Car of the Week: 1967 Plymouth Barracuda convertible

A droptop Barracuda, Amelia winners, "Big Oly" goes for BIG bucks and a Scamp in this week's Old Cars newsletter.

Not rendering correctly? View this email as a web page here. Car of the Week: 1967 Plymouth Barracuda convertible One man who somehow turns daily drivers into collectible keepsakes. The story behind a stunning 1967 Plymouth Barracuda convertible. Stuart Suede says he has a habit of turning his "daily driver" cars into keeper collector vehicles. He's done it several times over the course of the last three of four decades. When he picked up 1967 Plymouth Barracuda convertible back in the 1990s on what was a bit of an impulse buy at the time, it really wasn't a tough decision to hang onto the handsome droptop. Ironically, the car that he once drove almost every day is now so nice that he almost hates to take it out in Southern California elements. See More Make your car our "Car of the Week"  If you've got an old car you really love, we want to hear about it! Click here to submit your ride! Hispano-Suiza and Shadow DN4 named 'Best of Show' at the 26th Annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance Jacksonville, FL - A 1926 Hispano-Suiza H6B Cabriolet and 1974 Shadow DN4 were crowned this year's Best in Shows on May 23, 2021 at the 26th annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance. Moved from March to May in light of the global pandemic, the Concours was grateful to return to the Golf Club of Amelia Island and the Ritz-Carlton, Amelia Island to host a world-class motoring event.  See More 'Big Oly' goes for BIG bucks in Indy  "Big Oly," the most recognizable Ford Bronco in the world and the first "super car" of off-road racing that was twice piloted by Parnelli Jones to victory in the Baja 1000, sold for a record $1.87 million at Dana Mecum's 34th Original Spring Classic. See More We'd Buy That: 1972 Plymouth Scamp OK, full disclosure here. We had a buddy who had a Plymouth Scamp back in college. It was a hideous-looking car. Some sort of ugly brown, and it was a rattle trap. We had to crawl through one of the windows because one of the doors didn't work. But that old Plymouth was actually pretty fast (or faster than it looked), and we had A TON OF FUN bombing around in that beast. See More Subscribe Now to the Highest Frequency Publication for Die-Hard Car Lovers! Your subscription to Old Cars includes: All the recent news from around the old car hobby Coverage of all the important collector car auctions and shows Classifieds including expert advice SUBSCRIBE NOW! Active Interest Media P.O. Box 20730 Boulder, Colorado, 80308 United States You received this email because you are subscribed to Old Cars Weekly eNewsletter. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive.