1970 PLYMOUTH BARRACUDA CONVERTIBLE NUMBERS MATCHING 383 CAR

[erik70rt]

Here are some pics from when I looked at it

[erik70rt]

And a few more pics

[70vert]

  That is actually sad/shocking that they were asking $$$$ for that condition. I sure hope they did not sucker anyone!!

[erik70rt]

One more pic of the cowl

[70vert]

hmm, that is not at all what my cowl stamp looks like?? Mines a 70 Challenger (which I've owned for about 35 years), but looks like very different types of stamping methods. As you can see in the pic, mine is dented down/recessed numbers where this one seems to be raised numbers more like the VIN tag. Is that common or suspect?

[RzeroB]

Amazing what you can find seeing a car in person.  I was close to buying a car in Florida before Roadman (RIP) volunteered to check it out for me.  So appreciate that he saw it before I pulled the trigger.  It had many unseen issues.

I couldn't agree more. I have seen some cars that were very appealing to me in their online ads and pics. I flew out to see a couple and came home empty handed each time because they weren't so great up close and personal. To me, there is nothing like seeing it in person with one's own eyes. 

[JH27N0B]

You find that a lot with auction cars.  People online will be talking about what a steal a car just sold for at one of the auctions, but if you actually looked at the car there, you'd say that the glossy pictures and raving description in the online auction listing covered up a lot of issues.
Not to mention the number of cars out there with bigger issues like supposed #s matching drive lines that are actually restamped, cars that were "backhalfed" after an accident early on, or even rebodied.  I'm not altogether sure how to protect oneself against buying a car with some of those issues.  You have to do a lot of homework and be careful.
I'm always suspicious of a car that you see for sale repetitively at different brokers and auctions over the years.  A lot of us enthusiasts tend to hang on to our good cars for a long time, therefore a car no one seems to want to own for long raises suspicions.

[6pack]

Wow ericRT, you know your stuff.  Since you live very close to me, I would love to have you look at a future Ebody convertible to add to my collection.  This flipper is just fishing for a huge profit.

[erik70rt]

Wow ericRT, you know your stuff.  Since you live very close to me, I would love to have you look at a future Ebody convertible to add to my collection.  This flipper is just fishing for a huge profit.

Thank you.  I will be more than happy to look at a car with/for you.