'69 Barracuda "Savage GT"

The Savage GTs started out as 383 or 340 Formula S Barracudas and were intended to be a direct competitor to the Shelby Mustangs. The prototype started out as a 67 383 S. The rest of the 13 or so cars produced were 69s. One 440 was made. It was the last Savage GT made and had started out as a 340 car. Had the company got started earlier, they might have made it. But by the time they went into production, the second generation Barracuda was already in its last year. The money wasn't there to tool up for a new 1970 model. Two 1968 magazine road tests were done using the prototype. Unfortunantly, Motor Trend's time with the car was a total waste and did nothing to promote the car. The writer of that road test as I recall, wrote as though he were high at the time. The other road test was by either Car and Driver or Road and Track. I don't remember which, but somewhere I have a copy of it. Too bad the Savage didn't get more space in automotive publications and too bad they didn't get enough of them made to allow a few to develop a reputation on the track.