1971 Plymouth Cuda 440: Regular Car Reviews
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
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The official car of "I almost bought one of these for 10k back in the day but my wife talked me out of it"
Tell your wife you missed out in a car that gained value
How did your wife talk you out if? I’m curious what her argument was.
Woulda, shoulda, 'Cuda.
Honestly the most accurate comment I've ever read
My dad bought a ‘72 440 for 1,500 in 1976 and sold it for 3,000 in ‘82
"It was a ruthless era of gaming, that's never coming back."
"There was no cloud!"
*Gets an ad for Google Stadia*
I don't think he's every reviewed anything bad enough to match the Stadia yet, which is probably a good thing.
@@Segafishy He had strong negative feelings about the Tata Nano and Volkswagen XL1 I believe. The Nano surprised me at how bad it was.
@@KhushbuMel The Nano however will usually still start if everythings set up properly, theres been a mass of complaints with Stadia failing to work on even high speed broadband reliably.
Same
Fuck Google!
Cuda: the car equivalent of the dog slipping on a hardwood floor. Fast, unable to stop, and can't turn.
Yeah but dogs have studded snow tires lol
Lol everyone’s acted like they’ve driven one before
Give the dog like 400hp too.
A 1970 Cuda dominated French hill climbing events in the 1970s.
@ Cold Laundry
It’s called inductive reasoning. Try it, sometimes.
That is one honest ‘Cuda. Refreshing to see one that is driven. Not perfect, and I like that.
I love classic cars as much as anyone else, but seeing them used as intended and not just left in a showroom to be preserved is just way more satisfying. Would totally pick this example over a restomod anyday.
@@notgray88 I’ve been in the restoration business a long time, and the hardest thing to do is to leave the soul of a vehicle intact when you restore it.
@@mikeyerke3920 Couldn't have said it better myself.
@@notgray88 I just finished a ‘68 Chevrolet K20 on my channel, and I really tried to stay faithful to the way it was originally. 🔧
Look up black ghost 1970 challenger. Well driven non restored challenger. Best options too. Beautiful story
"It goes like a rocket ship, handles like a shopping cart, stops like a covered wagon"
Typical Classic Mopar .
My camaro...
My camaro went like a shopping cart handled like a beached whale and stopped. Often. V6 auto that overheated
As caretakers of a 1971 Plymouth 'Cuda 383ci 3-speed Convertible, this statement is VERY accurate.
This description reminds me of Vlad's car in the first Carmageddon.
The front of that Cuda at an angle looks like it wants to literally kill you just for looking at it.
More likely to if you´re in it
It probably will if you dont pay attention
Always have been that way. But the viper. That look is all over the car.
Or it's prepared incase it comes across an absolute massive block of cheese
12:37
Cars like the 'Cuda give you something today's cars just can't, fear.
Or excitement...
If you can’t scare yourself in a modern car... you obviously don’t push the envelope very much when driving. I’ll scare the living daylights out of you in a Prius.
@@Bartonovich52 the movements you do in a modern car can scare you. Older cars like this 'Cuda scare you with their presence and the fact that it actually does feel like a fuckhuge demon is sitting in there right in front of you ready to explode and hammer you into a telephone pole at triple digit speeds and it can do all this at idle.
Haha, like a redhead who you just don't want to let go, or having a full wolf as a pet!
My car scares the shit out of me. Granted only coz it's on the brink of throwing a rod through your shin but yeah
"the online voice chat was a hellscape of slurs that would make even Nick Mullen blush"
Hell yeah dude
Guess he's doesn't play GTA online
Hell yeah dude
@@nothing2see315 they're seriously soft compared to the days of old
I actually laughed out loud at that one. My man listens to cumtown
I'm Barack Obama and I'm Ryan Schutt, and I'm a Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda.
Hell yeah dude.
modern cars need more toggle switches with satisfying clicks
and touchscreens
*click*
That would be nice, but I think safety laws don’t allow it. I think too many people ended up with the toggle switches stuck in their forehead after crashes.
There’s nothing quite like the push of 80’s cassette player buttons. That eject though. Has some resistance to it 😂
@OWEN FLORENCE I had a Mustang for a rental last year and definitely liked the toggle switches
Yep. I fly a plane with about two dozen toggle switches and flipping them is very satisfying.
The only thing more satisfying are the gated toggle switches you have to pull out. Like... this is serious shit that you can’t knock by accident.
“But also... the things that the consumers are willing to tolerate has changed.”
