'68 Barracuda 'War Hemi' 8sec car | NZ's Drag Racing Icon

Welcome everyone to Musclecars Universe and to another thrilling special feature.
Today I bring you WAR HEMI, a 1968 Plymouth Barracuda that's been turned into a full-on Drag Car with uncompromising performance and a sound worth dying for.
As far as the story goes, this Barracuda was completely stripped and rebuilt ground up into a full on tubular chassis Drag spec car by Jack French in Virginia USA. While it did successfully race in both USA and Canada, this car was then imported by Wayne Grimmer who raced it here in NZ for a decade, It was then passed onto the new owner and that's where it stayed until now.
The engine is a race-spec 604ci Ray Barton Hemi naturally aspirated putting out 1150hp and proudly without any use of power adders. Then the power gets transmitted to the ground via a 5speed liberty gearbox, a Mark Williams Dana 60 rear diff and those huge tires at the back. To complete the picture, being a competition-proven car, we have a wheelie bar, twin chutes, drag wing and a massive rollcage that wraps around the driver.
What do you think of this iconic Mopar Drag Car?
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Video Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:51 A bit of history
01:44 Build specs
02:36 Bring on the action!
06:49 PB run
07:08 Bonus footage
09:35 SUBSCRIBE !!

[@1080sucks]

I got a 67 Notch so could not resist giving the Cuda some love. Well presented car

[@musclecars.universe]

Thanks for your comment, I agree these cars are so good looking and perform even better!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Very cool Barracuda 👍👍

[@PeckerwoodKustoms]

Gorgeous looking car...I have a black 68 Fastback in Australia...but fall way short of 1000 hp... great vid!!!

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Cool car to own!

[@jeancharlesrabaux5658]

Ha enfin une barracuda en France notre prochain sous marin va s appeler barracuda puissant en tout poing 👍

[@Sergio-ih6lk]

Beautiful car just saying

[@musclecars.universe]

truly well built, reliable, consistent and the looks man, wow!

[@jeancharlesrabaux5658]

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