1971 Plymouth Cuda 440: Regular Car Reviews

[@defyyourlogic487]

The official car of "I almost bought one of these for 10k back in the day but my wife talked me out of it"

[@sullivanthomas1775]

Tell your wife you missed out in a car that gained value

[@sirloin4372]

How did your wife talk you out if? I’m curious what her argument was.

[@danpatterson8009]

Woulda, shoulda, 'Cuda.

[@ercopanzerlive522]

Honestly the most accurate comment I've ever read

[@Soupslusher_68]

My dad bought a ‘72 440 for 1,500 in 1976 and sold it for 3,000 in ‘82

[@skyhunt5727]

"It was a ruthless era of gaming, that's never coming back." "There was no cloud!" *Gets an ad for Google Stadia*

[@Segafishy]

I don't think he's every reviewed anything bad enough to match the Stadia yet, which is probably a good thing.

[@KhushbuMel]

@@Segafishy He had strong negative feelings about the Tata Nano and Volkswagen XL1 I believe. The Nano surprised me at how bad it was.

[@Segafishy]

@@KhushbuMel The Nano however will usually still start if everythings set up properly, theres been a mass of complaints with Stadia failing to work on even high speed broadband reliably.

[@Kaputnik11]

Same

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Fuck Google!

[@racermigs1]

"It goes like a rocket ship, handles like a shopping cart, stops like a covered wagon"

[@Grimm-Gaming]

Typical Classic Mopar .

[@SentinelGhost]

My camaro...

[@Grimm-Gaming]

My camaro went like a shopping cart handled like a beached whale and stopped. Often. V6 auto that overheated

[@TheRezAbides]

As caretakers of a 1971 Plymouth 'Cuda 383ci 3-speed Convertible, this statement is VERY accurate.

[@Nomegustausarmimail]

This description reminds me of Vlad's car in the first Carmageddon.

[@Joe0400]

Cuda: the car equivalent of the dog slipping on a hardwood floor. Fast, unable to stop, and can't turn.

[@UsefulEntertainment]

Yeah but dogs have studded snow tires lol

[@billgreenly5522]

Lol everyone’s acted like they’ve driven one before

[@MrTheHillfolk]

Give the dog like 400hp too.

[@vamisk]

A 1970 Cuda dominated French hill climbing events in the 1970s.

[@Bartonovich52]

@ Cold Laundry It’s called inductive reasoning. Try it, sometimes.

[@mikeyerke3920]

That is one honest ‘Cuda. Refreshing to see one that is driven. Not perfect, and I like that.

[@notgray88]

I love classic cars as much as anyone else, but seeing them used as intended and not just left in a showroom to be preserved is just way more satisfying. Would totally pick this example over a restomod anyday.

[@mikeyerke3920]

@@notgray88 I’ve been in the restoration business a long time, and the hardest thing to do is to leave the soul of a vehicle intact when you restore it.

[@notgray88]

@@mikeyerke3920 Couldn't have said it better myself.

[@mikeyerke3920]

@@notgray88 I just finished a ‘68 Chevrolet K20 on my channel, and I really tried to stay faithful to the way it was originally. 🔧

[@sdaanviaegle]

Look up black ghost 1970 challenger. Well driven non restored challenger. Best options too. Beautiful story

[@suzumr2754]

The front of that Cuda at an angle looks like it wants to literally kill you just for looking at it.

[@artoodiitoo]

More likely to if you´re in it

[@iwannapoop]

It probably will if you dont pay attention

[@nathanlong8295]

Always have been that way. But the viper. That look is all over the car.

[@coltonogden1513]

Or it's prepared incase it comes across an absolute massive block of cheese

[@gerritsikkema5776]

12:37

[@dantegalan83]

modern cars need more toggle switches with satisfying clicks

[@Ragna___]

and touchscreens *click*

[@tylerott9269]

That would be nice, but I think safety laws don’t allow it. I think too many people ended up with the toggle switches stuck in their forehead after crashes.

[@scottoleson1997]

There’s nothing quite like the push of 80’s cassette player buttons. That eject though. Has some resistance to it 😂

[@ReschDMD]

@OWEN FLORENCE I had a Mustang for a rental last year and definitely liked the toggle switches

[@Bartonovich52]

Yep. I fly a plane with about two dozen toggle switches and flipping them is very satisfying. The only thing more satisfying are the gated toggle switches you have to pull out. Like... this is serious shit that you can’t knock by accident.

[@centuryhelix8727]

“But also... the things that the consumers are willing to tolerate has changed.” This is a very good point that no one seems to acknowledge and puts a lot of things into perspective

[@Tarukai788]

That's nostalgia goggles for ya

[@scottoleson1997]

That’s why I feel like luxury sedans are as close to muscle cars as we have nowadays because the muscle of V8’s and better handling just gives the modern Mustangs and Camaros a run for their money. I like how 2004’s project Gotham racing 2 put it: Pacific Muscle.

[@therealsnow]

Yeah people flip their shit if a car has no air conditioning these days lol

[@cpuwizard9225]

I just want 4 tires, 400+ cubic inches, 4 speeds and 3 pedals.

[@danielseelye6005]

@@cpuwizard9225 I'd like an overdrive too, but pretty much the same for me.

[@gureno19]

"Back then building a pc was cost prohibited" As opposed to now? Where components exist only in some weird alternate dimension of "out of stock" land.

[@Destroyah5000]

It wasn't that hard a few years ago. If you knew when to buy a budget build was feasible. Of course right now is a bad time though. The RTX 30 Series just came out and it's the holiday season.

[@insane992]

lol nobody's been able to get consoles either

[@f45411]

Pre covid it wasn't that hard to build a pc

[@Admiral_Bongo]

I budget build was mega-easy 2-3 years ago, really.

[@Burkutace27]

Between COVID and crypto-bros inventing a new alt-coin every five minutes to pay for the worst fucking artwork I've ever seen.

[@kevaninthe4135]

Cars like the 'Cuda give you something today's cars just can't, fear.