This is a very good point that no one seems to acknowledge and puts a lot of things into perspective
That's nostalgia goggles for ya
That’s why I feel like luxury sedans are as close to muscle cars as we have nowadays because the muscle of V8’s and better handling just gives the modern Mustangs and Camaros a run for their money. I like how 2004’s project Gotham racing 2 put it: Pacific Muscle.
Yeah people flip their shit if a car has no air conditioning these days lol
I just want 4 tires, 400+ cubic inches, 4 speeds and 3 pedals.
@@cpuwizard9225 I'd like an overdrive too, but pretty much the same for me.
Plymouth Barracuda: The official car of an apocalyptic setting of an alt-country singer on acid, and a ronin girl with a samurai mask as it's protagonist.
Awesome reference!
This reference wins the Internet. Well done!
i dont get it
@@marquaviouschester6947 There is an excellent band called Sturgill Simpson, they had a music video made by the same company who did the intros for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. This was the car the main character drove.
@@marquaviouschester6947 Sing Along by Sturgill Simpson.
"Back then building a pc was cost prohibited"
As opposed to now? Where components exist only in some weird alternate dimension of "out of stock" land.
It wasn't that hard a few years ago. If you knew when to buy a budget build was feasible. Of course right now is a bad time though. The RTX 30 Series just came out and it's the holiday season.
lol nobody's been able to get consoles either
Pre covid it wasn't that hard to build a pc
I budget build was mega-easy 2-3 years ago, really.
Between COVID and crypto-bros inventing a new alt-coin every five minutes to pay for the worst fucking artwork I've ever seen.
Ah yes I come for funny comments about cars and PA and end up with a refresher on sociology/psych theories. Quality work as always sir.
Writing up about RCR, I think it’s a clever trap he makes you fall into. You’re hit with ‘the voice’ and other smarmy remarks, then you get deeper into the video, and *bam!* Literary Theory Time! Pulls you into that state of mind he wants you to fall in about a car with that AP Lang degree he - and Roman - uses great precision.
These ‘reviews’ are all a trap. And I’m all here for it.
@@hullian1113 Fished in! Get the net!
Yeah but I kind of miss the carmeet and furcon parking lot vids
@@AngPur which Subaru is best Subaru?
Hella horns
Hella horns
Hella horns...
@@hullian1113 I literally come here for that deep thought analysis! The jokes are funny, but I'd been disappointed because so many of their recent videos didn't have that full-on literary treatment and just seemed to be a series of crude "jokes" a 13-year-old would make. This is the kind of video that made me subscribe in the first place!
Owning a Cuda 440 is like owning a Cobra for a pet. It looks cool as hell and your badass for owning one but it’s impossible to have much fun if you give it the respect it demands so it doesn’t kill you. And it will kill you, it’s what it does.
No, we need something bigger and that leaves more blood everywhere.
This is having a wolf for a pet, not a wolf dog that's got a modicum of domestication to it, this is, "I walked into the woods, beat this thing with my bare hands, and I'M the alpha now," wolf for a pet, and you're pretty sure it's the reason the local cat population nosedove after you moved in.
You are a badass that makes testes drop by entering the room, but sweet tap-dancing Christ you are walking a tightrope and I'm not sure if you know it.
I own a 1971 cuda 440. Can confirm.
It's a bit like walking through the forest and finding a cute baby bear. You have that blissful couple of seconds before you realise mumma must be around here somewhere.
I had a rattlesnake for a while once he was a nice guy he’d only rattle every once in a while
Its not a regular car, a weekend car its got amazing power but eats to much for a daily and heaven forbid if it rains lol handling is dangerous.
Best looking grille and headlight combo ever designed right there.
not best looking, but most psychopathic for sure
"It goes like a rocket ship, handles like a shopping cart, and stops like a covered wagon"
love the honest analogy.
Can we all just appreciate that this man managed to stall an automatic mid-review?
"Oh, so I can't start it in drive?" ... ugh
@@johncomuntzis8276 peak zoomer
Old cars just be like that🤣
He didn’t stall it. The car did. He said you have to rev it to keep it from stalling in gear.
Even a manual driver is going to instinctively go for clutch when it starts to stall.. not shift to neutral.
@@Bartonovich52 Just a funny meme m8, I caught the beginning of the video and know /why/ it died. Not trying to get all "Haha, RCR is bad at cars!"
1971 Plymouth Cuda 440: The official car of "Hey, you got a light, kid?"
Nah, that is the IROC-Z...
*Monte Carlo
Shit you could say that about any Firebird too.
@@ThePower1037 1982 Camaro 305 with custom flames, side pipes, and mag wheels 😁
@@spudwickthrockmorton2112 ew Monte Carlo what about Impala or Malibu chevelle and nova get more attention than Impala 67
"This is an Xbox 360" with that quote alone, I can now relate to my Dad, who lived through the muscle car era.
