If you’re a car guy, chances are you’ve subjected yourself to The Fast and the Furious series of films. These movies have always been more about fast cars, and less about plot, characters, or the basic laws of physics. Say what you will about the movies though; they’ve given us some of the most intense car-on-car action of any movie in recent memory, and of course, there is yet another sequel on the horizon, the fifth in the franchise called simply Fast Five.

One of the automotive stars of this upcoming sequel is this ’71 Plymouth Barracuda which you might already recognize as “Frankencuda.” The brainchild of car designer Murray Pfaff of Pfaff Designs and custom Mopar builder Troy Brumbalow, good ol’ Frankie has been the  show car for Mother’s, Holley and K&N Filters at this past 2010 SEMA show. Oh yeah, it also won the Dyno Challenge on Power Tour.

And how did it do that? The engine is an all-aluminum 636 HEMI that is force-fed via a 14:71 blower and Ultra Dominator carburetors which blow all that air through a intercooler. Of course, this blown 636 HEMI can drive on pump gas while enjoying the cool breeze thanks to Vintage air conditioning.

Built on an Art Morrison G Force chassis, Frankie rolls on wheel-wheel Wilwood power disc brakes and Budnik wheels, making it -surprisingly- a nimble Pro-touring car with tons of horsepower.

The rest of the good stuff includes a turbo 400 transmission with a Gear Vendor overdrive backed by a Strange 9-inch Ford rear with a Detroit Locker. Inside is a Flaming River tilt column and wheel, leather seats with snakeskin inserts and 5-point harnesses, a custom dash with three LCD screens, Mopar Performance gauges and the aforementioned Vintage Air A/C.

Frankencuda was recently signed by all the stars of the next Fast and Furious movie including Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and others.

We’re happy to see more muscle cars in this line of movies, and yet we’re a little worried that by the end of the movie, which debuts in April, this Barracuda might not survive its time on film. After all, these movies have a bad habit of destroying awesome automobiles. If you want to see more pictures of this car, head over to the Barrett-Jackson auction listing where it claimed $308,000!