Man I’m 58 and a car nut my entire life including mags, videos, books, all of it and being a Mechanic 20 years and you are by far the best presenter I have ever seen. Hands down.
My ‘Cuda was also in B5 blue. It was a stunning color that would shine like nothing else. I had the 340, but not the AAR package. With black interior and vinyl top, I had the rally cluster, slap stick, buckets, PS and brakes, 15 in Cragar S/S wheels with GR 60 Goodrich T/As on all four corners, plus a couple of other minor mods to further improve on what already was impressive handling. I bought it used from a friend - i actually and pestered the living hell out of him until he finally gave in and agreed to sell it to me for $2700 (which truthfully was a bit over top money then). It was pristine when I got it, and because I felt very privileged to own it, I kept it looking new all the time. Loved that car!
I used to know where a triple black AAR was , in need of a resto but most of the car was there , they wanted too much for it but things change . I’m sure my opportunity is long gone by now
my late uncle had an aar cuda that he bought in 1973 . it was hemi orange with a black vinyl roof and had the 727 auto with slapstick . i have fond memories riding in the back as a kid and can still recall when he would open up those holleys . after that i wanted a cuda and my first car ended up being a blue on blue 72 cuda 340 i got in 1982 when i was 17 . made me a mopar guy for life .
In high school a guy on my block was a big time Mopar guy he restored one for his oldest son and a 71 road runner for the youngest, I was so jealous....lol, such cool cars to have.
@@bultacowally lol exactly the original sheet metal was really crappy by todays standards I just did pop riveting to hold it together and painted the car primer black it was better than staring at rust through everywhere!
I've only seen the AAR Cuda with flush NACA scoops on the hood. One of my favourite cars. I had a 1970 challenger 440 RT/SE and a 1972 340 Challenger, a 69 GTX and a 68 Charger 440 RT. I always wanted a Cuda. Only me to blame on that one. Almost bought an AAR Cuda from the original owner in 1973. Great post and colour. Thanks
I love the 70 AAR Cuda ever since my first time seeing one in a mopar mag as a kid I loved the hood with the blacked out treatment and the stripes down the side and that front end that looks so badass plus the 6 BBL 340
Thank You for explaining B-5 Blue as Blue Fire. For fifty years I have owned a B-5 Blue (Blue Fire) 1970 Roadrunner Convertible 440+6 4-Speed one of 34 built in 1970. I have used the term Blue Fire for years. The AAR Cuda in this clip is beautiful. It is B-5 100%.
Very cool cars...there is one sitting not far from me, original owner, in his front yard in the mud...the black stripes on yellow paint peeking out under the ripped up tarp.
I know of a house that the owner doesn’t have anyone living in it but he has had a ‘65 or ‘66 Mustang fastback sitting in the driveway for a long time. This last fall he unfolded a blue tarp over it then bungeed it on tightly and folded the loose ends in. No airflow under the tarp and that fastback with no rust that I saw will probably have some as I type this. So sad.
That’s a shame ! Actually , that’s a tragedy ! Someone would love to restore that car ! 🚙 They’re not many left , I hope the owner does get it restored .
I had the dual point distributor 6 barrel what a pain to keep in tune I always had a matchbook handy to gap the points I ended up swapping a Carter AVS 4 brl in with a torker manifold and cherry bombs after good headers it was loud and fast!!! Mine was purple
exactly----and with a relatively short stroke of 3.30 on the pistons you could keep the torqueflight in low until over 60 shift into 2nd and still chirp the tires it didn't have the torque of a big block but they were fun to drive---I won a lot of street battles!!!
The one thing that always freaked me out, was how the hood would bubble out at high speeds... Always had the fear of the thing breaking apart during the drive. It never did, but it certainly got your attention in the beginning.. LOL. Miss them so bad... a friend of mine had the Black on Gold with the louvers rear window add-on, pistol grip 4-speed, black interior... he parked it close to his girlfriend's home one day, as they would not let him park it near the farmhouse, as it shook the windows. Anyways, he parked it on the wrong side of the road one night, and a drunk driver hit the Cuda at a speed estimated at 70 MPH. left side to left side head-on collision and sent the Cuda 200 plus feet down the road. I almost bought it for a couple of hundred dollars, but he decided to keep it. Over time we parted friends and i bumped into him a few years later. Ask him about the Cuda, and he got rid of it to the scrappers. That was the last time I saw that A**Hole ever again.
