What if Chrysler had offered the 426 Hemi as a factory option on the Plymouth Barracuda before 1970? That's the idea behind the 100-point restification of Tom Skjonsberg's '69 Barracuda convertible.

Some people just don’t get it, while others have it all lined up for them. It’s luck I’m talking about, and one Mopar head from Oklahoma scored the deal of the year by trading his half of a 1971 ...

The 1971 Plymouth Hemi ’Cuda crossed a line that even other blue-chip muscle cars never quite reached, shifting from coveted ...

The original Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda set a brutal benchmark on the quarter mile, but period timing slips and modern retrospectives show that several rivals actually ran quicker. Drawing on detailed ...

Photo: Facebook/The Mule -"The First of the Fastest" Officially, the Hemicuda was born in the fall of 1969, as a 1970 model, and it required Chrysler's full head-on engagement to come about. Mother ...

Outside of avid classic muscle enthusiasts, not many people know that the 1964.5 Ford Mustang didn't invent the pony car segment that came to define the American enthusiast car market in the late ...

In 1972, somebody lost one of the great muscle cars for $51.45, the sum for which the Bedford National Bank of Bedford, Iowa, repossessed this real R-code 1970 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda convertible.

Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...