[censored] Happened?!

And I was worried about putting a jason hockey mask in the corner of the back window of our jeep?

Very....creative. Id love to check it out in person though.

Slightly Mad Max?

Oh yeah....

Ditch the roof spoilers and i would drive the crap outta that thing.

All the tacky 70's stuff I like.
Flares, side pipes, louvers,

Sign me up....

Is it a "Real, OEM AAR? Or is it a 340 1970 Barracuda?

Either way it looks like it came straight out of an early Australian "Mad Max" Set movie set
I had a 1970 T/A Challenger that was missing the original six pack (it had a LD340 intake and 700 CFM Holley double pumper List # 4777 on it) and the original hood, it was noticeably different driving on the street than other E body 340 cars I had driven

Boy was THAT ever going to be a highway star!

The ONE detail that makes me think it's real is the antenna being on the right rear instead of the fender........

I don't see that

That was the era when a lot of young people did a lot of acid wasn't?

Hmmmmmm maybe it belonged to Homer Simpson at one time? But even at that Homer did a better job of it IMO

Look closely.......

Nothing on front fender, mount on rear quarter (at least I think it is)

Curious, what was the OEM reasoning for the relocation?

Good catch John.

Sadly, even if you got if for free, fixing it back to stock condition would take more than it would be worth.

Not 100% sure but I'd guess it had something to do with the fiberglass hood and AM radio interference.

Off the internet, so take it for what it is........"Since this RF (radio frequency) noise was especially disruptive of Chrysler's new-for-1970 stereo systems, all radio-equipped T/As and AARs were built with their antenna mounted on the right rear quarter-panel, rather than on a front fender."

Interesting, this was true for all FG hood Mopars?

Hell yeah brother!

not quite sure, as something is fighting the cobwebs in my noggin saying glass hood B-body's had an antennae on the front fender, but the spiders inside my head could be playing tricks again...........

No, the 1969 A12 cars had front fender antennas. Perhaps that’s where the problem was noticed?

YES that's where the problem was noticed. I have a copy of a complaint letter from an A12 Road Runner owner from Western Pennsylvania to Chrysler about the AM radio interference. They sent a tech guy to his Pittsburgh and he hand wrote on the Chrysler reply letter from customer service "They moved my antenna to the rear fender". Found the letter and talked to that owner when I got my A12 RR with the antenna also moved to the right rear fender (Y4 Gold A12 RR rear fender antenna image). I have a half dozen or so images of A12 Bees and RR's with rear mounted antennas. There is also a tech tip document from Mopar Canada with the tip to "Line the underside of the fiberglass hood with "tin foil" to minimize the RF interference. .

Mike

I would guess that the problem was discovered on the A12 cars.
Corvettes were that way forever, plus a bunch of metal shielding over the distributor & wires.

That may be the ugliest Barracuda I've seen - if there's a worse one, I don't need to see it

sorry cudan't resist

Yeah, I guess I was askin' for it with that comment...

(With all the amazing work that guy did, I'm still amazed they missed the disproportions on the roof & side glass.)

Maybe its target market was for taxi or Limo use, which would be about right?
On the Op's pic, those red rear drums are the cherry on top for me.

i guess my old noggin was correct this time on front fender B-body antennae placement.
thanks PAC.

The roof looks even worse from that angle! I think I threw up in my mouth!

It's a different generation but i was never impressed with the Fireball 500 Barracuda. Not one of George Barris's better builds.

This red 4 door cuda just needs to go away forever.

I still like the fireball 500 barracuda much better that this cuda.