look for on this car? Anything extremely expensive I should make sure it has? I'm guessing I should make sure the grill is in good shape, maybe tail lights? I don't know what model/engine combo it is yet so it could be a /6 barracuda or a 'Cuda. Frankly I don't really care though. I really hope I'm able to pick it up. Its been long enough to not have a mopar project. I've settled into school and I'm ready for a mopar again.

[69bronzeT5]

The grille for sure. Those things are expensive.

[rav440]

good luck but chances are they arent going to be cheap .

[The70RT]

 ........................

[hemi-hampton]

The 71 Cuda will have the vented fenders, The 71 Chessegrater grill hard to find unbroken & expensive to replace. LEON.

[elitecustombody]

The 71 Cuda will have the vented fenders, The 71 Chessegrater grill hard to find unbroken & expensive to replace. LEON.

usually Hemi-Cuda will have gilled fenders, not regular Cuda

[Ghoste]

All Cudas had the gilled fenders, regular Barracudas do not.  You may be thinking of the flared wheelwell fenders that went on the Hemi cars and TA cars.

[elitecustombody]

All Cudas had the gilled fenders, regular Barracudas do not.  You may be thinking of the flared wheelwell fenders that went on the Hemi cars and TA cars.

where are you getting your info? 90% of real Cudas in existence do not have gilled fenders ,there are bunch of resto-mods with aftermarket gilled fenders,but most Cudas don't have gilled fenders

[71ChallengeHer]

71 Cuda's have gilled fenders.   

[Ghoste]

For 1971?  Well, I guess my information first comes from years of observation but since I haven't seen every Cuda I can only say that every Cuda I have seen has the gilled fenders.  The same ones they show in the 1971 brochures for Cudas and the road tests of the era.
There may be a handful of resto mods with the added gills but since they have only been out for a few years it only leaves one of two possibilities for 25 or so years prior to that; either every 71 Cuda I saw had the gills added by someone painstakingly crafting them by hand or all 71 Cudas had them.  Not Barracudas, Cudas.
I'll stand my statement and ask where you are getting your information that only Hemi cars had them?

[ACUDANUT]

 That's not correct. Me being the Cuda Nut, I will lay my life on the line on this one and bet you a million bucks. Barracuda= plain jane no gills and no frills.  All real 71 'CUDAS have the gilled fenders.  340's on up to the 426's.
Even the girls know this. (no offense)
Also real Cuda's have a VIN that starts BS23 I beleive.  Do they not

[71ChallengeHer]

Let me help you guys out a little bit. 

[71ChallengeHer]

and there you go a 71 plain jane

[ACUDANUT]

 Yes your a girl, and I hate green 
Nice pic BTW what does the Barracuda's VIN start out as ??

[elitecustombody]

OP never made it clear if it was 70 or 71, so you owe me a million bucks

[ACUDANUT]

The 71 Cuda will have the vented fenders, The 71 Chessegrater grill hard to find unbroken & expensive to replace. LEON.

usually Hemi-Cuda will have gilled fenders, not regular Cuda

Sorry read his last post. 

[71ChallengeHer]

Yes your a girl, and I hate green 
Nice pic BTW what does the Barracuda's VIN start out as ??

BH    Thank you and I happen to like green on my Challenger.    And I owned 3 Barracudas. 

[ACUDANUT]

 Girl you are awesome.  Why didn't I find a girl like you 10 years ago. 

[71ChallengeHer]

Girl you are awesome.  Why didn't I find a girl like you 10 years ago. 

Check above. I modifed my post 

[ACUDANUT]

 Three Barracuda's ?? Your my Hero.
Wait a minute, what about CHARGERS

[elitecustombody]

The 71 Cuda will have the vented fenders, The 71 Chessegrater grill hard to find unbroken & expensive to replace. LEON.

usually Hemi-Cuda will have gilled fenders, not regular Cuda

Sorry read his last post. 

hemi-hampton  is not OP

[ACUDANUT]

What does that mean ??

[71ChallengeHer]

Three Barracuda's ?? Your my Hero.
Wait a minute, what about CHARGERS

I  owned 1 69 Charger. And I think BP was  Barracuda Gran Coupe

[elitecustombody]

For 1971?  Well, I guess my information first comes from years of observation but since I haven't seen every Cuda I can only say that every Cuda I have seen has the gilled fenders.  The same ones they show in the 1971 brochures for Cudas and the road tests of the era.
There may be a handful of resto mods with the added gills but since they have only been out for a few years it only leaves one of two possibilities for 25 or so years prior to that; either every 71 Cuda I saw had the gills added by someone painstakingly crafting them by hand or all 71 Cudas had them.  Not Barracudas, Cudas.
I'll stand my statement and ask where you are getting your information that only Hemi cars had them?

sorry,I had a brain fart, yes,all 71 Cudas had them,not the plain Barracuda with small block or /6  ,I wasn't even trying to argue there

[elitecustombody]

What does that mean ??

OP= original poster

[hemi-hampton]

You say original poster never made it clear if 70 or 71. If you read again I did specify 71. You seemed to imply year did not matter but if it was a Hemi or not seemed to make the differance. Even the girl knew more then you did LEON.

[elitecustombody]

LMAO! I couldn't care less what you specified    ,the OP never made it clear what year was the car,I think I know enough that only 71 Cudas have gilled fenders, you wanna keep going at it?

