For those of us that grew up in this era, it's an amazing piece of history, no different than a rare painting, sculpture or vase. For those saying it's way too much money, file this under noneyo, as in it none of your bussiness how others spend their money.
Working for Chrysler in Boise in 1970 we got in a fury 3 vip with 440 6 pack. It was fun to drive. Glad they mentioned the ,6 pack in the article. I cant get anyone to believe they made them, now I have proof.
You mean people don't believe they used to have three Deuce carburetors on cars??? 😵💫 Man people are brain-dead, or I'm just getting old. I never had one of them kind of motors would I could imagine tuning the carburetors would have been fun. 😁
@@davidroberson8030 They weren't hard to tune. Drove just like grannys 2 barrel car until you mashed the go pedal and the two outboard carbs flopped open and started pouring the Sunoco Hi-test into the 440!
I'm glad as hell that Steven Juliano never got this car......It would've been resold after he died anyways......And the Black Ghost might turn out to be the biggest SCAM that ever crossed the auction block.
SO TRUE the RTS was also part scam . >>> OH and Ryan Brutt the self proclamed "Auto Archaeologist" fat ass promoter SO so purposely leaked out the pictures on social media and then complained about it, early (bout a year ago) also to get even more $$$$$$$$$$$$ funds for past RTS owner. It was ALL $$$ planned out.
All I can say is, WHO KNEW? If I knew in 1980 what I know now, I'd have bought a warehouse & filled it with every old gas guzzling muscle car I could get my hands on, then sold everything in 2020 & lived happily ever after!!!🤑
@@bradingles5281 I understand that. But, if you can find a normal 440 six barrel Cuda in pristine condition, it ain't gonna be cheap, either! Or a Hemi Cuda or a Daytona or Superbird, etc.! I'm 67 years old & lived through the period when they couldn't give those cars away! Now? Yikes!!
Yepp we all been there done that.. Funny I just ran into a deal for a 67 camaro the other week and I said to myself If i don't buy this car its going to be one of those (Damn I should of bought that car moments for the rest of my life.
Had to go find the story of the car and it has a cool background. It a 1 of 4 that was part of the rapid transit system to get younger people to buy them. The designer Harry Bradley was a gm designer and former hotwheels designer (which makes sense) then a shelby collector wanted to buy them he bought 3 but passed away from cancer before getting the 4th
The previous owner hated the owner of the three other "acquired" RTS cars who passed. He was too agrsv and tried to bully him into selling it. Offered him almost the same funds it sold for. Some people love the cars for the cars themselves. Greed doesnt always win.
I was 17 in 1977, I sold my 71 cuda for 500 bucks in good condition, lol, back then you couldn't give them away. If only I had a crystal ball, money and a garage to store them.
1 second ago I’ll never understand how people thought these cars would never be desired and worth lots of money in due time. If I was around back then, I would’ve known to hoard these classics and keep them in good condition.
Congratulations on the super sale. I was following his car for a while. 🔥🔥🔥 maybe one day I’ll be able to look up the build plate for my dad’s challenger and find out where it’s at. I do have a picture of that.
I remember a Cuda for sale on my school bus route in the 80s. It was only a 318 console car, but to me it was awsome. 400 bucks, and I was a kid that just didnt have that big money roll.
My first Mopar was a 1970 Challenger 318,automatic that I bought for $100 with a freeze-broke block.I paid more for the low milage 318 replacement motor I bought from the salvage than I paid for the car. I'd give 10 grand to have that lime green machine back right now!
Why? I think that car is cool. And remember those bidding on that car weren't spending their life savings. Anyone bidding on that car after 500K or so certainly have a net worth of millions and millions if not hundreds of millions of dollars !
@@jeffreyyeater1780 bro whoever just bought that car for 2 million is insane, there's no doubt a fool and his money are soon parted. The other saying is the lord giveth and the lord Taketh.
it's an investment all the car is going to do is raise in value and it's a piece of art that was done during the muscle car craze. It's a one of a kind car.
