I have a coworker that had one when it was new. It was an automatic, B2 blue with a black interior and white top. He lived in Queens, NY and it was stolen some time around 1975 and never recovered (as far as we know)

Anyone have any idea if its still around?

Dang.... wouldn't it be REALLY NICE if you could get the car back since it's so rare. GOOD LUCK

If it surfaced the insurance company that paid out way back then would be all over it.

14 of the 17 produced domestically are accounted for as of 2016...


2 'for international spec' accounted for...

wow, just curious where in Queens, I grew up in Middle Village, had an original owner black 70 hemicuda on my block, he still has it...found my 71 440-6 cuda J6 in Queens, lots of good stuff running around my old neighborhood back in the day...

He is from Queens Village and that's where the car was stolen. He didn't buy it brand new off the lot, he got it when it was about 6 months old but it did come from a dealer in Queens and he knows the original owner's name. It was probably the only B2 one built?

Today he has a '71 Challenger R/T 383 Shaker so he's still in our Mopar world

I remember a while back someone posted the status of all Hemi Cuda convertibles. Did anyone do that for the Six Packs?

Really? And how would they do that?

A better question is if any of the accounted for cars look like your pal's?

The thing about "back in the day" is that few cared about numbers. No doubt, the car had a 440-6 in it but did it come like that day one? Or did someone add it? Or the dealer? Was it a 'Cuda or Barracuda? Owners did whatever they wanted back then.

yes it was a factory 440+6 car, it was only a few months old when he bought it.

was it insured & paid off from the theft? if so, when recovered would be the property of the insurance agency

does he know the VIN? was there a police report?

if it was never recovered & if it's still out there - it probably doesn't resemble the "stolen" car.

It is amazing what could be done to a car in just a few months. Especially at the dealer in order to make that initial sale. And if it had the six barrel on it, who would even care if there was a "V" in the VIN?

it wasn't a 440-4bbl car (unless it was a '70) - if that's what you are trying to say?

Because when they pay the policy holder off they become the legal owner. So as long as they and/or the DMV did their jobs as record keepers (record keeping in the 70's wasn't what it is today) the title would now be in the Ins Co's name.

Lets say a stolen car was found years later & the Ins.company was out of business then what.

VIN number should be "in the system" as "Stolen" which would make it impossible to register. That car was parted or had a VIN swap after being stolen I would bet...... RIP

Several cars stolen long ago have been recovered in recent times, so there's always hope.
I believe ek3 here on the board's V code Challenger, that he is posting about its restoration in the restoration section, was recovered after being stolen decades ago from his father or maybe grandfather.

It was probably stripped and parted out.

If memory serves me correct wasn't New York a non title state back then?? only thing available was registration (pink slip)?

You are correct, New York started titles after 1973
Still today you only get a transferable registration
Most people don't know this
Bob

Fixed it for ya.