I have the 1/18th AAR in Sublime and the Hemi in Moulon Rugue ., (pink) or Panther Pink . I think Plymouth was Moulon Rugue . I’m sure I spelled that wrong too ! Yep , Moulon Rouge ! Checked my decoding books !
That is a beautiful muscle car but I just can't get used to the 'flat black' on the hood. I know a lot of people will disagree with me but in my opinion it looks like primer, and like it needs to be painted. That shade of blue is so gorgeous I think it would look better if the hood was blue like the rest of the car and the air scoop was left with the flat black and maybe even a solid stripe down the middle of the front in the flat black.
I'm surprised... you sound like a millennial and millennials live for flat black. The color of choice...If you are a millennial paint your car or motorcycle flat black. I've seen a few old Mopars that originally had flat black stripes / graphics from the factory the the owners changed to a gloss black and they look like shit that way. If you own an old Mopar and are going with "factory look" paint then keep the black flat...nobody designed better than Chrysler back then. And BTW that flat black hood "paint" was actually not paint at all...it is a blackout coating called Organisol that Chrysler used on certain parts of a car to black out that particular part. Like behind the grill for instance. It was used on race car hoods to reduce glare from the sun which was why it was used on AAR 'cudas and T/A Challengers as they were replica factory race cars.
walton cool, I wasn't aware of all that. But yeah, and like the other commenter said it would be worth more money leaving it that way, so I probably wouldn't change it after all. 🙂 As for my classification, I was born in '72 so I think I'm a gen X'er?? Not sure exactly.
Are those warning stickers on the front driving lights? They look yellow from a distance, then when you get a close look they look like square labels. Great car!
they made less of the challenger ta`s...around less than 2400 tas...989 were 4 speeds,i also read...dont know the actual numbers panther pink was the rarest paint color chosen by buyers
Chevy guy, use to drive my 69 Camaro around town but i was always was jealous of this red/black 70 cuda i saw around, regular guy cant afford the vintage mopars anymore tho. Shame
the 1967 to 69 camaro,65 to 72 chevelle,55 - 72 corvette, nova,impala are all beautiful.the 1965 mustang fastback is a close second to the beauty of this car.there are tons of gorgeous muscle cars from all brands,the amx is another killer car.
EB5 wow not B5 I learned something and I see the difference my 1970 SE challenger had a flip flop one coat over its B5 blue now I see where its idea came from it was only noticeable in nite under old parking lites my friend was telling me about it changing colors and i thought he was tripping because he was never sober anyways.I like that EB5 blue never heard of it but it's really bad ass I paint for a living because I used to collect E bodys only in 1991 thanks very pretty I never seen an AAR IN blue.
Ralley gauge cluster was an extra cost option. By my SWAG, probably 50% had the std gauge cluster. Mine came with std cluster. FYI: they made all these. AAR/TA's in a few production runs over several weeks. A lot of them were not specifically customer ordered. So they had a seemingly random amalgamation of options on top of the basic AAR package, which was a loaded Cuda already.
I had a 1970Dodge Challenger convertible R/T 440Mag Plumb Crazy black interior and top got stopped by a sheriff because he wanted to check my car out, I even gave him a ride in it,that gave me a pass those we're the days
Yeah if they could have run the 340 the way it was but the destroked 340 suffered from overheating issues but I do believe they one one race all year could have been a third though not sure....Ford an chevy had their 302s dial in in 68 69 I think 1971 was the end if trans am series sadly
@@hamtrak Not surprised at all. I'll bet the 340/6 was good for 380-385 horses in 1970. It probably made almost as much horsepower as the 383 big block did that year but the 340 didn't have the torque the Mopar big blocks did. My buddy has a 73 Duster 340/4 speed and even for a low compression 340 from 1973 that car is really quick. He removed the smog pump, advanced the timing on it a bit, and installed headers and dual Flowmaster Super 40s on it but its bone stock other than that. The inside of the engine has never been touched.
