The owner and builder of this stunning first-gen Plymouth Barracuda, Matt Hart grew up with Mopar music ringing in his ears but graduated from his pushrod youth and went on to build some very tasty Porsche aircooled runners over the last few years, his Martini striped SC an example of a really well executed retro mod.

However the siren song of a V-angled donk drew him back to the bent eighters club and this ‘Cuda proves those Mopar tattoos don’t rub off. His latest creation is this mighty 1966 Plymouth Barracuda with 480hp 273 on a 4 speed. It has been built for racing but wears semi slicks so no doubt he’ll be setting off car alarms through the week in Camperdown and collecting trophies in the Historics on the weekends.

This being a Deus build, the exterior is just as polished as the specs, with a gold paint job complimented by a green central stripe and white circles for racing numbers, and finished with details like blacked out rims and leather hood straps.