Muscle Car Socks
Description: Designed as a value brand, Plymouth was well-suited to serve the post-war baby boom youth market as young men (and women) began taking to the streets, but Plymouth knew that customers wanted more. The combination of a line of lightweight vehicles with low price points, and easy access to some serious powertrains would propel the brand’s ascension from economy car nameplate to muscle car legend. Taking these lightweight cars and jamming a 426ci Max Wedge Hemi into them made for instant drag strip missiles, and professional racers saw what Plymouth was going and got behind them in great numbers. By 1970, Plymouth’s line of affordable muscle cars had blossomed into the Rapid Transit System, a group of serious performers.
Description: 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.
