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Auto Ambush: 1970 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda

Auto Ambush: 1970 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda
YOU ARE LOOKING AT WHAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST DESIRABLE AMERICAN CAR EVER MA.DE >> THIS IS A 1970 HEMI. >> THIS CAR IS AN AMAZING CONDITION, ONLY 17,000 MILES ON IT AND ALMOST ALL ORIGINAL SAVE IT FOR EVERYAI PNT BACK IN THE EARLY 1990’S. BASICALLY, EVERYTHGIN ELSEOU Y ARE LOOKING AT IS 52 YEARS OLD. >> I WAS ON A QUEST TO FIND MY BUCKET LIST CAR. >> THAT SEARCH TOOK RON TO BOSTON BACK IN 2019, WHERE HE FOUND AND UGBOHT THIS ONE. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN SOMEONE’S SPECIAL, EXTRA CAR, AND RON IS JUST THE THIRD OWNER. >> THEY BUILT THIS CAR JUST TO BE KING OF THE HILL. THEY PUT ESSENTIALLY AAC RE ENGINE IN THERE. >> UNDERRATED AT 425OR HSEPOWER THE HEMI WAS BNEAND FROM NASCAR AFTER JUST ONE YEAR FOR BEGIN TOO POWERFUL. JAMMED UNDER THE HOOD OF A SELECT FEW STREET RSCA LIKE THIS PLYMOUTH ’CUDA, THE INSTANT LEGEND THEN IS STILL SUPER SIDERABLE TODAY. >> WHEN YOU BOUGHT THESE THINGS, YOU UGBOHT THEM WITHOUT A WARRANTY. THEY WERE INTENDED TO TAKE TO THE RACETRACK. >> THE SHAKER HOOD WAS STANDARD ON THE ’CUDA, THE GIANT RACING ENGINE UNDERNEATH USES EVERY INCH OF THE BAY. BACKED BY ANUT AOMATIC TRANSMISSION WITH THE SUPER TRAK PACK OPTION AND STEEP 4.10 GEARS. MA NO KEMISTAKE, IT’S STILL FLS.IE >>HE T HEMI HAD A REPUTATION, DIDN’T IT? IT WAS THE BAD BOY ON THE STREET. A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD NOT EVEN BOTHER TO TRY TO RAISE THEM. >> RON SAID HE DRIVES HIS HEMI ' ’CUDA ABOUT ONCE A MONTH, THESE OLD CARS NEED TO STAY EXERCISED, AND THAT’S THE PERFECT EXSE
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Auto Ambush: 1970 Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda
Few words hold legendary status like the word, "Hemi" does when it comes to cars. And one Albuquerque man finally realized his life-long dream of owning one.Watch the video above as Eric Green introduces us to automotive royalty, and shows us why the Hemi is still a legend today.

Few words hold legendary status like the word, "Hemi" does when it comes to cars. And one Albuquerque man finally realized his life-long dream of owning one.

Watch the video above as Eric Green introduces us to automotive royalty, and shows us why the Hemi is still a legend today.

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