Love that brown color. Great motor. My dad had a 69' 440 cuda my cousins husband had a 70 yellow 440 but was always out of tune and when i grew up i got 71 383 cuda orange and black billboards. Beautiful AAR.
Rootbeer《☆》My neighbor had a 74 Cuda same color back in the day. I always think of rootbeer when I see the color. Plymouth & Dodge typically had all the same colors but the names were different. Maybe there's a Challenger T/AI in Rootbeer brown😎🎱☮🔊🖖👍
One bit of advice, when opening the hood always use the bottom lip of the opening to lift the hood never the top of the opening. More AAR Cuda's have had their hoods damaged lifting from the top of the opening. Love the program.
I love that color. I had a 383 71' cuda 4 speed. The previous owner dropped a cam and edelbrock manifold and holley. The cluth was darn near gone. Beautiful brown i saw a brown 71 cuda at the track. Geourgous. Cuda'
Ed Pink was the engine builder for the actual race cars of Posey, Gurney and Savage. They maxed out @ 303 CID and 460 HP. The team cars had many magnesium parts and were acid dipped.
This guy gives out good information he talks clean tell y'all about the car the way it should be told some of these guys in these videos they ramble too much this guy is giving straight up talk information about the car
Years ago I knew a guy with a 1970 Hemi Cuda 4 speed. He babied that thing and took it out of his garage maybe 8 times a year (shows and the occasional drive). One morning, he told me, the police came knocking at his door to tell him if he owned a Cuda. He asked the policeman how he knew that; the officer told him they just towed it out of a near by quarry- It was a total. He's never bought another muscle car since. True story.
Oddly, I've owned a 1968 440 Charger RT, a 1969 440 GTX, a 1970 440 Challenger RT/SE, and a 1972 340 Challenger RT, but I've never owned my favourite car a 1970 or 1971 CUDA. I almost bought an AAR Cuda from the original owner, many years ago when it was a couple of years old, but for some reason that I can't recall, I didn't. Good video and I like the car. Thanks
I bought an. AAR Cuda 1970. after I graduated high school 1980, 2 grand a very fast car. had o my 22,000 miles on it from the original owner he ordered with 340. T/A motor 6 pack. automatic on the column ,. 3:91 position. it was rare forest green, forest green interior had a bench seat up front, had all the spoilers road lamps decals etc all # s matched, was all stock but a fast car,. had lots of fun owned for 5 years. got married n kids came sold it for 6grand with 40,000 miles on it,. that was my down payment for the house, now the kids are gone went thru a divorce, wish I still had my car x is long gone, the one that Said sell it now !
I actually loved the Panther Pink... i know i'm in the minority... if it was total pink it wouldn't look good but the pink with black looked cool in my opinion... not a fan of the brown but great Mopar for sure.
Love the Mopar 340 small block especially in the featherweight A-Body 68-70 Dart's, 68-69 Barracuda's, and 70-73 Duster's and Demon's. Probably the most inexpensive supercars you could buy at that time but they were perfectly capable of embarrassing many of the higher dollar big block muscle cars in those days. I've seen 340 powered A-Bodies beat up on 383 Roadrunner's and Super Bee's, 396 Chevelle's, GTO's, and Olds 442's in the 1/4 mile if they've got the right gears in the rear end and a good driver
@@edcain3676 well when they dyno'd them at the factory the stopped early in the rpm range. Like you said the bigger valves also allowed quite a few more 100 rpms. I think they underrated them as well not to infringe on the 383s civil liberties
This Eng.Was Already A SB BEAST,But Imagine What They Would Be Like W/ 360 Heads & Same Carb Setup? If Anyone Ever Sees the Other One in Existence of SAME COLOR AS THIS, Would SURE LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT IT,LOVE THE COLOR & RARITY OF IT. These are Probably Slowly Catching Up W/ Values of The BB' s.Intake Valves Are Almost As Big🤔,I Understand.
I think the actual race cars still had the 305 ci limit but there was no displacement limit in the street versions of the Trans Am race cars anymore in 1970. That's why the AAR Cuda and Challenger T/A got the 340+6 and the Z28 Camaro got the LT1 350. But Ford and Mercury still used the Boss 302 in the street versions of the Mustang and Cougar Eliminator just like the actual race cars used
isn't it amazing the 70's anyone coild just go in a buy muscle affordable. my dad bought a 69' orange with black hoid striprs 440 for around $3500. new. btw beautiful color on that AAR. later i bought a 71' 383 cuda in texas.
