I'm confused.

Go Mango said

I grew up a chevy guy. 72 chevelle, 71 monte carlo many years ago. Also drove a couple of 5.0, 5 speed fox body mustangs. This is a really trivial thing, but I notice that everyone seems to be ok with calling pre 1970 barracudas "cudas", which they aint. Back in the 80s, I knew guys that had A body barracudas, and E body cudas that were offended if you didn't keep the names straight.
So what the hell?

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Funny... I'm not "offended" by it, but you'll never hear me call my '65 Barracuda a "Cuda. I used to find it confusing, and I was forced to ask what year back when I was first getting into them. I don't consider A bodies 'Cuda. I think even the '69 was more of a marketing deal to couple the "slang" term for the Barracudas with the new-for-70 E body version. So A's are Barracudas or Valiant Barracudas and the E bodies are Cudas to me.