Seriously all muscle cars from this era were cool, however Dodge/Plymouth really had the best looking lines from the late 60's to 70. The 71 and later cars had way to much chrome and they lost that unique lines idea from the previous years. Great video and great car!
i allmost,talked mysiter into buying one like this in 70 , but she chose the 340 puss!y then came home with 71monte well i never lost race with it ,402 2.72 well relly a trns am bet me by a fender at 110 iwas 16 hahaha
Kevin, I love your passion man, but you have miss used the word UNIQUE So many times I think you should remove it all together from your vocabulary! Seriously, just don’t say it anymore!🙉EVER!
Its a pony car not a muscle car lol if it had a 440 it was a muscle car its a small block so its a pony car the biggest Pony car from back in the day its built off a B body because mopar was late in the game to save $ Chrysler built it off a B body fire wall that's why it uses a B body front suspension and rear end its a big car look how long the doors are ,the 340 didn't make the kind of horse power a 327 did power is in the heads if its not a 392 or a 426 don't waste your $
@@flya787 ...please, yes technically its a Pony car, but it still fits the definition of a muscle car i.e. 2 doors, powerful V8 engine and rear wheel drive. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't throw out an original 70s AAR Cuda out of your garage if there was one sitting under a car cover. It wasn't a bad race car at all. But it was seriously handicapped by a smaller budget from Chrysler.
Man I’m 58 and a car nut my entire life including mags, videos, books, all of it and being a Mechanic 20 years and you are by far the best presenter I have ever seen. Hands down.
Wow, thanks for the very kind words! So glad you enjoy our videos, and thanks for keeping the enthusiasm for Muscle Cars alive!
My ‘Cuda was also in B5 blue. It was a stunning color that would shine like nothing else. I had the 340, but not the AAR package. With black interior and vinyl top, I had the rally cluster, slap stick, buckets, PS and brakes, 15 in Cragar S/S wheels with GR 60 Goodrich T/As on all four corners, plus a couple of other minor mods to further improve on what already was impressive handling. I bought it used from a friend - i actually and pestered the living hell out of him until he finally gave in and agreed to sell it to me for $2700 (which truthfully was a bit over top money then). It was pristine when I got it, and because I felt very privileged to own it, I kept it looking new all the time. Loved that car!
- After all that you sold it? What did your friend say when he found out you let it go? How long did you keep your ‘cuda?
My old car! I restored it at The Finer Details in Danville IN.
I had one in 1970. It was triple black. Very rare.
My cuda only had the aar on the qtr, with blk vinyl top, with blk interior, didn't have fog lamps had dual point distributor, 340 with 4bbl
I used to know where a triple black AAR was , in need of a resto but most of the car was there , they wanted too much for it but things change . I’m sure my opportunity is long gone by now
Awesome wheels !!!!!!!!
my #1 favorite muscle car ever,i was driven to sunday school in 1970 in a 1970 aar cuda in yellow/black,its burned into my memory
I had to walk or take the bus !
my late uncle had an aar cuda that he bought in 1973 . it was hemi orange with a black vinyl roof and had the 727 auto with slapstick . i have fond memories riding in the back as a kid and can still recall when he would open up those holleys . after that i wanted a cuda and my first car ended up being a blue on blue 72 cuda 340 i got in 1982 when i was 17 . made me a mopar guy for life .
Beautiful car
In high school a guy on my block was a big time Mopar guy he restored one for his oldest son and a 71 road runner for the youngest, I was so jealous....lol, such cool cars to have.
I had a beat up purple AAR for 6-7 years it was a lot of fun and it taught me how to twist a wrench---lol---and how to do body work
probably more like "how not to do" bodywork
@@bultacowally lol exactly the original sheet metal was really crappy by todays standards I just did pop riveting to hold it together and painted the car primer black it was better than staring at rust through everywhere!
STOP IT ! You’re making me cry .
A beautiful example in deed!! I have always loved the strobe stripe down the side of these cars and I have yet to see anything better!!!!