From what I understand they were available with either the automatic or 4-speed but it seems weird that anyone would have ordered the auto in a car like that. Interestingly the rally gauges weren't standard on these cars, it was an option.
My buddy had one with a 4 speed. These cars, if I'm not mistaken, were ordered by dealers not customers. Whatever the dealers had , if you liked it, you bought it.
Thanks, Kevin & all…. A dramatic, rare 1970 MOPAR.. Interestingly, I decided NOT to buy a 1970 CHALLENGER RT/SE TRIPLE GREEN(?)/4 SPeed/ Magnum! As the GREEN not appealing, loaded with every OPTION, meaty Polyglas PROBABLY chew paint off fenders,etc.(** also more dollars **costly than a 1970 cirinet599 loaded, ((* NO AIR CONDITIONING, *My preference), in Ralley Red/383/)….Actually, my Brother & I consider the 70 Challenger May have been a better Gamble: the 70 Coronet 500 rusted out &* terminally *by 1985, from WARSAW INDIANA road salts, etc….. Anyways, ……..
That's funny, I have a '71 Challenger that I have been fortunate to own since 1983. Got it from a friend who swore up and down he would never sell it, but when GM restyled their Camaro into a wedge of cheese, my buddy had to have one. Thank you GM. I got a great car, my friend's new Z28 was a rolling POS. Less than a month after buying his new Z28, he begged me to let him buy back the Challenger and offered me the Camaro and a wheelbarrow full of cash. I refused. I had been around GM car's for too many year's. I learned my lesson early on. GM is soooooo overrated. I just saw my friend a short time back. He told me he restored his dad's '68 over head cam 6 Firebird. He still want's the Challenger back. The Challenger need's restored now but I still refuse to part with it. Someday, if I can find a way, a '70 AAR will sit beside my Challenger, or maybe a Challenger TA, Mustang Mach l, AMX, GTX, Charger RT, Cyclone, '69 SCRambler 390, or? So many great car's from Chrysler, Ford, and AMC. GM....Meh!
@cleanview70 Watch a video called Muscle Car of the Week:10 Quickest Cars of 1970. Not one Trans Am made the top 10. Not even a Ram Air IV. It was dominated by 426 Hemi and 440+6 Mopar's. The LS6 Chevelle and Buick GSX 455 Stage 1 made it but they were the only GM products. A Ford Torino 429 SCJ also made it. Hell even a Hemi Cuda convertible made the top 10 and they were a lot heavier than a hardtop/coupe because of the reinforced frame
I don't not believe it. Mine came new with BAD lower ball joints. I put GOOD new lowers in it. Those OEM polyglas gt tires were terrible for nibbling on pavement seams. I put new Konis on the front of mine and raised the front end up because the lower control arm bump stops were almost touching the frame horns at rest. They offered at least 3 different steering box options: manual, std Mopar PS, AND fast ratio power steering. That Fast ratio box was one of the best options available on this pkg car. It made it feel like a later firm-feel police stg box. It had MUCH better road feel than std Chrysler PS in that era.
I like the way you give the information out on the car that's the way it should be all talk and no music
Beautiful car, the Cuda was one of the best muscles all time, either the 340, 426 hemi or 440 power plants.That brown body color is really slick.
Love that brown color. Great motor. My dad had a 69' 440 cuda my cousins husband had a 70 yellow 440 but was always out of tune and when i grew up i got 71 383 cuda orange and black billboards. Beautiful AAR.
Rootbeer《☆》My neighbor had a 74 Cuda same color back in the day. I always think of rootbeer when I see the color. Plymouth & Dodge typically had all the same colors but the names were different. Maybe there's a Challenger T/AI in Rootbeer brown😎🎱☮🔊🖖👍
Great car great host great show like them all
Very kind of you, thanks!
One bit of advice, when opening the hood always use the bottom lip of the opening to lift the hood never the top of the opening. More AAR Cuda's have had their hoods damaged lifting from the top of the opening. Love the program.
I love that color. I had a 383 71' cuda 4 speed. The previous owner dropped a cam and edelbrock manifold and holley. The cluth was darn near gone. Beautiful brown i saw a brown 71 cuda at the track. Geourgous. Cuda'
Ed Pink was the engine builder for the actual race cars of Posey, Gurney and Savage. They maxed out @ 303 CID and 460 HP. The team cars had many magnesium parts and were acid dipped.
