What if Chrysler had offered the 426 Hemi as a factory option on the Plymouth Barracuda before 1970? That's the idea behind the 100-point restification of Tom Skjonsberg's '69 Barracuda convertible.

Plymouth was left out of the first-generation hemi party in the fifties, leaving the honor for the other four Chrysler Divisions (Imperial, Chrysler, DeSoto, and Dodge). The brand more than took ...

In 1970, Plymouth released the third generation of its pony car, the undeservingly forgotten founder of the genre, the Barracuda. The model underwent a complete makeover for its last performance on ...

Outside of avid classic muscle enthusiasts, not many people know that the 1964.5 Ford Mustang didn't invent the pony car segment that came to define the American enthusiast car market in the late ...

The 1971 Plymouth Hemi ’Cuda crossed a line that even other blue-chip muscle cars never quite reached, shifting from coveted ...

The 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda did not ease its way into history, it kicked the door in and claimed the room. In a single model year, this short wheelbase brute with a race-bred V8 turned from a wild ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

The 1970 Plymouth HEMI Cuda was the high-water mark for Chrysler muscle cars of its era. The 1970-74 E-body Plymouth Barracuda and its sibling, the Dodge Challenger, were Chrysler's "pony cars," ...

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

In 1972, somebody lost one of the great muscle cars for $51.45, the sum for which the Bedford National Bank of Bedford, Iowa, repossessed this real R-code 1970 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda convertible.