Been messin with cars my whole life, and if this doesnt fall into the "somebody's got more money than they've got sense" category then i dont know what does. The classic car market has been ruined by rich guys who happen to like classic cars, and it has totally disenfranchised the average buyer. Have watched many classics go thru the auction block that brought 20-30 grand over what they were actually worth because it ended up being a bidding war between a couple people with deep pockets, and it progressively got worse year after year and drove up the market to utter insanity. This is what forced the blue collar guys like myself to stop going to car auctions other than being a spectator. Watch Barret Jackson for a perfect example and watch whos bidding. Some rich guy recently forked over a million bucks for the infamous black ghost challenger along with its fairy tale story (literally) of owning the street back in the day which compelled this guy to pay this insane amount, bit thats another story for another day. At the end of the day if the rich guys would stop buying these cars the classic car values would drop like a lead balloon to a more sensible level.
What's worse is that the restoration build is a bit off. The rear valance wheelie bar exits aren't symmetrical. Imo the simple exit molding on the right is upside down-makes me believe this car is simply thrown together.
Hey Jeff. The car auctions like Mecum or BJ are much more than what you see on TV, which is showing big money for ratings. I went to Barrett Jackson, and beyond the auction stage, were thousands of cars for sale, in every price range. Lots of nice cars under 50K.
Those rear tires sticking out like that look so ghetto though? I don't understand how that car could go for $2 million? Looks kinda ricer and ratty? Not a super custom challenger? The Craiger S/S style wheels look good but they are bargain basement steel rims with chrome plating. They rust just being out in the rain. The car looks like it could be worth $200k but not more than that?
Cuda, not Challenger. The car was built this way back in 1970 with other builds to tour & travel doing promotions. The styles back then were different. If you looked, to go w/the tires, it has wheelie bars & a parachute. That should give you an idea
The car started life as a red car, they had to paint the trunk and bay black, that's just the paint coming off because it was not prepped good for paint.
Reminds me of that garish ‘Corvette Summer’ Vette, yuck. I almost picked up a ‘70 Cuda, big-block 4-speed car, when my Aunt and Uncle got divorced; I wasn’t old enough to drive so I got his ‘69 Jeepster Commando instead.
SO TRUE . >>> OH and Ryan Brutt the self proclamed "Auto Aarchaeologist" scam fat promoter SO so purposely leaked out the pictures on social media and then complained about it, early (bout a year ago) also to get even more $$$$$$$$$$$$ funds for owner. It was ALL planned out.
Someone paid 2,1 mil on a car that costs at most 30k to build. Thats some serious $$$ per hour labor costs. Not disputing its a lovely looking car but not 2,1 mil not even 100k in my eyes no matter who built it or what number chassis it is. This car will now end up in storage and maybe seen once or twice a year if lucky. What a waist of time money and efforts. Rich people literally mess the world up as they buy these things then hid them up....
Hopefully that car doesn’t sit in somebody’s garage. I would take that beast to the track the same day of purchase !! Muscle cars are meant to be driven not stored.
Read a article about the dude that built it and he said he drove it to lunch a few times before he sent it to Chrysler and he said it blew peoples minds and he thought it was gonna cause a wreck before he got back to his shop.
Screw these auctions all they do is raise the price for used cars everywhere just because the people bidding on them have way more money than brains it's sad for auto enthusiast all over
Maybe a $200k car, but not $2M. There's always a couple fools with big money who let their emotions get the best of them. I've pretty well quit paying attention to auction prices because of this. Private transaction sold prices are a bit more realistic. Auctions have fucked everything up.
2 million spent on a classic. What could happen? --- *worst case scenarios* --- On the way to the trailer a several seagulls flying over head crap all over it... and the windows are still down. While waiting for your trailer to get into position, tornado sirens go off and the sky goes dark and the wind picks up. Your ex wife who hates your guts, sees that you bought it and waits for the right moment to vandalize your investment... and the worst part is you don't even know she knows about the deal... let alone that she was even there at the event. A losing bidder walks by with a key and does a number on it out of jealousy. The engine blows while you're showing it off after winning the bid. A thief steals it because the keys are still in the ignition... then proceeds to hit several vehicles as he makes his way out of the parking area, then leads COPs on a high speed chase only to try an outrun a train at a crossing but fails.😲 On the highway, some low life driving recklessly with a cell phone in his/her hand loses control of his/her car and cause a major wreck right in front of you, which in turn causes you to lose control and you wreck... then a tractor truck plows right into the trailer housing your 2 million dollar car. To add insult to injury... the cuda' wasn't even insured yet.