[@billgreenly5522]

Or excitement...

[@Bartonovich52]

If you can’t scare yourself in a modern car... you obviously don’t push the envelope very much when driving. I’ll scare the living daylights out of you in a Prius.

[@matrinezkevin11492]

@@Bartonovich52 the movements you do in a modern car can scare you. Older cars like this 'Cuda scare you with their presence and the fact that it actually does feel like a fuckhuge demon is sitting in there right in front of you ready to explode and hammer you into a telephone pole at triple digit speeds and it can do all this at idle.

[@anydaynow01]

Haha, like a redhead who you just don't want to let go, or having a full wolf as a pet!

[@enbee_ash6740]

My car scares the shit out of me. Granted only coz it's on the brink of throwing a rod through your shin but yeah

[@mikemiller5432]

Ah yes I come for funny comments about cars and PA and end up with a refresher on sociology/psych theories. Quality work as always sir.

[@hullian1113]

Writing up about RCR, I think it’s a clever trap he makes you fall into. You’re hit with ‘the voice’ and other smarmy remarks, then you get deeper into the video, and *bam!* Literary Theory Time! Pulls you into that state of mind he wants you to fall in about a car with that AP Lang degree he - and Roman - uses great precision. These ‘reviews’ are all a trap. And I’m all here for it.

[@zabnorg]

@@hullian1113 Fished in! Get the net!

[@AngPur]

Yeah but I kind of miss the carmeet and furcon parking lot vids

[@zabnorg]

@@AngPur which Subaru is best Subaru? Hella horns Hella horns Hella horns...

[@willnic9437]

@@hullian1113 I literally come here for that deep thought analysis! The jokes are funny, but I'd been disappointed because so many of their recent videos didn't have that full-on literary treatment and just seemed to be a series of crude "jokes" a 13-year-old would make. This is the kind of video that made me subscribe in the first place!

[@Magnetorheological]

1971 Plymouth Cuda 440: The official car of "Hey, you got a light, kid?"

[@ThePower1037]

Nah, that is the IROC-Z...

[@spudwickthrockmorton2112]

*Monte Carlo

[@xXMapleVodkaXx]

Shit you could say that about any Firebird too.

[@mikesteelheart]

@@ThePower1037 1982 Camaro 305 with custom flames, side pipes, and mag wheels 😁

[@AlejandroP1980s]

@@spudwickthrockmorton2112 ew Monte Carlo what about Impala or Malibu chevelle and nova get more attention than Impala 67

[@phdep1]

Owning a Cuda 440 is like owning a Cobra for a pet. It looks cool as hell and your badass for owning one but it’s impossible to have much fun if you give it the respect it demands so it doesn’t kill you. And it will kill you, it’s what it does.

[@harleymitchelly5542]

No, we need something bigger and that leaves more blood everywhere. This is having a wolf for a pet, not a wolf dog that's got a modicum of domestication to it, this is, "I walked into the woods, beat this thing with my bare hands, and I'M the alpha now," wolf for a pet, and you're pretty sure it's the reason the local cat population nosedove after you moved in. You are a badass that makes testes drop by entering the room, but sweet tap-dancing Christ you are walking a tightrope and I'm not sure if you know it.

[@caseycuda854]

I own a 1971 cuda 440. Can confirm.

[@Whitevaliant01]

It's a bit like walking through the forest and finding a cute baby bear. You have that blissful couple of seconds before you realise mumma must be around here somewhere.

[@heydiahrea]

I had a rattlesnake for a while once he was a nice guy he’d only rattle every once in a while

[@aspieotaku3580]

Its not a regular car, a weekend car its got amazing power but eats to much for a daily and heaven forbid if it rains lol handling is dangerous.

[@vertousofficial3735]

Plymouth Barracuda: The official car of an apocalyptic setting of an alt-country singer on acid, and a ronin girl with a samurai mask as it's protagonist.

[@waitingforepisode1927]

Awesome reference!

[@lizzyobrien2376]

This reference wins the Internet. Well done!

[@黒キツネ-九零二一零]

i dont get it

[@daltonbecker4494]

@@黒キツネ-九零二一零 There is an excellent band called Sturgill Simpson, they had a music video made by the same company who did the intros for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. This was the car the main character drove.

[@tylerhobbs7653]

@@黒キツネ-九零二一零 Sing Along by Sturgill Simpson.

[@LieutenantTickles]

"the online voice chat was a hellscape of slurs that would make even Nick Mullen blush" Hell yeah dude

[@nothing2see315]

Guess he's doesn't play GTA online

[@Bloatlord_the_Magnificent]

Hell yeah dude

[@THESLlCK]

@@nothing2see315 they're seriously soft compared to the days of old

[@fatmatrow]

I actually laughed out loud at that one. My man listens to cumtown

[@balefulbunny]

I'm Barack Obama and I'm Ryan Schutt, and I'm a Plymouth Hemi 'Cuda. Hell yeah dude.

[@ladylilith6495]

"There is tons of power and I can't control it!" Mr. Regular, I think that was the point of the classic muscle car. Where as a traditional sports car thrills by inspiring confidence, I'm pretty sure a muscle car was always meant to thrill by scaring the shit out of you... Without making you look like a lower-class simpleton in their dad's hand-me-down.

[@klaus6497]

Especially when the whole dashboard fucking shakes then that gets the adrenaline going

[@jordanwiley4582]

its mainly because that car is kind of a pile. and the shakey loose power steering and manual drums.

[@klaus6497]

@@jordanwiley4582 lol ya

[@DAN007thefoxx1]

If I go beyond 2600 rpm in my ol' Mustang the vibrations make me afraid of blowing it up on the highway. But this fear slowly went away over time and I had it for 5 years now. But even now I try to avoid just cruising faster than 75 mph in it. Keep in mind there is no overdrive.

[@scottoleson1997]

@@DAN007thefoxx1 that’s why I love driving my 80’s Camry wagon because I can just zip anywhere and turn on ECT power and just zoom past everyone on the freeway going 95+ in a 2.0 4 cylinder with no fear and no airbags. Truly makes me feel for the road, even if the car is a shopping cart with a peppy motor.

