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![(first posted 7/31/2013) Let’s get one thing straight: I love these E-bodies. While I might give a slight edge to the Challenger (I especially love the full-width taillights of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/aa-6-8-2013-034.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Classic: 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Gran Coupe – The Broughamiest ‘cuda Around")
Car Show Classic: 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Gran Coupe – The Broughamiest ‘cuda Around
Posted on May 18, 2024 | 113 Comments(first posted 7/31/2013) Let’s get one thing straight: I love these E-bodies. While I might give a slight edge to the Challenger (I especially love the full-width taillights of the […] -
![(first posted 12/22/2017) I have always been a sucker for a good detective show on television. One of my favorites from my youth is a show that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/68Dart-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside TV – The Cars Of Mannix")
Curbside TV – The Cars Of Mannix
Posted on December 23, 2023 | 161 Comments(first posted 12/22/2017) I have always been a sucker for a good detective show on television. One of my favorites from my youth is a show that […] -
![In 1967 a new Barracuda appeared, this time in three body styles; fastback, hardtop, and convertible. For its March issue, Car Life chose to test a fastback and a hardtop […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Untitled-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Vintage Car Life Review: 1967 Barracuda Comparison – The Tame 6 cyl. Hardtop and The Brisk V-8 Fastback")
Vintage Car Life Review: 1967 Barracuda Comparison – The Tame 6 cyl. Hardtop and The Brisk V-8 Fastback
Posted on August 31, 2023 | 22 CommentsIn 1967 a new Barracuda appeared, this time in three body styles; fastback, hardtop, and convertible. For its March issue, Car Life chose to test a fastback and a hardtop […] -
![(first posted 5/19/2017) For this third installment of our exploration into shockingly low volume production cars, let’s look at that third leg of the old “Low Priced Three”, Plymouth. Like […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/1953-Plymouth-Foldout-00.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Plymouth Edition")
Automotive History: Shockingly Low Volume Production Cars – The Plymouth Edition
Posted on May 20, 2023 | 57 Comments(first posted 5/19/2017) For this third installment of our exploration into shockingly low volume production cars, let’s look at that third leg of the old “Low Priced Three”, Plymouth. Like […] -
![(first posted 4/4/2011) 1970 was quite the party indeed, the grand blowout of the sixties muscle car explosion before the drugs were suddenly yanked away. There were plenty of reasons […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Dodge-challenger-1970.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1970 Dodge Challenger – The Life Of The Party")
Curbside Classic: 1970 Dodge Challenger – The Life Of The Party
Posted on October 2, 2021 | 62 Comments(first posted 4/4/2011) 1970 was quite the party indeed, the grand blowout of the sixties muscle car explosion before the drugs were suddenly yanked away. There were plenty of reasons […] -
![Summer is flying by and this is the first time I’ve been to the monthly car show that is all of two miles away. Part of it has been due […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_5160.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Car Show Report: The June 2015 Jefferson City Car Show – Studebakers, E-Bodies, and A Few Other Surprises")
Car Show Report: The June 2015 Jefferson City Car Show – Studebakers, E-Bodies, and A Few Other Surprises
Posted on July 2, 2015 | 44 CommentsSummer is flying by and this is the first time I’ve been to the monthly car show that is all of two miles away. Part of it has been due […] -
![For know-it-alls of a certain age, EVERY Plymouth Barracuda was a muscle car, EVERY Mustang was a GT or Boss, and, by golly, EVERY Camaro was an SS or Z-28! […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/10-08-2014-001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Mini CC: 1969 Plymouth Barracuda By M2 – Plain Janes, Just Like They Used To Be")
Mini CC: 1969 Plymouth Barracuda By M2 – Plain Janes, Just Like They Used To Be
Posted on October 18, 2014 | 32 CommentsFor know-it-alls of a certain age, EVERY Plymouth Barracuda was a muscle car, EVERY Mustang was a GT or Boss, and, by golly, EVERY Camaro was an SS or Z-28! […] -
Cohort Outtake: Abraham, Martin And John…
Posted on February 8, 2014 | 40 CommentsHow’s this for a CC trifecta? For some reason, the 1968 song by Dion was the first thing that popped into my head. -
![Paul’s recent CC Re-Run on the original Barracuda reminded me of this ’66 example I saw during the flood season here in the QC back in April. I saw it […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/4-26-2013-021-800x566-e1386531132824.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Poor Fella")
CC Outtake: Poor Fella
Posted on December 19, 2013 | 13 CommentsPaul’s recent CC Re-Run on the original Barracuda reminded me of this ’66 example I saw during the flood season here in the QC back in April. I saw it […] -
![This is my friend Jim’s 1972 Plymouth Barracuda. He’s owned it since 1978. It’s painted Hemi Orange, and he added the 1970-style “hockey stick” stripes with 340 callouts himself because […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/DSCN2412.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Capsule: 1972 Barracuda Back In Action")
CC Capsule: 1972 Barracuda Back In Action
Posted on August 3, 2013 | 18 CommentsThis is my friend Jim’s 1972 Plymouth Barracuda. He’s owned it since 1978. It’s painted Hemi Orange, and he added the 1970-style “hockey stick” stripes with 340 callouts himself because […] -
![The redesigned 1970 Plymouth Barracuda and Dodge Challenger were supposed to take Mopar’s pony cars to a whole new level. Unfortunately, cheap interiors (rattly one-piece door panels, anyone?), added weight, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/2-12-2013-016.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Miniature Curbside Classic: 1970 Plymouth ‘cuda By Highway 61")
Miniature Curbside Classic: 1970 Plymouth ‘cuda By Highway 61
Posted on March 14, 2013 | 27 CommentsThe redesigned 1970 Plymouth Barracuda and Dodge Challenger were supposed to take Mopar’s pony cars to a whole new level. Unfortunately, cheap interiors (rattly one-piece door panels, anyone?), added weight, […] -
CCOTY Nomination: 1964 Plymouth Barracuda
Posted on December 11, 2012 | 37 CommentsQuick: What was introduced in the spring of 1964, based on an existing chassis, and was totally unlike anything else at the time? -
![I ran across this very solid 1966 Barracuda last May, at the Iowa City cruise-in–and there was something amiss about it. Okay, yes, those are 1962 Impala wheel covers, but that’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Sycamore-show-5-25-2012-014-e1347064311888.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Cruise-In Outtake: 1966 Barracuda")
Cruise-In Outtake: 1966 Barracuda
Posted on September 11, 2012 | 21 CommentsI ran across this very solid 1966 Barracuda last May, at the Iowa City cruise-in–and there was something amiss about it. Okay, yes, those are 1962 Impala wheel covers, but that’s […]