It is still strange to me that he always treats these old monster as something strange. I grew up with these in the 80s and this was just the way cars were back then. You just have to accept these beasts as what they were.
It’s all relative to what we’re used to. I’m 39 and drove my friends’ ‘67 mustang in 1999. Unboosted drum brakes, non-power steering, sloppy 3spd stick... made it up the block. Even my ‘84 T/A felt much more solid.
I agree. People are used to much smaller vehicles today. Cars that are considered full sized these days would've been considered compact cars in the '70s. I'm only 33, but to me, a full sized car is something like a '78 Lincoln Continental with a 460.
He likes to talk about context all the time, but he ignores it whenever he feels like it. Probably thinks it will get him more views.
“...a hellscape of slurs that would make even Nick Mullen blush.”
I don’t know why it surprised me at first because it makes total sense for a guy like Mr. Regular to be a fan of a show called “Cum Town.”
funny how this surprises you since he references mainstream shit like the JRE podcast every single episode, get over yourself Cum Town is just as mainstream, you're not talking about 2004 4chan
I was a little surprised by the cum town reference but I guess it's not super surprising
It caught me off guard. Is cum town really that mainstream?
@@freeagent212
Not in my part of the internet because I don't believe I've ever heard of it before. Kind of a hard name to forget.
I dunno, maybe I've just been out of the loop of the weird for the last few years ?
@@freeagent212 it's in the same general sphere as chapo trap house and red scare. All have some name weight among podcast enthusiasts but far from general pop culture knowledge.
"There is tons of power and I can't control it!"
Mr. Regular, I think that was the point of the classic muscle car. Where as a traditional sports car thrills by inspiring confidence, I'm pretty sure a muscle car was always meant to thrill by scaring the shit out of you... Without making you look like a lower-class simpleton in their dad's hand-me-down.
Especially when the whole dashboard fucking shakes then that gets the adrenaline going
its mainly because that car is kind of a pile. and the shakey loose power steering and manual drums.
@@jordanwiley4582 lol ya
If I go beyond 2600 rpm in my ol' Mustang the vibrations make me afraid of blowing it up on the highway. But this fear slowly went away over time and I had it for 5 years now.
But even now I try to avoid just cruising faster than 75 mph in it. Keep in mind there is no overdrive.
@@DAN007thefoxx1 that’s why I love driving my 80’s Camry wagon because I can just zip anywhere and turn on ECT power and just zoom past everyone on the freeway going 95+ in a 2.0 4 cylinder with no fear and no airbags. Truly makes me feel for the road, even if the car is a shopping cart with a peppy motor.
I respect the hell out of this car and it's owner. This car is like my high school parking lot in 1985, it needs love, man. It CAN be brought back and made better.
I have and it is...
"It goes like a rocket, handles like a shopping cart and stops like a covered wagon"
I'm using this now
That "last party before breakup" really hits home
As my world comes crashing down, I’ll be dancing, deaf dumb and blind...
I remember saying "I want this night to go on forever" lmao
I literally thought about my last party before breakup over a year ago and how it's messed up that at the time i didn't know that i would remember that party as the "last party" later on. Man i think about that shit way more often than i should.
F for all of you.
Not as much as "The last concert before March 2020" for me.
As a kid, my mom not only had a 383 71 'cuda convertible, but she also had a 70 Challenger 440 6-pack. She purchased them both before I was born and had the' cuda through the early 80's. These cars formed my early memories, just imagine being 10 years old and listening to a screaming big block echo off of the cars it consumed.
Understandably, I wanted to drive one and finally got my chance about 10 years ago. What they say about driving your childhood heroes is absolutely true. I felt so let down as the rose colored memories about an unbeatable bellowing big block were just that...rose colored. It was slow, had no traction, wandered the road like a drunken sailor and definitely didn't stop. And just think, people drove these things on bais ply tires somehow!
Thanks for the reminder, Mr. Regular. Just what I needed on my birthday.
"You can't make this car 'Safe To Drive.'" Exactly, just ask Kevin Hart
?
Amadeus2248 his friend (or he did, because people evidently argued that point) totaled Kevin's cuda after dumping an ungodly amount of money into it + hellcat swapping it. His back was in bad shape and was in danger of loss of some functionality. Made a full recovery though. Mans built like a badger lol
He wasn't driving and his car was way better than this guy could ever imagine.
@@joshjablonicky171 “was”
Needs front disc brakes, minimum.
