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1973 Plymouth Cuda (Genuine Cuda - not Barracuda)
One of the Kingston Eight- built for export to Tenerife
Original 340 Engine
8 3/4 Rear with 3:23
Forest Metallic Green
New Legendary Interior
New Rallye Dash
New Carpet
New Flowmasters
New Rubber
Great car - drives and handles superb-
The Fender Tage Decode is as follows
BS23H3B420177
BS- PLYMOUTH CUDA SPECIAL (EXPORT)
23 2 DOOR HARDTOP
H 340 CI
3 1973
B ASSEMBLY AT HAMRAMCK
420177 FACTORY SEQUENCE NO
SALES CODES
E55 - 340 CI 4BBL 240HP
D34 - STANDARD DUTY AUTO TRANS- COLUMN SHIFT
JF8 - - FOREST METALLIC GREEN
A6F6 - - TRIM VINYL BUCKET GREEN
000 - DELETE UPPER DOOR FRAME PAINT
404 - DCHEDULED PRODUCTION DATE WEDNESDAY 4 APRIL 1973
E - SHIPMENTS , EXPORT ORDERED
17448 - VEHICLE ORDER NO
VIX - VINYL BLACK ROOF
I - BUILD TO SPECS FOR INTERNATIONAL ORDER
B41 - FRONT POWER DISC BRAKES
C56 - BUCKET SEATS
G37 - - LEFT HAND REMOTE RIGHT HAND MANUAL CHROME RACING MIRRORS
J52 - INSTRUMENT PANEL MOUNTED HOOD RELEASE
J54 - SPORT HOOD
M21 - DRIP TROUGH MOULDINGS
M31 - BODY BELT MOUNTINGS
M88 - DECK LID MOULDING TREATMENT
N41 - DUAL EXHAUST SYSTEM
N42 - BRIGHT EXHAUST TIPS
N85 - TACHOMETER
26 - 26 INCH RADIATOR
EN2 - END OF CODES ASSEMBLY LINE TWO
The Story of the Kingston Cudas is as follows
In 1973 a Car dealership in Tenerife Canary Islands made a special order from the USA for 8 Cars- 7 Cudas and 1 Barracuda . These special order cars were all made on the same day and shipped together with special export options - IE speedo in KMH etc.
For some reason the dealership got into financial trouble and all 8 cars remained on the Island unsold until 1978 when the Kingston Car Company in London bought them all and shipped them to England.
At the time these proved hard to sell- the last one eventually sold in 1982.
A far as we know 6 are still in existence and we managed to get three of them together last year at the Mopar Nats at Santa Pod
My car is in good shape - the engine is mostly original exceping a peformance manifold- It runs great - It would benefit from a paint and detailing - something I never got round to.
The car has been painted a couple of times over the years and is now back to the original Colour and trim- all correct exceph the Gold stripe. Paint is good - there are a couple of spots which the new owner may want to attend to- again something I never got around to.
I think the KMH is showing around 70, 000 although at 35 years old I cannot verify this- (although there is a big file of paperwork with the car)
Call Mark on 07974 353185
I am in Dunstable Bedordshire
lots more pics at
http://s132.photobucket.com/albums/q1
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