$2 Million Cuda?

[GNRick]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Hemi...2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&forcev4exp=true

 

[X Ray]

HMMMMMM...Will they take my 65 mustang in trade.....and a little cash....just asking.

 

[novaderrik]

that guy sure likes using words..

 

[GNX007]

Sounds like it was written by the infamous Slowcar lol

 

[trixdout]

It's an auto. They expect that money and it not being a 4speed, is kind of crazy. But if it is the only one left with that low mileage then maybe.

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[novaderrik]

It's an auto. They expect that money and it not being a 4speed, is kind of crazy. But if it is the only one left with that low mileage then maybe.

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the auto probably makes it more rare... almost everyone ordered a 4 speed when they got their Hemi (why did i say that in the voice of Joe Dirt??) , but a few didn't..

 

[John Larkin]

It's an auto. They expect that money and it not being a 4speed, is kind of crazy.

That's why he knocked off $100.

 

[T-CHRGD]

They take PayPal.
That's good to know!

 

[Chuck Leeper]

A car of that caliber, [if it really is] has to be sold on Ebay??

 

[Grumpy]

expensive garage potato

 

[czimpel]

I don't know why you guys are getting all jacked up, it's only $1,999,900! Not 2 million. Geez.

 

[Sydwyndr]

Barrett Jackson has basically ruined the car market... I believe that when the economy went bad in 08 that investors started looking at ways to save their money so they invested in classic cars and that drove the prices thru the stratosphere..... A car like that is worth about 10X less than that. Would bring around 200K is a more realistic number.

 

[coach]

As a member of an All Mopar family and owner of a 1964 Max Wedge Dodge, a 1965 Plymouth Belvedere 1 426 4-speed, and a 1973 Charger SE...that Cuda is the right color and year to fetch that cash. Don't know why it's on EBay, but it's probably just for the exposure. Word will spread just like it is here. It will not sell there, but it will get attention.
That is the 1 year only body style. Front end and tailights are totally different then the year earlier and the series of years after. Mopar guys refer to that year as the Sox and Martin year. They cleaned house that year in NHRA season.
If it were black...it would be sold already. Red is next most valuable. The vinyl top isn't helping it, but it's not killing it either.

Sad, but I'm not a fan of them. I'd much rather have it slammed, painted Sublime Green with a Blown 572 Hemi...buts that's me

 

[TexasT]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Hemi...2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&forcev4exp=true

The deposit I'd only $500, think they'd take a check for the rest?

Nice looking car. I'd drive it.

 

[novaderrik]

i think it was Hot Rod magazine that took a $2 million Cuda on a road trip thru the desert a few years back... might even be this car, i can't remember..
the author of the article said that he didn't feel any pressure while driving the car because the car was well insured for it's appraised value and it would be all but impossible to do close enough to $2 million in damage to it for the insurance company to total the car out..

 

[Grumpy]

and it would be all but impossible to do close enough to $2 million in damage to it for the insurance company to total the car out..

so your sayin if they barrel roll the car an then they reconstruct it it would still be worth $2 mil ??

 

[coach]

so your sayin if they barrel roll the car an then they reconstruct it it would still be worth $2 mil ??

Hey Grumpy,
It's stupid, but as long as they can save pieces of the original car, and the drivetrain...they will use a donor car and do a transplant. I have seen rusted out barn finds get transplanted into a totally new body and the tags changed over and ....HUGE MONEY follows. It's all about the original drivetrain and mileage. Mopars are Uni-bodies so its not even a true "frame off" resto either.
I know my 64 is a 318 car with an all original Max Wedge drivetrain and supporting options and the value is stupid compared to what I have in it. Huge profit when I sell.

 

[toofastforyou]

f***in' ridiculous...
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That is the 1 year only body style. Front end and tailights are totally different then the year earlier and the series of years after. Mopar guys refer to that year as the Sox and Martin year.
Sad, but I'm not a fan of them. I'd much rather have it slammed, painted Sublime Green with a Blown 572 Hemi...buts that's me

My friend ''coach'', I'm sorry, but this time I disagree...
I find that aside from the grille and taillights, the '71 'Cuda is the same as all '70-'74's (same body style).
As for Sox & Martin team, I don't understand the allusion because they must have had over 40 cars over the years. Back then, I was attending several NHRA events every year and saw some of those old pro-stock cars quite often and the popular trend back then was to swap the grilles and taillights to upgrade them to the newer year (example is '70 to '71 to'72 to '73 to ,74 'Cuda). For a lot of racers, the car was often (but not always) the same car that had been raced the previous year but with an updated front and rear end.
But like you, I'm not a fan of them...If you do not take into account the crazy value these cars bring, I much prefer a Copo Camaro over a Hemi 'Cuda, but that's me. Personnally, I couldn't care less about rarity.


Talk to you soon...

Claude

 

[Grumpy]

Hey Grumpy,
It's stupid, but as long as they can save pieces of the original car, and the drivetrain...they will use a donor car and do a transplant. I have seen rusted out barn finds get transplanted into a totally new body and the tags changed over and ....HUGE MONEY follows. It's all about the original drivetrain and mileage. Mopars are Uni-bodies so its not even a true "frame off" resto either.
I know my 64 is a 318 car with an all original Max Wedge drivetrain and supporting options and the value is stupid compared to what I have in it. Huge profit when I sell.

this is happening with all of the old cars. Shelby guys beat this to death. It is ILLEGAL to swap #s to another shell to boot. Some cars were "rebuilt" around a good door, or a hood, or a deck lid.. Lots of pissing contest with somethings like that. Car only has the original parts once. BUT there is an ass for every seat I do think its crazy to drive something worth that kinda $$$... I have had this old Shelby since 1975. Drove it for 1 summer. Been in a barn/garage since then. 25k miles. I won't drive it. One of these days I have to finish it up ..

 

[Pronto]

Strange not to see a GN parked there too.