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So I was driving to pick up a friend last night & I pull up to a light. Well I see these cars in the turning lane at the cross street, & behind them I see this HUGE wing sticking over the cars roofs. Im thinking, oh Lord what have these retards done now Then the cars turn & sitting at the light is a completly emaculate 1970 Plymoth superbird!!!
I almost shat myself seeing how menacing that thing was!! Keep in mind that this is one of my favorite cars of all time!! Man what a sight, I think the only thing that would be cooler would be seeing a McLaren F1 on the road.

BTW, I saw one of these with a HEMI selling for $150,000!!!

Here are some reference pics, & an information site because this car is a little on the extreme side, but all stock nonetheless...

Here is the website...
http://www.geocities.com/greatameric...Superbird.html






*note that I did not take these pics, but its the same car.

 
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wow i didn't know that wing was sittable.. i thought it was fiberglass. cool encounter.. rare too, i've never seen one on the road, just at car shows.

 
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Semi urban legend time (except it's true!):

There is a guy that lives within 1 hour from me who had a road job 20-25 years ago that took him all over the Southeast. Every little town he would enter, he would ask "Does anybody have one of those cars with the big wing?" He ended up buying 3 Superbirds and as many other special NASCAR homolgation vehicles as he could find: 2 Dodge Daytonas, more than 5 Ford Talledegas, and at least 1 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler.

They owned a car dealership at one time, and about 10 years ago I asked him about the cars. He took me across the street to a warehouse, and the cars were there! Of course they were in various conditions, from fully restored to "just pulled out of the barn" but they were there! The dealership is no longer in business, but the warehouse is still there... wonder if the cars are still inside?

 
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Sweet. That is a nice car. Ya, Ive also only seen them at car shows.

 
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I love the old Superbirds. I love all old MOPARS. My favorites are the Cuda's and Challengers of the early 70's....and also a 66 cuda hatch.....

 
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Damn ricers and they're big wings, funny how the superbirds the muscle car refered to as "That one with the big wing"

 
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that thing is so nice

 
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I also saw one of those on the street. Some old guy was driving it, but the car looked great. It was the same color as the one in the picture. Anyone knows the specs on it?

 
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*copied from website*

Overall Length: 221"
Wheelbase: 116"
Width: 76"
Hight: 54"
Weight: 3,789 lbs.
Engine: OHV V-8 440 cid/7.2 liter
Bore x Stroke: 4.33" x 3.75"
Carburetor: 3-2 barrels (Six-pack)
Compression ratio: 10.5:1
Horsepower: 390 @ 4,700 rpm
Torque: 490 ft-lbs. @ 3,200 rpm (holy ****!! )
Rear Axle Ratio: 3.55:1
Transmission: Torque-Flite (3-speed auto)

You are not looking at some custom-type car made in someone's garage. This exotic bird was made by Plymouth just at the tail end of the muscle car era. What your eyes are seeing is a full-blown race car, straight from the factory at about $3,600! The car was a Plymouth Road Runner with a spoiler (wing?) to end all spoilers. There were two allen head bolts at the end of the uprights so you could adjust the pitch of the wing, depending on what conditions you were driving. The front end was designed for spliting the air at speed way over 130 miles an hour. The same for the roofline. That front is all metal, not fiberglass, and 17 inches long. The standerd Road Runner was constructed on a Belvedere chassis of 116 inches and was 204 inches long. The Superbird is 221, 17 of which is that bolt-on front end.
The Superbird came in colors to match its looks. There was a bright slime green, hemi orange, purple, and yellow.
The inside of the car was austere. This was a nuts and bolts dragster, not ment to be nifty on the inside. With that monter preformance engine, the only transmission available was the tree-speed automatic. Air-con, cruise control, and a lot of other doohickeys were not avalible.
To further emphasize what this car was ment for, it had not bumber! Short runs to the supermarket were not for this car.
As for the ride, it was firm, to be polite. The seats are not the cushiony type of the 300's of a few decades before. The exaust is deep and throaty, and when all six barrels (remember that in this case a six-pack does not mean beer) are open, the blood does seem to run a little faster.
The car does not handle curves well, but then again, this is a dragster. With a very heavy front end, you will not take any alpine curves at full throttle.
The Superbird is an idication of how wild the Muscle Car era was. It represents an imagination gone wild (or that has been exposed to too many exaust fumes), the fun end of cars. See that Superbird on the upright of the wing? He's smiling!

*copied from website*

 
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The website is actually in error to the conservative side! That wasn't the only engine available in the Superbird - it was also available with the legendary 426 Hemi engine, making 425 Horsepower & 490 Ft/Lbs Torque. You could also get a 4-speed tranny. And they definitely weren't dragsters! Them were fer NASCAR, Boys! They were made to go around Talledega @ 200 MPH

A good website to find out about the Superbirds & Dodge Daytonas:
www.aerowarriors.com

 
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Exactly!! I was going to post a followup to that post stating those facts but I was on stupid 56k & it took so long I said screw it, then I forgot about it.

Cool website BTW!!

 
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Some good information on a legendary car. Arent they very rare because of being built for NASCAR?