The first Hemi-powered ‘Cuda convertible

Muscle cars are a treasured part of American automotive history.

A very special car

Muscle cars are a treasured part of American automotive history and during their heyday, the car magazines of the era featured them in their pages with road test reports and visits to drag strips to see how they performed down the quarter mile.

Hemi ‘Cuda convertible
The very first Hemi-powered ‘Cuda convertible ever built

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The fresh-air “Shaker” hood scoops  

Hemi-powered ‘Cuda convertible
The rubber bumper option gave the car a cleaner appearance and was available in a total of 9 different colors that year. However, in order to get the rear rubber, aka Elastomeric, bumper in body color, you had to order the car in FE5 Rallye Red.   

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1970 Plymouth ad
Magazine press cars were used to provide editors with feature vehicles and the factories were all too happy to get high-performance cars into the pages of the publications, and get their message out to the masses. Some publications seemed to always say nice things about the cars and it was no big surprise to see these same auto manufacturers run large color advertisements of said vehicle in the same issue.

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