Short Story
Quick Specs
Short Story
The tale of the Terracuda began the day owner Darren Metropoulos showed Chip his Breitling watch and asked him to build a car in the same colors. The distinctive golds and browns of that watch became the inspiration for this heavily customized muscle car. Starting with a stock unibody 1970 Barracuda, the vehicle was ultimately transformed into a full frame, body on chassis.
Quick Specs
Owner & Vehicle
- Darren Metropoulos
- 1970 Plymouth Barracuda
Engine
- Make: 6.4L Mopar Hemi Crate Engine
- Displacement: 392 cubic inches
Build Specifications
Owner: Darren Metropoulos
Vehicle: 1970 Plymouth Barracuda
Chassis
- Frame / Manufacturer: Custom design by Chip Foose Art Morrison built
- Wheelbase: Modified, front wheels moved forward 2″
- Rearend / Ratio: Ford 9″ by Currie
- Rear Suspension: 4-bar
- Rear Brakes: Baer 14″ rotors, 4-piston calipers
- Rear Shocks: QA1 Coilover
- Front Suspension: Corvette C5
- Front Brakes: Baer 14″ rotors, 6-piston calipers
- Front Shocks: QA1 Coilover
- Master Cylinder: Corvette
- Steering: Rack and Pinion, C5
- Front Wheel Make, Size: Custom One-off Design by Chip Foose, Fishtail, 19″ x 9″
- Rear Wheel Make, Size: Custom One-off Design by Chip Foose, Fishtail, 20″ x 11″
- Front Tire Make, Size: Pirelli PZero 245/35R19
- Rear Tire Make, Size: Pirelli PZero 305/35R20
- Gas Tank: Stock
Engine
- Make: 6.4L Mopar Hemi Crate Engine
- Displacement: 392 cubic inches
Transmission
- Make: Tremec 5-speed
- Shifter: Tremec with Pistol Grip
Body
- Body Style / Material: 1970 Plymouth Barracuda / Steel
- Body Manufacturer: Plymouth
- Body Mods: Front wheels moved forward 2″, New Steel Hood w/ cowl induction style scoop, new front and rear valances, new grille insert
- Hood: One-off Custom Steel
- Grille: Custom insert by Chip Foose
- Bodywork: Foose Design Team
- Paint type / Color: BASF Terracuda Brown
- Painter: Charlie Hutton
- Headlights / Taillights: PIIA / Stock, frenched w/ LED
- Bumpers: Reshaped, recut, matched to bodyline
- Other Body Items: Rear quarter window trim smoothed
Interior
- Dashboard: Stock
- Insert / Gauges: Redline
- Stereo / Speakers: Arc Audio Chip Foose Edition
- Air Conditioning: Vintage Air
- Wiring: Pete Morrell
- Steering wheel: Julianos, Custom painted by Chip Foose
- Steering column: Custom
- Seats: Custom Cobra Carbon Fiber Seats
- Upholsterer: Stitchcorp
- Material / Color: Ferrari Leather / Distressed Brown
- Carpet: Mercedes
The tale of the Terracuda began the day owner Darren Metropoulos showed Chip his Breitling watch and asked him to build a car in the same colors. The distinctive golds and browns of that watch became the inspiration for this heavily customized muscle car.
Starting with a stock unibody 1970 Barracuda, the vehicle was ultimately transformed into a full frame, body on chassis. Chip designed an entirely new frame and worked with Art Morrison to construct it. This new chassis was submerged into the body, a process that involved turning the vehicle upside-down on a rotisserie, lowering the frame onto it and strategically cutting away the body while fully welding it to the frame. The result was a rigid body-to-frame interface, with no bodyflex.
A one-off steel hood was molded and stamped and houses a 392 HEMI crate engine. The front and rear fascias were both reshaped and a new front grille and grille insert were built. Other significant changes included moving the front wheels forward 3 inches, the use of Corvette C5 front suspension, and the installation of a Ford 9″ rear end with a four link.
Inside, the vehicle was transformed into a two-seater and Ferrari factory leather used throughout. The graphic stripes are an homage to the Mopars of the 1970’s. The root-beer brown base color and gold stripes are accented by the gold one-off Fishtail wheels. It even includes a Terracuda fish logo in the styling of the Super Bee circular insignia.
Terracuda is the finest Mopar muscle car to come out of the shop.
