Restoration costs are huge and that shell sounds like a total restoration. Problemis after spending $15,000 on body and paint (doing it yourself) it's still only worth a couple thou. With a $100,000 resto it might be worth $20,000. Not popular. "Smog-dogs' is what we called them.
If you're wanting to put in a big power 440 and spend huge bucks it could be worth nearly half of what it costs you, maybe.
If it's the car YOU love, go ahead and spend more money than it would cost to get a decent Viper. As an investment don't do it, but if it's for you - spend as much as you want to make yourself happy.
everyone is talking about a concours resto, nothing wrong with doing a nice rebuild and enjoy the car without spending lots of cash. For $3K you cant go wrong if its straight and has most/all of the orginal parts. I did a "nice" 72 Chevelle last year for a customer, fenders, rockers, lower qtrs and paint. It had a clean frame and rebuilt 350 4 bolt motor. Car is never going to be worth a lot, but looks nice and turns heads everywhere he goes.
everyone is talking about a concours resto, nothing wrong with doing a nice rebuild and enjoy the car without spending lots of cash. For $3K you cant go wrong if its straight and has most/all of the orginal parts. I did a "nice" 72 Chevelle last year for a customer, fenders, rockers, lower qtrs and paint. It had a clean frame and rebuilt 350 4 bolt motor. Car is never going to be worth a lot, but looks nice and turns heads everywhere he goes.
I am going to be posting some pics over the weekend the frame is straight as an arrow...Never been wrecked as I can tell all the lines match up...All the parts are there of course the dash is cracking but the car is somewhat disassembled....I might just buy the car and put it on eBay see what it gets in the summer....Not sure I know if it was a six-pack or hemi the restore would be defintely worth it....
'72 Barracuda= undesirable
318= undesirable
3 spd stick=undesirable
If it's in decent shape and you can buy it cheap enough, you can part it out to those chumps who are wasting their money restoring their '72-73 Barracudas.
If you really want to restore or buy an old Mopar, 1968-1971 are the years to get.
70 and 71 fenders are different than the 72's (as in the side marker lights) but id buy it for parts alone. and its worth a lot more than 3k in any condition....
I have a 70 Cuda...Took me 5 years to build...Good luck bro. Mopars are a real pain in the ass...but once it is over..Forget about it
I have to agree. The 340 '71 Cuda we just finished a resto on was brought to me as a basket case, it was missing a ton of stuff. Finding the proper parts was an absolute nightmare, it took about two years to find everything. But once it was done, wow, it's hard to beat the look of a '71.
I've had a couple of '70 & '71 Cudas and unlike the Camaros and Mustangs, you don't see too many of them. I wouldn't bother restoring a '72. Is the car you are lloking at in Texas. There's one for sale locally and it's a piece to say the least. A real Cuda's VIN # will start with BSXXXX. A Barracuda Grand Coup is BHXXXXXX
I've had a couple of '70 & '71 Cudas and unlike the Camaros and Mustangs, you don't see too many of them. I wouldn't bother restoring a '72. Is the car you are lloking at in Texas. There's one for sale locally and it's a piece to say the least. A real Cuda's VIN # will start with BSXXXX. A Barracuda Grand Coup is BHXXXXXX
nah, this is a car from North Carolina. the one that the originator of this thread was asking about. I bought it just under 2 weeks ago. Vin does start BSxxxx as per the first post of this thread.
your correct a lot of people seem to be down on any Cuda that's not a '70-'71, thats fine. I like the car and for me the fact that it looks the same is all I'm interested in. Not bothered to it's value, as i'm not looking to sell it, simply enjoy it and at the end of the day thats what it's all about.
Unless I am wrong, and I will say it again, there never was a 318 Cuda.
I hear ya, but according to the vehicles VIN and checking it against yearone's decode page in their catalog (and have checked a couple other sites), it's a Cuda with a 318!!
so i guess there's one now
guess someone wanted to pay for the 'Cuda option but was a cheap skate on the motor option!
not overly bothered, the 318's been rebuilt 40 over with an aftermarket intake and 4bbl. It will do for now till a better lump turns up once she's restored.
I hear ya, but according to the vehicles VIN and checking it against yearone's decode page in their catalog (and have checked a couple other sites), it's a Cuda with a 318!!
so i guess there's one now
guess someone wanted to pay for the 'Cuda option but was a cheap skate on the motor option!
not overly bothered, the 318's been rebuilt 40 over with an aftermarket intake and 4bbl. It will do for now till a better lump turns up once she's restored.
good luck on the restore because I found a mint one fully restored for 16k with the same thing 3 speed 318 72...I backed out said don't need the headache...I don't think I could have restored that vehicle on my own for under 20k because it needs a lot of parts that run pretty high like the dash....
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