They had the hood up on it. And all this guy gets is the a$$ end of it. It would have been nice to see the engine. Even at the end no engine.. 😳 REALLY!!
Anybody else find it odd that Jim Belinda, Mopar Nationals Jim Belinda, was the under-bidder on this car? To my knowledge, Jim doesn't really collect a whole lot of cars... certainly doesn't have anything approaching this caliber... hmmm...
I didn't know who the under bidder was until reading your comment. I guess anyone could've been involved in the bidding once the Mecum bidders fee was paid. I don't know if they check a person's financial resources before accepting the person as a bidder. Do you happen to know who bought the Cuda from Mr. Frideckys Family lawyer ?
@@eddiespagetti8395 What's a scam? The car is certainly real enough. I'm pretty sure I know what Mecum's plan was, but it ended up not being neccessary thanks to an over-zealous bidder.
1970 Rapid Transit System Plymouth Cuda Highlights Mecum Lot R581.1 One of the four original Plymouth Rapid Transit System Caravan traveling road-show cars Hidden away for over 50 years, being offered to the public for the first time since the early 1970s Odometer reads 967 miles Unrestored with the car retaining both its custom metalwork and lacquer paint circa late 1970 Serial number 100005 Designed by Harry Bradley, the man who was responsible for the initial Hot Wheels toy line in 1967 and 1968 Built by Chuck Miller, winner of the Ridler award in 1968 Authorized and paid for by Plymouth for the Rapid Transit System Caravan that toured from 1970-1971 Dash VIN intact Fender tag denotes 440 six-barrel with automatic transmission, as built Chrome caster-style wheelie bars and original Rapid Transit System Caravan show sign included in the sale
Mecum bids to run it up, TH-cam channel Jimmys world says it all, he bought the Elvis plane the next day after the auction saying the winning bidder backed out.
It was 70s cool with a custom paint and modifications that certainly made it stand out . Most of the old school drag cars had such vibrant and cool custom paint schemes that made them so recognizable to race fans and gearheads .
SO TRUE the RTS was also part BIG scam . >>> Ryan Brutt the self proclamed "Auto Aarchaeologist" fat ass promoter SO so purposely leaked out the pictures on social media and then complained about it, early (bout a year ago) also to get even more $$$$$$$$$$$$ funds for past RTS owner. It was ALL $$$ planned out on F/B.
Stunning car, beats most things out there in terms of looks, sound, rarity, performance and just total bad assery. Too bad they didn't film the engine bay and interior in this video, car would be illegal here in the UK because the rear tyres stick out too much past the bodywork, would have to narrow the diff and bring those bad boy wheels in but other than that, amazing car.
@@apatheticempathy it seemed to run fine. A lot of people didn’t consider it has side pipes and your only going to hear 4 out of 8 cylinders unless your standing right in front or behind it.
Ultra rare factory show car 1 of 4 a nationwide traveling promotional tour, cars have actual steel body modifications not slapped on fiberglass. Very unique ultra rare in pristine restoration condition 100% complete. It'd be like finding Ken Miles 1st Lemans GT-40
For those of us that grew up in this era, it's an amazing piece of history, no different than a rare painting, sculpture or vase. For those saying it's way too much money, file this under noneyo, as in it none of your bussiness how others spend their money.
👏👏👏👏cheers Scott👍
Yeah the leaf spring wheelie bars are real art lol
Give me a break dodge people are dumber then a pen.
Badass car. Maybe someday Revell will release a 1/25 model kit of this Cuda. That's the closest ill ever get.
There was a 71/72 roadrunner rapid transit too. Same style paint job.