And here it is April 16 2019. 49 years and two days old as I’m watching. Out lasted Plymouth itself.
probably the best handling plymouth of 1970
They did drive like a dream ! I had a ‘70 and a ‘73 , loved both of them .
I've only seen the AAR Cuda with flush NACA scoops on the hood. One of my favourite cars. I had a 1970 challenger 440 RT/SE and a 1972 340 Challenger, a 69 GTX and a 68 Charger 440 RT. I always wanted a Cuda. Only me to blame on that one. Almost bought an AAR Cuda from the original owner in 1973. Great post and colour. Thanks
I love the 70 AAR Cuda ever since my first time seeing one in a mopar mag as a kid I loved the hood with the blacked out treatment and the stripes down the side and that front end that looks so badass plus the 6 BBL 340
Love CUDA's.
Had a 72 340 4sp in B5.
B5 Blue and F8 Green! Doesn’t get any better what a beautiful machine!
My favorite Mopar in my favorite color with the mighty 340 w/ 4 speed and 355 sure grip THE G. O. A. T.
Damn, that's a really nice car! 😎
Simply gorgeous! And a great performer.
Love this car with this color combo.
Beautiful, Kevin, Great Presentation as always
Thank You for explaining B-5 Blue as Blue Fire. For fifty years I have owned a B-5 Blue (Blue Fire) 1970 Roadrunner Convertible 440+6 4-Speed one of 34 built in 1970. I have used the term Blue Fire for years. The AAR Cuda in this clip is beautiful. It is B-5 100%.
challegers/cudas have a awesome rear stance,when have wide tires
Very cool cars...there is one sitting not far from me, original owner, in his front yard in the mud...the black stripes on yellow paint peeking out under the ripped up tarp.
rob crossan - Bummer it sat under a tarp stewing in its own trapped under the tarp moisture. Resting steadily and silently.
I know of a house that the owner doesn’t have anyone living in it but he has had a ‘65 or ‘66 Mustang fastback sitting in the driveway for a long time. This last fall he unfolded a blue tarp over it then bungeed it on tightly and folded the loose ends in. No airflow under the tarp and that fastback with no rust that I saw will probably have some as I type this. So sad.
That’s a shame ! Actually , that’s a tragedy ! Someone would love to restore that car ! 🚙 They’re not many left , I hope the owner does get it restored .
I remember seeing one running around on the west side of town, Columbus Ohio around 1974. It was already rusted out, but it was still cool looking!
Never thought of the back of a side exhaust car with no cut outs on back ! Cool again !
I don't remember seeing a blue one before- it is amazing. I know the 340 magnum was as fast as my 440 but never was in a 340 6barrel.
I had the dual point distributor 6 barrel what a pain to keep in tune I always had a matchbook handy to gap the points I ended up swapping a Carter AVS 4 brl in with a torker manifold and cherry bombs after good headers it was loud and fast!!! Mine was purple
The 1970 cuda did do more than 290 horsepower but they put it as 290 so insurance and stuff wouldn't get after them for being to much car
Brennan Hamblin
NHRA rates this engine at 320 hp
cool
+Brennan Hamblin Same thing with the Mustang BOSS 302. Was rated at 290 hp, but there was more horses back at the barn !Again insurance reasons !
glen cyr: and I truly believe that 320 figure was still a bit modest.
exactly----and with a relatively short stroke of 3.30 on the pistons you could keep the torqueflight in low until over 60 shift into 2nd and still chirp the tires it didn't have the torque of a big block but they were fun to drive---I won a lot of street battles!!!
Can anyone tell me where l can find a time machine ? ? ? ? Aaaaaah the memories !
The one thing that always freaked me out, was how the hood would bubble out at high speeds... Always had the fear of the thing breaking apart during the drive. It never did, but it certainly got your attention in the beginning.. LOL. Miss them so bad... a friend of mine had the Black on Gold with the louvers rear window add-on, pistol grip 4-speed, black interior... he parked it close to his girlfriend's home one day, as they would not let him park it near the farmhouse, as it shook the windows. Anyways, he parked it on the wrong side of the road one night, and a drunk driver hit the Cuda at a speed estimated at 70 MPH. left side to left side head-on collision and sent the Cuda 200 plus feet down the road. I almost bought it for a couple of hundred dollars, but he decided to keep it. Over time we parted friends and i bumped into him a few years later. Ask him about the Cuda, and he got rid of it to the scrappers. That was the last time I saw that A**Hole ever again.
