Built on the Valiant’s chassis and bringing a 273-cubic-inch V8 engine, what truly made the ’64 Barracuda unique was its fastback styling and enormous wrap-around rear window. The 1965 ...

used in the Barracuda were the exact same as the Valiant. The highest-performing engine given to the Barracuda was Chrysler's all-new 273-cubic-inch (4.5-liter) LA V8 engine topped with a two ...

but as an option package for the Plymouth Valiant. By 1965, the Plymouth Barracuda came into its own. Over the years spanning the late 1960s, the Plymouth Barracuda's base engine was the 273 V8 ...