Ordered this Cuda late May 1971, and got it sometime in July 71.
Ordered from John J. Collins Chrysler Plymouth, Waterbury, Connecticut.
Cost me $3,900.00 bucks, back in 71, with quite a few options on the car.
Probably built near the end of production for 1971 vehicles.
Kept it for 39 years, before selling it off, back in 2010.
Had over 300,000 miles on it, when sold.
Originally a 383 4bbl, 3:55 sure grip. automatic.
I had the 383 with 4bbl, then, for years a 6bbl. carburation set up.
Then i yanked out the 383, and put a 440 in it, transferring the 6bbl. carbs onto a 440 6 bbl. manifold.
Ran that 440 for years, until that engine let go on the I-5, coming back from a Spring Fling, car show.
Put another 440 in it, and that was the engine that the Cuda sold with back in 2010.
But i saved the old 383, and that engine left here also, when the car sold.
Ran consistent 13.20's, at 108 mph, at Sacramento Raceway, street tires, open headers.
Never did get it into the 12's.
Close but no cigar.
The guy that wound up getting the car after the flipper, tried getting it into the 12's, but he never did either.
He sold it, but it's still here somewhere in Commiefornia, but now it's Sassy Grass Green.