Gorgeous, wish it was in my garage!
One of my favorite too.
SWEET RIDE!
I love this beast.
Lord I miss my Cuda! Another car I wish I still had....tear.
Let me guess a junk 72
Thanks for the great video and the info on the AAR. I have a 1/18 scale die-cast version of this car but in panther pink with a black vinyl top.
I have a 1/18 die cast AAR too in orange. The closest I can currently afford to buying a real one lol
I have the 1/18th AAR in Sublime and the Hemi in Moulon Rugue ., (pink) or Panther Pink . I think Plymouth was Moulon Rugue . I’m sure I spelled that wrong too ! Yep , Moulon Rouge ! Checked my decoding books !
great video .
I had orange one and a. White TA u felt so cool when u drove them people stared and pointed
Those were some of the best days of my life always had pretty girls trying to go cruising or racing
Hey which challenger looks better 70 front or 71
That is a beautiful muscle car but I just can't get used to the 'flat black' on the hood. I know a lot of people will disagree with me but in my opinion it looks like primer, and like it needs to be painted. That shade of blue is so gorgeous I think it would look better if the hood was blue like the rest of the car and the air scoop was left with the flat black and maybe even a solid stripe down the middle of the front in the flat black.
If that were my car I would have the hood body color and maybe have the hood scoop black.
That's how they came from the factory so I'd leave it as is. Worth more money that way
I'm surprised... you sound like a millennial and millennials live for flat black. The color of choice...If you are a millennial paint your car or motorcycle flat black. I've seen a few old Mopars that originally had flat black stripes / graphics from the factory the the owners changed to a gloss black and they look like shit that way. If you own an old Mopar and are going with "factory look" paint then keep the black flat...nobody designed better than Chrysler back then. And BTW that flat black hood "paint" was actually not paint at all...it is a blackout coating called Organisol that Chrysler used on certain parts of a car to black out that particular part. Like behind the grill for instance. It was used on race car hoods to reduce glare from the sun which was why it was used on AAR 'cudas and T/A Challengers as they were replica factory race cars.
walton cool, I wasn't aware of all that. But yeah, and like the other commenter said it would be worth more money leaving it that way, so I probably wouldn't change it after all. 🙂
As for my classification, I was born in '72 so I think I'm a gen X'er?? Not sure exactly.
Are those warning stickers on the front driving lights? They look yellow from a distance, then when you get a close look they look like square labels. Great car!
Yes this was actually my car and I restored it. Those stickers were on there at the dealership/show room. They were peeled off when the car was sold
Mopar or No Car !!
they made less of the challenger ta`s...around less than 2400 tas...989 were 4 speeds,i also read...dont know the actual numbers panther pink was the rarest paint color chosen by buyers
That Moulon Rouge and black was the most beautiful car ever ! I’m a blue guy mostly but that color combo and Plum Crazy and black are both gorgeous !
The 68 Charger and 1996 Viper GTS are wow cars, too! Same for 2005 Ford GT and 2009 Corvette ZR1!😁👍🛠️ Also 1994 Firehawk and 97 Ram Air Trans Am!😁👍🛠️
Chevy guy, use to drive my 69 Camaro around town but i was always was jealous of this red/black 70 cuda i saw around, regular guy cant afford the vintage mopars anymore tho. Shame
Super Kewl! GM and Ford had nothing that looked this good. Maybe some of the earlier Mustangs were close.
the 1967 to 69 camaro,65 to 72 chevelle,55 - 72 corvette,
nova,impala are all beautiful.the 1965 mustang fastback
is a close second to the beauty of this car.there are tons
of gorgeous muscle cars from all brands,the amx is another killer car.
surprised no rally dash
optional on all Cudas..
