1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda Magnets

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

1970 Plymouth Cuda line art

Custom illustration drawn in my cartoon style

Custom illustration drawn in my cartoon style

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

The perfect gift for Barracuda owner and enthusiast.

Custom illustration drawn in my cartoon style

Custom illustration drawn in my cartoon style

With hopes of breaking the Big Two’s lock, Plymouth hired Dan Gurney’s All American Racers in Santa Ana, Calif., to build a Trans-Am ‘Cuda. It was more than competitive, winning it’s fair share of races. For 1970, Plymouth decided to honor those achievements on the track with a dealer-only street car option called the AAR, which stands for All-American Racers. The result was the 1970 Plymouth AAR ‘Cuda, Plymouth’s factory built race car. Has there ever been a more in-your-face vehicle built in North America? Three carburetors, fiberglass hood and spoiler, side exit exhaust and eye popping graphics made the Plymouth AAR ‘Cuda impossible to ignore.

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

Vince Crains High Octane Art! "FISHTAILIN" featuring a 1970 HEMI 'cuda, bursting with Super charged HEMI horse power!

Custom illustration drawn in my cartoon style

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

Vince Crains High Octane Art! "FISHTAILIN" featuring a 1971 HEMI 'cuda, bursting with Super charged HEMI horse power!

Just as it had with the Road Runner in 1968, Plymouth hit a muscle car home run in 1970 with the budget-priced Duster 340. The formula for the 1970 Plymouth Duster 340 was familiar. Take a cheap-to-produce platform, in this case, a Valiant wearing a new fastback body, and treat it to a hot engine, here Mopar's respected 340-CID four-barrel V-8. The determined little Duster was lighter, roomier, and faster than the 340 'Cuda. With a base price of just $2,547, it was the lowest-priced car in Plymouth's Rapid Transit System. And it was the only one with front disc brakes standard.

Vince Crains High Octane Art! "FISHTAILIN" featuring a 1970 HEMI 'cuda, bursting with Super charged HEMI horse power!

A true american muscle car!

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

1971 Plymouth Cuda line art

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

Perfect gift for petrolheads and auto enthusiasts

A true american muscle car!

Vince Crains High Octane Art! "FISHTAILIN" featuring a 1971 HEMI 'cuda, bursting with Super charged HEMI horse power!

Vince Crains High Octane Art! "FISHTAILIN" featuring a 1970 HEMI 'cuda, bursting with Super charged HEMI horse power!

Hemi Cuda car illustration

Barracuda Hemi 1970

Some people mistakenly think ‘Cuda is just a nickname for the Plymouth Barracuda, and while the cars are related, they're leagues apart. Plymouth launched the ‘Cuda as a more performance-oriented version of the Barracuda back in 1969. Barracudas had been around for years before that and were known as an economy car from the early days, but as the muscle car wars heated up, it was time to really push the envelope and the 'Cuda models were finally able to shed the economy car reputation and come into a class of their own.