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Hoping to some day be able to afford some '71 Cuda's.



1965 Plymouth



1965 Barracuda



I don't normally photograph my promos this way, but I couldn't resist. Hat's off to the guy at AMT who designed this box. Really cool the way it displays. I don't avidly follow '65 Barracuda promos, but it seems as though I've only seen these friction cars in light blue. A long-time collector pointed out something interesting to me recently. While these are marketed as '65 Barracudas, they are really '64s. In '64 Barracudas had the "Vailant" script on the trunklid, and this was gone for '65 (a check of factory literature confirmed this). Sure enough, I checked and mine has the script on the trunk! The true promos (non-friction) came in Gold Metallic, Ruby Red, and Medium Blue Metallic. These were actual '65 Barracudas.



1967 Plymouth



1967 Barracuda



1967 Barracudas also came in silver. These aren't commonly seen.



1968 Plymouth



1968 Barracuda



1968 Barracudas are not too common either. These are beautiful models. Love the redline tires. The other color I've seen is red. '68 Barracudas all came without a shifter. Oddly there is a hole for one. They all came in plain boxes.



1969 Plymouth



1969 Barracuda



1969 Barracudas aren't commonly seen. If you know much about the real cars, you'd know that those wheels were recalled and are extremely rare. Blue is by far the most common. They also came in bronze which is not commonly seen.



1969 GTX



1969 GTXs are not uncommon. These are all of the colors available for '69. Of note, '69 GTX's were the only Plymouth musclecar promos to come in white (with the exception of a very small number of '70 GTX Driver's Ed cars). 



1969 GTX



Bronze Firemist Metallic and Limelight Metallic 



1969 GTX



Blue Firemist Metallic and Alpine White



1969 GTX Friction



This is a very cool car. It has a blue interior and a friction motor. I know guys who get agitated when you refer to a friction car as a "promo". Frankly, I prefer these to the roller chassis. I've seen these friction cars in light blue and red, and recently saw a red car with a tan interior. I think I've seen this gray car with a red interior also.



1970 Plymouth



1970 Barracuda



Other 1970 Cuda colors are Rallye Red, VItamin C Orange, and Lime Light. Note the whitewall tires on all '70 Cuda's. Just like the real cars! The blue car is one of my nicest. Mint car, crisp clean box, and decals and factory tissue paper.



1970 Barracuda



Of the seven purple Mopar promos (1970/1971 Challenger, 1970/1971 Charger, 1971 Duster, and 1970/1971 Cuda) I have four. The finish on this one is not as good as my other three. There are a couple of small paint imperfections on the passenger side, and one on the roof. As you might notice from the photo, it has loose glass. I don't have the balls to take it apart and re-glue.



1970 GTX



The other available color for 70 GTX's was Lime Green Metallic. The retail or "dime store" cars were also available in a non-metallic light blue (molded car-not painted). There are also some white cars floating around with "Drivers Education" stickers. If you have one with the box I'd love to see it. One of the things I find odd about the ’70 Plymouth promos are the whitewall tires. Both the Cudas (MPC) and the GTX’s (Jo-Han) have them. Plymouth must have specified these for all of their promos that year. When was the last time you saw a ’70 Cuda with rally wheels and whitewalls? And why the plain boxes? 1969 GTX's had very cool boxes. '70 could have been as well.



1970 GTX



The Bahama Yellow car came in the generic red white and blue 1970 Johan dimestore box.  Bahama Yellow ("Butterscotch" for Dodge) is an odd color, not seen on the real cars until 1971, but I kind of like it. Very conservative. Like a true gentleman's musclecar should be!  I've also often wondered why Plymouth chose to make '69 and '70 GTX's instead of Roadrunners. The Roadrunners far outsold the GTX's.



1971 Plymouth



1971 Duster



The Bahama Yellow car was my first promo, and is one of my favorites.



1971 Duster



Sassy Grass and Tor Red.



1971 Duster



Ultra Violet and Curious Yellow. These are all the available colors for '71 Dusters. Now I just need a box for the yellow car.



1971 Roadrunner



Some '71 Roadrunners came with white letter tires, as did some '71 Cudas. Some have speculated that it was an early run and they had trouble with them, hence they stopped. Not sure if anyone knows for sure. Based on conversations with other collectors and my own experience, I'd say less than 10% came with the RWL tires.



1971 Roadrunner



Anyone have an extra Curious Yellow box they want to trade? Very cool color. '71 Roadrunners also came in Sassy Grass, Bahama Yellow, and Rallye Red. Oddly, no Ultra Violet. Also no blue for '71 Roadrunners. Not sure why.



1972 Plymouth



1972 Duster



Lemon Twist and Tor Red



1972 Duster



Gold Leaf and Rally Red



1972 Duster



Basin Street Blue. The other available color for '72 Dusters was Sherwood Green.



1972 Barracuda



True Blue and Rally Red



1972 Barracuda



Tor Red and Gold Leaf. I've always wondered why they went with the flat hood for the '72 Cudas. You'll note that '72 Challengers have the performance hood.



1972 Barracuda



These are all available colors for '72 Cudas. Now I just need a box for the yellow car!



1972 Roadrunner



The '72 Roadrunners are good looking cars. Some '72 Roadrunners came in plain white boxes.



1972 Roadrunner



True Blue and Rally Red



1972 Roadrunner



These are all the available colors for '72 Roadrunners.



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