Here’s a Barracuda with a rather unusual vision all the way around, and frankly I’m a bit torn on whether I’m kind of on board with what’s been started here or if it’s making me want to cringe. There’s a lot to take in and things are sort of hard to follow, but we’ll try to break down what the next owner is in for should he be up for the mission and choose to accept it. This 1970 Plymouth Barracuda is located in Norwood, Minnesota, and can be found here on eBay. The bidding has reached $16,600 thus far, but the reserve has yet to be seen.

The car actually began life as a 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Gran Coupe, the more luxurious offering of Plymouth’s E-Bodies that year, and it was originally sold in Alexandria, Virginia when new.  Then in 1982, the car traveled West to Los Angeles, where it resided until the seller acquired it 3 years ago.  It’s said to have been mostly an original and solid car at that time, but one of his ideas was transforming the Gran Coupe’s body to an AAR ‘Cuda clone and it’s overall convincing, along with a patina that you wouldn’t have to worry about getting another scratch on every time you get behind the wheel.

A bigger changeover involved another car the owner purchased, a running 2016 Dodge Charger with the police package, and that 5.7 Hemi is now under the hood of the Barracuda.  There’s also a transmission from an SRT Challenger with a custom driveshaft, but the story here goes that the shop doing all the swap-out work didn’t get things completed in what the owner felt was a reasonable time frame, so he reclaimed the car and it’s been in storage for the last 5 months with more still left to be done.  The good news is that the engine, transmission, and electrical work have been done, but some other details such as interior reassembly have yet to be finished.

The seller says this is the most solid original car from this vintage he has ever owned and claims that overall the floors are good, but that they do have some rust in the front, which he thinks is minor enough that they’re still serviceable.  The trunk is said to be perfect, with the battery having been relocated to this area, plus numerous additional parts are also said to come with the car.  To finish the project, the seller estimates that around 10 hours will be needed, which sounds optimistic and my estimate is more.  How about yours?