[@CurtDegree]

Can we all just appreciate that this man managed to stall an automatic mid-review?

[@johncomuntzis8276]

"Oh, so I can't start it in drive?" ... ugh

[@Dankcatvacs]

@@johncomuntzis8276 peak zoomer

[@michaelhildebrandt1073]

Old cars just be like that🤣

[@Bartonovich52]

He didn’t stall it. The car did. He said you have to rev it to keep it from stalling in gear. Even a manual driver is going to instinctively go for clutch when it starts to stall.. not shift to neutral.

[@CurtDegree]

@@Bartonovich52 Just a funny meme m8, I caught the beginning of the video and know /why/ it died. Not trying to get all "Haha, RCR is bad at cars!"

[@kiltymacbagpipe]

“Horrific nightmare to drive” a ringing endorsement if there ever was one.

[@totalmetaljacket789]

For how much RCR secretly hates old school muscle, yeah.

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

6:13!

[@MrIh8hondas]

Best looking grille and headlight combo ever designed right there.

[@THESLlCK]

not best looking, but most psychopathic for sure

[@spacecowboy426]

"This is an Xbox 360" with that quote alone, I can now relate to my Dad, who lived through the muscle car era.

[@mentiofficialxd]

That "last party before breakup" really hits home

[@TerribleUsernameAmirite]

As my world comes crashing down, I’ll be dancing, deaf dumb and blind...

[@thomasr11]

I remember saying "I want this night to go on forever" lmao

[@noobsa78]

I literally thought about my last party before breakup over a year ago and how it's messed up that at the time i didn't know that i would remember that party as the "last party" later on. Man i think about that shit way more often than i should.

[@K.D.R_]

F for all of you.

[@MichaelD8393]

Not as much as "The last concert before March 2020" for me.

[@stickmanime]

“...a hellscape of slurs that would make even Nick Mullen blush.” I don’t know why it surprised me at first because it makes total sense for a guy like Mr. Regular to be a fan of a show called “Cum Town.”

[@dsadawrware]

funny how this surprises you since he references mainstream shit like the JRE podcast every single episode, get over yourself Cum Town is just as mainstream, you're not talking about 2004 4chan

[@prylosecorsomething3194]

I was a little surprised by the cum town reference but I guess it's not super surprising

[@freeagent212]

It caught me off guard. Is cum town really that mainstream?

[@skuzzyj]

@@freeagent212 Not in my part of the internet because I don't believe I've ever heard of it before. Kind of a hard name to forget. I dunno, maybe I've just been out of the loop of the weird for the last few years ?

[@kfadness]

@@freeagent212 it's in the same general sphere as chapo trap house and red scare. All have some name weight among podcast enthusiasts but far from general pop culture knowledge.

[@12ealDealOfficial]

That "work husband" analogy is classic RCR. Analogies like that take me way back.

[@Redmenace96]

pure gold

[@michaelturle9537]

"It goes like a rocket ship, handles like a shopping cart, and stops like a covered wagon" love the honest analogy.

[@RAM-ch8ic]

It is still strange to me that he always treats these old monster as something strange. I grew up with these in the 80s and this was just the way cars were back then. You just have to accept these beasts as what they were.

[@joelharris3073]

It’s all relative to what we’re used to. I’m 39 and drove my friends’ ‘67 mustang in 1999. Unboosted drum brakes, non-power steering, sloppy 3spd stick... made it up the block. Even my ‘84 T/A felt much more solid.

[@benjaminedwards9751]

I agree. People are used to much smaller vehicles today. Cars that are considered full sized these days would've been considered compact cars in the '70s. I'm only 33, but to me, a full sized car is something like a '78 Lincoln Continental with a 460.

[@UncleZhou49]

He likes to talk about context all the time, but he ignores it whenever he feels like it. Probably thinks it will get him more views.

[@OsborneCox.69.420]

this was BY FAR the best RCR episode of 2020!

[@thorgot911]

How? Show your work...

[@marvinracer88]

Yes. Yes it is.

[@scottjfrank]

love the LGR reference, didn't realize Mr. Regular was a fan of that channel.

[@thracian]

They go back long time when mr regular reviewed his old station wagon (i cannot remember which video it was)

[@jasonbell2733]

LGR?

[@Skulldude69420]

@@jasonbell2733 lazy game reviews

[@ErisAlter]

@@thracian Let me know if you can find it, I'm curious

[@billspangler2685]

Ah- now I know Mr. Regular is a man of culture as well...

[@Thermool]

Lots of eggs were fertilized in the backseats of ‘Cuda’s.

[@dancearoundtheworld5360]

Nuts busted

[@seed_drill7135]

You'd have to be pretty flexible to do anything in a back seat that small. The Challenger was at least a little bigger.

[@Thermool]

@@seed_drill7135 any port in stormy weather lol

[@aubreyseaweed7182]

my dad owned one when he got my mom pregnant. lol

[@tideride6828]

My old man had one 👀 I came along a bit after he sold it but still

[@seththomas9105]

I respect the hell out of this car and it's owner. This car is like my high school parking lot in 1985, it needs love, man. It CAN be brought back and made better.

[@gatorbux]

I have and it is...

[@CoalChrome]

"It goes like a rocket, handles like a shopping cart and stops like a covered wagon" I'm using this now

[@LG123ABC]

God, I wish I had bought a fleet of these muscle cars back in the 1980's when they were practically giving them away. Doh!

[@MrIh8hondas]

My great uncle had the opportunity to buy both a Charger Daytona and a Superbird back then. He didn't because he thought they were ugly. My dad and uncle tried to get him to do it, but he wouldn't budge.

[@devillockj]

After you consider inflation and the outrageous cost of keeping them from deteriorating you would be at net zero. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@superadventure6297]

People did that's why they still exist. Except the type of people who do that ("This is gonna be worth somethin' some day!") put them on blocks and let them sit. Then they're either scrapped, or sold for chump change at an estate auction... "Ran when parked".

