Nicolas Cage hemicuda

[micklan]

Hello,
There has been some discussion on the VIN of the hemicuda Nicolas Cage owned. It is BS23R0B184309. I know because I owned this car from 1978 to 1993.
I bought this car for $4000 and it had 22,000 miles on it. Sweet ride & never been beat on the street!! 4:10 Dana & 4 speed really worked well.
Mick

[Cuda Cody]

Welcome to the site @micklan     Tell us more about the Cuda.  Did you really buy a Hemi cuda for $4000 in 1978?   

[Spikedog08]

Welcome to the site from Michigan!  Sounds like a really cool car!  Pictures?   

[micklan]

Yes, I did buy that car when I lived in Fargo, ND. It was originally sold by Trenda Motors in Grand Forks ND. I was the 5th owner of the car and have the complete list of prvious owners. When I bought the car it had slicks on it. The previous owner raced it.
One of the first things I did was remove the original trans and engine and stored it. I had another hemi and 4 speed that I put in. I was afraid of damaging the numbers matching stuff. I used the doner engine for the entire time i had the car right up before I sold it in 1993.

One other interesting fact on this car: when I bought it it had white interior. I found out one of the previous ownwers swapped it out with another guy with a T/A Cuda. When I sold it it had the white interior. I sold it to a guy in New Jersey and about a year later he sold it to a Guy in Maryland who called me asking questions about the car's past. He told me he was going to make a 100 point restoration on it.

Boy.....do I wish I had that car today!
Mick

[micklan]

Pictures of Cage Cuda from the early 90's

[micklan]

More pic's

[dodgemania]

sweet  cuda  from back in the days 

[RUNCHARGER]

Good looking car.

[Jim AAR]

Welcome to the site @micklan     Tell us more about the Cuda.  Did you really buy a Hemi cuda for $4000 in 1978?   

I also had an opportunity to buy a 1970 TX9 (Black Velvet) 4 spd with 4.10 Hemi Cuda in the early 80's for $6000 CDN but didn't have a place to store it as I already had my AAR and didn't want to part with it.

It didn't have the numbers matching block in it at the time, but I knew who had the block and he would have sold it to me....

Also could have bought a 1970 TA, numbers matching FT6 (Burnt Tan) Automatic with Original Paint in the early 80's for $5500 CDN....

That would have been an awesome stable of E-Bodies.... 

If only we knew how collectible these cars would become..... 

Sure wish I would have bought them......

[Jim AAR]

Hello,
There has been some discussion on the VIN of the hemicuda Nicolas Cage owned. It is BS23R0B184309. I know because I owned this car from 1978 to 1993.
I bought this car for $4000 and it had 22,000 miles on it. Sweet ride & never been beat on the street!! 4:10 Dana & 4 speed really worked well.
Mick

from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

You have found your E-Body home, the best E-Body site in the world...

Very nice looking car.............

[JS29]

  From central New York! 

[340challconvert]

Welcome from New Jersey
Cool story about the Cage Cuda

[CudaMoparRay]

Welcome from Sylmar, CA

[303 Mopar]

Welcome from CO!  What a great car with a great history! 

[bluespruce]

Welcome from Colorado, had to be tough to sell that car