1969 Plymouth Barracuda

Lot : 609

1969 Plymouth Barracuda “Mod Top”

Auctioned on SUN, 2014-04-04

Auctioned at The Toronto Spring Classic Car Auction 2014

Not Sold at $ 27,500

Transmission: Automatic

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Yes this car came this way! 1of 937, #90 of 118 in “Mod Top Registry”. Few in Canada. Sold new in Chattanooga TN. Always in Tenn.until 2012. 3 yr resto in 2010. All orig panels/floors, orig 318.totally rebuilt in 2012. Orig Fender Tag with correct matching options, orig Broadcast Sheet/Warranty Validation Sticker. Pics of restoration

Yes this car really came this way! 1 of 937 produced in 1969, number 90 of 118 listed in the “Mod Top Registry”, and only few known in Canada. – Sold originally October 16, 1968 by Austin Motors in Chattanooga TN. – Always been registered in Tennessee until 2012. – 3 year restoration completed in 2010. – All original Metal Panels & Floors – Original 318 Engine, totally rebuilt in 2012 – Original Fender Tag with correct & matching options.
Included with the car: – Original Broadcast Sheet – Original “Warranty Validation Sticker” – Pictures of Restoration …plus many different publications with “Mod Top’s” articles & advertising. Seeing a “Mod Top” was a pretty rare sight in the 70’s. Finding one today is almost impossible! This is a piece of history and for sure a Blue Chip Investment! Now this is your opportunity…When was the last time you saw a “Mod Top”?
History: In 1969 Chrysler/Plymouth saw potential pro?ts in the pockets of the young, middle-class, psychedelic society in the “Peace & Love Revolution” era; while most motor heads were too busy watching Ronnie Sox revolutionize Super Stock to feed their minds. So they came up with the wildest and craziest idea: a FLOWER POWERED car, named “Mod Top”! The “Mod Top’s” options included a ?oral pattern vinyl roof, a deluxe interior covered with matching ?oral pattern seat inserts and door panels, as well as a set of “Mod Top” decals on the rear quarter windows. It could be ordered as either a Top package, an Interior package, or both, like this one, on Barracuda and Satellite hardtops. Unfortunately the automotive press jeered at the crazy daisies and, as they say in show business, the crowds stayed away in droves! So the market for the option never really materialized, and the “wild” $98 package was gone pretty quickly!