[@yavin99]

I know...my buddy bought a 70 4 speed, 410 rear Z28 for 1500.

[@нико-р2х]

You could've bought one, but you would have needed to keep it in barn 'til these days because it would sip as much gas (which wasn't that cheap back then) as an Iroc-z owner sips Heinekens.

[@bandwagon240]

As a kid, my mom not only had a 383 71 'cuda convertible, but she also had a 70 Challenger 440 6-pack. She purchased them both before I was born and had the' cuda through the early 80's. These cars formed my early memories, just imagine being 10 years old and listening to a screaming big block echo off of the cars it consumed. Understandably, I wanted to drive one and finally got my chance about 10 years ago. What they say about driving your childhood heroes is absolutely true. I felt so let down as the rose colored memories about an unbeatable bellowing big block were just that...rose colored. It was slow, had no traction, wandered the road like a drunken sailor and definitely didn't stop. And just think, people drove these things on bais ply tires somehow! Thanks for the reminder, Mr. Regular. Just what I needed on my birthday.

[@Bugumir]

You don't love your woman cause she's perfect and you don't love a 'Cuda because it's a good car. Simple as that.

[@kevinfox500]

Absolutely. The perfection is in the flaws.

[@JoeJohnson-mk4qd]

beautiful

[@stopcreepingyouweirdo]

"You can't make this car 'Safe To Drive.'" Exactly, just ask Kevin Hart

[@Amadeus-ni3et]

?

[@Meekmillan]

Amadeus2248 his friend (or he did, because people evidently argued that point) totaled Kevin's cuda after dumping an ungodly amount of money into it + hellcat swapping it. His back was in bad shape and was in danger of loss of some functionality. Made a full recovery though. Mans built like a badger lol

[@joshjablonicky171]

He wasn't driving and his car was way better than this guy could ever imagine.

[@stopcreepingyouweirdo]

@@joshjablonicky171 “was”

[@Brianscoronet]

Needs front disc brakes, minimum.

[@Cole-xq2tl]

"Large displacement engines wouldn't return until the new century." *laughs in 7.3 liter IDI*

[@Bartonovich52]

In a car?

[@Bartonovich52]

Well... in general you could say that large displacement engines that dwarf anything a vehicle has have always been around in locomotives and ships, etc. It needs to be qualified, otherwise you can just say things like my heavy duty pickup had this, or my motorhome had that, or my semi had this, etc. It’s implied that he mean cars, ie: coupes, sedans. and wagons... and other than custom ones or very low production super cars, all have had displacements of 350 cubic inches or less since the early 80s. A closer truth is, there are no big block cars anymore. Even the 6.2 LS and 6.4 Hemis are still technically small blocks (as in, they have no significant differences in bore spacing or overall size than their lower displacement versions)

[@f2detaboada]

@@Bartonovich52 The 2015 Z/28 had a 7 liter engine

[@aaronvargas3980]

I was just thinking what about the ss trucks with the 454s lmao

[@jonytube]

I love how you were talking ab brakes and a deer just popped off lmao

[@bellcc2930]

And then grinds the starter

[@davidhochstetler4068]

Last time I was this early, I disappointed her. Again

[@i_am_terom4810]

hooo this one is really good

[@ravenruizcastro]

A good diet and exercise helps, my friend.

[@assoonaspastablepizza8135]

Last time I was this early, the Vagabond Falcon sold for the price of a 2003 Camry.

[@jebediahgentry7029]

This is trend is on its way out. Now: it's This: stupid shit

[@markmalinowski5951]

My father-in-law has one of these with the 440 "six pack" and 4-speed... it sounds like the car equivalent to Lemmy Kilmister and you can chirp the tires in 3rd gear.

[@graywolf4206]

Hellyeah! As badass as Motorhead!

[@cudakatt]

I own one with a 440. It still has drum brakes. Stops great! Funny thing, I let some mopar guys drive it cuz they didn't believe me. Had this for 16yrs and never changed anything but the radiator and overflow. It drives great. this guy can bash it because he doesn't own or drive one on a regular basis. Grow up with these and you don't lose your love for it no matter what anyone says . it's not about the money, safety as this guy says. I've driven it 110mph and it wasn't all over the road. The only issue with it is it was built for a man to sit in it. Im 5'2 and the seats sit low in it or at least it felt that way til I got used to driving it. The car may be losing value on the money end, but it never was about the money. It was about the reminder of my dad, his mopars, and driving them when I was 16. Talking to them cuz they're cold blooded... Theres nothing scarey about it. Everyday I look at it and it just makes me happy with what it is, not with what it's not. My brother took it out with one of his best friends. They roasted the tires til he couldnt see. When smoke started to clear up,people were on their phones. He said probably calling the police. He laughed cuz he said its not in his name..lol.

[@Wolf-Spirit_Alpha-Sigma]

I know it's an old post, but thanks for the beautiful story. I'm sure, if I had a car of that spirit I would treat it the same, with love and respect. Old cars used to be like this, even regular, budget cars where if you didn't get the feel for it and didn't learn its quirks, which always takes some experience, you couldn't enjoy handling them. I can only imagine that with a wild horse like this, it is even harder, but much more rewarding. And that sentence you wrote: "...it just makes me happy with what it is, not with what it's not." - this is the most beautiful and wise thing I read on youtube's comment section. That's the essence of passion and love right there. So, thanks again. And may you enjoy that car as long as your heart desires and be safe while doing it. Have a great day!

[@southernoklahomamopars6726]

They generally stop fine if you just keep them adjusted and maintained. Hell, I’m running a hemi with drums in the rear and discs in the front. The difference is negligible at best.

