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1967 Barracuda Hot

“The new Barracuda is unquestionable the best looking car out of Detroit in 1967… It has tautness of line and integrity of design matched by few American cars of any vintage.” Car and Driver December 1966
  • Plymouth first made reference to the famous “‘Cuda” in 1967. It was used to describe the fastback Sport Barracuda.
  • For the first time, the Barracuda could hold a big block mopar engine. The 383ci big block was offered as an option.
  • The Barracuada was completelty redesigned for 1967. The 383ci big block was a new option for the 1967 cuda.

The Barracuda was completely restyled for 1967. The new car was longer, wider and lower and most importantly it was no longer a Valiant knock off.  The new design was very clean and minimalist and the result was a sporty looking car. This was especially true of the “Sport Barracuda,” Plymouths name for the fastback.


The new larger car could now hold a big block engine, but just barely. Power steering and air conditioning was not available with the big block because of space constraints. Engineers at Plymouth had hastily redesigned the engine compartment to handle the larger engine and things didn’t go as smoothly as they had wished. The redesign was very necessary because Ford had redesigned the Mustang so that in could fit a big block between the fenders. The New Camaro and Firebird were designed from the beginning to hold the larger engines.  The Barracuda could have never competed with the other pony cars without this capability.


The performance Barracuda was still the Formula ‘S’ and it was available as a $177 option that included suspension upgrades, wider tires and a 6000rpm tachometer. The Formula ‘S’ could be had with either the Commando 273ci small block with 235 horsepower or the 383ci big block with an advertised 280 horsepower. Plymouth was able to sale a total of 7,193 Formula ‘S’ models with 5,532 fitted with the 273ci Commando and 1,841 with the 383ci big block.

 

1967 Barracuda Statistics

  1967 Barracuda Formula S
Base Price $2,530
0-60 Time 6.8 sec
1/4 Mile Time 15.4 sec @ 92.0 mph
Engine Used 383ci/280hp
Source Car & Driver 4/67

 

Production Numbers

  Hardtop Fastback Convertibles Total
All Models 28,196 30,110 4,228 62,534
         
Total production of the Formula S was 7,193. Of those, 5,532 had the 273 V8 and 1,841 had the 383 V8.
 

 

Available Engines

Code Size Cubic Inch Fuel System Horsepower @ rpm Torque @ rpm
I6 225 1x1bbl 145 @ 4000 215 @ 2400
V8 273 1x2bbl 180 @ 4200 260 @ 1600
Commando 273 273 1x4bbl 235 @ 5200 280 @ 4000
383 383 1x4bbl 280 @ 4200 400 @ 2400
         
 

 

1967 Barracuda's For Sale

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