Talk:Plymouth Barracuda/Archive 1

Slant 6

I'm not sure I see the point of eliminating the link to the Slant Six engine article. Changing to inline 6 is accurate, but fails to note how this inline six was different from all others. RivGuySC 02:24, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

A Body

I agree. I am a former Barracuda owner and literally pored over the internet looking for anything and everything I could find about A-body Barracudas, being new to both Barracudas and the internet at that time. The A-bodies owed their appearance to the slant six in that it allowed for a much lower hood profile than an upright inline 6 would have. If not for this feature, the A-body family would have looked more like Camaros in the front end.

Am I a bad person for feeling tempted to swap out the picture of that show-quality '66 for a picture of my rusty oxidized former car? heheh. baccaruda66 05:48, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

new Chrysler Barracuda?

This is my first attempt at adding material to Wikipedia ... be kind! August 12, 2007

Does anyone think it's worth mentioning here (maybe in a section for 2006) that Chrysler is about to release a 'Chrysler Barracuda' concept at the January 2007 Auto Show, which is likely to go into production at the same time as the new Challenger? Sigma-6 22:18, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

As with the Motor Trend article, this rumor appears to be based on a "concept" (and I use the term incorrectly!) car that was built by a private individual and shown at SEMA. They already have a 300, Charger, and Challenger, and want to reduce, not increase, the number of redundant vehicles. Davert (talk) 20:31, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Uncited trivia removed until references are determined

Under music...

• The Baracuda is mentioned at the start of summer fun by the Baracudas

Other

• HPI manufactures an after-market body in the shape of a 1970 Barracuda for its line of Radio-Control Savage monster trucks. They also produce a 1970 AAR Cuda body for the widely popular 200mm wide r/c chassis offered by them and other companies

LanceBarber 08:57, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Popular culture

Popular culture section has been removed from the main article, by User:Willirennen, member of the Wiki Auto Project. The Talk is idea for retaining such sections:

Film appearances

• In The Wraith, Skank and Gutterboy drove a beat-up 1966 Plymouth Barracuda.
• In Highwaymen (film) Jim Caviezel drives a 1968 Plymouth Hemi Super Stock Barracuda.
• In Phantasm (film), Jody drives a black 1971 Plymouth Barracuda coupe.
• In Phantasm III, Reggie has a black 1970 Plymouth Barracuda convertible.
• In Harry Barrington, the motion picture
• In Gone In 60 Seconds, "Shannon", car number 37, is a red 1971
• In The Road To Redemption Nathan's friend Charlie owned a '71 Barracuda
• In Permanent Record (film 1988), Keanu Reeves drives a tatty 1968 Plymouth Barracuda Fastback.

Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda

• In Gone Fishing (film), Joe Pesci and Danny Glover drive a 1968 Plymoth Barracuda to the Everglades, Florida

TV appearances

• Nash Bridges (1996-2001) : Five Barracudas made from 1970, '71, and yes, a 1973 to look like '71 HemiCuda convertibles
• Megas XLR (2004-2005): Red convertible Barracuda was adopted as a head and control center of the giant robot, Megas XLR, by the main character of the series, Coop.
• Brady Bunch (Seasons 1971-1972): A light blue convertible Barracuda was Mike Brady's car for the 1971 and some of the 1972 seasons.
• The Doris Day Show : Doris could be seen driving a maroon colored 1971 convertible Barracuda in some show openings.
• Mannix (Seasons 1970-1972): A Forrest Green convertible Barracuda with a 383 cid engine appears as the primary Mannix driver for the 1970-1972 seasons. The car appears to be the same one through these years, with the grill and tail lights being changed out in order to match the given year model. Although Chrysler never made production of a 1972 convertible, this car was made to look like a 1972 convertible by retrofitting it with a 1972 grill and tail light panel.
• Malcolm in the Middle : In the episode "Malcolm's Car", Malcolm buys a dilapidated '67 Barracuda and spends the rest of the episode attempting to restore it.
• Miami Ink : In the episode Ami James, gets to have his Barracuda on the cover of MOPAR magazine.
• King of the Hill : In the episode with classic cars. Mr. Strikland drives what he calls a green 1969 Barracuda, actually shows an E Body.

