1971 duster pistol grip

...and just last night on mecum, john kramen said the Challenger was based on the Barracuda platform that had been around since 1964.

Poor choice of wording at the very least.
There is a certain degree of accuraacy to that statement. I would have worded it differently and made a mention on how the E body is a shortened B body. Which has nothing to do with the A body and ZERO for the Challenger. There sister cars. And that is where it ends.