Barracuda Page 5

Now we're talking late in the year 2006. Highway 61 gave us this real cool looking 1971 HemiCuda. It has the very rare orange seating surfaces which go well with the Alpine White paint job, and give the interior a little depth. This is a limited run of only 504 produced.

1968 was a pivotal year in quarter mile racing, and Mother Mopar came to the track with an awesome collection of legendary cars based on the BO-29 Code Hemi powered Barracuda. Arlen Vanke and Judy Lily were two of the drivers reknown for harnessing the pavement pounding fury of these machines. Their efforts and acheivements have been paid tribute to by Highway 61 in these meticulously detailed diecast.

Eventually, Highway 61 will make an AAR Cuda in every color in which they were available in 1970. This B5 Blue continues the momentum of this ultimate goal. It sports a matching blue interior.

	When you build such great looking diecast, how can they not sell out? Wow! The Ivy Green paint on this HemiCuda is smooth and even. The black accents of the hockey stick stripe, shaker hood and vinyl top, along with the dark green interior, give it a subtle, powerful, classic look.
Oh, hey everybody! Look! This 383 equipped '71 'Cuda doesn't have hood pins! The first Plymouth E-Body made by H61 without them! Cool! Don't get me wrong, I think the pins are a neat scale feature, but those little critters are hard to handle! This Rallye Red beaut with the Black Billboards, on the other hand, is easy to handle, in so many ways!

Highway 61 produced only 600 of these 1971's. The red paint is nice and lustruous, and the brush finished Centerlines look mean and rough.

In 2007, Performance Years Enterprises commissioned a special release of the way too cool, way too radical 1970 Mod Top 'Cudas. These cars were each 1 of 500 made, and sold in very eye-catching packaging. In 1970, the flowery Mod Top option was available from Plymouth in only a handful of colors, and these two beauts are B5 Blue, and Sunfire Yellow. For the limited number of these diecast produced with this extremely unique feature, it is surprising that they were not as popular as other 1 of 500 releases, and I was able to pick up both of these at very reasonable prices a full year after their appearance on the shelves and websites. Huh!


Three 1970 'Cudas, all with the clean white interior, that I picked up from Scale18.com mid-2008. The Black AAR, the Lime Green Poly , and the In-Violet are all the established Highway 61 mold, released in original true factory colors. Nice detailing abounds, and the Green is cool and mellow while the Violet is strikingly vibrant. Very nice color choices for any collection!