gatrhumpy

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http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/...ntcmp=features

In the late 1990s, a weekly police drama entitled Nash Bridges revived the struggling career of former Miami Vice star Don Johnson. Each week, viewers would tune in to watch the antics of wisecracking San Francisco Inspector Nash Bridges (Johnson) and his long-suffering partner, Joe Dominguez (played by Cheech Marin).

The real star of the show, however, was a car that never really was. Allegedly a 1971 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda convertible, numerous Barracuda variants were used throughout the filming of the series, but none ever really packed a Hemi V-8 beneath its hood.

Nash Bridges #1, for example, began life as a 1970 ‘Cuda convertible with a 340 V-8 and a four-speed manual transmission. For filming, the car was converted back from an automatic to a four-speed stick, fitted with a higher-output 360 V-8 and updated with 1971 ‘Cuda bodywork and a Shaker hood scoop to simulate a Hemi-equipped ‘Cuda.

Read: Will the Plymouth Barracuda make a comeback?

Since the show ended in 2001, Nash Bridges #1 has gone through two complete restorations. During the second resoration, the 360 V-8 was swapped out for a 426 Hemi crate engine, which may or may not have a negative impact on the car’s collectibility, but will certainly make it more fun to drive to Cars and Coffee.

Texas Classic Cars of Dallas has it for sale on eBay, and the car comes complete with plenty of documentation to verify its back story and authenticity. It’s even got passenger-side camera mounts and camera cables in place, and comes with the same purposely-misspelled “Califorina” license plate used in filming.

We have no idea what the reserve price is, but bids have only reached $58,000 so far. That’s not even enough to cover the cost of a restoration, let alone account for the car’s historical value. If you want it, we’re guessing that it will take a bid in the low six figures to call it your own.

Sarlacc

This was the show that lead me to discovering this car...its been love ever since.

Moog-Type-S

Never watched the show, but that's a nice Cuda.

gatrhumpy

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Yellow with pearl leather.

Will Y.

That car is now a "restomod" rather than a restored original (340 4-barrel).
Whoever buys that car should really like it as-is, rather than try to restore it to original, given the $$ to date.

neuronbob

Beautifully resto-modded. I don't think I would pay potentially six figures for that, though.

chill_dog

Saw the show...meh...loved the car.

SwervinCL

Nice car... I get that its an American muscle classic and there are def. people everyewhere that will pay that. But for the money, I would buy a new American muscle car at half the price and get twice the car.

But I also don't have that kind of coin to drop on a car like that and if I did have that kind of disposable income, I probably would too... I also know that you are paying most of that because it was used in the show... And it was the number 1 car.