1970 Plymouth Cuda Barracuda Convertible in Blue & 440 Engine Sound My Car Story with Lou Costabile

On "My Car Story" we're in Chicago on 2-19-17.

We're looking at a 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda Barracuda in Jamaica Blue Paint with a 440 engine.

We’re talking with the Owner Tom Lembeck. Tom’s had this car since 1997. Tom’s had 14 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda’s and he shares this one was the first one he purchased with a “big block” 440 engine so this is his favorite.

ENJOY!

[dannyal]

damn that cuda is just an absolute muscle car prefer this car than any other modern car out there thanks for sharing

[mikejames-drummerreginacan]

When I was kid I hated white interiors but now I love them.

[TANNAMN]

I found a broadcast sheet from a 1970 cuda convertible 440 6 pack 4 speed in Jamaica blue in a truck I just bought

[edcain]

Amazing That It Still Looks As If Just Came OFF SHOWROOM FLR..Between First Owner & Tom, It Has Been Given Much LOVE TO LOOK LIKE THIS !!

[RoscoRide]

Tom is the Tim Wellborn of Detroit, fantastic collection he has!

[petemedina]

That's a beautiful car sharp love the color and the fact it's a convertible with the 440 6 pack nice sounding motor.

[papawoody]

Lou thank tom for your viewers, made this ford guys day! But i do not discriminate against old muscle cars. have a good day. Tom B

[AndrewGraham]

A friend in Germany had one of these for a while but it wasn't half as nice as the one featured here. I remember the steering wheel wasn't really on speaking terms with the front wheels, which, together with soft springs, made for wayward handling. But the soundtrack was great !

[dcformee]

that's why I always like to power windows in a convertible so you can roll them back windows down much easier.

[damkayaker]

If I was ever lucky enough to own this car, (any 70 "Cuda) the first thing I'd do is remove those cables on the hood pins. Just like I remove the tether on a gas cap. Those cables have to mess up the paint. Their only purpose is so you don't lose the cotter pins I think...

[MBailey]

I'm 41 Lou, but do you think Tom would adopt me? Dude has the most impressive cuda collection!

[blight]

Had a cuda with 340 six pack. really loved the hurst pistol grip manual. Color was red with white stripes and white interior. Too bad an idiot T-boned me while setting at a stop sign. great loss to me.

[squirrley]

A great car however, with these absolutely correct and insanely priced vehicles you can't really add accessories to it without messing with the value. How nice it would be to have added air conditioning and a add on fuel injection unit so that starting it and driving it in summers would be nicer. Multi carburetors used to provide more cfm back in the day before they started making bigger carbs more common. It looks cool but getting it to run right for a long time with fiddling with it is not common at all. Manual transmissions also seem like a high performance item but by the mid sixties automatic transmissions were more modern and could outshift many drivers, not to mention that driving in traffic with an automatic is tons easier to do. I would really rather have a car, not as perfect and rare and could feel good about resto-modding and enjoying it better here in the future.

[davehibbs]

It didn't start up as good! Nope, required LEADED GAS.... what no test drive 👺