Damn that Jocko Willink joke at the end there really got me lmao
“Horrific nightmare to drive” a ringing endorsement if there ever was one.
For how much RCR secretly hates old school muscle, yeah.
6:13!
this was BY FAR the best RCR episode of 2020!
How? Show your work...
Yes. Yes it is.
"Large displacement engines wouldn't return until the new century."
*laughs in 7.3 liter IDI*
In a car?
Well... in general you could say that large displacement engines that dwarf anything a vehicle has have always been around in locomotives and ships, etc.
It needs to be qualified, otherwise you can just say things like my heavy duty pickup had this, or my motorhome had that, or my semi had this, etc.
It’s implied that he mean cars, ie: coupes, sedans. and wagons... and other than custom ones or very low production super cars, all have had displacements of 350 cubic inches or less since the early 80s.
A closer truth is, there are no big block cars anymore. Even the 6.2 LS and 6.4 Hemis are still technically small blocks (as in, they have no significant differences in bore spacing or overall size than their lower displacement versions)
@@Bartonovich52 The 2015 Z/28 had a 7 liter engine
I was just thinking what about the ss trucks with the 454s lmao
I bought one when I was 21. Last year they made 'em - '74, new for $4k. It got 7MPG when having fun and back then it didn't mean a thing until gas went up to a whopping 45¢ a gallon - that pissed us off. 🚗
I love how you were talking ab brakes and a deer just popped off lmao
And then grinds the starter
love the LGR reference, didn't realize Mr. Regular was a fan of that channel.
They go back long time when mr regular reviewed his old station wagon (i cannot remember which video it was)
LGR?
@@jasonbell2733 lazy game reviews
@@thracian Let me know if you can find it, I'm curious
Ah- now I know Mr. Regular is a man of culture as well...
I own one with a 440. It still has drum brakes. Stops great! Funny thing, I let some mopar guys drive it cuz they didn't believe me. Had this for 16yrs and never changed anything but the radiator and overflow. It drives great. this guy can bash it because he doesn't own or drive one on a regular basis. Grow up with these and you don't lose your love for it no matter what anyone says . it's not about the money, safety as this guy says. I've driven it 110mph and it wasn't all over the road. The only issue with it is it was built for a man to sit in it. Im 5'2 and the seats sit low in it or at least it felt that way til I got used to driving it. The car may be losing value on the money end, but it never was about the money. It was about the reminder of my dad, his mopars, and driving them when I was 16. Talking to them cuz they're cold blooded... Theres nothing scarey about it. Everyday I look at it and it just makes me happy with what it is, not with what it's not.
My brother took it out with one of his best friends. They roasted the tires til he couldnt see. When smoke started to clear up,people were on their phones. He said probably calling the police. He laughed cuz he said its not in his name..lol.
I know it's an old post, but thanks for the beautiful story. I'm sure, if I had a car of that spirit I would treat it the same, with love and respect. Old cars used to be like this, even regular, budget cars where if you didn't get the feel for it and didn't learn its quirks, which always takes some experience, you couldn't enjoy handling them. I can only imagine that with a wild horse like this, it is even harder, but much more rewarding. And that sentence you wrote: "...it just makes me happy with what it is, not with what it's not." - this is the most beautiful and wise thing I read on youtube's comment section. That's the essence of passion and love right there. So, thanks again. And may you enjoy that car as long as your heart desires and be safe while doing it.
Have a great day!
They generally stop fine if you just keep them adjusted and maintained. Hell, I’m running a hemi with drums in the rear and discs in the front. The difference is negligible at best.
@@Wolf-Spirit_Alpha-Sigma thankyou. I will. Handling the car is like anything , you learn to know it. Lots of driving..you could do it! .all I worry about is someone hitting me.. I'm pulling her engine and gonna rebuild it.i ts been a few yrs since I did an engine... I have so much I want to do to keep her in good condition but not kill her with horsepower. I grew up in the junkyard with my dad and brothers. I've learned alot listening to guys at the yard and my brothers. My dad would be getting after me if he was alive but he brought up in it. It was okay til I got into Jr high, then he wanted me to be a girl.. lol. He had a gun metal 64 sport fury he drove everyday. It was my favorite car. Jon Kosmoski, House of kolor made me a magenta pearl for her so she will see paint hopefully by May. That should keep her sheet metal happy for awhile..
The 71 ‘cuda was the coup de grace of the muscle car era.
*talks about the good old days of gaming*
Me: *cracks open monster ultra light* “amen brother, they don’t make them like they use too”
Amen!
...what about tennis on Apple IIe?
You don't love your woman cause she's perfect and you don't love a 'Cuda because it's a good car. Simple as that.
