My M-Code Cuda is finally getting worked on
well... aprill 22nd... it's a great day!!
craig from AMD just sent me an email and they have finished my 69 M-code Barracuda. "finished" is not really the right word, they have "completed" the "radical transformation" of this car from its prior cut up drag car design back to an orignal OEM "69 440 M-Code Cuda" design. now, the "real" work of painting the body, reassembling the interior and installing a 69 1/2 A12 Roadrunner drivetrain will begin.
i don't know how long it will take to complete this car but when it's done, it will be the ONLY "original" 69 M-Code Cuda with a 440 six pack, 4 speed, 4:10 dana 60 in existence. my idea all along has been to create the M-Code Cuda "that Chrysler should have built." when Plymouth released the special edition 69 1/2 model year 440 six pack Roadrunner, it became an instant success. so much so that the Roadrunner was Motor Trend's "Car of the Year" in 1969! can you even imagine a "muscle car" being "car of the year" in this day and age? Ronnie Sox was able to drive one of these "factory stock" 4 speed A12 Roadrunners to a high 11 second quarter mile. in 1969, the only other car that was capable of doing that "right off the truck" was a L-88 427 Corvette - and THAT car was close to $4k more than the Roadrunner and was VERY hard to find or buy! "if" Plymouth would have put the A12 Roadrunner's drivetrain in the 69 M-Code Cuda, given that the A-Body Cuda's were about 400 lbs lighter than a Roadrunner, Ronnie Sox probably would have "tripped the lights" on the strip in the LOW 11's!!
i'll keep posting some pics of this car as i get more done...
well... aprill 22nd... it's a great day!!
craig from AMD just sent me an email and they have finished my 69 M-code Barracuda. "finished" is not really the right word, they have "completed" the "radical transformation" of this car from its prior cut up drag car design back to an orignal OEM "69 440 M-Code Cuda" design. now, the "real" work of painting the body, reassembling the interior and installing a 69 1/2 A12 Roadrunner drivetrain will begin.
i don't know how long it will take to complete this car but when it's done, it will be the ONLY "original" 69 M-Code Cuda with a 440 six pack, 4 speed, 4:10 dana 60 in existence. my idea all along has been to create the M-Code Cuda "that Chrysler should have built." when Plymouth released the special edition 69 1/2 model year 440 six pack Roadrunner, it became an instant success. so much so that the Roadrunner was Motor Trend's "Car of the Year" in 1969! can you even imagine a "muscle car" being "car of the year" in this day and age? Ronnie Sox was able to drive one of these "factory stock" 4 speed A12 Roadrunners to a high 11 second quarter mile. in 1969, the only other car that was capable of doing that "right off the truck" was a L-88 427 Corvette - and THAT car was close to $4k more than the Roadrunner and was VERY hard to find or buy! "if" Plymouth would have put the A12 Roadrunner's drivetrain in the 69 M-Code Cuda, given that the A-Body Cuda's were about 400 lbs lighter than a Roadrunner, Ronnie Sox probably would have "tripped the lights" on the strip in the LOW 11's!!
i'll keep posting some pics of this car as i get more done...