Juliano

Unearthing the ’70-’71 Rapid Transit System Caravan Duster. Story and photos by Cliff Gromer 1970-’71 Rapid Transit Caravan Plymouth Duster, as it exists today (in 1971 trim.) From some front angles there's a resemblance to certain…

Plymouth made 17 ‘Cudas with the wild Mod Top option in 1970. But only one of these was a Hemicuda. When noted Mopar collector, Steven Juliano, learned about that, he set out to find this elusive car. When he did finally locate this…

Steve Juliano’s 1971 Hemi charger R/T has been proclaimed by noted experts in the hobby, including Roger Gibson, Frank Badalson and Galen Govier, as being the most original, unmolested Mopar that’s known to date in the hobby. While…

Challenger is a California car built in Detroit, because all sunroofs were installed at ASC in Detroit, then shipped to Hollywood. All CA cars had turned-down exhausts. Steve Juliano’s final restoration is an amazing one-of-one 1970…

The way it was supposed to work, was that the Rapid Transit System Caravan—a traveling car show that set up at Chrysler-Plymouth dealers across the country—would boost Plymouth sales to young people. The idea, according to the…