Absolutely. The perfection is in the flaws.
beautiful
Goes like a rocket ship, handles like a shopping cart and stops like a covered wagon. And my god I want it.
The thing that makes a muscle car "safe to drive" is actually knowing how to drive. People today have been dumbed down by modern tech and electronic nannies, and they've forgotten how to do a lot of fundamentally basic shit.
Yep
Ew this challenger has no backup camera or beep sound when I'm close to hit something or lane assist when I'm using my phone
Unless someone hits YOU then you're just fucked in that old cuda
If somebody pins you to a divider that A pillar bag is gonna be real nice
No
That "work husband" analogy is classic RCR. Analogies like that take me way back.
pure gold
“More slurs than Nick Mullen”
I think he’s talking about Adam.
no hes talking about nick
Nick Mullens? The 49ers qb? Cool.
james canfield I didn’t know he was a sports guy, only thought he was into guys. That’s cool though
But the breakfast
71 Cuda...Cool Adam car
I love the grille that has the anger of a calm drill sergeant, you know he’s angry, but it’s not anger anymore, it’s pure rage
Mr Regular, you have made some of the greatest content on UA-cam for years now and you continue on into 2021 publishing another ode to years past.
Big ups with your writing man!
Lots of eggs were fertilized in the backseats of ‘Cuda’s.
Nuts busted
You'd have to be pretty flexible to do anything in a back seat that small. The Challenger was at least a little bigger.
@@seed_drill7135 any port in stormy weather lol
my dad owned one when he got my mom pregnant. lol
My old man had one 👀
I came along a bit after he sold it but still
God, I wish I had bought a fleet of these muscle cars back in the 1980's when they were practically giving them away. Doh!
My great uncle had the opportunity to buy both a Charger Daytona and a Superbird back then. He didn't because he thought they were ugly. My dad and uncle tried to get him to do it, but he wouldn't budge.
After you consider inflation and the outrageous cost of keeping them from deteriorating you would be at net zero. 🤷🏻♂️
People did that's why they still exist. Except the type of people who do that ("This is gonna be worth somethin' some day!") put them on blocks and let them sit. Then they're either scrapped, or sold for chump change at an estate auction... "Ran when parked".
I know...my buddy bought a 70 4 speed, 410 rear Z28 for 1500.
You could've bought one, but you would have needed to keep it in barn 'til these days because it would sip as much gas (which wasn't that cheap back then) as an Iroc-z owner sips Heinekens.
Now that was a true car review. Always love the 'cuda but glad to hear someone give an honest critique.
It may have been honest from someone who knows nothing about cars. Most cars will not start in Drive? A real original 440-6 cuda came factory with power Disc Front brakes. From the pictures in the video I know where the test drive was taken and there are many better examples of 71 cuda's in the area. I doubt the owners would let this guy drive their car but they are out there. This cuda is a good starter car for a full restoration but needs a fair amount of work to be representative of the 71 6 pack cuda and this car doesn't drive like it is making near 500 hp. Maybe 400hp?
2nd Gen GM F body junkie here, but FULL respect and admiration to the Cuda 440!
Last time I was this early, I disappointed her. Again
hooo this one is really good
A good diet and exercise helps, my friend.
Last time I was this early, the Vagabond Falcon sold for the price of a 2003 Camry.
This is trend is on its way out.
Now: it's
This: stupid shit
My father-in-law has one of these with the 440 "six pack" and 4-speed... it sounds like the car equivalent to Lemmy Kilmister and you can chirp the tires in 3rd gear.
Hellyeah! As badass as Motorhead!
Ya know, I used to daily a 70 Coronet. Four wheel drums, welded rear, 400 big block with 383hp heads and cam, Edelbrock tarantula intake, huge Holley double pumper, locked out distributor, tranny was a car case with motorhome internals, threw the shift spring away, no sway bars, N50s on slot mags out back, true dual exhaust with ancient cherry bombs, gabriel hi jackers and Mr Gasket lift shackles, and it wasnt bad at all. A little hot inside during the summer though. Burnouts and donuts made up for all that though. And talk about angry looking, that cars grill scowled like it was coming to murder your whole family.
*Has RCR come review it*
*Doesn’t put right fuel in it*
Needs to tune it correctly. Simply needs to retard the timing advance before he grenades the motor.. 500 hp and pre ignition on 93? Bad timing or stupid high compression. With it pinging higher up I'm assuming it's the vacuum advance
@@atreyustratula probably has a fucking 210-225 @.050 duration cam in a 10:1 static compression engine, and doesnt even know what initial and total timing, let alone a timing curve, is.....