@@chriswalshe499 as well as a 70 Duster and a 70 Road Runner .
@@kevinpatrick8788 yeah right didn't know those.
Like they say ... "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". Some people have more money than brains too.
Working for Chrysler in Boise in 1970 we got in a fury 3 vip with 440 6 pack. It was fun to drive. Glad they mentioned the ,6 pack in the article. I cant get anyone to believe they made them, now I have proof.
They too stupid to use google? There's only about 5000 examples
You mean people don't believe they used to have three Deuce carburetors on cars??? 😵💫 Man people are brain-dead, or I'm just getting old. I never had one of them kind of motors would I could imagine tuning the carburetors would have been fun. 😁
@@davidroberson8030 They weren't hard to tune. Drove just like grannys 2 barrel car until you mashed the go pedal and the two outboard carbs flopped open and started pouring the Sunoco Hi-test into the 440!
I'm glad as hell that Steven Juliano never got this car......It would've been resold after he died anyways......And the Black Ghost might turn out to be the biggest SCAM that ever crossed the auction block.
SO TRUE the RTS was also part scam . >>> OH and Ryan Brutt the self proclamed "Auto Archaeologist" fat ass promoter SO so purposely leaked out the pictures on social media and then complained about it, early (bout a year ago) also to get even more $$$$$$$$$$$$ funds for past RTS owner. It was ALL $$$ planned out.
Why were you against him getting it and reuniting all 4 cars?
@The Insane Shecklador who cares ?
@@theinsaneshecklador6598 because he's a moron. Juliano was a Mopar legend who would of protected the RTS Cuda better than any one else.
@@Cimmerian415 Obviously I care or I wouldn't have asked. Why did you care enough to post when you were not even the person I asked?
All I can say is, WHO KNEW? If I knew in 1980 what I know now, I'd have bought a warehouse & filled it with every old gas guzzling muscle car I could get my hands on, then sold everything in 2020 & lived happily ever after!!!🤑
Could have bought a 10,000 dollar tripple black / red R/T stripe E hemi mint in 1986. i shd hve took out a loan. Dammit.
@Brad Vandrasik No, but the 440 6 pack, 4 speed Superbird I looked at in Houston, TX in 1981 for $3500 was!😭
This is not just some muscle car
@@bradingles5281 I understand that. But, if you can find a normal 440 six barrel Cuda in pristine condition, it ain't gonna be cheap, either! Or a Hemi Cuda or a Daytona or Superbird, etc.! I'm 67 years old & lived through the period when they couldn't give those cars away! Now? Yikes!!
Yepp we all been there done that.. Funny I just ran into a deal for a 67 camaro the other week and I said to myself If i don't buy this car its going to be one of those (Damn I should of bought that car moments for the rest of my life.
We need a Rapid Transit Hot Wheels series!
Had to go find the story of the car and it has a cool background. It a 1 of 4 that was part of the rapid transit system to get younger people to buy them. The designer Harry Bradley was a gm designer and former hotwheels designer (which makes sense) then a shelby collector wanted to buy them he bought 3 but passed away from cancer before getting the 4th
The previous owner hated the owner of the three other "acquired" RTS cars who passed. He was too agrsv and tried to bully him into selling it. Offered him almost the same funds it sold for. Some people love the cars for the cars themselves. Greed doesnt always win.
Thank you for that info. Cheers friend🤝
"agrsv" ?????????
Are you honestly & truly content to show the world you are that willingly regressive? Are you actually that lazy?
2023. Pitiful.
Plymouth ruled the muscle car era. You got more bang for the buck than Chev or Ford.
I was 17 in 1977, I sold my 71 cuda for 500 bucks in good condition, lol, back then you couldn't give them away. If only I had a crystal ball, money and a garage to store them.
1 second ago
I’ll never understand how people thought these cars would never be desired and worth lots of money in due time. If I was around back then, I would’ve known to hoard these classics and keep them in good condition.
Almost makes ya wanna cry don't it?😪
That's a badass car I was a 12 years old boy who is in love with mopars from the day I could talk just a beautiful car
I knew this would sell for a ridiculous amount of money.