This guy gives out good information he talks clean tell y'all about the car the way it should be told some of these guys in these videos they ramble too much this guy is giving straight up talk information about the car
Thanks for the kind words!
Years ago I knew a guy with a 1970 Hemi Cuda 4 speed. He babied that thing and took it out of his garage maybe 8 times a year (shows and the occasional drive). One morning, he told me, the police came knocking at his door to tell him if he owned a Cuda. He asked the policeman how he knew that; the officer told him they just towed it out of a near by quarry- It was a total. He's never bought another muscle car since. True story.
i love the color!!
I had an all black one with a 4 speed. I put Lakewood traction bars on it and had it
dyno-tuned. I was beating 396 vettes ! No problem !
I love the color.
"There's a bunch of them in the brothers collection". Holy cow!!!!
They've shown, just the few I've seen, this brown one, a red one, a white one, sassy grass green, lemon twist, blue fire...
Oddly, I've owned a 1968 440 Charger RT, a 1969 440 GTX, a 1970 440 Challenger RT/SE, and a 1972 340 Challenger RT, but I've never owned my favourite car a 1970 or 1971 CUDA. I almost bought an AAR Cuda from the original owner, many years ago when it was a couple of years old, but for some reason that I can't recall, I didn't. Good video and I like the car. Thanks
NiCe color. Love that motor.
Mine was orange with black billboards.
Super nice car. Thanks.
All American racers ♥️
87726 total miles... that is just a trip.
I bought an. AAR Cuda 1970. after I graduated high school 1980, 2 grand a very fast car. had o my 22,000 miles on it from the original owner he ordered with 340. T/A motor 6 pack. automatic on the column ,. 3:91 position. it was rare forest green, forest green interior had a bench seat up front, had all the spoilers road lamps decals etc all # s matched, was all stock but a fast car,. had lots of fun owned for 5 years. got married n kids came sold it for 6grand with 40,000 miles on it,. that was my down payment for the house, now the kids are gone went thru a divorce, wish I still had my car x is long gone, the one that Said sell it now !
I actually loved the Panther Pink... i know i'm in the minority... if it was total pink it wouldn't look good but the pink with black looked cool in my opinion... not a fan of the brown but great Mopar for sure.
I guess if I was looking at it with both eyes open I would have noticed that... thanks
very cooool
Modern day dynos got the 340 6 pack around 350 hp, 4 bbl motors were 320. Those front spoilers are "chin" not eyebrow
Probably Because Intake & Exhaust Valves on These Little Beasts Were Way Bigger Than Most SB' s,Almost As Big As the 440 Engs.
Love the Mopar 340 small block especially in the featherweight A-Body 68-70 Dart's, 68-69 Barracuda's, and 70-73 Duster's and Demon's. Probably the most inexpensive supercars you could buy at that time but they were perfectly capable of embarrassing many of the higher dollar big block muscle cars in those days. I've seen 340 powered A-Bodies beat up on 383 Roadrunner's and Super Bee's, 396 Chevelle's, GTO's, and Olds 442's in the 1/4 mile if they've got the right gears in the rear end and a good driver
@@edcain3676 well when they dyno'd them at the factory the stopped early in the rpm range. Like you said the bigger valves also allowed quite a few more 100 rpms. I think they underrated them as well not to infringe on the 383s civil liberties
This Eng.Was Already A SB BEAST,But Imagine What They Would Be Like W/ 360 Heads & Same Carb Setup? If Anyone Ever Sees the Other One in Existence of SAME COLOR AS THIS, Would SURE LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT IT,LOVE THE COLOR & RARITY OF IT. These are Probably Slowly Catching Up W/ Values of The BB' s.Intake Valves Are Almost As Big🤔,I Understand.
In 1970 they upped the Cu in. Limit in Transam.... That's why the Z/28 went to 350 ci in 1970.!!
I think the actual race cars still had the 305 ci limit but there was no displacement limit in the street versions of the Trans Am race cars anymore in 1970. That's why the AAR Cuda and Challenger T/A got the 340+6 and the Z28 Camaro got the LT1 350. But Ford and Mercury still used the Boss 302 in the street versions of the Mustang and Cougar Eliminator just like the actual race cars used
Was the side zoom tube exhaust a stock feature? ?
yes
How much for a AAR Cuda this days
isn't it amazing the 70's anyone coild just go in a buy muscle affordable. my dad bought a 69' orange with black hoid striprs 440 for around $3500. new. btw beautiful color on that AAR. later i bought a 71' 383 cuda in texas.
