Sunroof 4sp Superbird ?

[sunroofsuperbird]

Hi Here is a few pics of a superbird Clone I am making. Hotrod98 said everyone here would like to see it. Its unfinished but I am working on it. It will be a sunroof 4sp lime green white interior when done. I put a factory sunroof out of a charger in it. I made all my own superbird parts out of metal in my garage myself. wing and nose and hood extention. I have bought the rear window plug and headlight doors fiberglass. anyone know how to make electric headlight doors work on one?  Can not wait to drive the wheels off it.

[thallium]

nice looking car. I like how you grafted the nose into the fenders

[nascarxx29]

Nice work .This will be the second superbird with a sunroof I have seen.As there is a known original 440 white superbird I recall that installed a sunroof section from a charger

[Old Moparz]

Hotrod98 was right, we'll take a look at it. Very nice, keep up the good work & keep the photos coming too.

Welcome to the site my friend.

[BigBlockSam]

Howdy sunroofsuperbird
  cool looking bird keep the pics coming. i can't wait to see it fly 

[hotrod98]

Once you've seen his challenger station wagon, you know this car's going to be over the top when it's finished. Every time I look at these pics, it makes me want to get my bird project on the rotisserie. Have to wait a couple of more weeks though.

Welcome to the best aero forum on the net Marty.

[PocketThunder]

Welcome and man that car is cool.  I want to skip over my 500 resto now and dive straight into a wing car clone...







wait a minute...   i have a wing and a 500..... Hmmmmm

[nascarxx29]

Is that the guy who built the purple challenger station wagon .I saw it once very cool

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

by any chance did you get that sunroof from a wrecked 70 charger that was rolled??? also in your list of cars it says 69 daytona 4x4 correct? -MATT

[hotrod98]

by any chance did you get that sunroof from a wrecked 70 charger that was rolled??? also in your list of cars it says 69 daytona 4x4 correct? -MATT

Marty took a 69 Charger body that would have otherwise been crushed and lost and put it on a 4x4 chassis. In my opinion, I would rather look at a 69 Charger bodied 4x4 than any other body. But then again, I love 69 Chargers a little more than some people and appreciate it when someone finds a way to save and use another one that would otherwise have been lost.
And, he's got an even wilder 4x4 planned for the future. It will be a first and personally I can't wait to see it finished.

[nascarxx29]

There was another 69 4x4 charger awhile back on ebay .Some girl in NC

[hemi68charger]

Here's a sunroof 'Bird that a member here used to own and built.... Almost traded my C500 for it, I'm sure Paul remembers that..

Troy

[THE CHARGER PUNK]

man you should of  got ur wing car, that car looks decent and if u wanted to put it back to stock it wouldnt be that hard troy-MATT

[hotrod98]

 

[hemi68charger]

amn you should of youda got ur wing car, that car looks decwnt and if u wanted to put it back to stovk it wouldnt be that hard-MATT

  You replying to me or hotrod98

Troy

[BigBlockSam]

?

[PocketThunder]

Here's a sunroof 'Bird that a member here used to own and built.... Almost traded my C500 for it, I'm sure Paul remembers that..

Troy

 

[Highbanked Hauler]

Welcome and man that car is cool.  I want to skip over my 500 resto now and dive straight into a wing car clone...







wait a minute...   i have a wing and a 500..... Hmmmmm

  No, Don't Do It!!!!!!!!!!

[PocketThunder]

Welcome and man that car is cool.  I want to skip over my 500 resto now and dive straight into a wing car clone...







wait a minute...   i have a wing and a 500..... Hmmmmm

  No, Don't Do It!!!!!!!!!!

I was wondering who was gonna catch that...

[Highbanked Hauler]

 At the last Aero Warriors meet there were nine 500S out of about 150 cars.We are the first and the fewest.

[nascarxx29]

That was the white sunroof installed superbird .That came out of a junkyard stack.And need alot of work .It was UOA174561 I believe.I put Troy on to its past owners .Before he considered that deal.As I knew that car had been extensively reworked.And Troy took a pass on it

[Ghoste]

At the last Aero Warriors meet there were nine 500S out of about 150 cars.We are the first and the fewest.

And as I've stated before, I prefer the appearance of the 500 over the wing cars.  That's just me though.
Oh, and I think the argument could be made that the 66-67 Chargers were first.  The flush grille and fastback may have styling features but I think they were also casting an eye to how that would help their fortunes in Grand National racing.  And don't forget the spoiler appeared on the fastback first.  That's another topic though. 

