HEMI 'Cuda Drag Car with 149 miles REVIVED After 40 Years

It only has 149 miles on the odometer! See this EPIC low mileage Mopar Barn Find and HEAR it run after more than 40 years in storage! This 1970 Plymouth Cuda drag car has a great history here in the Chattanooga, Tennessee area. Take a look at Milburn Varner's racing history, which includes a 1963 Plymouth Max Wedge car, a 1964 Plymouth Max Wedge car and this 1970 'Cuda Drag Car. It was originally a 440 Six Pack car, and he swapped in a 426ci Hemi out of an extremely rare 1967 Plymouth GTX CONVERTIBLE!

This Cuda is an insane Mopar "barn find", and it recently went to a new home, along with the GTX convertible. The new owner cleaned up the race car and got it running again. Stick around to the end of the video to see and hear the HEMI come to life!

#hotrodhoarders #barnfind #mopar

[davedaughtrey]

I grew up with that car, Milburn was a good friend of the family as was his parents. What you don't tell is his mother drove the convertible every day to the kindergarten she worked at that I went to as well as a local mall where she worked at a craft shop. I have rode in both cars and loved them since I was a little kid. I was sad to see them leave and I hope you do a story on the convertible when he gets it done so I can see what it looks like again like it does in my memory.

[rodburns]

Thank you for sharing this! I love the old mopars!

[roystoys]

Milburn WON!! He Owned That Amazing Piece Of History Until The Day He Passed!! Now He's On To A New Chapter & The CUDA Is With A New Caretaker. Great Story!!

[ZeroBoostBuick]

70-74 CUDA is the most beautiful car ever made.
Affordable American muscle at its finest !

[joshholden]

I heard about the drag car before but I'm glad and find that awesome that u love the car like Millburn does.

[williamsizemore]

Man, what a Beautiful Cuda. That GTX would probably go for 1.500, 000 dollars if it was restored back with the original 426 Hemi. Convertible Car on topbof that. 1 of 17. Extremely Rare.

[kennydemartini]

Now that's a story with a happy ending! The fact that the new owner wanted to keep both cars together convinces me that they're in the right hands again. As for never selling your car, I can relate. A friend of my family had a '68 Z/28 that I admired as a kid. I tried to buy it several times as a young adult, but the owner wouldn't get off it. Fast forward 30+ years, and the car now sits in my garage. The previous owner had several offers from people with more money than me, but he said he wanted me to have it. He said he remembers me always asking it and bragging about it as a kid, so after 45 years of ownership, he wanted it going to the right home before he passed. The car is beautiful, and perfectly period correct, just as he had it in the '70s. When he told me it was mine, I told him I couldn't afford it. He said now wait a minute, I didn't give you a price... He was terminal. He left it to me in his will... No money could ever buy that car from me, just like it was for the previous owner. My son doesn't know it yet, but it will be his when I pass.

[mitchellbennis]

That was a great and interesting video you did, those cars, the wedge and hemi became legendary in drag racing. If I owned that vette, I wouldn’t sell it for anything either, the 62 ta 67s were the real deal, these new models are just sports cars.

[martymcfly]

Milburn was my Uncle and David is my Dad. At the end of the video when it cranks up...It sounded like it always did. Thanks for putting this out there!

[bcabmac]

In a world of know it all hosts and pretentious presenters, you are the perfect person to tell the story. You have a sincere, humble and heartfelt way of giving the history in relatable fashion that is awesome!! Its It's no wonder he gave you access. Varn still has bragging rights through the legacy that he preserved and protected these cars, and the fact that they still exist today because of him. I really enjoyed your video. It was an excellent production. I have a unique Mopar car story from the early days of street machines that I'm going to surely give YOU access to in the near future. Thank you for sharing. And thank you for doing such an excellent job! You have a gift.

[williamgray]

Great respect for the guy who put this video out. Not many of us old guys left that would laugh in your face thinking you could buy my car....

[douglaslambert]

Love this story! I’m from Rossville, just south of Chattanooga. I have a ‘69 SS Chevelle my parents bought new in Chattanooga, and they passed it down to me about 20 years ago. There’s no amount of money that would buy it, and it is considered a family heirloom. I will be passing it down to my oldest daughter when the time comes. Enjoy your shows.

[tonyplanck]

Unbelievable just when you thought you heard it all

[marvinhesler]

My dear freind I must say this is one of the best heart felt videos I've ever heard...I am a emotional man anyway..this one brought me to tears !! GOD bless you for this.we don't get this to often in life ...you were very lucky to have done this...thanks much !!!

[papilloncycles]

Thank you for documenting Mr. Milburn's contributions!

[louagli]

WOW !!!, what a story! Thank you SOO much! What memories. I’m 64, and I had a bronze 70 Cuda with a 383, and a Hurst pistol grip shifter. It was my best car EVER! Fast & mean. I was chased by the cops more than once! Got away most times, when I wasn’t drunk! I was “young & dumb”, but boy I could DRIVE! Did stuff that scares me to THINK about today. Never wrecked it. God bless Mopar, and god bless you.

[pata]

Those cars had memories, memories are priceless....

[williamanderson]

What an awesome story so glad the new owner preserved it as it was, to show what it was like when the hemi walked the earth, so grateful you could share

[billkerr]

This is the best story that i have hard in an long time I do hope that car stays as is and i hope the ledger went with the carthat alone is amazing just fucking cool Thanks for this

[billk]

Your passion for this is obvious. I relate very much to that. My mother and father met and worked together at a "speed shop" back in the early 1960's. That speed shop now does 56 million a year in engines!` They do all the DIRT TRACK cars. But their roots are in drag racing. My Dad and mom had little bit to do with those roots but 'John" the owner, was the mastermind of this.You have this story about this Cuda, and that's VERY special. But I pass on a few of my own! My father got kicked out of Union Grove drag way for running a faster time in the push truck than the rails ran!