1970 Plymouth Cuda for sale $119,900

In the classic car hobby the word resto-mod gets thrown around so much that its hard to remember what the term really means. And unfortunately a lot of times its used as a catch-all phrase for builds that have so many modifications they arent considered stock but dont go far enough to fall in to any specific category. Thankfully we have cars like this killer Plymouth Cuda which provide a literal definition: take a solid factory cruiser and bump the dial to 11! The beneficiary of a spotless ground-up restoration this coupe wraps hot Black and Limelight aesthetics around a custom suspension five forward gears and 400 Hemi-sourced rear-wheel horsepower. If you like your MoPars mildly modernized but pure in spirit step right up and take a look at your new muscle car!

BODYWORK/TRIM

This E-Bodys thorough restoration began when its solid fuselage was meticulously stripped lightly massaged and carefully coated in correct Limelight 2-stage. Once cured that urethane was detailed with flamed war paint purple pin stripes and appropriate 6.1 HEMI callouts. And with everything fresh and ready to roll the car was buffed to a clean and substantial presence. Take one look down the profile of this sweet Plymouth and youll see tough slab-sided panels that have been straightened and finessed far past anything that rolled out of the factory. Pull the car in to the sunlight and its glossy glow accurately reproduces Chryslers planar straight lines while offering a level of showmanship that can only be achieved with todays advanced paint technology. And in summary it all adds up to one super slick all-American muscle car that benefits from what its restorer likes to call reversible restification – terminology that means anything changed could be taken back to stock if a future owner decides he wants to trade his one-of-a-kind show-stopper for a Cuda that looks like everyone elses.

Unlike many striped and decaled creations which tend to throw good taste out the window this awesome MoPar seamlessly balances a cool personality with flashy good looks. At the front of the car a glossy PLYMOUTH branded grille hangs green ghost flames and a purple pin stripe between bright headlights a smoothed bumper and a familiar sculpted valance. At the top of that grille a pinned Rallye hood rides in front of like-new glass straight stainless trim and clean body-matched mirrors. At the sides of that hood satin door handles a power antenna and small marker lamps highlight a smooth professionally finished profile. And at the back of the car a flamed valance hangs LED taillights between color-keyed louvers a second smoothed bumper and polished exhaust tips.

ENGINE

In the name of reversible restification the builder tapped Chryslers resurrected Hemi to continue this coupes role as a small block barnburner. Measuring exactly 6.1 liters the cars nouveaux elephant utilizes a revised block a forged crank lighter pistons strengthened rods new oil jets variable cam timing and increased flow heads to turn stout 10.3 to 1 compression into 425 horsepower. The pros at Indy Cylinder Head decided to make the engine their own by boring and stroking the block installing CNC-ported and polished heads and bathing everything in a familiar coat of Hemi Orange skin. At the top of that skin eight Hilborn-style velocity stacks mix modern fuel injection with reliable F.A.S.T. programming. At the sides of that skin coated TTI headers flow in to