FJ5 Superbird from Carsinbarns

[nascarxx29]

Looks like it has rear window defogger
http://paulsrestos.com/photo/tag/superbird-restoration/

[hemi68charger]

 

[moparstuart]

HIS MOM BOUGHT IT NEW   COOL 




1970 PLYMOUTH SUPERBIRD OWNER TONY & DELIA ALOSCO. FULL RESTORATION WELL THIS CAR HAS SOME HISTORY..... SUPERBIRD WAS PURCHASED BY TONYS MOM BACK IN 1970 FROM O.C.TAYLOR IN AMITYVILLE L.I.(NICE TO BUILD AN ORIGINAL OWNER CAR) COMPLETE STORY ON-LINE WWW.CARSINBARNS.COM.........SO TONY CONTACTS ME TO BUILD THIS CAR, WELL NEEDLESS TO SAY WHO WOULDN'T WANT TO BUILD A SUPERBIRD. MUST I SAY THE CAR WAS A LITTLE ROTTED, TONY HAD THE SUPERBIRD TRANSPORTED TO MY FACILITY AND AFTER CAREFUL EXAMINATION AS IN ALL RESTORATIONS......WE DREW UP A PLAN OF ATTACK....CAR NEEDED EXTENSIVE METAL WORK FROM BACK TO FRONT WE NEEDED TRUNK FLOORS, NEW QUARTERS, COMPLETE FRAME RAILS, OUTER WHEELHOUSES. INNER WHEELHOUSE REPAIRS, STRUCTURAL WORK AROUND REAR WINDOW (WHICH LEFT OUTSIDE, REAR B-BODY DOESN'T?) COMPLETE INTERIOR FLOORS, COMPLETE INNER AND OUTER ROCKERS, ROOF REPAIR, COMPLETE COWL, LS/RS APRONS, RADIATOR SUPPORT, LS/RS FENDERS AS WELL AS THE UNFORGETTABLE SUPERBIRD NOSE........SOOOOOOOOOOO PARTS ....TONY STARTED OUT WITH GETTING 2 PARTS CARS FROM WHAT I CAN REMEMBER 1 FROM GEORGIA 1 FROM TENNESSEE, NOW MOPAR PEOPLE KNOWING B-BODYS BASICALLY, ALL THE SAME STRUCTURALLY, GTX, SATELLITES, CORONETS, ROAD RUNNERS, CHARGERS, AND OF COURSE SUPERBIRDS, SO WE WENT AHEAD AND REMOVED THE FRAME RAILS FROM THE CORONET PARTS CAR, CLEANED AND BLASTED PRIOR TO INSTALLATION AND REMOVED THE ROTTED FRAME RAILS FROM THE BIRD, JIGGED UP THE BIRD AND AWAY WE WENT, AS STRUCTURE WAS BEGINNING TO TAKE SHAPE TONY WENT OUT AND FOUND A TRUNK LID, CORONET HOOD, AND CORONET FENDERS, WE EXTRACTED THE COWL FROM THE CORONET PARTS CAR AS WELL AS THE LS/RS APRON, WE ORDERED AFTERMARKET QUARTERS AS WELL AS OUTER WHEELHOUSES, COMPLETE INTERIOR FLOORS, TRUNK FLOORS, ROCKERS,DOOR SKINS.......AFTER THE EXTENSIVE METAL WORK, BODY WORK BEGAN, WHILE TONY CONTRACTED TO HAVE THE STEEL SUPERBIRD NOSE FABRICATED (JACK MCGAUGHEY IN LAWERENCEVILLE, GA.) AWESOME JOB!!!!!!....SO NOW THE TASK TO FIT THE NOSE TO THE BODY/ FENDERS/HOOD, NOW DON'T FORGET WE HAVE TO FABRICATE THE CORONET HOOD WITH THE EXTENSION TO MAKE A SUPERBIRD HOOD....SO WE REMOVE THE NEEDED AREA ON THE CORONET HOOD TO FIT THE EXTENSION, FIT THE HOOD TO THE CAR, AND BEGIN TO ALIGN THE NOSE, WE REMOVED THE RIVITS AND REALIGNED, WELDED, GRINDED AND FINISHED UP THE BODYWORK. FINAL SANDED AND DOUBLE CHECKED FOR FIT, MAKING SURE WE INSTALLED RUBBERS IN PROPER AREAS. WE THAN COMPLETED THE REST OF THE BODYWORK ON THE BIRD AND FINAL SANDED. NOW WAS TIME TO PRIME, BLOCKED AND SET UP FOR PAINT, WE ELECTED TO PAINT THE UNDERBODY 1ST, AND THAN SPRAYMASK (COATING TO PROTECT AGAINST OVERSPRAY) NOW THE SUBLIME GREEN LAID OUT NICE, REAL EASY SOLID COLOR BASE AND CLEARCOAT, PLUS IT COVERED REAL WELL, WE FINALIZED THE UNDERBODY AND SET-UP THE BODY 1ST IN THE BOOTH, SHOT THEM 4 COATS OF BASE THAN 3 COATS OF CLEAR, MOVED OUT OF BOOTH AND MOVED IN ALL THE PARTS DOORS, FENDERS, TRUNK, HOOD, WING AND EXTENSIONS, AS WELL AS ALL THE MISC. STUFF, AND REMEMBER MOPARS EVERYTHING GETS PAINTED FLOORS, INSIDE TRUNK AS WELL AS THE ENGINE BAY, SO NOW SAME PROCEDURE ALL PARTS COMPLETED AND PAINTED. NOW OFF TO WETSANDING, AND HANG ALL SHEETMETAL BACK ON BIRD...AT THIS TIME WE HAVE FINALIZED THE COMPLETE DRIVETRAIN, BRAKES AND SUSPENSION AND ARE WORKING WITH TONY TO COMPLETE THE REST OF THE PARTS WE WILL NEED TO FINISH THE BIRD...............

[Speedfreak]

This place is local to me.  Though I have never been to their facility, the feedback I have received it that they are reasonably priced, but they do cut corners.   Hopefully they will do this one correctly.

[nascarxx29]

I remember seeing a Diorama with a FJ5 Superbird in a backyard setting.Probably this same car

[Redbird]

From the description I don't understand what is left of the original car? The dash,firewall, and insides of doors?

Sounds like another debris field car.

[DAY CLONA]

From the description I don't understand what is left of the original car? The dash,firewall, and insides of doors?

Sounds like another debris field car.

I was contacted back around 2004-5 by Tony and Delia for some input and possible ...hmmm... restoration (more like resurrection) on this car,....man what a mess it was, rot bucket would be putting it mildly, a great candidate for a rebody, I steered clear of this one, good luck to the team tackling this one

[Lighthorseman]

Wow - what a lot of work.  Nice to see it being saved. 

[nascarxx29]

If its this one its a Hemi bird
http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=43448&page=3

[DAY CLONA]

If its this one its a Hemi bird
http://classracer.com/classforum/showthread.php?t=43448&page=3

Yes that's Tony's car, you can tell by the Italian flag on the wing, however the HEMI statement is just one of those lores that surround an old Mopar sitting in a yard....IIRC the car is a U code column auto that was converted to 4 spd bench years ago.......a few years ago the wing was off the car and for sale, why?, I don't know

mike