Oh yea, I agree!
That car should never been pushed off that stage before the sale was over.
Congratulations on the super sale. I was following his car for a while. 🔥🔥🔥 maybe one day I’ll be able to look up the build plate for my dad’s challenger and find out where it’s at. I do have a picture of that.
I wonder if the person woke up the next morning, after last nights drunk and said" I DID WHAT"? 😲
You don't know much about muscle car history, do you?😂
😂😂😂
@@bradbroemmer9106 YES I know much about muscle car history.
@@bradbroemmer9106 Believe me, you DO NOT know the recent history of this car - if you did, you wouldn't touch it with a 20 foot pole!
Then he had to get ahold of his lawyers and filed for bankruptcy, Haley can always sell the car to somebody else for about 60 Grand and cry.
wow! id love a cuda just like that with a balanced hemi tb's and decent pipes and suspension
For that what's go in on in the WORLD TODAY ...
MORE MONEY THAN BRAINS !!!
I remember a Cuda for sale on my school bus route in the 80s. It was only a 318 console car, but to me it was awsome. 400 bucks, and I was a kid that just didnt have that big money roll.
My first Mopar was a 1970 Challenger 318,automatic that I bought for $100 with a freeze-broke block.I paid more for the low milage 318 replacement motor I bought from the salvage than I paid for the car. I'd give 10 grand to have that lime green machine back right now!
Sounds like the motor was out of a 78 New Yorker.
It sounded to me like it needed one hell of a tune-up or a rebuild.
I don't think I ever laughed so hard at a car auction!!
Why? I think that car is cool. And remember those bidding on that car weren't spending their life savings. Anyone bidding on that car after 500K or so certainly have a net worth of millions and millions if not hundreds of millions of dollars !
I don't think I have ever cried so much for something that i really wanted.
What you didn't think the leaf spring wheelie bars are cool?! Lmfao
Only dodge clowns would
@@shanescott3856 The Dodges and Plymouths are the gold standard of muscle cars. Cry harder.
@@jrozay3788 fiat*
There is a old saying a fool and his money will soon part
Yeah ,well a fool just made more money .
@@jeffreyyeater1780 Thank you ! What an idiot.
@@jeffreyyeater1780 bro whoever just bought that car for 2 million is insane, there's no doubt a fool and his money are soon parted. The other saying is the lord giveth and the lord Taketh.
Man it might of brought another million if it had been running on 8 cylinders .
Was there 1.7 million in cash in the back seat
Dude,you had to have seen it with it's three brothers back in 1971 at the Plymouth dealer when they toured the U.S.🤩
My Pappi loved his old car.
Thats a crazy amount of money spent on a car.
it's an investment all the car is going to do is raise in value and it's a piece of art that was done during the muscle car craze. It's a one of a kind car.
Hell, have you seen the money rich bastards pay for old Ferraris? Make this look like nothing. Rather have a 1970 Cuda myself,I can fix it myself.😉
Front end reminds me of a fish I bought for my aquarium to clean the algae off inside of tank
RTS - Ready To SCREAM!
Bradley rules! The wheelie bars made out of leaf springs are cool as fk! The value old classics got up to don't though.
Been messin with cars my whole life, and if this doesnt fall into the "somebody's got more money than they've got sense" category then i dont know what does.
The classic car market has been ruined by rich guys who happen to like classic cars, and it has totally disenfranchised the average buyer.
Have watched many classics go thru the auction block that brought 20-30 grand over what they were actually worth because it ended up being a bidding war between a couple people with deep pockets, and it progressively got worse year after year and drove up the market to utter insanity.
This is what forced the blue collar guys like myself to stop going to car auctions other than being a spectator.
Watch Barret Jackson for a perfect example and watch whos bidding.
Some rich guy recently forked over a million bucks for the infamous black ghost challenger along with its fairy tale story (literally) of owning the street back in the day which compelled this guy to pay this insane amount, bit thats another story for another day.
At the end of the day if the rich guys would stop buying these cars the classic car values would drop like a lead balloon to a more sensible level.
