Like it's right out of a Time Capsule. And factory botch-ups like the tape & undercoating of the missing drain plugs- oooops!. Thanks to the Owner for maintaining the 'As Built Survivor' condition. And thanks for the Grand Tour, Tom!
Something that’s really interesting to see and document on a low mileage car is assembly line blackout, something that’s so often overlooked or just not done on restored cars, a real pet peeve of mine. Body colour showing inboard of wheel well moldings, the tab and screw behind the front wheels, rocker pinch weld. There’s even blackout behind the rear licence plate where the plate is attached to the bumper, but it’s not paint, it’s the same undercoat they use in the wheel wells. And of course, behind the grill.
Very nice car i'm impressed. 2 guys I went to high school with had awesome cars. One of them had a 69 GTO The Judge with a 400 4 speed. And the other guy had a plum crazy 1970 Cuda. I know it was a manual transmission, I think it had the 340 engine. I'm not sure, but they were both super nice cars. I still have my high school car 1968 Pontiac Firebird, 400 4 speed. I'm the 2nd owner.
Thanks for the memory. Back in the Vietnam era the USN was offering reenlistment bonuses up to $5000. One of the guys in my squadron wanted a Hemi Cuda so much that he signed up for four more years to get one. It took him less than two weeks to scatter the engine.
Great video Tom! My Challenger had a frayed dipstick insulator and a rubber finger loop cover. No starter heat shield though. Lost from the other owners. The pistons were some notch forward and some notch backwards. The engine was trashed by 1974 when I got it.
"The main power and ground source must be connected directly to the positive and negative battery terminals, not to any other place" Aces Killshot manuel Dead Dodge Garage a gift that keeps on giving. lol
My 20K mile 70 Superbird had the optional F60's on it. still had some of the original tires with it when I bought it. They were non tire size also and as you know those cars were all built late November. The DOT number was only 6 digits, IIRC it was something like JE1234
This video can be used to fess out the real MOPAR guys….real MOPAR have to watch this video more than once. Thx Tom for showing us this beauty. It belongs in a museum. PS- This car with no power steering makes sense to me…They didn’t want to lose 1hp off that beast engine with another belt and pulley.
There’s nothing like original chrome bumpers in perfect condition. Reproduction stuff these days just doesn’t look right. It’s amazing how original this car is! 👍
I love seeing the survivors. I grew up in Detroit . Most of these cars have a one or two-year lifespan, they were driven hard the usually ended up in backyards with blown Motors or hidden from the finance company. From there they were junked a parted out. I guess that's why value today
Nice video and a sweet sweet car I miss my 70 340 4spd had it for only a yr when I was 16 I sold it to a buddy so I could order parts for my 69 GTO wish I kept all my oldies the only 1 I kept was the one my parents bought me a 79 trans am special order I'd rather have my gto or my mopars I had 2 of those I won't even work on the trans am 6.6 403 Olds 33,xxx miles t-tops black on black I just don't really like it wouldn't take more than a weekend to put it back on the road I start and move it around rather have my 69 and 70s any day maybe I'll sell it or get her on the road hasn't been washed in 15-20yrs
Shucks. I had to think back where I saw leather with overhead console combo before... oh ya, 1967 Cougar XR7 - leather (the cheapest) with overhead console (a box with lights). I've seen an SE with that but never realized it could be a stand-alone option. 1970, what a great time to buy a Plymouth!
I’m interested to see what looks like a fully painted inspection cover on the bell housing, but there’s no sign of paint on the screws, while the oil pan screws show obvious orange paint.
Cars like this are a good way to teach people that these original assembly plants weren't a happy place where cars were meticulously assembly with love and care, no these cars were slapped together by pissed off Union workers that hated their jobs and just wanted to get it down the line.
There seems to have been a variety of parcel shelf patterns out there, from looking at original E bodies. Some cars have nicely embossed finish that matches the grain on the side panels, SE and GC cars, but on my non Rally Cuda interior, it was nothing more than glorified boxboard, painted red, no pattern at all.there also seems to be some variance with speaker grills, rows and columns of perforations.
Dodge called 'em High Performance colors; Plymouth called 'em High Impact colors, the color you are asking about is code FC7 - In-Violet in Plymouth terms, Plum Crazy in Dodge terms. Nobody cares - they both are called Plum Crazy today
Ya know i saw a car just like that in a show room here in minnesota several years ago. It too had 3900 miles. I wonder. It too had a shinny new screw on the second fender tag. I wonder what dave has to say about that car
Early ones were all gold and solid metal, later ones were plastic with a gold cap on them with black edges. Never seen a silver one, must have just been faded.
