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Originally Posted by Savage_Messiah
lol reading the ad FTW
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A few quotes from the shop restoring the real tv show car.
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Loyal Mopar fans know; this Nash Bridges 'Cuda started life as a blue '70 340 convertible and was transformed into a '71 for the show.
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Hey....that thing got a HEMI in it? It will soon.
Yes, although the Shaker said HEMI on the show, this will be the first real Hemi Nash Bridges car! It's hard to believe but of the 4-cars used in the show; none had a HEMI.
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Interestingly enough, this car may have been the only REAL 'Cuda used in the show! Of the four built for the show only one was a '71. That car (#3) was originally a 318 which was swapped to a 440 for the show.
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Yeah, but the Nash Bridges car did not have a hemi in it even though it was supposed to be a hemi car. They just cloned the car for the show to have the same look but nothing mechanical was the same. I remember hearing the Nash Bridges car was also painted some form of taxi cab yellow so it would look better on tv.
Oh, I shot one of the previous owner's a message about the front bumper and he said it's an original chrome bumper and silver grill car but he changed it to the painted bumper and grill because it looked better. I agree, it looks better, but to watch a car change hands several times for millions of dollars and it's not even a correct restoration just shows that people don't really know where or why the value is where it is.