What's worse is that the restoration build is a bit off. The rear valance wheelie bar exits aren't symmetrical. Imo the simple exit molding on the right is upside down-makes me believe this car is simply thrown together.
Hey Jeff. The car auctions like Mecum or BJ are much more than what you see on TV, which is showing big money for ratings. I went to Barrett Jackson, and beyond the auction stage, were thousands of cars for sale, in every price range. Lots of nice cars under 50K.
Proof you should get drunk at an auction
The roll the car out in low light & just film the back ? edit..I see then end it's on a turntable..frustrating though
Wow that's crazy but in a good way.
Everyone dreams with no money and a car passion was just crushed, me too
that's the ugliest car I've every seen.
👍Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😍
Wow I wonder how many of these cudas could have been duplicated for the price of this one geeze crazy
I remember that cat it set in the garage for many years.
Those rear tires sticking out like that look so ghetto though? I don't understand how that car could go for $2 million? Looks kinda ricer and ratty? Not a super custom challenger? The Craiger S/S style wheels look good but they are bargain basement steel rims with chrome plating. They rust just being out in the rain. The car looks like it could be worth $200k but not more than that?
it was built in 1970.thats what was done back then
This is the way it was done back in the day. Looks silly now, but 50 years ago, this was totally BADA$$.
Cuda, I think
Cuda, not Challenger. The car was built this way back in 1970 with other builds to tour & travel doing promotions. The styles back then were different. If you looked, to go w/the tires, it has wheelie bars & a parachute. That should give you an idea
You don't understand.
The engine bay and trunk are a mess!!! Look up the photos. You’ll be shocked.
The car started life as a red car, they had to paint the trunk and bay black, that's just the paint coming off because it was not prepped good for paint.
@@Caz999 I know. It’s absolutely horrendous. The engine bay should be the body color.
J E A L O ... yep u are
@@jumpinjojo it was a show car built for a display. So the hood was never up. Do some research. You might learn some thing.
@@bradbroemmer9106 I know it was a show car. Regardless of that fact, the trunk and engine bay look like utter shit.
Reminds me of that garish ‘Corvette Summer’ Vette, yuck. I almost picked up a ‘70 Cuda, big-block 4-speed car, when my Aunt and Uncle got divorced; I wasn’t old enough to drive so I got his ‘69 Jeepster Commando instead.
Corvette Summer car looked like a abortion gone bad compared to this Cuda.
Lol I knew they were going to flip it
SO TRUE . >>> OH and Ryan Brutt the self proclamed "Auto Aarchaeologist" scam fat promoter SO so purposely leaked out the pictures on social media and then complained about it, early (bout a year ago) also to get even more $$$$$$$$$$$$ funds for owner. It was ALL planned out.
Good for the seller and good for the hobby!
what are the odds there's a guy as crazy as you at the same auction bidding on the same car?
100 to 1
Someone paid 2,1 mil on a car that costs at most 30k to build. Thats some serious $$$ per hour labor costs.
Not disputing its a lovely looking car but not 2,1 mil not even 100k in my eyes no matter who built it or what number chassis it is.
This car will now end up in storage and maybe seen once or twice a year if lucky.
What a waist of time money and efforts.
Rich people literally mess the world up as they buy these things then hid them up....
Hopefully that car doesn’t sit in somebody’s garage. I would take that beast to the track the same day of purchase !! Muscle cars are meant to be driven not stored.
Read a article about the dude that built it and he said he drove it to lunch a few times before he sent it to Chrysler and he said it blew peoples minds and he thought it was gonna cause a wreck before he got back to his shop.
Nice cuda Beautiful car
All auctions are fixed
Next time maybe a video all the way around would be nice. The rear end of the Cuda looks really good.
Thought it was the Rapid Transit Cuda - damn
Screw these auctions all they do is raise the price for used cars everywhere just because the people bidding on them have way more money than brains it's sad for auto enthusiast all over
Really sad thing is that most of these auction cars will never see the street or strip.
No reserve on the car but it's mandatory. You have a mullet in order to bid
No bra,thats for the 82 Camaro with the green door and cassette player jammin to Winger!