EB5 wow not B5 I learned something and I see the difference my 1970 SE challenger had a flip flop one coat over its B5 blue now I see where its idea came from it was only noticeable in nite under old parking lites my friend was telling me about it changing colors and i thought he was tripping because he was never sober anyways.I like that EB5 blue never heard of it but it's really bad ass I paint for a living because I used to collect E bodys only in 1991 thanks very pretty I never seen an AAR IN blue.
Hope your knowledge of automotive paint is WAY more than that of Mopars in general...
Odd that it didn't have the rally gauges.
Ralley gauge cluster was an extra cost option. By my SWAG, probably 50% had the std gauge cluster. Mine came with std cluster. FYI: they made all these. AAR/TA's in a few production runs over several weeks. A lot of them were not specifically customer ordered. So they had a seemingly random amalgamation of options on top of the basic AAR package, which was a loaded Cuda already.
I had a 1970Dodge Challenger convertible R/T 440Mag Plumb Crazy black interior and top got stopped by a sheriff because he wanted to check my car out, I even gave him a ride in it,that gave me a pass those we're the days
Amc is the best under dog
Those Trans Am Javelins were no joke. Fast cars that handled really well too
Yeah if they could have run the 340 the way it was but the destroked 340 suffered from overheating issues but I do believe they one one race all year could have been a third though not sure....Ford an chevy had their 302s dial in in 68 69 I think 1971 was the end if trans am series sadly
hey there he is!!! hey tell us more Mr. Know It All Mopar!!!!
I have a BS27HOB and BH27LOB available
The super Bees were six packs love em!
"Some people think it made more" Really? NHRA refactored them at 350HP!
There is a dyno vid on youtube of a stock 1970 340/4bbl. 364HP at 6,000 rpm at the flywheel!
Sounds right, 340 A body's destroyed most stock big blocks in the day.
I wonder how much HP the racing 305 made ? ? ?
@@hamtrak Not surprised at all. I'll bet the 340/6 was good for 380-385 horses in 1970. It probably made almost as much horsepower as the 383 big block did that year but the 340 didn't have the torque the Mopar big blocks did. My buddy has a 73 Duster 340/4 speed and even for a low compression 340 from 1973 that car is really quick. He removed the smog pump, advanced the timing on it a bit, and installed headers and dual Flowmaster Super 40s on it but its bone stock other than that. The inside of the engine has never been touched.
@@JimJones-zc9mk about 450bhp..
when you gonna do a video of a 1970 charger is my favorite
Seriously all muscle cars from this era were cool, however Dodge/Plymouth really had the best looking lines from the late 60's to 70. The 71 and later cars had way to much chrome and they lost that unique lines idea from the previous years. Great video and great car!
Alrighty now, how's aboot a story on the Pantera?
👍❤️🔥
This is nice car sweet but I think chevelle 70 ss what's your top 5?
Wow
i allmost,talked mysiter into buying one like this in 70 , but she chose the 340 puss!y then came home with 71monte well i never lost race with it ,402 2.72 well relly a trns am bet me by a fender at 110 iwas 16 hahaha
Kevin, I love your passion man, but you have miss used the word UNIQUE So many times I think you should remove it all together from your vocabulary! Seriously, just don’t say it anymore!🙉EVER!
EB5 Porn,,,,nice
Its a pony car not a muscle car lol if it had a 440 it was a muscle car its a small block so its a pony car the biggest Pony car from back in the day its built off a B body because mopar was late in the game to save $ Chrysler built it off a B body fire wall that's why it uses a B body front suspension and rear end its a big car look how long the doors are ,the 340 didn't make the kind of horse power a 327 did power is in the heads if its not a 392 or a 426 don't waste your $
AAR not a muscle car
And why isn't it?
@@Aldo-zp8wk it's a road racing car the worst road racing car ever
@@flya787 ...please, yes technically its a Pony car, but it still fits the definition of a muscle car i.e. 2 doors, powerful V8 engine and rear wheel drive. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't throw out an original 70s AAR Cuda out of your garage if there was one sitting under a car cover. It wasn't a bad race car at all. But it was seriously handicapped by a smaller budget from Chrysler.
@@Aldo-zp8wk a hemi cuda not AAR
@@flya787 ..ya so you'd throw the 340 six pack out of your garage because someone ate crackers inside of it. 🙄