1974 Plymouth Cuda
Tooling Proof Coupe1974 Plymouth Cuda Tooling Proof Body For Sale~Very RARE One of None!
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1974 Plymouth Cuda Tooling Proof Coupe
Condition | Used Clear Title |
Miles | |
Engine | NO MOTOR |
Transmission | Automatic |
Drivetrain | Rear Wheel Drive |
Exterior Color | Gray |
Interior | Gray Vinyl |
Stock # | GELLAK887 |
VIN # | BS23G4B183950 |
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Vehicle Overview
1974 Plymouth Cuda Tooling Proof Body For Sale
Very RARE One of None
Has a Vin and a Title(Vin: BS23G4B183950)
This Tooling Proof Body was the first assembled steel body for the 1974 model year. It was used as a gauge to take measurements from checking the alignment of body panels for production cars.
It's in
original
factory primer and is
scribed by
Chrysler
engineers every 5" on both
axis at
various intersections. There
are
factory
notations written with a
black
marker. The original owner
worked for
Chrysler
during these years and
bought the car
from SPEHARS PERFORMANCE of
Royal
Oaks MI.
To those who know
what this
car is know that this is a
prime
piece of
Chrysler history for any
collector.
This car is a real SURVIVOR
and it is
the
only one known to exist. NO
other
"Tooling Proof Body" cars
are known
to exist
at all, none escaped the
factory and
they were all destroyed!
Everything
has been collected and put
in a
folder that has all of the
documents
and
history. I have left it the
way I got
it as you can see. It's
really
amazing to
look at up close with all
the grids
and markings. It's very
different
with all
the lines and markings and
it's a
real eye catcher for sure.
It would
be the
center piece for any
hardcore mopar
lover. It's been in two
magazines and
most
people don't even know about
it, but
they are shocked when they
hear about
it!
This is a very rare
piece of
muscle car history and the
only one
like
it. The very first one made
in 1974
to set up the production
line. The
word Rare
doesn't do it justice as it
shouldn't
even exist! A piece of mopar
history
that's beaten the odds from
the day
it was constructed by mother
mopar
herself!
This is a true survivor
that has
escaped destruction on more
than one
occasion. This One of None
has quite
a unique story and amazing
history
behind
it. So interesting in fact
it's in
the December 2006 issue of
Mopar
Muscle
Magazine, and in the October
2011
issue of Mopar Action
Magazine.
Brief
History:
A Tooling
Proof Body
(or Buck as it was called by
factory
workers) is the first car
assembled
and is used to set up the
assembly
line. It
was used as a reference
during early
production. The Tooling
Proof is
bolted to
a 6"-8" steel plate that has
tooling
lines scribed every 5
inches. Once
bolted
to the plate the car is laid
out with
a corresponding 5"x5" grid.
And each
square is assigned a letter
and
number for reference.
(1st
near miss)
After the line is up and
running
the production of these
bodies are
either
crushed or deconstructed
with air
chisels to test integrity.
Letting
one of
these out of the factory
would reveal
trade secrets. Bodies in
white were
made
available to racers through
the
Chryslers Stock Car program
via
Spehars
Performance. (Ted Spehar of
Ram-
chargers fame) Acting as a
liaison
between
Chrysler Corp and the
racers. These
were complete Bodies that
were left
in the
factory E-Coat. (Dipped in
factory
sealer) and came with
nothing but the
bare
shell.
(2nd near
miss)
In
1974 famous drag racer Dick
Landy was
looking for a Dodge Dart
body in
white to compete in the 74
season
with no
success. Spehars did some
serious
work searching for a Dart,
but could
only come
up with this body on such
short
notice and quickly sent it
to Val
Chem Corp in
Ohio to be acid dipped. (A
common
process to lighten the cars
for
completion)
Figuring this would remove
all the
tooling marks and the
sensitine trade
secrets
they held. Landy had however
secured
a Dart and no longer needed
this
body. Val
Chem was not yet paid for
the acid
dipping so they refused to
do it for
fear of
not getting paid. So they
pushed it
into a corner of the shop.
(3rd near
miss)
A year later a
Chrysler
employee was in search of a
body to
build his
dream car. He had a donor
car that
had been wrecked and was put
in touch
with
Mike Koran the sales manager
for
Spehars Performance who
still needed
to sell
the body sitting at Val
Chem. A deal
was struck and he purchased
the body
sight
unseen and set off from
Indiana to
Ohio to pick up his dream
car. He
spent the
next few years piecing it
together,
but never got it finished
and luckily
never
painted the body. Life got
in the way
including a divorce, chronic
health
problems, the loss of his
eye sight
and repeatedly loss of
storage spaces
for
the body. He made a hard
choice to
sell it to a friend and it
was pushed
into
his shop and left untouched
until it
was purchased late last
year.
(4th
near miss)
The next
owner decided
the car should be returned
to as
close as
possible to the way it was
when it
left the factory in 74' so
he thought
that it
was a good idea to removed
all of the
parts from the donor car.
Only
leaving the
glass, door handles,
suspension,
wheels and steering to make
it easier
to move
and display.
Originally an
engineering tooling test fit
body, to
verify
production fit and methods.
Fender
tag states "1974 TOOLING
PROOF BODY."
Never
fitted with suspension or
interior,
but now has gloss black
front
suspension,
rear axle with leaf springs,
and
steering assembly (to
facilitate
moving other
than by forklift.) Retains
complete
grid reference and tooling
location
markings.
This body
is in
amazing shape for its age
and history
and this
is as close as you can get
to a NOS
body!
Here's your chance
to own a
very
rare one of none 1974
Tooling Proof
Body that has never been on
the road.
More
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brand new. It also features unlimited mileage something that
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everything else is. As you can imagine, this is the best type of coverage money
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- Gray with Gray Vinyl Interior