[@cudakatt]

@@Wolf-Spirit_Alpha-Sigma thankyou. I will. Handling the car is like anything , you learn to know it. Lots of driving..you could do it! .all I worry about is someone hitting me.. I'm pulling her engine and gonna rebuild it.i ts been a few yrs since I did an engine... I have so much I want to do to keep her in good condition but not kill her with horsepower. I grew up in the junkyard with my dad and brothers. I've learned alot listening to guys at the yard and my brothers. My dad would be getting after me if he was alive but he brought up in it. It was okay til I got into Jr high, then he wanted me to be a girl.. lol. He had a gun metal 64 sport fury he drove everyday. It was my favorite car. Jon Kosmoski, House of kolor made me a magenta pearl for her so she will see paint hopefully by May. That should keep her sheet metal happy for awhile..

[@cuda426hemi]

I bought one when I was 21. Last year they made 'em - '74, new for $4k. It got 7MPG when having fun and back then it didn't mean a thing until gas went up to a whopping 45¢ a gallon - that pissed us off. 🚗

[@assoonaspastablepizza8135]

MOPAR PURPLE SHAFT is what Barb calls it after I take those little blue pills! HARHARHARHAR -Sent from Jitterbug Smart 2

[@andyking894]

Yep, can confirm. -Sent from Barb's Bedroom

[@nathanchildress5596]

Bravo! I’m shocked Mr. Regular left that alone lol

[@TheRobst3r]

HELL YEA BORTHER -TIM USAF CERTIFIED FORKLIFT DRIVER 1964-1964.5

[@YTisDumb]

Google smiley face and wink face on iPhone - sent from my iPhone

[@brandonobaza8610]

That pizza is nightmarish. It looks like it was made with PCP

[@alexmoore9322]

“More slurs than Nick Mullen” I think he’s talking about Adam.

[@galebh9715]

no hes talking about nick

[@jamescanfield7251]

Nick Mullens? The 49ers qb? Cool.

[@Meekmillan]

james canfield I didn’t know he was a sports guy, only thought he was into guys. That’s cool though

[@LuiBC3]

But the breakfast

[@MrSkiloV]

71 Cuda...Cool Adam car

[@PRRrailfan]

Is it weird that I want a 'Cuda even more after watching this?

[@Matt-re3or]

Ya know, I used to daily a 70 Coronet. Four wheel drums, welded rear, 400 big block with 383hp heads and cam, Edelbrock tarantula intake, huge Holley double pumper, locked out distributor, tranny was a car case with motorhome internals, threw the shift spring away, no sway bars, N50s on slot mags out back, true dual exhaust with ancient cherry bombs, gabriel hi jackers and Mr Gasket lift shackles, and it wasnt bad at all. A little hot inside during the summer though. Burnouts and donuts made up for all that though. And talk about angry looking, that cars grill scowled like it was coming to murder your whole family.

[@WonderfulAircraft]

Damn that Jocko Willink joke at the end there really got me lmao

[@SwegMastah]

quad circular headlights are so muscle car, I love it, the car is exactly what my idea of a muscle car is

[@DAN007thefoxx1]

Whereas the designer of the 1965 Mustang wanted a more 'European' look and so it gets only two headlights, not four.

[@gerritsikkema5776]

me to myself, who owns a 1991 golf mk2 with quad headlights

[@casychapin4647]

@@DAN007thefoxx1 and then the performance accessory people give you the option of 2 more

[@DAN007thefoxx1]

@@casychapin4647 The GT foglamp conversion.

[@DJl3iohazord]

*talks about the good old days of gaming* Me: *cracks open monster ultra light* “amen brother, they don’t make them like they use too”

[@backwoodsjunkie08]

Amen!

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

...what about tennis on Apple IIe?

[@albertcamus6214]

This man just mentioned Nick Mullen. I knew in my gut he watches Cum Town.

[@fred_e]

did you watch the auction live stream?

[@Meekmillan]

Fred E great, now I gotta go watch the whole live stream to hear him mentioned lol.

[@michaelhildebrandt1073]

I think every youtuber secretly likes cum town🤣

[@nickphelan7961]

@@Meekmillan what's the timestamp?

[@fred_e]

@@Meekmillan TBF it's a good watch. Put it at X1.5 to save time

[@leebatt7964]

The 71 ‘cuda was the coup de grace of the muscle car era.

[@benjaminedwards9751]

The thing that makes a muscle car "safe to drive" is actually knowing how to drive. People today have been dumbed down by modern tech and electronic nannies, and they've forgotten how to do a lot of fundamentally basic shit.

[@MoetChandonHollywoodlifestyles]

Yep

[@AlejandroP1980s]

Ew this challenger has no backup camera or beep sound when I'm close to hit something or lane assist when I'm using my phone

[@augustsutherland2962]

Unless someone hits YOU then you're just fucked in that old cuda

[@augustsutherland2962]

If somebody pins you to a divider that A pillar bag is gonna be real nice

[@kyleinwisc]

No

[@mcrsit]

As an Italian, besides the Lancia Delta Integrale, this is a car I'd desperately love to drive.

[@jakekaywell5972]

If I were an Italian, the two cars I'd desperately want to drive would be an Iso Grifo (basically the same as this Cuda but much more refined) as well as an Innocenti C coupe just because it's the weird BMC stepson of the automotive world.

[@polentusmax6100]

@@jakekaywell5972 everyone outside of usa want to drive one american car from 67 to 73. Especially those cool pony cars. Even with a inline 6 they are cooler than anything from the outside world.

[@jakekaywell5972]

@@polentusmax6100 I think that phenomenon is a case of "the grass is always greener on the other side". Most American cars are boring to me, although exceptions do exist. I'm generally into British stuff more than anything else.

[@jakekaywell5972]

@@polentusmax6100 By the way, my current and first pride and joy is a 1962 Studebaker GT Hawk. A real Euro-American trip!

[@polentusmax6100]

@@jakekaywell5972 my first and only car is similar to a daewoo lemans, sold as a pontiac lemans in the 80's in usa. But mine is a 95. I cant afford a classic car, trim pieces cost a fortune, a normal car have cheap pieces, so its easier to fix it. Im so cheap i will try paintin the car by hand, lol.