For some reason, modern Mopar restorations can never get Plum Crazy to look right. Did they have lead and other outlawed chemicals in the paint back then ?
For the love of god , your going to a show and your filming with a iphone ? Can u please at least buy a light and clip it to your phone. I will buy u one and send it to you! Shame such a great car to film .
That car has more like 103,900 miles on it, not 3900 miles, and its engine leaks oil like a sieve. Cool car, but I am not buying the alleged mileage at all.
@@rocketresto That car is alot greasy, and it has way more than 3900 miles on it. As I said it is a cool car, and it is probably more or less original but the stated mileage is incorrect IMHO. Also, who puts woodgrain BS on a Hemi Cuda???
I know maybe it’s just me, but when I see these cars that have super low mileage it depresses me. Drive the car. Enjoy the car. Keep it clean and service it. What a waste. It’s not a painting.
Like it's right out of a Time Capsule.
And factory botch-ups like the tape & undercoating of the missing drain plugs- oooops!.
Thanks to the Owner for maintaining the 'As Built Survivor' condition.
And thanks for the Grand Tour, Tom!
So cool getting to see all of that car. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Something that’s really interesting to see and document on a low mileage car is assembly line blackout, something that’s so often overlooked or just not done on restored cars, a real pet peeve of mine. Body colour showing inboard of wheel well moldings, the tab and screw behind the front wheels, rocker pinch weld. There’s even blackout behind the rear licence plate where the plate is attached to the bumper, but it’s not paint, it’s the same undercoat they use in the wheel wells. And of course, behind the grill.
Great video, I do remember the 70"s quite well, it was a magical time for car guys!
@@rodypma6051 it was almost like a dream; it was so good but it couldn’t last….
Very nice car i'm impressed. 2 guys I went to high school with had awesome cars. One of them had a 69 GTO The Judge with a 400 4 speed. And the other guy had a plum crazy 1970 Cuda. I know it was a manual transmission, I think it had the 340 engine. I'm not sure, but they were both super nice cars. I still have my high school car 1968 Pontiac Firebird, 400 4 speed. I'm the 2nd owner.
Awesome you still have your high school car.
Thanks for the memory. Back in the Vietnam era the USN was offering reenlistment bonuses up to $5000. One of the guys in my squadron wanted a Hemi Cuda so much that he signed up for four more years to get one. It took him less than two weeks to scatter the engine.
Ha that was quick!
Gosh what a time capsule! Really nicely optioned too, I love the faux wood grain accents on things 👍
Wow, just an amazing car! Very awesome!
What a gem
Super nice! Thanks for posting,I guess after 54 years gaskets and seals dried up, seems oily for only 3900 miles
Amazing what a leaky set of valve covers can do after just a couple starts.
No way a 3900 mile car is leaking oil or trans fluid like that
That's plum crazy cool!
Oh hell yeah!!!
I was 8 years old and went to my first international auto show at New York Coliseum in 1970 February
That was a heck of a time to go to a car show. The concept cars, the muscle cars, the advertising.
@@rocketresto yes and I remembered the purple color and brand-new model Plymouth Duster yellow on the turntable with the lady model
I had a 70 hemicuda that color- back in 70-72. It was a model by AMT that I painted that Plum Crazy color.
Amazing art. Thanks for doing this.
Great video Tom! My Challenger had a frayed dipstick insulator and a rubber finger loop cover. No starter heat shield though.
Lost from the other owners. The pistons were some notch forward and some notch backwards. The engine was trashed by 1974 when I got it.
Wow that's cool as hell yeah man that sounds great 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤
"The main power and ground source must be connected directly to the positive and negative battery terminals, not to any other place" Aces Killshot manuel
Dead Dodge Garage a gift that keeps on giving. lol
Did you cross post a comment? Hahaha
What’s the matter, buddy? Can’t just call me an idiot to my face like everyone else? Grow up
hi Tom great ep thanks for showing everybody around the car all the details of it.
I hope these are videos people can go back to multiple times when restoring a car for reference, including me!
Good work, Tom! Thank you!!
My 20K mile 70 Superbird had the optional F60's on it. still had some of the original tires with it when I bought it. They were non tire size also and as you know those cars were all built late November. The DOT number was only 6 digits, IIRC it was something like JE1234
Nice Cuda !!!
This video can be used to fess out the real MOPAR guys….real MOPAR have to watch this video more than once. Thx Tom for showing us this beauty. It belongs in a museum.
