This Black Velvet 70 Cuda convertible is 1 of 29 440 Six Barrel cars built, 1 of 12 with a TorqueFlite and 1 of 4 in Black Velvet. D. Turner had this car at the show in the Black & White Formal Attire Invitational.

This Sassy Grass Green 70 Cuda AAR is 1 of 2,724 built. This is a 4-speed car with 3.91 gears and it still has its original drivetrain. This car was sold new at Bob Maddox Chrysler Plymouth in Forrest Park GA. This car was at MCACN in '22 and at that time was painted the incorrect shade of green. It has since been restored by Speedos Paint & Body Shop to the correct shade and scored 991 out of 1,000 to earn a Concours Gold. J. Palka had this car at the show.

I'm sure I can speak for many others........thank you for the coverage of these major shows. While I was there, I did not get to see near as much as I would have liked due to 3 different judging events my car was submitted for.

You pics and info is always appreciated!
Tim

This Black Velvet 70 Cuda AAR is a TorqueFlite car with 3.91 gears. It was sold new at Northside Motors in Miami FL to Andrew Harris. It was restored by Noel Automotive. G. Winter had this car at the show in the Black & White Formal Attire Invitational.

This True Blue 71 Hemi Cuda is a 4-speed car with 4.10 gears and still has its original drivetrain. It is 1 of 4 4-speed cars with the white billboards. This car was restored by Apex Autosports for P. Mitchell and was one of the Premier Unveilings.

This Formal Black 71 Cuda 440 Six Barrel is a 4-speed car with 4.10 gears. It was restored by Legendary Motorcar a number of years ago. A. Hettiarachchi had this car in the Black & White Formal Attire Invitational.

This Formal Black 71 Cuda 440 Six Barrel is a 4-speed car with 3.54 gears. It was sold new at Atlas Chrysler Plymouth in Bronx NY. A. Hettiarachchi also had this car at the show in the Black & White Formal Attire Invitational. This is the last car I have to post. I hope you guys enjoyed looking at these pictures.

Amazing pictures, thank you for posting all of them. I know it's a bunch of work and I am sure that everyone appreciates all of your hard work.

I was at this show but I look forward to all your posts because you share additional info, great stuff!

X2 Mrays, you do a good job posting up pics and giving some info on each car. Keep up the good work. 👍

----Once more, You are so appreciated for all the time and energy to do this for us!....Bill S

Great coverage - didn't realize I missed so many cars.........

I’ve been chasing information on this car for almost a year now, amazing to see it finally restored and displayed!

I miss a row and have no idea how that happens.

I have to say I'm a GM guy but 1965-1968 Mopar factory race cars turn my head bigtime.

It’s absolutely too cool and beautifully restored. It was a treat to see in person.
The proud owner Pat was also a cool cat to talk to.:headbang:

Here is a link to the updates on the car over at the 348-409 site if you haven't seen it yet.

https://www.348-409.com/forum/thread...11-news.55091/

Thank you for all the time and effort you put into these pictures and the accompanying summaries of each one. Even though I was there for two days and saw many of them, it seems I always miss a bunch. Much appreciated.
Oliver

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I bought that 1969 Pontiac Trans Am Ram Air IV automatic before it was restored Hickory North Carolina. [email protected]

when i was 15 years old i used to put groceries in this 69 ta. they knew it was a super rare car and as soon as i turned 16. i started driving my new 76 black ta and they tried to get me to trade them even for it. no way was i doing that and a few years later the car ended up on a little car lot in north tulsa. i tried to buy it but was about 250 apart and then it disappeared which it found its way to marty in north carolina. had another chance to buy it later when matt (auwrestling on here) called me and said i could get it for 150k. another stupid mistake by passing on it. it was always a numbers matching really nice original car with all the ram air on it when it left here.

also anyone know what page on this thread the pictures are posted?

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I went to the Torq Storm Dust Off at US 131 Dragway a couple of weeks ago. They were running the FAST and Factory Stock classes along with a few other classes. I had seen most of the cars running in both of those classes so I didn't take many pictures of them. I did get one of Bob Karakashian's Factory Stock class winning 70 Hemi Cuda. He's been running this car for a number of years now. It's a bench seat car with a TorqueFlite and runs in the 11.70's.

Here's a picture of Dave Watt's 71 Duster 340 in Curious Yellow. This is also a bench seat car with a TorqueFlite and it runs 12.60's.

