This DY3 Cream 70 Challenger R/T with a 440 Magnum is a TorqueFlite car with 3.23 gears. It was featured in the August '10 issue of Mopar Collector's Guide and was a Gold Concours winner. I. Alonso had it in the large Shaker E-Body Invitational.

This FE5 Bright Red 70 Challenger R/T convertible with a 440 Six Pack is a 4 speed car with 3.54 gears. It has a build date of 08/01/69 and is the 21st Challenger built. It is the 1st 440 Six Pack convertible that was built. It was in the Mecum Auctions display.

This FC7 Plum Crazy 70 Hemi Challenger R/T was sold new at Stew Hansen's Dodge City in Des Moines IA. It still has it's original engine and TorqueFlite transmission backed by a 4.10 rear. It was featured in the May '18 issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines and was a Gold Concours winner. L. McAdam had it at the show.

This FE5 Bright Red 70 Challenger T/A is a TorqueFlite car that was sold new at Fairway Dodge in Hamburg NY to David Kullgren. J. Kultgen had it at the show.

This FC7 In Violet 70 Cuda 440 Six Pack was also part of the Shaker Invitational. R. Mroz had it at the show.

This FY1 Lemon Twist Yellow 70 Cuda 440 Six Pack is a bench seat car with a column shifted TorqueFlite. L. Grimsley had it at the show.

This FE5 Rallye Red 70 Cuda 440 Six Pack is a 4 speed car. K. Hoverman had it at the show.

This FY1 Lemon Twist Yellow 70 Cuda AAR is a TorqueFlite car with 3.91 gears. R. Schmelling had it at the show.

This FJ6 Sassy Grass Green 70 Cuda AAR is a 4 speed car that was sold new at Mel Wolff Chrysler Plymouth in Chicago IL. L. Rodriquez had it at the show.

No, you're right, it should be 110. I'm getting old and my memory isn't what it used to be.

The 1970 Judge RAIV ragtop stuff has been published several times but the truth is that they've been estimates. In more recent years, I've even seen the stick/auto balance flipped. What IS true is the 24 and 13 for both GTO and Judges.

This EW1 Alpine White 70 Cuda convertible 440 Six Pack was built on 08/01/69 and was the 4th Cuda built and the first 440 Six Pack convertible. This is a factory Shaker car with a 4 speed. It was part of the Mecum Display.

This FY1 Lemon Twist Yellow 70 Cuda convertible 440 Six Pack is a 4 speed car that was sold new at Martens Garage in Medford WI. T. Lembeck had this car in the Shaker Invitational.

This EK2 Vitamin C Orange 70 Cuda convertible 440 Six Pack is a TorqueFlite car that was sold new at Chudd's Chrysler Plymouth in Gimli Manitoba to Peter Strange. It was featured in the April '18 issue of Mopar Collector's Guide. It was a Gold Concours and Emerald Plymouth award winner. J. Stanley had it at the show.

This EK2 Vitamin C Orange 70 Cuda convertible 440 Six Pack is also a TorqueFlite car. I believe there were 29 Six Pack convertible Cuda's produced in '70 and there were four of them at this show. P. Cobb had this one at the show.

This EB3 Ice Blue Metallic 70 Hemi Cuda is a TorqueFlite car with a Gator Grain top. T. Mackey had this car at the show.

This FE5 Rallye Red 70 Hemi Cuda is a TorqueFlite car that was sold new at Bales Motor Co. in Jeffersonville IN. This car was featured in the November '15 issue of Muscle Car Review. L. Grimsley had it at the show as part of the Shaker Invitational.

This GY3 Citron Yella 71 Hemi Challenger R/T is a 4 speed car. It is 1 of 76 Hemi Challengers built in '71. It was a Concours Gold winner. K. Kuypers had it at the show as part of the Shaker Invitational.

This EV2 Hemi Orange 71 Hemi Challenger R/T is a 4 speed car that was a European export and was purchased new by Nobert Schmidlin. It was featured in the June '18 issue of Mopar Collector's Guide. D. Saruk had it at the show in the Shaker Invitational.

This GY3 Curious Yellow 71 Cuda 440 Six Pack is 1 of 21 nearly identical Dealer Promo Cudas built at the beginning of the model year on 08/02/70. The VIN's ranged from 100 to 120 and they were all TorqueFlite cars with 3.23 gears. At least 7 of the 21 are still known. Car 100 was at Barrett Jackson in '13. Car 110 is an ex tubbed race car with a blown and injected Hemi that was a former fastest street car competitor. It has since been restored and was at Barrett Jackson in '08. The car pictured here is car 116. I believe I took a picture of this car at the Mecum Auction in St. Charles IL in '05 as well. It was a Gold Concours winner at the show. J. Bodanis had it in the Shaker Invitaional.

This EV2 Tor Red 71 Cuda convertible 440 Six Pack is a 4 speed car with 3.54 gears and was sold new at Ken Brown Inc. in Detroit MI. It is 1 of 17 built, 1 of 5 with a 4 speed and 1 of 3 with a Shaker hood. This car was on the cover and featured in the book Muscle Cars Kings of the Street from the Golden Era. At that time it didn't have the billboards on it. T. Lembeck had this car in the Shaker Invitational.

