A VERY COOL Retro Cuda -- Stored for 33 years.. Until NOW! (PICS)

[jb666]

I thought you guys might like to see this car... It's awesome in person.... It was put in a garage decades ago.. Up on blocks.. Covered...  UNTIL NOW!!

Some history... Blair painted this car 33 years ago... Right out of school, sub-par equipment and a great imagination he turned this car into a car that screams 70's..  Velour interior and all!! Well, now it's being worked on and will be street-worthy once again!!!

This is an original 440 Six Pack 4-speed car...

While it might not be everyone's cup of tea, it's definitely a blast from the past!!

The mural on the trunk took him 40 hours, and he did it all with a single action air brush gun.

Stick your head inside the car and you get knocked over with the vintage OLD CAR smell.. This thing is awesome...

[terrible one]

GOD yes! Lol! That's awesome! Don't dig the flames toomuch but other than that it's just my style. Even the interior is cool. I'd love to paint the Charger like that.

[68coronetGLwannabe]

Very Cool! I like seeing the old school stuff.  

[TK73]

WAY COOL!!  

Keep it away from the restoweenies  

[jb666]

WAY COOL!!  

Keep it away from the restoweenies  

This car WILL NOT BE RESTORED.

Blair is 100% capable of doing a full chalk mark resto on it.. But this WILL NOT be touched. New door panels, misc items, yes, but the paint is staying as is..

You might be seeing this in print some day soon, too  

[General_01]

I like it. 

[68 CHARGER R/T]

i had to post the the song   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSR6ZzjDZ94&feature=related

[400/6/PAC]

I like it. 

[Todd Wilson]

The door panels got to go! HAHA!    The rest of it is fricken sweet deluxe!   I like the paint!



Todd

[bull]

The paint seems to have survived quite well, and that Boston mural looks amazing. I'd get it running good, put disc brakes on the front and drive it.

[jb666]

The paint seems to have survived quite well, and that Boston mural looks amazing. I'd get it running good, put disc brakes on the front and drive it.

That is more or less what they are doing... Brakes.. Door panels, interior work.. But the paint/body work stays... They are fairly certain (with some freshening up) the motor will fire right over.

[TruckDriver]

That is AWSOME!!!! I love the pant job too! I love flames

[moparstuart]

I just love the giant metal flake in the paint  ,  awesome   

[nvrbdn]

a great time capsule. love the car.

[billssuperbird]

 

[bakerhillpins]

I love it!    What a sweet ride and a great paint job. 

Stick your head inside the car and you get knocked over with the vintage OLD CAR smell.. This thing is awesome...

Do you get the munchies afterward too? 

[1969chargerrtse]

Wow, beautiful.  

So they said Barracuda on the dash but Cuda on the door panels?
I guess Charger on the side and R/T on the back is the same?

[71ChallengeHer]

That's very cool.    I love everything about it except the door panels. Glad to see that they didn't do anything to the leather seats.  

[71ChallengeHer]

Wow, beautiful. 

It's a Cuda , look at the door panels.    No, Barracuda came with a 440/6. 

[1969chargerrtse]

Wow, beautiful. 

It's a Cuda , look at the door panels.    No, Barracuda came with a 440/6. 

Ha, I deleted my question before your post.  Sorry.

[jb666]

Wow, beautiful. 

It's a Cuda , look at the door panels.    No, Barracuda came with a 440/6. 

Ha, I deleted my question before your post.  Sorry.

Ummmm ... Yeah... Thats why I posted its a cuda 

All cudas read barracuda on the dash.

[jb666]

That's very cool.    I love everything about it except the door panels. Glad to see that they didn't do anything to the leather seats.  

Pleather?  Nice vinyl option.

He still has the build sheet, so I'll ask him to check on this tomorrow.

[jb666]

Wow, beautiful.  

So they said Barracuda on the dash but Cuda on the door panels?
I guess Charger on the side and R/T on the back is the same?

I have no idea why they did what they did.. But this is absolutely positively a factory 440 6-pack 4-speed car 

[drifter69]

This is why I am not against building your car the way you want, because 40 years from now everyone will think it mirrors the times, and not worry about how correct it is. I love it! Now if Farra Faucett would climb out of it.......it would be perfect.

[69 OUR/TEA]

I can def respect the talent and work put into it,don't like or care for it,buts thats just me.Understand why back in the day they would do something like that,because the cars had no significant value,the in thing,dime a dozen then,etc.If it were a 318 car so be it,but call me a resto weenie,that is a real v code,it's 41 years later,I'd restore back to orig.

[Hissing Cobra]

Not me. I love it just the way it is. Well, the door panels have to go but that's about it. This is the type of car that we would have seen in a '70's Hot Rod magazine that we all would have drooled over. It's great to see it has survived and that it hasn't changed. I know a guy who's got a '62 Corvette with a straight front axle, Cragar Super Trick wheels, and a tunnel rammed 427 Chevy sticking through the hood. He had it pictured in an early '70's Hot Rod magazine and then put it away until two years ago when he began showing up at our local cruise nights in it. It's still EXACTLY how is was back in '72 with metal flake in the paint as well. That car draws much more attention than any of the rotisserie restored Corvettes at every single show.

