The holiday season is nearing the home stretch now. Time for another replay of "All I Want For Christmas is 'U'". Are you sick of it yet? Buick, Datsun, Peugeot, Austin-Healey, Lotus, Triumph, and now back to America with a 1967 Plymouth Barracuda convertible in a seasonably festive downtown area. While the other cars this month were dug out of my archives, this one was just spotted a week ago as of publishing.
It's funny. When I decided on an obscure theme for Christmas I figured it would be easy to fill in the blanks. After all, with about 20 car brands from Acura to Wuling with a U in their name, how hard could it be? Well, I haven't been to Rodeo Drive in a while so I don't have any Bugattis to share. But one evening while returning from a junkyard trip I hopped off the freeway to avoid traffic, took a side road and detoured further because of an accident on my on-ramp. So I continued on into historic downtown Pleasanton. Sure enough, I stumbled upon the Spirit and Sweater Stroll event, frequented by lots of people in goofy holiday attire sampling drinks at bars and restaurants. While a band played Christmas instrumentals and locals milled around in Santa hats, I caught a fabled fish to share with you.
We've looked at four other Barracudas over the years here, ranging from a couple of '65s to a '67 coupe and a '70 Gran Coupe. But there's never been a convertible until now. I see this car semi-regularly at local shows but rarely just being used as a car. Chrysler keeps pretty good records of its muscle and pony cars, indicating that a total of 4,228 Barracuda convertibles left the factory for 1967. That number isn't broken down further except by general engine type and/or transmission. I only know that it's a V8 car with an automatic. I would guess it's a 273 cubic inch small block car as there are no S badges and it appears to have a single exhaust. Cragar S/S wheels on BF Goodrich white letter radials lend it a retro tough look that more modern wheel and rubber combos struggle to match. Plain white over a black interior is a classic look, though the gray fabric seats seem to have come from something out of the '80s or '90s that I can't quite place. In the interest of comfort and safety I'm sure the more modern seats are an improvement. It looks to be a solid driver condition example of an uncommon pony car. The fact that the '67 Barracuda is one of my favorite Mopars helps as well.
Photographed December 2023
Klasyczna Barracuda prezentuje się świetnie, szczególnie gdy została odrestaurowana z użyciem wysokiej jakości części.
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