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Old Dec 21, 2012 | 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by DTMenace
I convinced my Dad to purchase a 1967 Formula S Plymouth Barracuda. It was silver with burgundy interior and a painted burgundy racing stripe from the factory. It was a 273 4V with a torqueflite (my only concession).

Unknown to us at the time of the purchase, my father passed away two years later and this became my first car.

This color combonation appeared on the Plymouth advertising brochure for 1967.
Dennis
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Dennis, in what year, and how old were ya when you received your Dad's Cuda?
Was it a 2dr. h.t. or the Fastback?
I had a black 67 convertible, and a green 69 Fastback, but nither one had the Hi.Po. small block in it. (Photos in my gallery)
I still like the 67thru69 Cuda's the best. I have a good high school buddy who has 3 perfect 69 Cuda fastbacks. (One is featured nationally in the Summit Racing ads).

The 273 hi.po's. with their huge "single" chrome exhaust made the sweetest sound when ever you would would jump on it.

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Mike
The Barracuda was a fastback, which had great lines compared to the 64-66 Valiant/Barracuda lines. It did have the large stainless steel square tip on the resonator, which sounded great, but my father had other views.

The '65 Formula S exhaust had a straight thru muffler in front of the resonator box outlet that made the Barracuda/Dart one of the loudest production cars out of Detroit. In '67, they changed the straight through muffler to a reverse flow, which reduced the sound by 50%.

I was a sophomore in college in 1969, when my Dad passed away and I was 20 years old at the time. My next car was a Vitamin C Orange AAR Cuda, that ran 13.50's stock at Pittsburgh International Dragway. Wow, the memories are really flowing back at this time. We'll talk at Carlisle about our prior cars.....
Dennis
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