ESTIMATE: $600,000 – $800,000

Never restored and driven just 81 miles over its entire life, this is the lowest-mileage 1970 Hemi Cuda known to exist.

It was special-ordered and purchased new at Shreves Plymouth-Dodge in June 1970 by Bill Reardon of Clarksburg, West Virginia, who was finally buying his dream car at 62 years of age. One of the last 10 Hemi Cudas built in 1970, it was exactly as he imagined it: Tor Red with a Black interior; Torqueflite automatic transmission; Shaker hood with tie downs and color-matching steel wheels with dog-dish hub caps and Goodyear Polyglas GT tires.

Following his original plans, Bill immediately began the modifications needed to ready the car for the drag strip, removing the intake and carburetors, the complete exhaust system, rear end, rear wheels and tires and front shocks. He replaced all these with the best performance parts available, while carefully stowing the originals in safe storage. In his first season of racing, Bill made approximately 30 passes at three local drag strips, occasionally dipping into the high 10-second range.

Tragedy hit when Bill suddenly passed away after that first season with his new Cuda. When his widow passed in 1977, the couple’s son sold the car and all the original parts to Marvin Dillion, who, after returning it to its original configuration at 42 miles, drove it less than a single mile in the 16 years he owned it.

The car passed through three more caring owners before renowned Hemi specialist John Arruza of Thomasville, North Carolina, purchased it with 61 miles on the odometer.

Arruza performed his magic on the car, refreshing it after its years of storage with a complete fluid change and tune-up and overhauling its carburetion system so that it once again performed as new. Arruza drove the car to 73 miles in the process of refining the car’s state of tune. Since then it has been moved enough to take the odometer to its present reading of 81 miles. Today it is the textbook definition of a time capsule; unmolested, original and in superb condition, with documentation that includes the factory broadcast sheet and a recorded verification of the numbers and codes—for Hemi lovers, the Holy Grail.

HIGHLIGHTS - Unrestored with 81 original miles
- Lowest mileage 1970 Hemi Cuda known to exist
- Produced May 25, 1970 at the Los Angeles assembly plant
- One of the last ten 1970 Hemi Cudas built
- Sold new at Shreves Plymouth-Dodge in 1970
- Documented with original broadcast sheet
- Original Tor Red paint and Black interior
- Original matching numbers drivetrain
- 426/425 HP engine
- Two 4-barrel carburetors
- 727 automatic transmission
- Shaker hood with Argent painted scoop
- Vinyl bucket seats with woodgrain console
- Tie down hood pins, road lights
- Chrome drip rail and window moldings
- Dual exhaust with chrome tips
- Color-keyed steel wheels
- Dog Dish hubcaps
- Goodyear F60-15 Polyglas GT tires
- Space-Saver spare tire

thats one sweet azz car,,and iam a chevy man,,,

Its the same here in Oz.....our muscle cars from the 70s and 80s were so cheap back then...now they command prices up to 300,00 plus....
If only we knew back then....

I'd rather have a Ferrari F430 or an Audi R8 Moe! It might be a smart old car, but it's power I go for! Selling a BMW 535d m sport myself if anyone's interested?

ahh, you Europeans... classic muscle cars are meaningless to yall...lol

I'd need an attorney...
To defend me for curb stompin'
anyone stoopid enough to put a smudge
on that car .

Meh... I'll have to pass on it.

Just hooked on German cars these days Moe, but I'd make an exception for an Italian Ferrari, or Lamborghini, though!

Double post!!

Sweet..
Thanks for that post...

They have no clue what a muscle cars are about....you know I like a good hemi... Our first race boat ran in the 8s with a 1957 392 hemi....wasn't fast enough.
Can you top our horsepower in our last race boat.... 8000hp on nitro methane with nitrous oxide

Beautiful just beautiful

Thanks for creating this topic. Now we will get to see all the active male members in this forum. Hurray!

"Muscle Cars", it's a term used back in the 60's - 70's for cars that were produced for stock car racing... the races themselves were designed for American automakers, and the could only used stock built cars, meaning they couldn't modify the power-train at all...

Racing on water is a lot different, than racing cars zzzippy! I just prefer German cars, to anything else though! Everybody has their own tastes?

top fuel dragsters, using a favored 427 hemi modified, produce around 10,000 HP...

OMG can we get close enough to drool if I promise not to let it touch that baby

I am so in lust..

You are not supposed to post PORN in here, goddammit...

that's better than porn...

Dang it MO you beat me to it.. This is so sweet and I bet she just purrs
so sexy...

mmmm... purr'in is always good...