Hey man it's PA, be happy he has 4 headlights it means he'll have at least two that work
10 gallons of Sunoco could give him a good time.
@@atreyustratula I was wondering about that, I know several cars down at my local drag strip that run 600, 700, maybe 800 HP on this ‘dinosaur technology’ as he calls it, and they drive them down at my local drive in and car meets all the time.
Is it weird that I want a 'Cuda even more after watching this?
quad circular headlights are so muscle car, I love it, the car is exactly what my idea of a muscle car is
Whereas the designer of the 1965 Mustang wanted a more 'European' look and so it gets only two headlights, not four.
me to myself, who owns a 1991 golf mk2 with quad headlights
@@DAN007thefoxx1 and then the performance accessory people give you the option of 2 more
@@casychapin4647 The GT foglamp conversion.
That shot at 1:00 is one of my favorite roads
My first car was a “brand new, off the showroom floor” 1973 340 ‘Cuda from Valley Motors in Altoona, PA.
The sticker was just over $4,000, but my dad knew a used car dealer that got the car for us for $3,400.
It was brown with a white interior. Had the slapstick automatic shifter. Yeah, it was rated at 240 HP. I loved driving it to High School, even though I could see the school from my house. A friend had a Boss 302 Mustang, I think it was a 1970. I needed to be born a few years earlier to have had a shot at a 1970 or 1971, to get a brand new one, or to have bought a used Cuda. Unfortunately, it was traded a few years later for a 1975 Trans Am Firebird.
"The Xbox 360 is the greatest console ever made."
*PS2 has entered the chat*
The Dreamcast would like to have a chat.
SNES wants to know your location.
@@stevenlevesque4270 MEGADRIVE*
@@televisionandcheese I thought the Console Wars were over!
This
4 C's of the past
Carbs
Cams
Cubes
Compression
SHEMALE PORN ADICTION
Can't handle
@@FranciscoFJM no idea what that has to do with the 4 C's, but enjoy 😉
There is no replacement for
*CUBIC INCHES DISPLACEMENT.*
5th C:
Cajones
My dad had a badass 66 barracuda that he put a 340 six pack in. Will never forget that car
A lot of this is spot on. The 71 Mustang Mach 1 I had a few years back was terrifying to drive. The steering was so loose as to be taken as a mere suggestion of where to go. Now I don't remember the 68 Barracuda I had in college as being like that but that may be being spoiled by 35 years of engineering improvements. That said, I find 67/68 to be the height of 'muscle-car-ness" ... similar power and better body styles across all brands.
I remember doing donuts in one of these. It was my friends dad’s car, and we were all stoned teenagers
If you weren't you were doing it wrong
I can't help but feel like maybe they drove better when they were new. It's hard to maintain a doughnut in something that handles like garbage. Brand new Challengers are probably going to feel like crap in 50+ years too.
My buddy had a similar Challenger that he dropped a 440 in from an Imperial. Donuts and burnouts for days on a frozen pond in NH in the late 70's. Man we were stupid.
Teens driving big uncontrollable muscle cars drunk or high? Awesome
@ Obd1andDown
You don’t need handling to do doughnuts.
Even a perfect DK style circular drift with counter steer and throttle modulation. This car has huge front weight bias which keeps the front tires planted and the speed and tire forces are so low that suspension doesn’t much matter. All you need is a responsive engine that can break the rear tires loose and a sense of feel to keep the yaw at the correct rate as you simply steer the front tires where you want to go.
But for most people.. “doughnuts” are just cranking the wheel into the turn and letting the back slide out uncontrollably. The only negative thing that a poorly set up front heavy car like this will encounter is heavy understeer to start... but as long as the nose turns a bit.. the push from the rear and the ‘Coriolis Effect’ will do the rest.
MOPAR PURPLE SHAFT is what Barb calls it after I take those little blue pills! HARHARHARHAR -Sent from Jitterbug Smart 2
Yep, can confirm. -Sent from Barb's Bedroom
Bravo! I’m shocked Mr. Regular left that alone lol
HELL YEA BORTHER
-TIM USAF CERTIFIED FORKLIFT DRIVER 1964-1964.5
Google smiley face and wink face on iPhone - sent from my iPhone
That pizza is nightmarish. It looks like it was made with PCP
That shot of you driving under the fall leaves damn… I’m 27 but felt the nostalgia
That's the sketchiest car I've seen and driving it would be terrifying. I'M IN LOVE!
This is not "regular", this is a legend
This man just mentioned Nick Mullen. I knew in my gut he watches Cum Town.
did you watch the auction live stream?