[@kiprandom7208]

4 C's of the past Carbs Cams Cubes Compression

[@FranciscoFJM]

SHEMALE PORN ADICTION

[@bones6978]

Can't handle

[@kiprandom7208]

@@FranciscoFJM no idea what that has to do with the 4 C's, but enjoy 😉

[@xaenon]

There is no replacement for *CUBIC INCHES DISPLACEMENT.*

[@300DBenz]

5th C: Cajones

[@malamri424]

This is not "regular", this is a legend

[@local38on-tv]

I love the grille that has the anger of a calm drill sergeant, you know he’s angry, but it’s not anger anymore, it’s pure rage

[@DarkInstinct05]

Mr Regular, you have made some of the greatest content on KZbin for years now and you continue on into 2021 publishing another ode to years past. Big ups with your writing man!

[@davidlamountain2248]

This car is both loved and DRIVEN! Much respect!

[@riskierfox9832]

The reason why you need to have one foot on the break and gas is cause the torque converter stall can’t keep up with the cams idle

[@Bartonovich52]

You’re nowhere near stall. Even pedestrian low stall torque converter isn’t going to stall at idle. It’s just the drag.

[@possiblycrazy442]

I cast my vote for the third party of Big Cam / Bad Idle Vacuum 2020.

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

@@Bartonovich52 it will if the cam is so big and stall so low that it jerks the car when you put it in gear.

[@signfang]

I know you've chosen XB360 to draw some parallel with 'Cuda, but I'd still argue the PS2 was the best console ever, period.

[@Leightspeed_]

Agreed. There's a stronger argument for the PS2 than the 360 for sure. Sales, technology, life span, catalog, accessibility...

[@drewzero1]

Agreed. I got my PS2 in its waning days when you could still get the games at GameStop but they were in the yellow paper sleeves for a few bucks each. It was the perfect moment between good enough and the end of used games, and I had no idea at the time.

[@jaydenbrockington4525]

I agree that the ps2 was the best console ever, but culturally in America I think the xb 360 did more. That was also probably because it was the last console wars console.

[@Rentta]

@@rastas_4221 Ps2 was for many their first DVD player too

[@EggBastion]

I resent how the answer to this is _"But America tho."_

[@kerry_glock]

My first car was a “brand new, off the showroom floor” 1973 340 ‘Cuda from Valley Motors in Altoona, PA. The sticker was just over $4,000, but my dad knew a used car dealer that got the car for us for $3,400. It was brown with a white interior. Had the slapstick automatic shifter. Yeah, it was rated at 240 HP. I loved driving it to High School, even though I could see the school from my house. A friend had a Boss 302 Mustang, I think it was a 1970. I needed to be born a few years earlier to have had a shot at a 1970 or 1971, to get a brand new one, or to have bought a used Cuda. Unfortunately, it was traded a few years later for a 1975 Trans Am Firebird.

[@mraycgz]

Goes like a rocket ship, handles like a shopping cart and stops like a covered wagon. And my god I want it.

[@Bluemagoo2002]

Driving past Brandywine Branch distillery at 1:14, our savior of 2020 when everywhere else was shut down, shout out to Elverson PA!

[@saltyapostle44]

I grew to appreciate the Cuda by watching the 1980's movie Phantasm. Reggie would approve.

[@cyberrednec]

I got to ride in one of these with a 318 and a manual valve body, was pretty fun ngl.

[@Dankcatvacs]

Ain't nothing wrong with a 318

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

6:13

[@johndempsey6873]

A lot of this is spot on. The 71 Mustang Mach 1 I had a few years back was terrifying to drive. The steering was so loose as to be taken as a mere suggestion of where to go. Now I don't remember the 68 Barracuda I had in college as being like that but that may be being spoiled by 35 years of engineering improvements. That said, I find 67/68 to be the height of 'muscle-car-ness" ... similar power and better body styles across all brands.

[@stevenshumate3430]

Now that was a true car review. Always love the 'cuda but glad to hear someone give an honest critique.

[@speed6407]

It may have been honest from someone who knows nothing about cars. Most cars will not start in Drive? A real original 440-6 cuda came factory with power Disc Front brakes. From the pictures in the video I know where the test drive was taken and there are many better examples of 71 cuda's in the area. I doubt the owners would let this guy drive their car but they are out there. This cuda is a good starter car for a full restoration but needs a fair amount of work to be representative of the 71 6 pack cuda and this car doesn't drive like it is making near 500 hp. Maybe 400hp?

[@Condorito380]

Haven't even started yet, but let's hear another episode of "RCR Shits On Cars Not From His Teenage Years".

[@sidefx996]

Beat me to it...

[@nothinghere7391]

BOY WERE THEY WRONG

[@air-headedaviator1805]

Regular Car Reviews! If you were 16 sixty years ago... I still love it

[@Dankcatvacs]

You win!

[@robertmcmanus636]

I greatly appreciate his withering critique of V-8 addiction and poisoning.

[@Skull35]

"The Xbox 360 is the greatest console ever made." *PS2 has entered the chat*

[@KaizoeAzurum]

The Dreamcast would like to have a chat.

[@stevenlevesque4270]

SNES wants to know your location.

[@televisionandcheese]

@@stevenlevesque4270 MEGADRIVE*

[@stevenlevesque4270]

@@televisionandcheese I thought the Console Wars were over!

[@1Raunchy]

This

[@Kaaputenen]

Man, first the Technology Connections reference, then an LGR shout-out. Didn't know Mr. Regular had the same KZbin subscriptions as me.

[@air-headedaviator1805]

He’s like a super nerd, geeky for all the things

[@mcrsit]

I'm ready to bet that all of us, RCR viewers, share the same YT channels, interests and hobbies.

[@OptimisticPessimist]

Yeah, I must’ve missed the TC reference too

[@ellisjackson3355]

I'm not super techy but I like LGR a lot. He might be a car guy too

[@ReverendTed]

I believe the TC reference they're referring to was in the "Falcon Auction Ends Tomorrow" video from last week.

