Mopar Action Feature/528ci 849hp Hemi V8/Built A727 Auto/Flawless Fast Fish

1971 Plymouth Barracuda Hemi 'Cuda Tribute

For consignment, a built to the hilt and ready to kick ass tribute to the 107 Hemi 'Cuda Hardtops made for the 1971 model year. This Mopar Action feature car came to our consignor from Kansas, is a 3 owner car and our consignor has over $180,000 in the built.  Starting life as a mild mannered 318ci powered Barracuda Gran Coupe, it has since had all the metalwork done with help from Six Pack Performance helping with the Shaker conversion to the original hood, and a gentleman in Connecticut adding in the gills to the factory fenders. Ray Barton of the legendary Ray Barton Racing Engines led our consignor to give the nod to a Barton built 528ci Hemi V8 making a tire shredding 849hp and capable of propelling this furious fish to sub 10 second 1/4 mile passes,  9.88 @ 140mph to be exact and the video link is below but note, some safety upgrades are necessary to comply with NHRA rules to run sub 10 seconds on a regular basis. We give you a high powered Hemi clone, just a beautiful job overall has been done and is more than capable of taking a bite out of the competition. Scroll on!

Exterior
6 gaping grille nostrils within the now Rally Red grille, a pencil thin chrome bumper, dangling fog lights, and angled shark gills on the front fenders are enough to intimidate any modern American heavy hitter.  Hood pins keep things secure for the ever familiar Shaker hood, created from the factory flat hood, and now has a corresponding black Shaker scoop. The hood continues rearward to a pristine stainless framed windshield and bringing up either side of the stainless framing are Rallye Red sport mirrors and up top is a flawlessly installed black vinyl top. Moving to the rear quarter on our way, we note extremely well minded gaps, all straight worry-free steel, and the iconic HEMI billboard stripe in matte black. And at the back of the car, a sleek rear spoiler finished in black textured organisol hovers above a traditional valence housing the iconic Plymouth multi-bar tail lights and a 'Cuda badge all within a matte black rear panel. The rear showroom quality bumper hangs below the valance and in a Rallye Red lower panel dual chrome tipped exhaust peek out.  Very few imperfections and inclusions are noted in the paint, and certainly no rust is found and one must look hard to find the flaws. 15-inch aluminum Cragar wheels by Weld Racing are wrapped in deeply treaded 225/70R15's up front and 325/50R15 Mickey Thompson rubber out back.

Interior
Keeping the door open to the “no stone left unturned department”, we can swing open a door and see showroom quality door panels in black molded vinyl. These have a sleek seamless look along with their 'Cuda badges in chrome. Also showroom quality are 2 thin early 1970's sleek black leather high back buckets with smooth center panels and back with built in headrests, some tuck and roll pattern inserts with buttons and smooth bolsters. The rear bench carries this motif in back, and these are nearly perfect as well, although getting back there may be a touch difficult for the average adult as a 6-point roll bar with removable door bars was installed by Precision Chassis. This all sits in a beautiful calm sea of jet black carpet that has embroidered red 'Cuda stitched floor mats.  Floating above the carpet up front is a well done restoration on the dash, featuring a clean as a whistle round lineup of rallye gauges all within a wood appliqué field and a black padded dash top.  Seen racing up the center between the buckets is a 70's stylized console in black vinyl and wood appliqué, and sporting a Hurst Pistol Grip chrome armed shifter. A faux wood rimmed 3 spoke rim blow wheel fronts this very 70's muscular dash. Above all this 70's menagerie is a tight black vinyl headliner. 

Drivetrain
A Mopar Performance Mega 426 block now stroked to 528ci by the world renowned Ray Barton Racing Engines, replacing the original 318ci V8, makes 849hp and is more than capable of sub 10 second 1/4 miles passes. This elephant has been fitted with a Mopar Performance steel crankshaft, Barton connecting rods, CP 10.4-1 compression pistons, and a .700 lift Bullet roller camshaft. This elephant was then topped off with Barton ported Stage V cylinder heads, Barton roller rockers and Jesel sleeve type roller lifters with no needle bearings. An 1150cfm Dominator carburetor feeds copious amounts of fuel to the mill through a Barton aluminum intake manifold and a black Hemi 'Cuda badged shaker assembly tops things off perfectly. Attached to the back of this healthy mill is a Pro-Trans forward manual valve body equipped A727 3-speed automatic transmission. Power flows rearward and is distributed to each rear wheel via a Strange Engineering built Dana S60 axle with 4.10 gearing. 

Undercarriage
With a restoration of this quality and attention to detail as such, one would expect nothing less than to see the likes of which all are rust free, even dirt free, just a Rallye Red field of the unibody with black bolt ons. Wilwood 4 wheel disc brakes held together with 318 spec independent torsion bar front, and mono-leaf sprung rear suspension with Caltracs bars are all seen.  Note the photo of the custom headers, 3" custom exhaust, stainless Magnaflow mufflers and deep sump pan.

Drive-Ability
All was very well with the test drive on this car as performance is over the top, acceleration smooth and endless, and bias free panic stopping. Good handling for a car of this caliber was noted and not a frown was to be seen.

One of the baddest boys on the block for 1971 and an American icon that even those not in the know will recognize. Sidle into our Hallowed Halls, break out the checkbook and save yourself the cost of a new Supercar.

DRAG STRIP VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgAgTMJS-nY