Fred E great, now I gotta go watch the whole live stream to hear him mentioned lol.
I think every youtuber secretly likes cum town🤣
@@Meekmillan what's the timestamp?
@@Meekmillan TBF it's a good watch. Put it at X1.5 to save time
We had to wait until the next century for the large displacement engines to return? The 8 Liter(488 ci) V10 in the Dodge Viper came out in 1992.
He meant "affordable large displacement engines".
@@vertousofficial3735 That pushes it forward to 1994 then for the 8 liter Cast Iron version of the same. That's still 6 years before the turn of the century.
350 doesn't count as large displacement?
@@nthgth IMHO 400 Ci is the cutoff, or 6.5 liters displacement. 350 is 5.7l 302 is 4.9L. Both not large, though not exactly 4 banger sized either.
Two Tone and here I was, Thinking I'm relatively big with my 3.8 V6... yet I am just a boy.
the 1971 cuda 440 is a car that any gearhead can beat off to
As an Italian, besides the Lancia Delta Integrale, this is a car I'd desperately love to drive.
If I were an Italian, the two cars I'd desperately want to drive would be an Iso Grifo (basically the same as this Cuda but much more refined) as well as an Innocenti C coupe just because it's the weird BMC stepson of the automotive world.
@@jakekaywell5972 everyone outside of usa want to drive one american car from 67 to 73. Especially those cool pony cars. Even with a inline 6 they are cooler than anything from the outside world.
@@polentusmax6100 I think that phenomenon is a case of "the grass is always greener on the other side". Most American cars are boring to me, although exceptions do exist. I'm generally into British stuff more than anything else.
@@polentusmax6100 By the way, my current and first pride and joy is a 1962 Studebaker GT Hawk. A real Euro-American trip!
@@jakekaywell5972 my first and only car is similar to a daewoo lemans, sold as a pontiac lemans in the 80's in usa. But mine is a 95.
I cant afford a classic car, trim pieces cost a fortune, a normal car have cheap pieces, so its easier to fix it. Im so cheap i will try paintin the car by hand, lol.
This car is both loved and DRIVEN! Much respect!
My family has had a great many muscle cars, I learned to drive in one, learned manual in one. Our cuda was quite terrifying. Yet, as I've gotten older I think I've understood them better. The intent was always to scare the living shit out of you, so you try to master it and wear your fleeting success like a crown of the king of the street
Family heirloom 440 powered cuda in condition that makes you not paranoid to drive, zepplin t shirt. Livin large my man!.
I know you've chosen XB360 to draw some parallel with 'Cuda, but I'd still argue the PS2 was the best console ever, period.
Agreed. There's a stronger argument for the PS2 than the 360 for sure. Sales, technology, life span, catalog, accessibility...
Agreed. I got my PS2 in its waning days when you could still get the games at GameStop but they were in the yellow paper sleeves for a few bucks each. It was the perfect moment between good enough and the end of used games, and I had no idea at the time.
I agree that the ps2 was the best console ever, but culturally in America I think the xb 360 did more. That was also probably because it was the last console wars console.
@@rastas_4221 Ps2 was for many their first DVD player too
I resent how the answer to this is _"But America tho."_
*"OUR LORD AND SAVIOR"*
I'm ashamed that I only got the joke now
Not mine lmao
“And on the seventh day, god gave us L-S”
@@msdos32 ...and God saw that the LS was good and commanded all performance cars be built with it. Amen.
I came across one growing up in North east Ohio, and knew the value of it but the owner did not know and enjoyed talking with him about what he owns, i have a obsession for the Cuda and have a garage full of diecast models to prove it lol it really is the most beautiful muscle car i have ever seen and will always stick to that, thank you for this video i enjoyed it alot
The ending piece about how muscle cars in their original form can't exist as they were when produced nowadays or really be updated to todays standards, but they still have their place as what they are and as icons had me nodding in agreement the whole time. Really well articulated.
1:45 This is too real. So, so real.
Had a dream about my grandfather's dead dog last night.
Gotta say, this vid made my morning.
I'm glad somebody who likes muscle cars can still acknowledge that they drive like pure shit.
Big block Chrysler engines are awesome and dependable, also pretty simple. I drive a stroked big block in a 65 Coronet almost daily. I put 93 Octane in it no prob. For power I went with lower compression and added a stall with a steer fighter 727 and some lower gears. Easy. Simple. And a lot of fun.
I’m sitting here using 100 octane leaded fuel and I still get knocks....
I grew to appreciate the Cuda by watching the 1980's movie Phantasm. Reggie would approve.
