Had No Idea He Got a 1969 M-Code Cuda, Sold It, Got It Back in 1990, and Still Drives It

Forget the romantic barn-find mythology. The true legend of the muscle car era is defined by sheer, improbable luck, redeemed by relentless decades of commitment. In 1976, one man paid five hundred dollars—the price of forgotten junk—for a battered, primered compact. He had no knowledge that he had acquired one of the most violent factory aberrations Mopar ever unleashed: the 375-horsepower 440 M-Code Barracuda. This ... (continue reading...)

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Had No Idea He Got a 1969 M-Code Cuda, Sold It, Got It Back in 1990, and Still Drives It
Forget the romantic barn-find mythology. The true legend of the muscle car era is defined by sheer, improbable luck, redeemed by relentless decades of commitment. In 1976, one man paid five hundred dollars—the price of forgotten junk—for a battered, primered compact. He had no knowledge that he had acquired one of the most violent factory aberrations Mopar ever unleashed: the 375-horsepower 440 M-Code Barracuda. This ... (continue reading...)
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