MOPARS ARE WORTH IT,these will never be made again,at one time they ruled the streets,when the went to the tracks,they ruled those to
Watch… this will be in the next fast and furious 38
Maybe a $200k car, but not $2M. There's always a couple fools with big money who let their emotions get the best of them. I've pretty well quit paying attention to auction prices because of this. Private transaction sold prices are a bit more realistic. Auctions have fucked everything up.
2 million spent on a classic.
What could happen?
--- *worst case scenarios* ---
On the way to the trailer a several seagulls flying over head crap all over it... and the windows are still down.
While waiting for your trailer to get into position, tornado sirens go off and the sky goes dark and the wind picks up.
Your ex wife who hates your guts, sees that you bought it and waits for the right moment to vandalize your investment... and the worst part is you don't even know she knows about the deal... let alone that she was even there at the event.
A losing bidder walks by with a key and does a number on it out of jealousy.
The engine blows while you're showing it off after winning the bid.
A thief steals it because the keys are still in the ignition... then proceeds to hit several vehicles as he makes his way out of the parking area, then leads COPs on a high speed chase only to try an outrun a train at a crossing but fails.😲
On the highway, some low life driving recklessly with a cell phone in his/her hand loses control of his/her car and cause a major wreck right in front of you, which in turn causes you to lose control and you wreck... then a tractor truck plows right into the trailer housing your 2 million dollar car.
To add insult to injury... the cuda' wasn't even insured yet.
WOW Dude,did your mom forget your meds this morning.... I mean,fuck!
Awesome 😎👍
I would hope the person who was so eager to drop 2mil on a car that they have done something descent in their lives to help someone else.
Most likely not.
must have gone to the brothers collection, they have the other two rapid transit cars
think there were four total
They had the hood up on it.
And all this guy gets is the a$$ end of it.
It would have been nice to see the engine. Even at the end no engine..
😳
REALLY!!
People with more money than sense.
❤❤❤ there’s a sucker born every minute ❤❤❤
Wow!!
Isn’t that car untuned worth around 80k?
Anybody else find it odd that Jim Belinda, Mopar Nationals Jim Belinda, was the under-bidder on this car? To my knowledge, Jim doesn't really collect a whole lot of cars... certainly doesn't have anything approaching this caliber... hmmm...
I didn't know who the under bidder was until reading your comment. I guess anyone could've been involved in the bidding once the Mecum bidders fee was paid. I don't know if they check a person's financial resources before accepting the person as a bidder. Do you happen to know who bought the Cuda from Mr. Frideckys Family lawyer ?
@@dennismetz3553 Yep. Read all about it in next month's Mopar Collector's Guide. It's a real mess.
It's all a scam. Easy to replicate and use this story to sell the biggest scam phonie car of all time. I
Replica easy money
@@eddiespagetti8395 What's a scam? The car is certainly real enough. I'm pretty sure I know what Mecum's plan was, but it ended up not being neccessary thanks to an over-zealous bidder.
Absolutely Gorgeous 😍
Wonder if those cars came from the factory with those cut outs in the rear end for wheelie bars
Yup they did the guy that help build it said it did
I was curious about that too
That is where the factory exhaust tips exited through the rear valance.
@@jcm78 Truth!
Mopar RTS ftw
Dam my bid of 200 dollers didnt win
And the fools run in.🤪
1970 Rapid Transit System Plymouth Cuda Highlights Mecum Lot R581.1
One of the four original Plymouth Rapid Transit System Caravan traveling road-show cars
Hidden away for over 50 years, being offered to the public for the first time since the early 1970s
Odometer reads 967 miles
Unrestored with the car retaining both its custom metalwork and lacquer paint circa late 1970
Serial number 100005
Designed by Harry Bradley, the man who was responsible for the initial Hot Wheels toy line in 1967 and 1968
Built by Chuck Miller, winner of the Ridler award in 1968
Authorized and paid for by Plymouth for the Rapid Transit System Caravan that toured from 1970-1971
Dash VIN intact
Fender tag denotes 440 six-barrel with automatic transmission, as built
Chrome caster-style wheelie bars and original Rapid Transit System Caravan show sign included in the sale
Was this car ever a Hot Wheels? I can swear I remember seeing one in the 70's.
