Cuda Chief

[Roger63]

I found this browsing around. Pretty cool

 

[Ron H]

Pretty cool! Wonder where this car is today.

 

[Roger63]

Pretty cool! Wonder where this car is today.

I don't know but there is an article on line about it by the Kansas city star but I don't subscribe so I cant read it.

 

[Roger63]

The reason this article popped up on my news feed is someone is looking for the car. It pretty much disappeared after it was awarded to an unnamed winner

 

[Ron H]

Whoever got it had a problem washing it - so as not to wash off all the autographs..lol.

 

[Beekeeper]

Whoever got it had a problem washing it - so as not to wash off all the autographs..lol.

Or they took it straight home and washed that crap off of it

 

[chargervert]

Cool! Joe Namith was given a 69 Charger R / T when he won the Super Bowl, if I remember correctly! Bengal Chargers, Chief Cuda, Blues Cudas,really cool!

 

[Roger63]

Lee Derrough, promotions director for the Chiefs at the time, told us he remembers handing out magic markers for a post-practice autograph session that “turned into a feeding frenzy.” Reader Shaun O’Kelley even sent a photo of the car with coach Hank Stram and players like Willie Lanier alongside the Chrysler dealers who provided it.

KC Chrysler/Plymouth dealers, Chiefs players and coaches pose with the car after practice in the fall of 1969. Rod Hanna
But the tipster who truly turned the tide prefers to remain nameless. He pointed us to the Jan. 17, 1970, edition of the Jefferson City Capital News. On page three of the paper, a short blurb with a grainy photo reported that Carol Pleus of St. Thomas, Missouri — just south of Jefferson City — had won the Barracuda.

Carol passed away in 2016, but her daughter Laurie Pleus confirmed that she did win the drawing.

Here’s where things get confusing. After a few months, the single mother of two young girls returned the car. She used the proceeds to purchase a more practical Monte Carlo for her family, Pleus said.

So apparently, a second drawing was held, most likely in the fall of 1970. This time, according to Laura Bright Pierson, the name chosen was that of her mother — Lou Ellen Bright of Chilhowee, Missouri, east of Harrisonville. Brightand her husband Victor kept the Barracuda for a year or so, then sold it to their 21-year-old niece, Beth (Schwartz) Biddison of Belton.

Newlyweds Beth and Marc Biddison pulling their belongings behind the Cuda Chief, August 1972. Beth Biddison
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[Roger63]

For some reason it didn't post it all. In conclusion the last known location of the cuda was in north Carolina when it was traded in for a Toyota.

 

[Ron H]

Interesting hunt down Roger thanks. The KC's should have another give away of a restoed '70 Barracuda at the SB game as my guess they're headed there...or maybe a new Challenger. lol

 

[Budnicks]

Interesting story @Roger63

thanks for sharing