Not every survivor from Detroit’s muscle car peak gets the glamorous barn-find treatment. Some spend years going through teardown, media blasting, and rust repair long before they ever see fresh paint again. That is exactly where this 1971 Plymouth ‘Cuda sits right now, a genuine 383 four-barrel car listed for $64,900 out of Magnolia, Texas, still wearing bare epoxy primer but carrying a spec sheet most Mopar collectors only dream about.
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According to the seller, Chrysler built just 1,739 automatic 383 four-barrel ‘Cudas for the 1971 model year, and this one wears the high-impact Rallye Red (FE5) paint code over a white interior with white “billboard” graphics, a combination that was rare even new and rarer still today. It never carried a Hemi or a 440 Six Pack, but the listing calls it one of the most heavily optioned ’71 ‘Cudas the seller has come across, a genuine two-tag car.
The listing comes from PaintReadyProjects, a Texas outfit that specializes in taking rusty classics through full disassembly, media blasting, and rust repair before handing them off, so buyers can skip what the seller describes as months or years spent waiting in “body shop jail.” On this particular car, both rear quarter panels and the driver’s side trunk extension were replaced, the trunk and floor pans were reseam-sealed the way Chrysler originally did it, and the entire body, inside and out, has been sprayed with two coats of PPG epoxy primer, underside included. Front and rear suspension were blasted and epoxy-coated as well.
The equipment list is long. Power steering and power disc brakes, power windows, factory air conditioning and a rear defogger, Rallye gauges, a center console with the slap-stick shifter, hood pins, three-speed wipers, an AM/FM radio, painted racing mirrors, a color-keyed grille, and the 383 “billboard” call-out decals down each flank are all present. New door panels, a new headliner, A-pillar covers, and sail panels are included in the deal, and the steering column has already been rebuilt with a new ignition switch and lock cylinder.
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What This 1971 Plymouth ‘Cuda 383 Still Needs
Mechanically, there is still work ahead. The engine is a correct G383 block, pulled from a 1971 Charger rather than the car’s original numbers-matching block, and the seller says both it and the 727 TorqueFlite transmission behind it will need to be rebuilt before the car runs again. The rear end is the original 8-3/4-inch housing with its axles and sway bar intact, and the fender tag, dash VIN plate, and body stampings all reportedly match the title.
For $64,900, a buyer is essentially purchasing a Mopar that has already cleared the most miserable part of a restoration, the rust repair and bodywork, and can move directly into paint and a mechanical rebuild. The ‘Cuda is available for inspection by appointment only.
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