This EV2 Tor Red 71 Cuda convertible 440 Six Pack is a TorqueFlite car that was purchased new at Lewis & Clark Chrysler Plymouth in St. Louis MO by Don McCormick. This car was featured in the March '20 issue of Mopar Collector's Guide. This is said to be the last 440 Six Pack Cuda and was built on 5/21/71. This car was a Gold Concours winner. D. McCormick still owns this car and it was in The Finer Details display.

This EV2 Tor Red 71 Hemi Cuda is a TorqueFlite car that still has it's original engine and transmission. This car is known as the "Blood Money Cuda". It was part of the David Nicholl's collection that was seized by the FBI and sold at a government auction. At the time is was in pieces, but still sold for $347.5K. It was featured in the March '18 issue of Mopar Collector's Guide. It was a Gold Concours and Platinum Best Stock Plymouth award winner. R. Buzby had it in the Shaker Invitational.

This FE5 Rallye Red 71 Hemi Cuda is a TorqueFlite car with a column shifter. It was a Bronze Concours winner. T. Schell had it in the Shaker Invitational.

This FE5 Rallye Red 71 Hemi Cuda is a 4 speed car that was sold new at River Oaks Chrysler Plymouth in Houston TX. This car was featured in the November '17 issue of Mopar Collector's Guide and around the same time it was in Mopar Muscle. C. Wellborn had it in the Shaker Invitational.

This FE5 Rallye Red 71 Hemi Cuda is a TorqueFlite car that was sold new at Russ Lloyd in Lake Geneva WI. This car was feature in the August '89 issue of Musclecar Classics and the Art of the Muscle Car book. C. Wellborn had it in the Shaker Invitaional.

This GY3 Curious Yellow 71 Hemi GTX is a TorqueFlite car with 4.10 gears that was purchase new at Cordell Motors in Moorehead MN by Monte Baumgarten. This car sold for $230K at Mecum Dallas in '19. P. Swainson had it at the show.

I went up to the NMCA race at US131 Dragway in Martin MI two weekends ago so for a little change I thought I would post some pictures I took there. The top class in the NMCA is Extreme Pro Mod and this brand new 49 Merc made it's debut this weekend and won the event. It's powered by a Brad Anderson 521ci Hemi topped with a PSI screw blower and backed by a TH400. It went as fast as 3.73 @ 200 mph. That is a wrap and not paint, but it still looks pretty good. It was driven by Craig Sullivan.

Nitrous Pro Street is the class for the old school Pro Street cars that made fastest street car racing popular back in the 90's. This 70 Nova was the R/U at the event. It is powered by a 632ci engine with a bunch of Nitrous and backed by a TH400. It ran in the 4.40's @ over 160 mph. J. Naumann was driving it. This car was featured in RMP magazine recently.

The 68 Camaro of J. Trobiani was also running in the NPS class. He was running in the 4.60's @ over 150 mph.

Extreme Street is the class for cars that would have been in Super Street 20 years ago. This 69 Camaro is a brand new car that ex NBA player Tom Hammonds debuted earlier this year. It is powered by a 364ci LSX with a Vortec blower built by Steve Morris. It was running in the 4.70's.

Steve Wardlow's 69 Nova was also running in the XS class. It is powered by a 582 ci engine with NOS. It was running in the 4.70's @ close to 150 mph.

The Naturally Aspirated 10.5 class is for cars running 10.5" tires with no power adder. David Theisen's 69 Firebird won the rain delayed finals from Gateway with a 7.92 and then failed to start during the first round of eliminations. It is powered by a 611 ci engine backed by a TH400.

Dan Ostegen's 69 Camaro was also running in the NA 10.5 class. He was running in the 8.20's and was working on his new combination.

Scott William's 65 Malibu SS was my favorite car at the event. He was running in Open Comp. This car is powered by a naturally aspirated 588 topped with EFI. This is normally a low 8 second car, but he was clicking it off early and running high 8's.

B. Lang's 68 Cuda was running in Nostalgia Super Stock on the 9.75 index. It is powered by a 400 ci engine with dual fours.

B. Spires 70 Nova was running in Nostalgic Muscle Car on the 10.75 index. This car is powered by a 400 ci engine backed by a Powerglide.

Christine Kirbitz was driving this 67 Camaro in the open bracket class where she was the R/U. This car is powered by a 540 and was running in the 6.10's in the eighth.

Doesn’t Steve Morris build Tom Bailey’s engines(Sick Seconds)?

Yes, he builds Tom Bailey's engines. I think he usually rides along with Tom on Drag Week. His shop is just an hour or so from the track.

Here are a few pictures from the AACA show in Auburn IN in June. There was also a Buick gathering in conjunction with this show so about half the cars present were Buicks. I'm not really sure how the judging works at these shows or how thorough it is. It seems like every car present won an award.

This Tuxedo Black 63 Corvette is a fuel injected car that was sold new at Don Allen Chevrolet in New York, NY. K. Stowe had it at the show. The one thing I hate about parking lot shows is the lines get reflected on the sides of the cars.