Oh, I'm loving the Boston Album cover on the trunklid too. Living 1 hour south from Boston, you can imagine how much that band has been played on the radio around here. WZLX plays them a lot and always have. Definitely one of my favorite bands.

[jb666]

Not me. I love it just the way it is. Well, the door panels have to go but that's about it. This is the type of car that we would have seen in a '70's Hot Rod magazine that we all would have drooled over. It's great to see it has survived and that it hasn't changed. I know a guy who's got a '62 Corvette with a straight front axle, Cragar Super Trick wheels, and a tunnel rammed 427 Chevy sticking through the hood. He had it pictured in an early '70's Hot Rod magazine and then put it away until two years ago when he began showing up at our local cruise nights in it. It's still EXACTLY how is was back in '72 with metal flake in the paint as well. That car draws much more attention than any of the rotisserie restored Corvettes at every single show.

Oh, I'm loving the Boston Album cover on the trunklid too. Living 1 hour south from Boston, you can imagine how much that band has been played on the radio around here. WZLX plays them a lot and always have. Definitely one of my favorite bands.

Cool --- This car is in a shop about 15 minutes from you...   

And I believe you... There are a few cars in this area from that era that gather a HUGE crowd at every show..

[Daytona R/T SE]

I didn't see the underdash 8 track player?

I'd put one in and call it good...


...Velour door panels, drum brakes and all.


....And put about 175 psi in the hi jackers....

It DOES have a pair of Gabriel Hi jackers on the back doesn't it?  




News Flash youngin's....

This is how the "Cool" cars looked back in the '70's and early '80's

[69rtse4spd]

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[hemi-hampton]

Looks like it's got the multi color Rainbow flake. I still got a 30 year old jar of that stuff somewhere LEON.

[jb666]

Looks like it's got the multi color Rainbow flake. I still got a 30 year old jar of that stuff somewhere LEON.

That it does!!! The very same flake is all over my wife's car too!!!!

[oldgold69]

love the paint the rainbow glass chips really look cool in the street  light at night  they just glitter  we painted a 70 z28 candy red and put those chips in it awesome  nice to see some old art

[tan top]

  thats awesome stuff  


!!  love the paint job  apart from the air brushed picture & inner door pannels

good pictures thanks for sharing  Jeff

[gtx6970]

I like it,, and I'd drive the piss out of it, just the way it is

[Old Moparz]

Funny, I like the door panels.     A friend of mine was a huge Boston fan & would love to see this car. He painted the same mural on the wall of his bedroom in high school that was about 4 or 5 feet across. Also did the back of his denim jacket the same, but a lot smaller.

[Magnumcharger]

What a car!!
I was just reading about it on the Bangshift.com website...

http://www.bangshift.com/blog/World-s-Coolest-Late-1970-s-Street-Machine-Cuda-Getting-Prepped-to-See-Street-Duty-Again.html

[jb666]

What a car!!
I was just reading about it on the Bang-shift.com website...

http://www.bangshift.com/blog/World-s-Coolest-Late-1970-s-Street-Machine-Cuda-Getting-Prepped-to-See-Street-Duty-Again.html

Yeah, Brian LOVED this car... We were talking about it on Friday night at a local car show...  He said he's heard about this car for many many years before ever knowing who's  (or what) it was.. 

[4cruzin]

WOW what a find!  Love to see some of the old cars with the wicked paint jobs!   

[elacruze]

DANG what a memory!

I'd keep the door panels too, or have them redone if necessary just as they are.

I'll have Boston in my head all day...in fact, I'm going to go to the Charger right now and upload Boston onto my thumb drive so I can cruise to it today.

[jb666]

I'm glad you guys are diggin' this as much as I did.. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, and that's fine, but for a lot of us this is a true sign of a different time in the world...  While I was only 8 years old when this car was painted, I already had a serious love for cars and this is EXACTLY what I loved about cars!!!

I'll grab a boatload of pics of this car when I head down there this weekend and I'll put some new stuff up. 

[RIDELIKEHELL]

Flashback! There is a fellow here in town that has a Pontiac Parisienne called PANDEMONIUM with a wild paint job..reminds me of it..thx for posting

[Old Moparz]

I'm glad you guys are diggin' this as much as I did.. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea, and that's fine, but for a lot of us this is a true sign of a different time in the world...  While I was only 8 years old when this car was painted, I already had a serious love for cars and this is EXACTLY what I loved about cars!!!

I'll grab a boatload of pics of this car when I head down there this weekend and I'll put some new stuff up. 