Wasn't Chuck Miller the dude that built the Ferrari Daytona replicas that they used on Miami Vice?
Mecum bids to run it up, TH-cam channel Jimmys world says it all, he bought the Elvis plane the next day after the auction saying the winning bidder backed out.
Stock motor with wheelie bars ! Love it
Show car dude!😉
I wonder if this car was even sold or this was all for show???
I wouldn't see the point of not really selling it but that is just an incredible amount of money for a car 👀
Car looks weird not tubbed.
thats was the way it was done back then. street cars anyway
People are nuts.
Cannot believe people call this ugly. If it wasn't set up for drag and didn't have the stripes it would be the best looking muscle car of all time
It was 70s cool with a custom paint and modifications that certainly made it stand out . Most of the old school drag cars had such vibrant and cool custom paint schemes that made them so recognizable to race fans and gearheads .
black ghost who?
You can't compare them. Way different world
SO TRUE the RTS was also part BIG scam . >>> Ryan Brutt the self proclamed "Auto Aarchaeologist" fat ass promoter SO so purposely leaked out the pictures on social media and then complained about it, early (bout a year ago) also to get even more $$$$$$$$$$$$ funds for past RTS owner. It was ALL $$$ planned out on F/B.
@Ryan Schaff who cares ?
🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😅
Put it back to stock instead of its carnival look
Wicked car but that paint job is definitely not my style
For that hell no way
spending stupid amounts of money for crap is the number one way to launder money…
Easy scam the sheep bid on it. Hillarious. Yuppies with too much cash
Thats only money 💵to blow the person nose that won the bid
I didn't see not one black person in the crowd 😮😢
Cuz dey wuzn't selling Land Rovers or Mercedes
Too bad it can't be driven on the road.
Stunning car, beats most things out there in terms of looks, sound, rarity, performance and just total bad assery. Too bad they didn't film the engine bay and interior in this video, car would be illegal here in the UK because the rear tyres stick out too much past the bodywork, would have to narrow the diff and bring those bad boy wheels in but other than that, amazing car.
Absolutely wouldn't want to narrow the rare diff on this car! You would murder the value of it! It's a museum piece. Consider it a work of fine art!
Could have gave it a rev
I was gonna watch this but decided nevermind at the 3rd freakin AD i wasnt going to waste my time on ANOTHER 15secs BS
That car was not worth that
It was to somebody, and that's all that matters.
Mopar son!
Amazing body!
I had heard it was running really really bad !!!
@@apatheticempathy it seemed to run fine. A lot of people didn’t consider it has side pipes and your only going to hear 4 out of 8 cylinders unless your standing right in front or behind it.
200k maybe..
That looks stupid with the rear bars
Is that a factory paint job?
th-cam.com/video/7FF8044pKtY/w-d-xo.html
Factory concept, part of the rapid transt program from 1970
No
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who ever buys it will have to fix the motor, sounds terrible.
The engine, the wiring, the brakes, the fuel system, you name it. Mecum got it running just a couple days before the auction - barely running!
@@nachtjager77 i am a gear head..i knew right away it wasn't hitting on all cylinders.👍
@@marklowe8061 Were you able to diagnosis which cylinders ?
@@Flussig1 Think it was 3 and 7. Get out the Seafoam!
Pure junk...I don't get it.
Ultra rare factory show car 1 of 4 a nationwide traveling promotional tour, cars have actual steel body modifications not slapped on fiberglass.
Very unique ultra rare in pristine restoration condition 100% complete.
It'd be like finding Ken Miles 1st Lemans GT-40
@@nukarr Or Steve McQueens hot rods or motorcycles. Most of the kids on here most likely don't know who Steve was.......
@carlshowalter9629 true - we found Dr Porsche's 62 Lemans Carrara XO19 factory Werks car & restored it - pops became personal friends w/Dr Porsche
WTF
Nope