Plum Crazy
The Mopar faithful will quickly recognize that this featured Plymouth Barracuda is painted in FC7 “In-Violet” for Plymouth, and not the perhaps-better-known “Plum Crazy” offered by Dodge. The paint hue and its code may be the same for both, but the paint names are unique to each of the brands. The Plum Crazy story title, in this case, may be appropriate to describe not the color of the car, but instead the owner, who chose to do a high-end and costly restoration on this, a six-cylinder-equipped Barracuda. Missing are the billboard stripes, front fender gills, Shaker hood, and a 440 Six Barrel or Hemi beneath the hood, items commonly found on Plymouth E-body models receiving such detailed attention.
By 1970, every major American automaker was pulling out all the stops in the horsepower wars. Chrysler was no different when it launched the E-body platform for the all-new Plymouth Barracuda and sibling Dodge Challenger. With
