I see the rapid transit Cuda, the Road Runner and the Duster. I never knew the Rapid Transit Duster was red though, always thought it was green.

You sure the Duster was three colors?

I've only read red and green, unless you mean it was FK5 or something like that new.

Not sure the paint code, but it could be FK5. I saw pictures of all three colors at the MCACN show.

Do you think it was the red car in a faded photo?

I was a 14 year old kid in 1970, imagine what that stuff did to me!

That hemi engine display is awesome! I can't see on my IPad but I'm guessing no balancer due to a gutted block?

Wonder if that still exists. Looks like a Juliano item.

Too bad Juliano never got the 'Cuda. As I recall he said he knew where it was but the owners would not let it go.

Very True. Steven and I chatted about the RTS Cuda many a time. He knew where it was but the owner who is probably elderly at this point (or deceased) would not sell for any amount of money. According to SJ, he said that the owner was a holocaust survivor and he felt since he had no control over what the nazis took from him that he had control over the fate of the RTS Cuda.
SJ made crazy offers to him including a generous offer to buy houses for all the owners kids + $$. Still no sale. I knew it ate at him over the years that he could not get it. He even had tons of what he called "trick" parts aka "lunch pail" stuff waiting for it. That meant it was going to get the Steven Juliano treatment (an over the top resto).

If anyone else has more info to add to the story or any corrections to make please let me know.

He told me that he had an arrangement with the heirs.

and the plot thickens

I agree Steven was a master with the 'misinformation' concept when need be.
Steven once told, what he referred to as' an outsider'who thought he was on the track to locating the car, and then likely hold the info for ransom,... that the car was in fact in Ontario near the US border when in fact it is Michigan....or is it.....
Hope he is smiling from the beyond

And I know Debbie Clark used to own one of the Cutaway Hemis. Not sure is she still does or not. Ive not talked to her in quite some time

Man, those were the days & ain't nobody talking me out of it!

I think dealers are missing an opportunity with us vintage ride Gearheads.

Here we are with attention getting old muscle and we litterally pay to show it off at car shows. We would happily attend dealer events where our rides can be used to attract people to come look....for free.

Yet few dealers stage these events.

I know if I owned a dealership I would have AT LEAST one event per year!

Now, more than ever, I realize THOSE WERE THE DAYS!

Right now, I don't know if this country will ever get back to good times.

bigdad, do you know what the "class is in" pic is from? So cool seeing a bunch of kids glued to car stuff. I wonder if you could find a group of kids nowadays interested in anything other than video games

Great old pics on this thread!

Now, more than ever, I realize THOSE WERE THE DAYS!

Right now, I don't know if this country will ever get back to good times.

Jeeez , you must be a real joy to be stuck at home with ..

Cheer up !, it will be better soon

Give it a few minutes for the good parts...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxabcl5yo5E&list=PLSRaf8kZl8sZFFv8wYlCg1dmORjhZiV-F&index=1

Yes, that's Brookings ,SD .. Might could scratch up a couple more pictures from Dick Landy's visit if I dig around some more

If we see only things like the RTS cars, it is great.

At the same time we had rivers on fire, air in urban areas was awful, there were large protests throughout the country, there were huge divisions throughout the country concerning Vietnam.

1968 had the moon orbit, but it was a disaster of a year for so many people and the world.

In 1970 the USA was much more rural centric, though much, much less than the 1910's.

If you got cancer or had a heart attack outcomes were a lot worse than today. Way less obesity than we have today. Grandparents being 65 was a milestone, and they were very old. Opportunities for travel generally involved car travel for most travel. Many parts of the interstate highway system were still not complete. Minorities had more limited opportunities. Houses were affordable.

I love the cars from the 1960's and early 1970's. Everything about them, the marketing and the dealer items, was so much fun to see. You knew then the new car body styles came out, and styling was apparent even year to year. Ads were not on line like today, so you got tangible things to take home.

It was such an interesting time to be a kid in, because you were somewhat insulated from the bad. Public schools had Drivers Training classes.

We had Peter Max folders to put our papers in that we went to school with,

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