PS- This car with no power steering makes sense to me…They didn’t want to lose 1hp off that beast engine with another belt and pulley.
Yes good chance that was it, power steering adds a bunch of weight too, it’s around 30 pounds more than manual steering.
Great car, great video Tom
Amazing , thanks for share the video , a ULTRA rare car , the Top of that crazy horsepower days , a Hemi cuda plum crazy / Violet 🍻👍🏼
Super neat car
clean
Great color
There’s nothing like original chrome bumpers in perfect condition. Reproduction stuff these days just doesn’t look right. It’s amazing how original this car is! 👍
When I walked up, the wood appliques made me laugh. People did strange things.
Meant to ask the owner what was up but he was gone when I finished the video.
Hemi...check.
Plum Crazy Purple paint...check.
Shaker hood...check.
4 speed...check.
Tic toc tack...check.
A true 1970 Cuda survivor with under 4K miles...check.
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I love seeing the survivors. I grew up in Detroit . Most of these cars have a one or two-year lifespan, they were driven hard the usually ended up in backyards with blown Motors or hidden from the finance company. From there they were junked a parted out. I guess that's why value today
Salt belt was rough.
Some of them were only a couple of years old like I said and weren't rusted. That's the sad part. They were so plentiful nobody cared.
A lot of them were hidden from finance companies and we're parked in backyards and garages when they were parted out or left to rot.
Nice video and a sweet sweet car I miss my 70 340 4spd had it for only a yr when I was 16 I sold it to a buddy so I could order parts for my 69 GTO wish I kept all my oldies the only 1 I kept was the one my parents bought me a 79 trans am special order I'd rather have my gto or my mopars I had 2 of those I won't even work on the trans am 6.6 403 Olds 33,xxx miles t-tops black on black I just don't really like it wouldn't take more than a weekend to put it back on the road I start and move it around rather have my 69 and 70s any day maybe I'll sell it or get her on the road hasn't been washed in 15-20yrs
Option code WTS (wood trim shaker) is ULTRA RARE
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This car would make for a great NOS parts car.
Have you come across any 57 plymoth diesel taxi cars that had the 4 cylinder Perkins engine? Love to see a video on one of those.
One local to me is for sale, I’d love to do a video on it, fascinating car.
That car is ruff for 3000 Miles it must be a quarter mile at a time
Or a block at a time street racing. Also sat in a garage for years, lots of humidity back there.
@@rocketresto I would not call it rough by any means, but there is a lot of oil seepage on that engine and transmission for only 3900 miles.
Shucks. I had to think back where I saw leather with overhead console combo before... oh ya, 1967 Cougar XR7 - leather (the cheapest) with overhead console (a box with lights). I've seen an SE with that but never realized it could be a stand-alone option. 1970, what a great time to buy a Plymouth!
Mopar did copy a few things…
When did they start using the hemi fenders and the hemi fender tag?
Actually looked it up this morning, March 18, 1970, so about a month after this car was built.
More a question, than pointing it out. Why so much gunk on the lower engine and bell housing cover. Did this car leak oil from new?
Amazing what a set of leaky valve covers can do after just a few starts. Hemis are really bad at that when they leak they really leak.
I’m interested to see what looks like a fully painted inspection cover on the bell housing, but there’s no sign of paint on the screws, while the oil pan screws show obvious orange paint.
Cars like this are a good way to teach people that these original assembly plants weren't a happy place where cars were meticulously assembly with love and care, no these cars were slapped together by pissed off Union workers that hated their jobs and just wanted to get it down the line.
Oh ya, so many quality issues on this one.
There seems to have been a variety of parcel shelf patterns out there, from looking at original E bodies. Some cars have nicely embossed finish that matches the grain on the side panels, SE and GC cars, but on my non Rally Cuda interior, it was nothing more than glorified boxboard, painted red, no pattern at all.there also seems to be some variance with speaker grills, rows and columns of perforations.
Is this for sale ? I never heard you say ? If so how could one contact the seller ?
It’s not for sale
Quick question. What was the Factory name for the Body Paint?
In Violet (Metallic). Plum Crazy was the Dodge name for it.
Dodge called 'em High Performance colors; Plymouth called 'em High Impact colors, the color you are asking about is code FC7 - In-Violet in Plymouth terms, Plum Crazy in Dodge terms. Nobody cares - they both are called Plum Crazy today
Yes In Violet, pretty sure I called it Plum Crazy in the video which is the Dodge name for it.
Could’ve bought one back in the day with a blown second gear for $10,000… about 40 years ago, same color
That would have been a deal.