Saying you were only 8 reminds me of going to the New York Custom Car Show at the New York Coliseum with my Dad in the early to mid 70's. I have a few Poloroid instant pics somewhere that I'd have to scan, but I remember a few custom vans that were the rage as well as a '69 GTX that had a similar paint job with shag carpet & velor inside. I don't like that stuff enough to do it to a car, but I thought it looked COOL back then. 

[Hissing Cobra]

Not me. I love it just the way it is. Well, the door panels have to go but that's about it. This is the type of car that we would have seen in a '70's Hot Rod magazine that we all would have drooled over. It's great to see it has survived and that it hasn't changed. I know a guy who's got a '62 Corvette with a straight front axle, Cragar Super Trick wheels, and a tunnel rammed 427 Chevy sticking through the hood. He had it pictured in an early '70's Hot Rod magazine and then put it away until two years ago when he began showing up at our local cruise nights in it. It's still EXACTLY how is was back in '72 with metal flake in the paint as well. That car draws much more attention than any of the rotisserie restored Corvettes at every single show.

Oh, I'm loving the Boston Album cover on the trunklid too. Living 1 hour south from Boston, you can imagine how much that band has been played on the radio around here. WZLX plays them a lot and always have. Definitely one of my favorite bands.

Cool --- This car is in a shop about 15 minutes from you...   

And I believe you... There are a few cars in this area from that era that gather a HUGE crowd at every show..

Sweet! I'll get to be one of the lucky ones to get to see it! I'm all over the place when I attend the weekly cruise shows and frequent the Gillette Stadium, Halifax Wal-Mart, Shooter's in Middleboro, and the Upper Cape Regional High School show in Bourne on a regular basis. I can't wait to see it!

[elanmars]

what was up with those fuzzy door panels back in the day? My 1st 69 Charger had that too hahaha.

[jb666]

Not me. I love it just the way it is. Well, the door panels have to go but that's about it. This is the type of car that we would have seen in a '70's Hot Rod magazine that we all would have drooled over. It's great to see it has survived and that it hasn't changed. I know a guy who's got a '62 Corvette with a straight front axle, Cragar Super Trick wheels, and a tunnel rammed 427 Chevy sticking through the hood. He had it pictured in an early '70's Hot Rod magazine and then put it away until two years ago when he began showing up at our local cruise nights in it. It's still EXACTLY how is was back in '72 with metal flake in the paint as well. That car draws much more attention than any of the rotisserie restored Corvettes at every single show.

Oh, I'm loving the Boston Album cover on the trunklid too. Living 1 hour south from Boston, you can imagine how much that band has been played on the radio around here. WZLX plays them a lot and always have. Definitely one of my favorite bands.

Cool --- This car is in a shop about 15 minutes from you...   

And I believe you... There are a few cars in this area from that era that gather a HUGE crowd at every show..

Sweet! I'll get to be one of the lucky ones to get to see it! I'm all over the place when I attend the weekly cruise shows and frequent the Gillette Stadium, Halifax Wal-Mart, Shooter's in Middleboro, and the Upper Cape Regional High School show in Bourne on a regular basis. I can't wait to see it!

Cool!! We NEVER miss the Halifax show (unless it's raining).. So maybe we'll see you there!

[Chris G.]

that is a real v code,it's 41 years later,I'd restore back to orig.

There's enough of them already to go around. If I owned this car and restored it back to it's "original", I would personally ask my own father to execute me.

I love this car and I am glad they are keeping it the way it is. I wish they kept the door panels, but whatever. What a cool ride. 

[69 OUR/TEA]

" Stored for 33 years "     can't say I blame'em.

As I said,I give respect to the paintwork and craftsmenship,but was the "in" thing at the time,is'nt the 70's anymore.How many of you would do this to your car right now???
Stored for 33 years is the best part to me,preserved,a beautiful rustfree orig example to gut down to the shell and do a full rotiss resto on her,whatever the orig color was,and would hope it was green!!!!

[TX9AAR]

Love the car I'm glad to see that he isn't going to restore it. I'd leave the door panels the way they are right now.

[maxwellwedge]

This Real Hemi 'Cuda Rag just got restored - Of course, these are the before pics.

[69 OUR/TEA]

Saw it in person here in CT a few years ago at a Mopar show.Hope it went back to orig!!!!!

[maxwellwedge]

Yes it did - Roger Gibson did it.

[Laxy]

That looks awesome!!! Nice to see a custom that's different to the bullshit bling wheel stuff around today... it's great that they are keeping it as a time capsule.

[472 R/T SE]

Oh, I'm loving the Boston Album cover on the trunklid too. Living 1 hour south from Boston, you can imagine how much that band has been played on the radio around here. WZLX plays them a lot and always have. Definitely one of my favorite bands.

They've always been my favorite band.  We'd cruise Main St. in Hays, Ks. every weekend night in either my buddy's '57 Chebby or someone's ride & crank the stereo up singing the words to every Boston song.  RIP Mr. Delp.

I was gonna offer to buy that trunk lid if they planned on restoring it.  Glad it's being left alone.  Incredible time capsule right there.