The World Famous Barrelcuda Going to Auction...

[anlauto]

This will be one to watch. https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0519-378732/1971-plymouth-cuda/?fbclid=IwAR0uXr8sgel0eQqVlVtzZt3BISjwbYSBys5c-yDb2aCY5vxydtQtl3qyfD8

This is the first time the car is going to public auction...Will it's horrid past still haunt the car....would anybody ever step up to buy such a rebodied, cobbled up piece of Frankenstein car ???? Now the world will see....To all you nay sayers out there....


Any idea on what it will bid too ?  What's a comparable car with original body panels worth these days ? Inquiring minds want to know...

[1Burgfish]

  Brought back from the dead!!! Will be interesting to see how much it will fetch!!! 

[anlauto]

I just learned that interestingly enough it has a brand new owner that just bought it about a month ago...Ken Zandee from Calgary Alberta Canada....hence the "Zandee Collection". Curious if he knows the history of the build 

@bpsmopar do you know of this guy ?

[750-h2]

My guess would be $140,000. 

[anlauto]

The restoration work is going on twelve years old now Car was painted Oct 2007.
From what I understand it still has pretty low miles and was well taken care of....

If it sees $140K I'd be very happy and please, and border line shocked  .... I would really tell the nay sayers "I told you so" if that happens....

I restored a car that under no means should anybody have even attempted....and this was BEFORE the days of AMD sheet metal....I went very public with pictures of the restoration along the way, proving that a car, reguardless of how rusty could be rebuilt and the majority of idiots on Mofarts.com did nothing but run it down to the ground....I lost friendships over this car, people saying it should never have been fixed...I even had a registry arsehole wanting to list it on his web site as a black flag (rebodied in Canada) ...thankfully that never happened...

This car was restored using nothing but OE sheet metal donated from 21 different Cudas

It just proves that every car deserves to be restored, YES they may never compare in value to an original paneled car, but they still have true value...

I'll be on the edge of my seat for this one....I hope it at least gets into six figures....

I wonder if any perspective buyers will call me for more information ? I know Kevin Suydam called me on it once years ago...

[anlauto]

@Desmond any thoughts on price ? You going to bid ?

[750-h2]

Seeing how the original body was rebuilt this is not a re bodied car. The original buyer clicked all the right options on this one making it a very desirable 1971 Cuda.  I would love to own it!

[Cuda Cody]

That is one beautiful car.  The color is awesome and I wish I could own it.     It has the right look and I bet it brings good money.

[kdcarman]

@anlauto
Do you know how many miles the car has been driven since the restoration?
This will be fascinating to watch.

I certainly remember all of the naysayers on Moparts.  12 years ago already!

[JS29]

Seeing how the original body was rebuilt this is not a re bodied car. The original buyer clicked all the right options on this one making it a very desirable 1971 Cuda.  I would love to own it!

Rebody by definition is switching VIN tags from one car to another! and  who ever ordered it checked all the right box's, wall I am on the fence on the center console.

[Spikedog08]

One auction to watch!   

[anlauto]

You guys have to know that most of the "cool" options were ADDED by a guy that owned it after me.

He ADDED
1) Billboards
2) Rubber Bumpers
3) 15" Rallies

Everything else is on the BCS.

[anlauto]

@anlauto
Do you know how many miles the car has been driven since the restoration?
This will be fascinating to watch.

I certainly remember all of the naysayers on Moparts.  12 years ago already!

I don't have any of the mileage recorded other than a picture before I started the restoration of 50159.....I likely put 700+ miles on it myself....and now it looks like 52XXX so who knows..

[screamindriver]

    Alan you need to keep that situation in perspective...You were one of the first to publicly document the rebuilding{note I said rebuild not rebody} of an Ebody in that condition...It seems to be commonplace now...But the fact is you were up front with what you did and did the best you could...Which happened to be above and beyond what most could do at the time...Were others doing what you did ??? Sure they were, but they'd hide the original condition,sometimes improperly repair it and be evasive in answering just what was done to the finished vehicle...Some got away with it and some had it come back to haunt them with the way they represented it.... In the end it's still a desirable, quality resto and I'm sure it'll bring good money...You should be proud to say you saved that one...
   
   
   

[Solarguy]

No mention in the Mecum ad about its history.  You did a great job on that car, I'd be proud to own and drive it.