[@roddydykes7053]

*Has RCR come review it* *Doesn’t put right fuel in it*

[@atreyustratula]

Needs to tune it correctly. Simply needs to retard the timing advance before he grenades the motor.. 500 hp and pre ignition on 93? Bad timing or stupid high compression. With it pinging higher up I'm assuming it's the vacuum advance

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

@@atreyustratula probably has a fucking 210-225 @.050 duration cam in a 10:1 static compression engine, and doesnt even know what initial and total timing, let alone a timing curve, is.....

[@shotguncleric]

Hey man it's PA, be happy he has 4 headlights it means he'll have at least two that work

[@metalbob3335]

10 gallons of Sunoco could give him a good time.

[@lizzyobrien2376]

@@atreyustratula I was wondering about that, I know several cars down at my local drag strip that run 600, 700, maybe 800 HP on this ‘dinosaur technology’ as he calls it, and they drive them down at my local drive in and car meets all the time.

[@twotone3471]

We had to wait until the next century for the large displacement engines to return? The 8 Liter(488 ci) V10 in the Dodge Viper came out in 1992.

[@vertousofficial3735]

He meant "affordable large displacement engines".

[@twotone3471]

@@vertousofficial3735 That pushes it forward to 1994 then for the 8 liter Cast Iron version of the same. That's still 6 years before the turn of the century.

[@nthgth]

350 doesn't count as large displacement?

[@twotone3471]

@@nthgth IMHO 400 Ci is the cutoff, or 6.5 liters displacement. 350 is 5.7l 302 is 4.9L. Both not large, though not exactly 4 banger sized either.

[@Meekmillan]

Two Tone and here I was, Thinking I'm relatively big with my 3.8 V6... yet I am just a boy.

[@mirG]

1973-1974 marked the end of the muscle car era, with the super duty 455 trans am's and formula's. Pontiac started and ended the era.

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

pontiac was not the first muscle car lol. such an old trope. it was olds/mopar

[@Bartonovich52]

Impala SS was the first muscle car.

[@SparkysAdventure]

Had a dream about my grandfather's dead dog last night. Gotta say, this vid made my morning.

[@mikecamcorder3419]

God, this takes me back to growing up playing the X Box 360. Those where good times right after elementary school.

[@docholiday5831]

My dad had a badass 66 barracuda that he put a 340 six pack in. Will never forget that car

[@jaco5187]

It's hard to imagine a time when cars like this were a dime a dozen, as common as Nissan Maximas are today.

[@Bartonovich52]

Nissan what? I never see Maximas. I almost forget they still exist.

[@SAVikingSA]

In the 80s you'd still see some weird Nova or Mustang driving in the winter because it was just a 15 year old car.

[@ethan2090]

@@Bartonovich52 people in MA like their maximas

[@superadventure6297]

Except they weren't a dime a dozen. Did you hear the actual sales figures? This shape of car was common- but most of them were just hardtop coupes with straight sixes and not with the performance packages. What killed the muscle car wasn't safety regs, or gas crisis or taste- it was INSURANCE. These were expensive to insure, and expensive to buy and not practical. People have the same tastes now as they did then- most people drove around in dull boxes with wimpy engines to take the kids to here and there. Hardly anyone bought these new.

[@Veteran007]

Cudas were never a dime a dozen. Rare to see one even back in the day.

[@mrblimbo1359]

To be honest this review is the best rcr review. Such raw emotion and connection to this absolute demon of a car.

[@thesquirrel914]

Hands down your favorite car you've reviewed, thank you Mr. Regular!

[@DAMgmt]

Best reference re Jacko and worst Christopher Walken impression all in one video. Keep up the good work

[@LimitedTimeRoman]

That was the only usable take, because I kept breaking and remarking on how bad the Walken was! And how there was no real motivation to doing it other than I didn't feel like doing a song. Fun times.

[@RobCamp-rmc_0]

@@LimitedTimeRoman that was the best “bad” walken I’ve ever heard, if only because I could tell it was walken

[@morgangallowglass8668]

2nd Gen GM F body junkie here, but FULL respect and admiration to the Cuda 440!

[@aaronbuehler1270]

That shot of you driving under the fall leaves damn… I’m 27 but felt the nostalgia

[@Thomasrollins_]

1973 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am SD-455 has entered the chat

[@NisuUuno]

a Led Zeppelin shirt. I respect that.

[@applebitefool]

We make 675 hp with our 1969 440 and it runs on 91 octane. Street car and idles fine. Tuning is not a town in China!

[@applebitefool]

@@Danglebarry62 yea it’s terrible

[@tndude278]

The 440 was offered in 1973, just not in a muscle car. We had a ‘73;New Yorker Brougham with a 440 and a 1200 cfm ThermoQuad carb. Car was good for 120+ mph.

[@HSMiyamoto]

Thanks for reminding me how easy it was to flood a MOPAR car of that time. I used to remove the air filter in the winter, just to make it easier to stick a screwdriver or wooden chopstick in to hold open the choke. The automatic choke was thermostatically controlled, so it only opened once the choke mechanism physically warmed up, and that won't happen on a Minnesota winter day. If it stalled short before the choke warmed up, it was time to force open the choke to clear out the excess fuel. My Camry starts before I can stop pushing the START/STOP button, thanks to fuel injection.

[@benjamindickel3868]

Ah yes, the era when a game had to be done developing before release. Now you just get what you get until patches and updates give you what you paid for.

[@midship_nc]

lol........ahem.......rust AHEM

[@CannibalSoggoth]

to be fair, if the 'cuda was a car it would be a Bethesda release "it just works", "let the modders make it driveable"

[@totalmetaljacket789]

Yeah, no patches came out for games on 360... Nope, never.

[@notgray88]

Lol what? There absolutely were patches and updates during the 360 era.

[@thracian]

I love how mr regular mentioned lgr when topic was old gaming.

[@marvinracer88]

yessssssss

[@ragingfred]

Which episode of LGR was it?

