Mecum 1971 "Patina" Cuda For Sale

[Dibbons]

According to article, original 440 six-pack with non-original shaker hood:

https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0520-414678/1971-plymouth-cuda-convertible/

 

[Fran Blacker]

To much patina for the $$$,$$$!

 

[Bb70charger500]

So how does it have org body panels if the hood isnt org?

 

[toolmanmike]

To much patina for the $$$,$$$!

6 pack convertibles bring good money though. Most of the high end cars have been found and restored. Finding a unrestored car is a diamond in the rough. Only a handfull of those cars left.

 

[davek]

that engine paint is freshhhhhhh

 

[Hey-O]

6 pack convertibles bring good money though. Most of the high end cars have been found and restored. Fining a unrestored car is a diamond in the rough. Only a handfull of those cars left.

I agree, but to much money for a car you really can't use. It's great for bragging rights.

 

[toolmanmike]

that engine paint is freshhhhhhh

Shame on them. NOS oil grease and sludge is where it's at.

 

[Hey-O]

To me it's one or the other, untouched or restored.

 

[Ironbuilt]

That's patina mixed with some rust and damage. That is restored Hemi Cuda convertible prices.

 

[Michael_]

Prices are ridiculous these days.
I like the 71 cudas but i would never pay that much even if it would be 1 year old car condition.

 

[slimt]

I like those. But not that much.

 

[slimt]

That's patina mixed with some rust and damage. That is restored Hemi Cuda convertible prices.

If I owned something like this in that condition. I would run the wheels right off of it.

 

[myk r sanchez]

People playing in those price ranges arent thinking like we do, as in a car that's worth a certain value because it can, or cant be used or displayed or whatever. At that price point, it's for people who want bragging rights and want to show off to their equally well heeled friends what they have and their friends don't...

 

[slimt]

People playing in those price ranges arent thinking like we do, as in a car that's worth a certain value because it can, or cant be used or displayed or whatever. At that price point, it's for people who want bragging rights and want to show off to their equally well heeled friends what they have and their friends don't...

I was working on cars like this back in the 70s. And who would of thought these cars would be Golden. They were popular back in the day. And most got driven hard. There really was no such thing as a purist or numbers matching .

we bagged the crap out of these.

 

[66 Sat]

To anyone outside of the hobby that price is absurd. If I brought that rusty looking car home and told my wife or even work colleagues I'd paid 30 times the price of my fairly shiny and neat Satellite they'd think I was a lunatic. It's like a guitar etc that was once owned by someone famous and costs a fortune, even though it's possibly inferior in every measurable way, except that car hasn't even got that going for it.

 

[NoCar2023]

Wait! NO BARN DUST?

 

[myk r sanchez]

I was working on cars like this back in the 70s. And who would of thought these cars would be Golden. They were popular back in the day. And most got driven hard. There really was no such thing as a purist or numbers matching .

we bagged the crap out of these.

Must've been a hell of a time. I envy you, sir...

 

[slimt]

Must've been a hell of a time. I envy you, sir...

It was fun. Go to Firestone on a Friday Grab a few new tires. Go back on Saturday for more. Breaking u joints , twisting drive shafts was common.

 

[WP29440SE]

for some reason , something looks off about the colors in those pics, like it's been screwed with in a Photoshop.