Video game appearances

• In Gran Turismo 2, a Plymouth Barracuda can be purchased and driven.
• In Gran Turismo 4, the Plymouth Barracuda returns and can also be purchased.
• In Interstate '76, a black-on-orange Barracuda featured as the car driven by the game's protagonist, Groove Champion. It is called a 'Picard Pirahna' in the game.
• In Need for Speed: Carbon, a Plymouth Barracuda can be driven and modified.
• A 1970 Plymouth Barracuda will be featured in Need for Speed: ProStreet
• A 1971 Plymouth Barracuda can be purchased in Test Drive 4 on PS1
• A 1971 Plymouth Barracuda can be purchased in Test Drive 5 on PS1
• A 1971 Plymouth Barracuda can be purchased in Test Drive 6 on PS1
• In Test Drive, Donald Black begins the game with either a Toyota Supra or a 1971 Hemi Cuda.
• In Forza Motorsport 2, a 1968 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S can be purchased.
• In Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit A 1970 Plymouth Barracuda is featured.
• A 1970 Plymouth Barracuda appears in the 2003 game, Hot Rod American Street Drag.
• In IHRA Drag Racing Sportsman Edition, a 1968 Barracuda can be raced.;)

Music appearances

• Cover of 'Pentastar: in The Style of Demons' album of American drone band 'Earth (band)'. It's also featured in Tallahassee video of this album.
• A 1968 Barracuda is mentioned in the 'Rob Zombie' song: Two Lane Blacktop.

... best reqards, LanceBarber (talk) 21:55, 19 November 2007 (UTC) '74Cuda

Popular culture

In the 2006 Disney Pixar film Cars, Snot Rod is a 1970 custom Barracuda with a blower.

In the animated cartoon Megas XLR, the giant robot uses a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda for a head.

removed by --Manway (talk) 00:41, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

What is policy on linking to For Sale sites?

This line:

<<After another grille and taillight redesign in 1972, the Plymouth Barracuda 440 would remain unchanged through 1974, with dual headlights and four circular taillights. >>

contains a link to a for sale site. While it illustrates the 'Cuda very nicely, does Wiki have a policy against linking to such sites? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Manway (talk • contribs) 18:10, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Yep, and you were right to be suspicious. per WP:ADVERT, I've reverted the IP editor's addition and counseled him on his user talk page. Say, would you mind please signing your comments on article talk pages? It's really easy, you just type four tildes (~) at the end of your comment and Wikipedia does the rest. Thanks! —Scheinwerfermann (talk) 18:17, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh crap, I forgot the tildes again. I've been tending to do that lately, my apologies. I really know better than that. Thanks for the clarification and the revert. Manway (talk) 18:23, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

No shared parts for '69 and Valiant

Correction! I owned a 1969 340 Formula S 'Cuda Race Version NO PARTS with the Valient at all. The 1967 to 1969 Cudas were they only year they shared no parts with anyother Mopar outside of engines and transmissions. The numbers Wikia qoutes for the race maodels is off as well. to meet NHRA rules of the time 1000 of a particular model had to offered to the general public to meet the so called stock rule not 50 as the article states. Albeit about 50 odd of the Hemi's got snapped up by Joe Average the rest were snapped up by race teams. Same for the race versions of the 340 Series one of the ways to tell a race version from the regular run is for 1969 a black light weight grille insert the regular run was metal and silver. - (comment from 75.69.43.65 at 20:32, 3 April 2008, moved from article)

No matter what you think you remember, all '64-'69 Barracudas shared many parts with the Valiant upon which they were based. Engines, transmissions, brakes, suspension, driveshaft, numerous interior components, mirrors, sidemarker lights...round underbumper reversing lamps also used on many other Mopar models, and the (plain/non-scoop) hood is actually common to '67-'69 Barracudas + '73-'76 Dodge Darts. Grille paint colour is not a reliable indicator of whether a car was intended for racing or not, and NHRA rules were treated as works of fiction. —Scheinwerfermann (talk) 19:29, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

7.66 second quarter mile times?

7.66 seconds? Highly unlikely! That's more in the realm of rails and top fuel dragsters, not a production car! See http://www.albeedigital.com/supercoupe/articles/0-60_Quarter_Mile_Times/P_0-60times.html - not even close! Not even the Porsches get into the single digits. Manway (talk) 15:07, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

OK, it's been here for a while. I'm removing that ridiculous claim. According to http://sportscarforums.com/post/304212-nr37.html -

"The worlds fastest street legal car as of 2006 is a Opel Calibra owned by Steve Pateman.. 1.25 second 0-60 8.14 second 1/4 mi." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Manway (talk • contribs) 03:25, 12 July 2008 (UTC)

Too long now?

Whaddya think? Removing all the production numbers made this article much more managable, IMHO. Can we remove the "too long" tag now? Manway (talk) 03:31, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Yup. The production totals really didn't belong in the article, and don't really belong here on the talk page, either, though they do less harm here on the talk page. Let's go ahead and remove the too-long tag. —Scheinwerfermann (talk) 03:58, 27 July 2008 (UTC)

Production totals moved here