My favorite class there was the Ice Screamers Naturally Aspirated class. These guys had a display at MCACN in '23 and this Astro Blue 70 Malibu was one of the cars in the display. It is owned by Wayne Proper and was running in the 9.30's.

This Turquoise 70 Chevelle SS is powered by a 557ci engine and runs 9.40's. It is owned by Ken Cuttle and was the Runner Up in the IS NA class.

This 66 Impala SS is owned by Pat Spangenberg. It was also big block powered and was running in the 9.40's.

This Cameo Beige 65 Impala was the winner in the IS NA class. It is powered by a 598ci engine and was running in the 9.10's. It is owned by Eric Flitsch. On his first pass of the day he put it up on the back bumper literally and carried the front wheels for about 300' before setting it down. He tamed it down a bit after that.

This 66 Malibu was running in the 8.60 index class. It is owned by Tom Deater and he made it to the semi-finals.

This Candy Apple Red 69 Nova was also running in the 8.60 Index class. I'm not sure who owns this car but it had a very nice paint job.

Dan Sharp won the Small Tire No Time class in his 63 Chevy II that is powered by a 540 with twin turbos. They were just running to the 1/8th mile and had the scoreboards turned off but I know this car runs mid-7's in the quarter. This is a true street car that he drives to local car shows and cruise-ins. I believe he said it weighs around 3,200 lbs.

Keith Shooltz was the runner up in the Small Tire No Time class in his Malibu. It is powered by a 400+ci small block with a lot of nitrous. This is a true race car and only weighs about 2,200 lbs.

Great pics! Thanks for posting!:headbang:

This is John Carinci's 04 Corvette. It is powered by a 521ci Hemi with twin turbos. It has gone 3.77@211 in the 1/8th. He was doing some test passes with the clocks turned off.

The Gilmore Auto Museum also sponsored a car show at this event. This R4 Red 69 Road Runner A12 is a 4 speed car with a console. I do not know who owns this car. It is the first time I have ever seen it.

This Hugger Orange 69 Camaro RS/SS is an X22 car with its original L34 engine backed by a 4 speed. Ed Kiem had this car in the car show.

Ya I think John has been 3.73 in Outlaw 10.5! I met John YRS ago as he was running out of the same shop I was. He was getting back into racing after concentrating on work.

John had/has a 1970 Challenger RT 383 CONVERT car swapped/cloned into a Hemi clone. Ran it with a 727 and gearvendors overdrive and EFI. That car would run mid/high 10's, but look totally stock. Watched him beat a locals A/SA 1970 Hemi Challenger a number of times too with this car.

John also HAS/had as I haven't talked to john in probably 6 yrs, a original paint 1970 Hemi Cuda.

Then he built the 1970 Hemi Cuda racecar with the Steve Schmidt A99 Pro Stock Hemi, with the liberty converter driven 4 speed, I bought off John when he switched the Cuda from Hemi to 737 Chevy.

This was all about 15 years ago and not sure what cars he kept or what he sold.

The following are some pictures I took at the Mecum Auction in Indy. The hammer price is before any commission. This Polo White 57 Corvette is E57S104355. It is 1 of 51 equipped with the RPO heavy-duty suspension and 1 of 43 with the 579E air box which wasn't available until May of '57. I believe all of the air box cars were equipped with 4 speeds as well which wasn't introduced until 4/09/57. This is a previous NCRS Top Flight winner. It was a no sale at $240K.

This Onyx Black 58 Corvette is J58S106191. It is 1 of 1,007 579D 290 horse cars built. This car was awarded an NCRS Top Flight award earlier this year. It was a no sale at $170K. These dark colored cars are hard to take pictures of between the black carpet and the large windows in the buildings that reflect on the cars.

This Snowcrest White 59 Corvette is J59S100190. It is 1 of 745 579D 290 horse cars built. Interestingly of the 9,670 Corvettes built in '59, 3,354 of them were Snowcrest White. This car was part of the Apex Collection. It hammered for $125K.

This Sebring Silver 63 Corvette coupe is 30837S109320 and was sold new at Beach City Chevrolet in Long Beach CA. It is 1 of 2,610 fuelies built. The restoration on this car was just completed earlier this year. It hammered for $240K.

This Ermine White 67 Corvette coupe is 194377S121645 and was sold new at O'Connor Chevrolet in Rochester NY. It is 1 of 2,101 L68 cars built and is equipped with an M21 four speed. This car still has its original engine and was ordered without a radio. Joseph Cacciatore won a Blooming Gold award with this car in '20. It hammered for $140K.