The Phantom Revival: 1970 Pullen Speed 432 Lives Again!

The 1970 Pullen Speed 432 Coupe is the kind of car you hear rumors about but rarely see. With only a handful ever built, most had either vanished or sat rotting in private collections. So when I stumbled upon one—half-buried in the corner of a forgotten barn, covered in decades of dust and cobwebs—I knew I had found something special. The once-fiery red paint had faded to a ghostly rust, the quad-carb V8 was locked up, and the interior had been picked apart by time and critters. But this wasn’t just any car. This was a unicorn, and I was about to bring it back to life.

Every bolt, every panel, every piece of this car had to be painstakingly restored. The 432-cubic-inch powerhouse was frozen solid, but after weeks of careful work—cleaning, machining, and sourcing near-impossible-to-find parts—I brought it back to its former glory, with a fresh set of Weber carbs sitting atop the intake like a crown. The body needed serious attention, with rust creeping through the quarters and floorpans, but after hours of welding and shaping, I finally laid down that deep, glossy red paint that made the car look like it had just rolled out of 1970.

The first time I fired it up, the entire garage shook with its ferocious roar—a sound that had been silent for decades. When I took it out on the road, people stared like they had seen a ghost. And in a way, they had. This Pullen Speed 432 had been lost to time, a forgotten legend—until now. Now, it was back, faster, louder, and more alive than ever.

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