Ya know i saw a car just like that in a show room here in minnesota several years ago. It too had 3900 miles. I wonder. It too had a shinny new screw on the second fender tag. I wonder what dave has to say about that car
Don’t think it’s the same car, this one is still original owner from PA.
@rocketresto that's rare and very cool.
i thought the id plates would have rivets!
Think Belvidere plant (that built Plymouth and Dodge C Bodies) was the only plan in 1970 that used rivets.
Were all fender pentastar emblems gold? I’ve seen what looked like silver but some say it’s just gold faded or rubbed off
Early ones were all gold and solid metal, later ones were plastic with a gold cap on them with black edges. Never seen a silver one, must have just been faded.
Silver ones were for 25 year anniversary I’ve heard
How come the alternator has a double pulley on it
Hemi’s had a unique double pulley on all of them. The balancer was bigger on a hemi so the belt had to be farther out.
Thanks for the information
where is the HEMI FENDER tag that should be next to the data plate?
That’s a good question, I’ll look into that.
@@rocketresto I asked that because my brother still owns his 1970 Hemicuda he bought new. Has 10,000 original miles on it and always garaged.
@@fortyshooter1I’ll do some research on that and get back to you.
@@fortyshooter1looked it up, after March 18th, 1970 cats got the Hemi Fender plate, this car is a Feb SPD so shouldn’t have it.
@@rocketresto That is interesting! I understand that the Hemi fender wheel opening was cut a bit larger for the F-60-15 sized tires and 7 inch wheels.
I would start shaking sitting in that car if I owned it and that’s without the hemi running.
Mean machine
For some reason, modern Mopar restorations can never get Plum Crazy to look right. Did they have lead and other outlawed chemicals in the paint back then ?
Just a really hard color to match. You see 10 different FC7 cars at a show and they will be 10 different colors.
The engine call out is pulled of from the Shaker and no Hockey Stick stripes. Other than the color very low key 😊
Has a street racer sticker on the rear end, probably build to be stealth.
I hope owner has the original 'Cuda badge original owner obviously ripped off the rear when he was draggin' it.👀
Too much power, it flew off lol
FC7- is In Violet…!!
Yep you are right
So..........what's the story of this? I can't imagine a highly-optioned car was raced.
Three speakers in the dash!! Two 6x9 in the rear!!! 8 TRACK!!😳👍🏻💯
Gotta have your tunes.
Phillips screw on an ID plate? I thought they should be on the original car with rivots ???
Only plant that used rivets in 1970 was the C Body Belvidere plant, screws are correct.
@@rocketresto Thanks. Was it Phillips screws or Robinson square head screws a Canadian product?
@@PrairieThunder000should still be Phillips
Hey Tom
Hey!
My guess is this is a car the dealer ordered to put in the showroom and then keep for himself.
Think it was street raced
@@rocketresto Why the leather and all the bells and whistles checked on the option list then? That's....odd.
@@chuckschillingvideoshe wanted to be comfy?
It's illegal for dealers to wash down a modern engine and look at what we use to have to deal with..... :/
That bumper looks terrible. In fact the whole car needs a ground-up rotisserie restoration. New plug wires, etc. will make it run much better too.
For the love of god , your going to a show and your filming with a iphone ?
Can u please at least buy a light and clip it to your phone. I will buy u one and send it to you!
Shame such a great car to film .
This is not a high budget operation here.
That car has more like 103,900 miles on it, not 3900 miles, and its engine leaks oil like a sieve. Cool car, but I am not buying the alleged mileage at all.
Just because it’s a little greasy doesn’t mean it has a bunch of miles on it.
@@rocketresto That car is alot greasy, and it has way more than 3900 miles on it.
As I said it is a cool car, and it is probably more or less original but the stated mileage is incorrect IMHO.
Also, who puts woodgrain BS on a Hemi Cuda???
That is a LOT of crud under that engine for 3900 miles. Not a good advertisement for Chrysler.
They didn’t need to look pretty underneath
No wonder it's low mile.. a 426 with no power steering... what a bear
Hahaha
I know maybe it’s just me, but when I see these cars that have super low mileage it depresses me. Drive the car. Enjoy the car. Keep it clean and service it. What a waste. It’s not a painting.
On the other side of that it is pretty awesome to have a car like this as a reference for restorers for how they were built originally
I disagree. That's no 3900 mile car
Kind of hard to say that without seeing it in person. The top Mopar restorations guys in the country disagree with you.
Nonsence
No way that's actual
Why?
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