[Old Moparz]

My patience may have paid off. Someone I know, knows a lady looking to sell her 'Cuda. I still haven't been able to go look at it but it is a 70 or 71. I'm supposed to have a price from her this weekend. The cars were her husbands, the barracuda is more of a project and they have a blown 69 charger race car (I'll get pics of both) Are there any parts I should look for on this car? Anything extremely expensive I should make sure it has? I'm guessing I should make sure the grill is in good shape, maybe tail lights?

Either year is cool, but a '71 is my favorite of the two & still the hardest to get parts for. The sheet metal is easier to get than it used to be, but the lower front valance for the '71 is still not being made, & crusty used ones still get big money. The '71 grille is probably the most important part, & the aftermarket one from Premiere Plastics has quality issues "IF" you can get it without being ripped off. (I bought one & know first hand) Used grilles that need work are over $1000 & the mint ones are over $2500 or so. All the trim on the grille is being reproduced, but the 6 smaller inserts I am not sure about.

The '70 grilles are available from another company that has a decent reputation, but I haven't seen them in person.

I don't know what model/engine combo it is yet so it could be a /6 barracuda or a 'Cuda. Frankly I don't really care though. I really hope I'm able to pick it up. Its been long enough to not have a mopar project. I've settled into school and I'm ready for a mopar again.

Look in the typical Mopar rust locations, like the floors, trunk, quarters, frame rails, window channels, rockers, & lower doors. The other spots on the E-Bodies to look at seem to be the cowl & firewall areas, as well as the inner fenders where the hood hinges are.

[Harlow]

Thats for all the replies. Didn't mean to insight an argument haha.

As for an update, I talked with a local guy who had went to look at the cars around a year ago. The barracuda was a pretty disassembled project '69 fastback. They wanted 30k for the barracuda and 70k for the '69 charger race car... I still haven't heard back from them personally so that may change, I might take a look at them for pictures etc...they live really close to me.

I should have known better...I was hoping I had lucked into getting a 70-71 cuda for cheap haha

[Ghoste]

Not an argument just a misunderstanding and since the part in question was kind of an important detail it was necessary to hash it out.  Its all good now. 
I wonder if their prices have changed on those cars in the new economy?

[hemi-hampton]

The 71 Cuda will have the vented fenders, The 71 Chessegrater grill hard to find unbroken & expensive to replace. LEON.

usually Hemi-Cuda will have gilled fenders, not regular Cuda

If you were commenting on the original poster then why did you quote my comment LEON.

[elitecustombody]

The 71 Cuda will have the vented fenders, The 71 Chessegrater grill hard to find unbroken & expensive to replace. LEON.

usually Hemi-Cuda will have gilled fenders, not regular Cuda

If you were commenting on the original poster then why did you quote my comment LEON.

LMAO! Can we drop this already 

[ACUDANUT]

   Did you get an education yet on the Cuda' yet. 

[hemi-hampton]

I'm sensing some Hostilty.

[WINGR]

All Cudas had the gilled fenders, regular Barracudas do not.  You may be thinking of the flared wheelwell fenders that went on the Hemi cars and TA cars.

where are you getting your info? 90% of real Cudas in existence do not have gilled fenders ,there are bunch of resto-mods with aftermarket gilled fenders,but most Cudas don't have gilled fenders

All actual 1971 Cuda's no matter what engine, should have gilled fenders. The reason that alot of the "Resto-Mods" have aftermarket gills is because they have been made from regular Barracuda's.

[elitecustombody]

All Cudas had the gilled fenders, regular Barracudas do not.  You may be thinking of the flared wheelwell fenders that went on the Hemi cars and TA cars.

where are you getting your info? 90% of real Cudas in existence do not have gilled fenders ,there are bunch of resto-mods with aftermarket gilled fenders,but most Cudas don't have gilled fenders

All actual 1971 Cuda's no matter what engine, should have gilled fenders. The reason that alot of the "Resto-Mods" have aftermarket gills is because they have been made from regular Barracuda's.

really? do you know if 71 cudas had gilled fenders?or did the barracudas have them? 

[69 OUR/TEA]

Wow!!
 
     and on another note,can't speak for the hemi cars,but not all  T/A cars  had  the "rolled-lip fenders'',as the tires were E-60's,they probably thought they would'nt hit,and since they were only made for 5 weeks,since it was late into the run of them,they most likely just did the late ones.

[hemi-hampton]

I Restored a original Black T/A & it needed a Fender replaced. I carefully checked for a rolled lip & did not see any so replaced with a regular fender. LEON.

[ACUDANUT]

All Cudas had the gilled fenders, regular Barracudas do not.  You may be thinking of the flared wheelwell fenders that went on the Hemi cars and TA cars.

where are you getting your info? 90% of real Cudas in existence do not have gilled fenders ,there are bunch of resto-mods with aftermarket gilled fenders,but most Cudas don't have gilled fenders

All actual 1971 Cuda's no matter what engine, should have gilled fenders. The reason that alot of the "Resto-Mods" have aftermarket gills is because they have been made from regular Barracuda's.

really? do you know if 71 cudas had gilled fenders?or did the barracudas have them? 

[71ChallengeHer]

 

[hemi-hampton]