1966 Plymouth Barracuda

1972 Plymouth Barracuda 340

Popular Hot Rodding magazine cover showing Sox & Martin Hemi Barracuda

The Barracuda was a compact car manufactured by the Plymouth division of Chrysler Corporation from 1964 to 1974. The Plymouth Barracuda was released in 1964, based upon the A-body chassis common to several other vehicles manufactured by Chrysler, including the popular Dodge Dart. Directly spun off the existing Valiant series to appeal to a sportier market, it is often considered the first pony car, because it preceded the Ford Mustang to market by a few weeks. Despite this, the Mustang, not the Barracuda, set the market's direction. Download high resolution version (1689x955, 312 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1689x955, 312 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Popular Hot Rodding magazine cover showing Sox & Martin Hemi Barracuda, uploaded by Gerald Zuckier. ... Popular Hot Rodding magazine cover showing Sox & Martin Hemi Barracuda, uploaded by Gerald Zuckier. ... Plymouth sailboat logo used from 1996 to 2001 Plymouth was a brand of automobile based in the United States, marketed by the Chrysler Corporation from 1928 to 2001. ... The Chrysler Corporation is a United States-based luxury automobile manufacturer, which merged in 1998 with Daimler-Benz to become DaimlerChrysler. ... The Dodge Dart was a lower-priced model of the Dodge division of Chrysler Corporation from the late 1950s to 1975. ... The Plymouth Valiant was an automobile manufactured by the Plymouth division of Chrysler Corporation in the United States from 1960 to 1976. ... A pony car is a class of automobile. ... The Ford Mustang is a popular sports car. ...

The first Barracuda's main claim to fame was its enormous fastback rear window, considered the largest piece of automotive glass ever installed at that time. Powertrains were identical to the Valiant's, including a small six-cylinder, Chrysler's legendary Slant Six, so performance at first was modest. The Slant 6 is one of Chryslers two most famous automobile engines, along with the Chrysler Hemi engine. ...

As the pony car class became established and competition heated up, however, Plymouth began to revise the Barracuda's engine options, which came to resemble those of the larger Plymouth Road Runner more than the Valiant's. From a modest 273 V-8, the car began to offer 383 B engines and then the massive 440 RB with Six Pak (triple two-barrel) carburetion, and finally after a redesign in 1970, Chrysler's street-legal race engine, the famous 426 Hemi. These later big-block versions, some marketed under the 'Cuda name, were genuine muscle cars and are quite collectible today 1970 Plymouth Road Runner with Hemi engine and Air Grabber retractable hood scoop The Plymouth Road Runner was a car built by Plymouth in the United States between 1968 and 1980. ... Chryslers B engine was a big_block V8 which replaced the early Chrysler FirePower engine in 1958. ... The RB engine is a big-block V8 engine from Chrysler. ... Early Hemi in a 1957 Chrysler 300C. A Chrysler Hemi engine is one of three different internal combustion engine families from the Chrysler Corporation (or its successor, DaimlerChrysler) that are Hemi engines; in other words, they utilise a hemispherical combustion chamber. ... Muscle cars are high-performance automobiles made primarily in Detroit from 1964 to 1974. ...

The 1970 redesign of the Barracuda was based upon a new, slightly shorter and sportier version of Chrysler's existing B-body muscle car platform, the new E-body. This second version had a Dodge twin known as the Challenger however, not one exterior body panel interchanged between the two cars. 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T Dodge Challenger was the name of two automobile models marketed by the Dodge Division of Chrysler Corporation in the 1970s. ...

Around 1970 was the heyday of the muscle car; shortly thereafter, emissions and safety regulations began to take a toll on performance and rising insurance rates caused the market to shrink. The Barracuda hung on with decreasing power options until 1974, when it was discontinued in the midst of the first oil crisis of the 70s. Production ended ten years (to the day) after it had begun. An Energy Crisis is any great shortfall (or price rise) in the supply of energy to an economy. ...

The 1971 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda convertible is considered one of the rarest and most desirable collectable automobiles in the world, with a recent example selling for over $2M (USD). Exactly 7 of these were made with this body style and engine combination. All are currently accounted for.

The 1997 computer game Interstate '76 features an homage to the 1971 Hemi Barracuda, as the game's protagonist drives a "Picard Pirahna," an imaginary car clearly meant to evoke the Barracuda. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Interstate 76 is a computer game for the PC developed by Activision and released in 1997. ...

External links

Muscle Car Club Barracuda page

Allpar.com Plymouth Barracuda Page