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Closing out an era, the 1971 Plymouth Barracuda 340 didn’t fade quietly

The 1971 Plymouth Barracuda 340 arrived just as the muscle car party was being broken up by regulators and insurance ...
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Rare 1971 Plymouth ‘Cuda 340 Is a Wreck Only Someone With Superpowers Could Save

The total production of the 1971 Barracuda series declined to nearly 16,500 units, with the 318 (5.2-liter) auto configuration becoming the most common and therefore accounting for approximately 7,700 ...
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1971 Plymouth Cuda - Almost Famous

The Chrysler Trans Am effort was like a bottle rocket. In the single year it lasted, it drew a lot of attention, but it ended in a bang at the end of the '70 season. The Challenger T/A and AAR 'Cuda ...
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1970 'Cuda 340 Won't Start; Shocked Mechanic Drains Three Gallons of Gas From the Engine

The Plymouth Barracuda was an iconic name that lived precisely ten years to the day, between April 1, 1964, and April 1, 1974. It inaugurated the pony car segment two weeks before the Ford Mustang, ...
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This ‘71 ’Cuda Packs A Knock-Out Punch You Won’t See Coming!

Back in the day, the Chrysler factory guys took approximately two days from the time a body was panel-jigged ( or "gated-up") from raw stampings until it rolled off the final line and out the door. At ...