[@Just_Pele]

I still have the `70 GTX Hemi w/ a 4-spd, it still scares the shit out of me when I drive it, and that's after adding disc brakes.

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

pffft, ive got a big block dart with full drums :D

[@12yearssober]

Post a video or you’re lying

[@gatorbux]

But don’t ya just love it?! These are machines built by men, for men!

[@Mike-T0523]

I came across one growing up in North east Ohio, and knew the value of it but the owner did not know and enjoyed talking with him about what he owns, i have a obsession for the Cuda and have a garage full of diecast models to prove it lol it really is the most beautiful muscle car i have ever seen and will always stick to that, thank you for this video i enjoyed it alot

[@laillahilaallah001]

3:26 god that scene is so nostalgic even though I never experience a muscle car nor have I ever been to Pennsylvania, but seeing that car pull out with the fall colors blending in with the backgrounds, I just get a sense of nostalgia. I don't know why. but it's so powerful. maybe it's Regular reminiscing about the golden days of the Xbox 360 that brought the feeling or that fact that the glory days will never come back. but this feeling I'm getting is almost sad. sad to think that those days will never come back. and as that big block v8 rolls down the parking lot, I get a feeling of uncertainty of what lies ahead.

[@poot111111]

Sounds like someone might need a timing light for Christmas

[@brianleiser7414]

100% yes I agree

[@UsefulEntertainment]

Id just retard the distributor till it stops pinging and forget about it, yeah you might lose a little power but it would be more drivable.

[@poot111111]

@@UsefulEntertainment That sure sounds better than pussy footing around in a 440 until you hear the pinging from the cabin!

[@frigglebiscuit7484]

yup, or get good at doing it by ear. im guessing he didnt do a damn thing to the car himself, and just paid someone else to.

[@edim108]

That's the sketchiest car I've seen and driving it would be terrifying. I'M IN LOVE!

[@ernburn6340]

NFS 2 on the original X-box was my sh!t. "Riders on the storm" (in my Snoop voice)

[@spacefacegaming]

Lol same

[@PACKERMAN2077]

I was a midnight club fanboy.... I actually didn't get underground until a couple years ago when I was an adult and it was disappointing even taking into account for the time I compared both games back to back and I just did not like the way underground played as far as physics were concerned and how claustrophobic it felt compared to Midnight Club 3.

[@ernburn6340]

@@PACKERMAN2077 MC3 was doope too👍👍still have both my copies. & an extra on PS2😁

[@navywolf1753]

The interior shots of this car remind me of my 1971 Dart. Everything is steel, when the engine is running you feel like you're in a resonance chamber, and everything is vibrating. It's kinda like being in a light aircraft, except even more terrifying.

[@timothydahlman1158]

That spot at about 13:19 was priceless; "Oh! Deer!" Then having to restart it. Perfect. Love this car, love this review.

[@mesamike85]

The 'Cuda. God damn this is a fantastic start to a man's morning!

[@kickerpunter]

Saw thumbnail and let out an audible "oooooo." Click now!

[@iloverush123]

My family has had a great many muscle cars, I learned to drive in one, learned manual in one. Our cuda was quite terrifying. Yet, as I've gotten older I think I've understood them better. The intent was always to scare the living shit out of you, so you try to master it and wear your fleeting success like a crown of the king of the street

[@ghomerhust]

this was an extremely enjoyable episode because it takes me back to my highschool days in the late 90s. my very first car was a 318 powered 73 plymouth roadrunner, in the TB3 blue, the same color Richard Petty donned for pinnacle days in NASCAR in the late 60s early 70s. it was a "beautiful" machine to those of us who like the shape of the old MOPARs, and handled just like this cuda. I described it as "corners like a bowling ball." but it, like this cuda, had the nice round gauges, the "slapstick" auto console shifter (most came with the column shift), and skinny steelies, which i traded out for General Lee style turbine wheels. mine made only about 1/4 the power of this monster, the stock 318 after a rebuild made somewhere between 170 and 180hp with a 2bbl carb, but it was nice at 100mph, the glasspack dual exhaust that i put on made a glorious note, and didn't break the bank, since the little 318 was a gas sipper when compared to the big block cars. my folks run a shop where they build cars like this for people, but at an extremely high level. my mother's "toy" is a 427 powered 68 camaro that dynos at just shy of 650hp at the wheels, NA (no bewst). 12.5:1 compression means it only runs on Av-gas or Sonoco race fuel (105+), and is capable of carrying the front tires for about half a block on DOT drag radials. my stepdad's toy is still being built, but its a B&M 420 blower-topped 454 industrial block with "bowtie" drag heads, and makes about 1200hp at the crank, and its going into a 69 camaro that was originally a 6 cylinder base car. so yeah, this is how i grew up. oddly enough, my military days sent me overseas, where a stock 1.8 liter NA 86 golf gti was faster than my roadrunner ever hoped to be, and i suddenly became a vw guy. but that doesnt mean i lost my roots. i can talk numbers and specs on these old sleds all day long with the guys who've owned them forever, because it's in my blood. ive just added the modern stuff like boost, fuel injection, coil on plug, etc, and my current daily driver is a little hatchback i built myself that is solid, comfortable, and QUIET at over 140mph, and only displaces 2.8 liters. and it hauls the kids and groceries, and can stop without scaring anyone, and doesn't corner like a pinball on tilt mode. i love the glory days of american muscle, but i live in the glory days of "it dosent HAVE to be that big to go fast."

[@MagnumOpos]

My father owned a '73 "Cuda" with the 440/727 Auto Trans during the mid 70's. It was Red with black shutter decals with a Hurst shifter. When the second Gas crisis hit in 76/77, he was forced to sell it due to gas being .25/gal! I had the honor of driving my uncle's 73 Cuda a few hours ago. What a fantastic ride that was! He passed away this June sadly.. I remember me fondantly telling my a story how he was speeding back home one night Listening to Don't Fear the Reaper when a bat flew into his car and smacked the rear window killing itself on impact.