Color: Tan w/ brown stripes
Engine : 340 4 speed
Modifications other than stock :
Added hood pins and racing mirrors
Unusual options or accessories :
Power steering, air conditioning, ralley gauges, tinted
glass.
Brief description of how you
came to own this car and little history on it :
I saw a picture of a ’72 ‘Cuda on the cover of a
1982 Car Craft magazine and had to have one, no substitutes. I placed a want ad
in the Topeka, KS newspaper in 1983 and received about a dozen phone calls from
people interested in selling their Barracuda. Not knowing what a ’71 340 4
speed ‘Cuda with a shaker hood was all about, especially for the low price of
$1,200, I turned it down to buy this ’72 340 4 speed ‘Cuda with only a
double hump hood. Yes, I realized my mistake later on and I still have yet to
thank the person who steered me away from the ’71. But this car was still fast
and fun. What very little street racing I did with this car proved to a Chevelle,
Nova and a Mustang that this car wasn’t to be messed with. I was told by the
next owner that when he took the engine in for a rebuild they found the cam
missing 2 or 3 lobes and the skirts fell off of all but 2 pistons when they were
knocked on the edge of a bench. Still in that condition it ran strong. And that
’71 that got away is supposedly in Topeka undergoing a restoration or lengthy
hibernation.
If low production, give the
number produced :
340 4 speed with air conditioning.
I’m told this was a rare combination.