The HEMI was mounted under a clear canopy and labeled the "HEMI Under Glass." Brock and Hurst enlisted driver Bob Riggle to test their new creation, who popped a wheelie on his first drive.

The high-riding 'Cudas - officially the Hurst Hemi Under Glass (HUG) cars - were built by Hurst for the Factory Experimental (A/FX) class to advertise the company's aftermarket shifters and wheels.

Hurst ended up developing the Hemi Under Glass, a Barracuda whose engine was moved to the rear of the vehicle, where it sat under the 'Cuda's large glass trunk panel.

Created by Hurst Performance in the late '60s, the Hemi Under Glass 'Cuda relocated the Hemi engine to the top of the rear axle for extreme wheelies. By Jerry Perez Updated Apr 22, 2019 2:05 PM EDT ...

The “Hemi Under Glass” was everything you thought a cool car should be -- ridiculously overpowered, loud and fast, and it did wheelstands. George Hurst and Hot Rod Magazine’s Ray Brock ...

Kirk Bell June 27, 2016 Comment Now! Since he was a kid, Jay Leno has appreciated the Hurst Hemi Under Glass Plymouth Barracuda. With a Hemi engine moved to the back under the rear glass, the car ...

Collection of 1966-1969 Hemi Plymouth Barracudas Head to Auction. The iconic Hemi Under Glass wheelie machines will seek the biggest fan in Chicago after 47 years of putting on a spectacle for crowds.

Car Craft was on site at the Hurst Performance Research facilities in Ferndale, Michigan, as the second-gen version of its rolling laboratory, Hemi Under Glass, was getting buttoned up—here ...

One was to fit a 426 HEMI V8 atop the rear axle, which Hurst did on the Barracuda-based HUGs of the 1960s. That's where the cars got their name. The HEMI was visible under the second-gen Barracuda ...

To help with the development of the car, Hurst also brought on performance icon “Doc” Watson, who developed such vehicles as the Hurst Hemi-Under-Glass and the 1972 Pontiac SSJ. Only 52 Hurst ...

The HEMI was mounted under a clear canopy and labeled the "HEMI Under Glass." Brock and Hurst enlisted driver Bob Riggle to test their new creation, who popped a wheelie on his first drive.