Shocking Early Life of the "Missing" 71 Hemi 'cuda Convertible & How it Joined the Ogle Collection

[@michaelfortunato3117]

I'd be pretty happy to suddenly "find" one in my garage ;)

[@plymouthdie-castreplicas]

Breathless... What a Mopar! Masterpiece. Thank you for this video.

[@LifeatSpeed]

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@WILLIAMGRAHAM-n4s]

It bothers me that wade said the '71 Cuda was traded back in by the original owner. I bought the car from a private party that was selling it for the original owner because he was handicapped. Wade stated that Bill Wiemann found the car. My brother-in law knew about this car because I provided the Vin off of my registration to him and he brokered it to Weimann. When I purchased this Cuda it had less than 2K miles on it. It had appro. 17k when it was traded for a '69 Corvette. I put more miles on that car than all of the other owners combined. Many, many great stories to be told.

[@LifeatSpeed]

I was talking to Wade about your comment and for some reason KZbin won't let him respond, so below is his response: Oh, sorry, you are exactly right! When John and I did this interview we had been discussing 3 cars. Reciting all this stuff off the top of my head I mixed up this detail about the red car vs. my purple ’70. My purple ’70 was traded back in to the dealership by the original owner, but from the information you previously shared with me you and your brother bought this car directly from the first owner Morgan. Thanks for reminding me. FYI I’ve dug up a bunch of classified ads that you and your brother posted in the Arizona Republic from ’73 to ’75 for this car, and the cool thing is that in almost every ad you included the car’s mileage. The first ad I found was in Jan 1973, where you said the car had 5000 miles, and in your last ad from April 1975 it shows 20,100 miles. So yes, you indeed did put more miles on this car than any other owner. The primary focus of this interview was the “Missing” part of its history, after Charlie had tucked it away for 30 years, so that’s what I was meant when I said Bill Wiemann uncovered it and brought it back into public view. I didn’t mean to gloss over the car’s early history, it just made sense for this particular interview. But as John mentions at the beginning of this video the car’s the full history, including the information you shared with me about you, your brother, and Dave’s involvement, is all included in the book Lost Musclecars. In that book I did say that you bought the car directly from the original owner. I’m not sure how this works but perhaps you can send a message to John and give him your address, I’d be more than happy to send you a copy of this book. And thanks for sharing all your stories and history with me! - Wade

[@WILLIAMGRAHAM-n4s]

Thank you for the book offer, but someone found it and bought me a copy a long time ago. To be honest, the part about when my brother and I owned it, made us sound like a couple of rubes. We were both hurt by the implication that we were the ones that screwed it up so badly. We did the best we could to put it back to a reasonable "day two" configuration. Money was always a concern and we did the best we could. I would have liked to do better with it but I'm glad you were there to make it right. One question though, why did you paint the shaker black instead of argent? I now have a 1965 396 Corvette coupe and I love it. It does everything so well and I drive it whenever i can. I recorded as many of the previous owner's memories as I could. You might consider doing that with your cars too. It's the stories that add so much to the personality of a car. Like the Black Ghost, It wouldn't be half as great if it didn't have the history to go with it. @LifeatSpead

[@bradleymiles992]

Thanks for sharing awesome videos about Ogle’s awesome collection! I really enjoyed such great stories about them. You did a great job!

[@LifeatSpeed]

My pleasure! And thank you for the feedback and support! More to come!

[@timsacco6g694]

While I appreciate a stock Hemi Cuda, that "dune buggy" with the Cragar's and two fours poking through the hood was BADASS!😀😀😀

[@LifeatSpeed]

It was pretty cool!

[@user-vr2tx4tt6b]

The 8th hemi rag is a tx9 car. Stay tuned !

[@LifeatSpeed]

You have my curiousity

[@cudaized]

I would like to know more information about the “8th”....

[@willthetrill4849]

Is it an international model?

[@3inthestable]

Amazing video content man. What a crazy car and even crazier story

[@LifeatSpeed]

Thanks! Yeah this car has quite the history for sure.

[@oldtimerf7602]

Might as well be a painting on the wall unless you DRIVE them.

[@LifeatSpeed]

Well art does come in many forms. And while these cars don't get driven every day, they do get driven.

[@kevinpatrick8788]

nice collection . hopefully he actually drives them sometimes instead ofthem being trailer queens only .

[@LifeatSpeed]

They do get driven from time to time, not just trailer queens.

[@bartocgi]

Unreal collection... but even better human!!

[@LifeatSpeed]

One of the best individuals I know

[@BadTreeProductions]

Very nice collection. 71 billboard cuda is my 2nd favorite car, 68 Barracuda is my favorite.

[@FRY1245]

Love it

[@michaelcuff5780]

Man! I hope these guys are driving these cars. I hope they havn t become statues.

[@LifeatSpeed]

They get driven, not everyday, but they do get driven.

[@AlejandroP1980s]

@@LifeatSpeed hey is it true only 2 barracuda convertible hemi made what about sunroof hemi barracuda

[@LifeatSpeed]

Let me do some digging into how many sunroof equipped cars were built.

[@jenseninterceptors]

Great video!! I thought it was going to be a bunch of tattooed dorks fucking up a Cuda to make it look like a 21st century restomod like so many of them do but this is a very solid machine and great story behind it. Thanks for this

[@LifeatSpeed]

I'm really glad you enjoyed it!

[@johngund9921]

Curious, when and what he paid for this gem???

[@LifeatSpeed]

I can share he purchased it around 2006.

[@johnkrout2661]

One things for sure in 2006 it was a bargain , think about it twelve built and we know the most recent sale was 3.5 million and like 4.6 turned down recently at auction ! Great Job on video

[@LifeatSpeed]

Thank you! And yes definitely a bargain by today's values

[@riccocool]

Side mouldings. No thankyou