ROTTING MUSCLECARS

[L-79 Nova]

Thanks Steve. Ron...

[jimbo]

Shady past of 71 FC7 Hemi Cuda.
The story goes, apparently the car was stolen and stripped in 1974 and put through insurance, whomever the owner was got the insurance money and went on with his life, but the car never got crushed (although some say it did). Fast forward 25 years and apparently someone found a purple Cuda door, with the original VIN sticker on it stating it was from one of the ultra rare 71 Hemicuda convertibles. A few phone calls were apparently made, someone got a huge finders fee for the door and the hunt was on for more possible remnants of the sacred beast. The story goes blank again but apparently this is around the time that the front cowl was found under some brush inside an Indian reserve in Southern BC.



The story goes on to say that they found its inner fender and outer fender on another ‘Cuda, yet you can clearly see the cowl-hulk still has both of its inner fenders.

From there, the parts and pieces were taken and the car was “restored” (had the parts put on another Cuda convertible body and called it real). They had reproduction VIN and fender tags made for it, a date-coded warranty block 426 Hemi engine was installed and the car crossing the auction block is essentially what they ended up with. Moparites are hopeful that photos of the “restoration” will be shown when it crosses the auction block and that hopefully someone will spill more details about its questionable – and colorful past.

[John]

.... would they consider that car to be a &quot;re-body&quot;? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

[chevyman0429]

Would sure like to get my hands on that 55 Chevy !