Farm Find: 1970 Plymouth Cuda’s, One With A Mother Nature Paint Job

Most farmers raise cows, pigs, or corn, while others raise things on weirder side – such as snakes (if that sounds nasty, it pretty much is). But this one farmer in New Jersey is raising Plymouth Cudas. At a sod farm in New Jersey, it looks as if not one but two 1970 Plymouth Cuda’s have grown out of the rolls of grass. However, these Cudas don’t necessarily look like fresh crops instead they resemble wilted crops that have been exposed to loads of bad weather.

The blue one with the white stripes looks like it has been pelted with gallons of rain and salty snow from the Atlantic. That metallic fungus known as rust has begun to take form as part of mother nature’s humidity-based paint job. The purple Cuda looks like it has fared well despite being 44 years old. Only minor surface rust can be spotted on its faded purple paint job, and from what we can see through the glass in the photos its interior still looks intact.

In 1970, the Cuda was given a major redesign which saw the remaining traces of any economy car elements removed. The redesign took the Cuda from being a performance relative of the Valiant and transformed it into a pure musclecar. It was given its own platform, the E-Body, which it shared with Dodge’s flagship pony car, the Challenger. Engine options ranged from a base model 230 hp 318 V-8 to a 290 HP 340 Six Pack to a 390 hp 440 six pack. A few select Hemi Cudas which were powered by 425 horsepower 426 Hemi engines were produced.

Currently these two Cudas are in rough shape and the poster claims the owner isn’t interested in selling. If the owner was, we can see these cars being part of a hot rod roadkill project. If you were able to purchase these Cuda’s what would you do to them if money wasn’t an issue?