There is no way to know how many AARs were built in ANY color without going through all the invoices.
there is an AAR registry that can tell you pretty close
Cudaaar
Mine cost $3,400 in 1970.
Probably $30k+ nowadays.
No way. Sticker price on mine was $4501. BASE price was $3900+.
525.6 original miles?
Somebody actually had the gall..... to thumbs down
Were All these Autos,Can't Say I Ever Saw A 4 SPD.??
From what I understand they were available with either the automatic or 4-speed but it seems weird that anyone would have ordered the auto in a car like that. Interestingly the rally gauges weren't standard on these cars, it was an option.
My buddy had one with a 4 speed. These cars, if I'm not mistaken, were ordered by dealers not customers. Whatever the dealers had , if you liked it, you bought it.
Gotta find that car @ 2:22
3,000 pound curb weight? I think you’re at least 400-500 lbs light...
Very nice car always like a stick shift with bucket seats black interior but I think the pipe should be out the back not the sides
Would have enjoyed the video if the camera man stepped back a little instead of all the closeups....
Thanks, Kevin & all…. A dramatic, rare 1970 MOPAR.. Interestingly, I decided NOT to buy a 1970 CHALLENGER RT/SE TRIPLE GREEN(?)/4 SPeed/ Magnum! As the GREEN not appealing, loaded with every OPTION, meaty Polyglas PROBABLY chew paint off fenders,etc.(** also more dollars **costly than a 1970 cirinet599 loaded, ((* NO AIR CONDITIONING, *My preference), in Ralley Red/383/)….Actually, my Brother & I consider the 70 Challenger May have been a better Gamble: the 70 Coronet 500 rusted out &* terminally *by 1985, from WARSAW INDIANA road salts, etc….. Anyways, ……..
Weighs more than 3000 lbs.
My registration for my AAR which I have owned for 44 years reads 3030 lbs...
@@bultacowally No shit I never realized those cars were that light. That's probably around the same weight as a 340 Duster or Demon
I had one,, new drove like shit,, brakes were crap at hi speed was allover the road , traded it for a trans am ,, way better car ,,
Suuuuuuuure
That's funny, I have a '71 Challenger that I have been fortunate to own since 1983. Got it from a friend who swore up and down he would never sell it, but when GM restyled their Camaro into a wedge of cheese, my buddy had to have one. Thank you GM. I got a great car, my friend's new Z28 was a rolling POS. Less than a month after buying his new Z28, he begged me to let him buy back the Challenger and offered me the Camaro and a wheelbarrow full of cash. I refused. I had been around GM car's for too many year's. I learned my lesson early on. GM is soooooo overrated.
I just saw my friend a short time back. He told me he restored his dad's '68 over head cam 6 Firebird. He still want's the Challenger back. The Challenger need's restored now but I still refuse to part with it. Someday, if I can find a way, a '70 AAR will sit beside my Challenger, or maybe a Challenger TA, Mustang Mach l, AMX, GTX, Charger RT, Cyclone, '69 SCRambler 390, or? So many great car's from Chrysler, Ford, and AMC. GM....Meh!
@cleanview70 Watch a video called Muscle Car of the Week:10 Quickest Cars of 1970. Not one Trans Am made the top 10. Not even a Ram Air IV. It was dominated by 426 Hemi and 440+6 Mopar's. The LS6 Chevelle and Buick GSX 455 Stage 1 made it but they were the only GM products. A Ford Torino 429 SCJ also made it. Hell even a Hemi Cuda convertible made the top 10 and they were a lot heavier than a hardtop/coupe because of the reinforced frame
I don't not believe it. Mine came new with BAD lower ball joints. I put GOOD new lowers in it. Those OEM polyglas gt tires were terrible for nibbling on pavement seams. I put new Konis on the front of mine and raised the front end up because the lower control arm bump stops were almost touching the frame horns at rest. They offered at least 3 different steering box options: manual, std Mopar PS, AND fast ratio power steering. That Fast ratio box was one of the best options available on this pkg car. It made it feel like a later firm-feel police stg box. It had MUCH better road feel than std Chrysler PS in that era.
Uh no Joe I will not vote for you !NO
Money better spent on a 1970 Trans Am....