The reason why you need to have one foot on the break and gas is cause the torque converter stall can’t keep up with the cams idle
You’re nowhere near stall. Even pedestrian low stall torque converter isn’t going to stall at idle. It’s just the drag.
I cast my vote for the third party of Big Cam / Bad Idle Vacuum 2020.
@@Bartonovich52 it will if the cam is so big and stall so low that it jerks the car when you put it in gear.
'Horrific nightmare to drive". Yeah us old Mopar guys are pretty insane but we love our old large cars!
The 1 2 shift kickdown is something to die for on these old chrysler's with the Torqueflite A727.
Driving past Brandywine Branch distillery at 1:14, our savior of 2020 when everywhere else was shut down, shout out to Elverson PA!
I got to ride in one of these with a 318 and a manual valve body, was pretty fun ngl.
Ain't nothing wrong with a 318
6:13
My father owned a '73 "Cuda" with the 440/727 Auto Trans during the mid 70's. It was Red with black shutter decals with a Hurst shifter. When the second Gas crisis hit in 76/77, he was forced to sell it due to gas being .25/gal! I had the honor of driving my uncle's 73 Cuda a few hours ago. What a fantastic ride that was!
He passed away this June sadly.. I remember me fondantly telling my a story how he was speeding back home one night Listening to Don't Fear the Reaper when a bat flew into his car and smacked the rear window killing itself on impact.
I have a 70 cuda 4 speed it handles terrible drinks the petrol like nothing else and i love it its all about smiles per miles 😊
To be honest this review is the best rcr review. Such raw emotion and connection to this absolute demon of a car.
Haven't even started yet, but let's hear another episode of "RCR Shits On Cars Not From His Teenage Years".
Beat me to it...
BOY WERE THEY WRONG
Regular Car Reviews! If you were 16 sixty years ago...
I still love it
You win!
I greatly appreciate his withering critique of V-8 addiction and poisoning.
That spot at about 13:19 was priceless; "Oh! Deer!" Then having to restart it. Perfect. Love this car, love this review.
I still have the `70 GTX Hemi w/ a 4-spd, it still scares the shit out of me when I drive it, and that's after adding disc brakes.
pffft, ive got a big block dart with full drums :D
Post a video or you’re lying
But don’t ya just love it?! These are machines built by men, for men!
Ah yes, the era when a game had to be done developing before release. Now you just get what you get until patches and updates give you what you paid for.
lol........ahem.......rust AHEM
to be fair, if the 'cuda was a car it would be a Bethesda release "it just works", "let the modders make it driveable"
Yeah, no patches came out for games on 360... Nope, never.
Lol what? There absolutely were patches and updates during the 360 era.
Hands down your favorite car you've reviewed, thank you Mr. Regular!
This channel is far better than any other car UA-cam channel. I drink my vodka filled coffee and start my day with these videos
60s and 70s gave us some of the best looking cars ever
Best reference re Jacko and worst Christopher Walken impression all in one video. Keep up the good work
That was the only usable take, because I kept breaking and remarking on how bad the Walken was! And how there was no real motivation to doing it other than I didn't feel like doing a song. Fun times.
@@LimitedTimeRoman that was the best “bad” walken I’ve ever heard, if only because I could tell it was walken
1971 Cuda. If a car has a zodiac sign, this one would be Scorpio.
What are the other signs then?
If a car were the zodiac killer, this would be it.
It wears a gold chain, and has THICK chest hair. And it WANTS you to see it.
Nah, the Scorpio was a Ford. This is more Cancer, because it has claws.
@@markmiller3279 Cancer likes comfort though. This is more Taurus: stubborn, hard to control, lots of grunt.
The interior shots of this car remind me of my 1971 Dart. Everything is steel, when the engine is running you feel like you're in a resonance chamber, and everything is vibrating. It's kinda like being in a light aircraft, except even more terrifying.
It's hard to imagine a time when cars like this were a dime a dozen, as common as Nissan Maximas are today.
Nissan what? I never see Maximas. I almost forget they still exist.
In the 80s you'd still see some weird Nova or Mustang driving in the winter because it was just a 15 year old car.
@@Bartonovich52 people in MA like their maximas
Except they weren't a dime a dozen. Did you hear the actual sales figures? This shape of car was common- but most of them were just hardtop coupes with straight sixes and not with the performance packages. What killed the muscle car wasn't safety regs, or gas crisis or taste- it was INSURANCE. These were expensive to insure, and expensive to buy and not practical. People have the same tastes now as they did then- most people drove around in dull boxes with wimpy engines to take the kids to here and there. Hardly anyone bought these new.
Cudas were never a dime a dozen. Rare to see one even back in the day.