[hotrod98]

I remember seeing the wing cars for the first time when I was 14 years old and thinking that this had to be some kind of joke. Today we sort of take them for granted but back then they were considered to be extremely outlandish. While they helped ma mopar on the track, the wing cars did nothing for Chrysler's credibility as far as the public was concerned. Since Nascar didn't have the widespread following back then, much of the general public never really realized why these cars were built. While we had an asphalt track where Mark Martin, Dick Trickle and Rusty Wallace raced, we didn't see the Nascar racing that was going on. The only wing car sold locally sat on the lot for a long time before being sold and is still here locally. At the time, I think that the 500's would have been a much easier sell than anything with a wing. I also believe that if the 500's and the Daytonas were both built as a regular production car, the 500's would have outsold the Daytonas at least 10 to 1.
It's funny how people's reactions are so different today as compared to back then when they see one going down the road.

[69_500]

Welcome to the site, that would be the 2nd Superbird I"ve seen with a sunroof. The other is a legit Superbird, but I think it also has a sunroof from a Charger grafted onto it.

[WingCharger]

How did you graft the nose into the fenders? I like that look! I want to use it on my Daytona Clone sometime in the future. How did you do it? Body filler? If so what kind?

[moparstuart]

How did you graft the nose into the fenders? I like that look! I want to use it on my Daytona Clone sometime in the future. How did you do it? Body filler? If so what kind?

alot of birds and daytona got the noses leaded in early in life !

[moparstuart]

 Marty made some very wild and strange creations  , I always liked to see what he would come up with next .


     



     Well i just received very sad news , we wont be seeing anymore wild creations from marty .  A buddy of his from face book just told me he passed away last year .

   
      Dale Mathews,     Marty passed away last year from kidney failure (never drank) , has two teenage children , quite sad

[WINGIN IT]

Here's a sunroof 'Bird that a member here used to own and built.... Almost traded my C500 for it, I'm sure Paul remembers that..

Troy

Hey I remember looking at that car in Pete's garage, next to his Daytona.
It's funny , when I was first following Superbirds in my area, and at local shows I would always see a Superbird with a sunroof, so I thought it was an option, till I realized it was the same car... 

[Wingnut426]

Hi Guys, I built the white sunroof Superbird
174561 out of a severly wrecked Superbird.
The roof was from a 70 White 383 4-speed Sunroof Charger.  Hardest part was making a headliner from the original and a repro Superbird headliner. I had to sew the two together on the 4th or 5th bow. I miss that car, but got my Hemi Superbird instead. Pete

[WINGIN IT]

Cool car for sure, Pete 
Last I saw it was for sale a few years ago in NH or somewhere up there.

[djcarguy]

Marty made some very wild and strange creations  , I always liked to see what he would come up with next .


     



     Well i just received very sad news , we wont be seeing anymore wild creations from marty .  A buddy of his from face book just told me he passed away last year .

   
      Dale Mathews,     Marty passed away last year from kidney failure (never drank) , has two teenage children , quite sad===============================================================================

RIP<<<  to creative mopar guy,that had  more plans and dreams,for more 1 of custom wing cars...all the best ta his family and god bless and keep them.sorry for your loss. dj in oregon

[nascarxx29]

The sunroofed white superbird in a 80-90-s mopar action magazine article one of none I think said it was in a Hartford junkyard with another car sitting on its roof

[Hemi Runner]

Where is this car now?

[hotrod98]

Wow. That is just so sad.  Marty was a heck of a guy. I enjoyed texting back and forth with him. If I remember correctly, he owned the Challenger station wagon and the General Lee 4 wheel drive.
I'm getting constant reminders as to just how short life is.

[WINGIN IT]

The sunroofed white superbird in a 80-90-s mopar action magazine article one of none I think said it was in a Hartford junkyard with another car sitting on its roof

You'd hope the owner would be driving a lot , having a sunroof, and it would be fairly easy to know where it is based on sightings. Be ashamed if it was not being driven.

[surmanajaja]

Wow. That is just so sad.  Marty was a heck of a guy. I enjoyed texting back and forth with him. If I remember correctly, he owned the Challenger station wagon and the General Lee 4 wheel drive.
I'm getting constant reminders as to just how short life is.

yes he owned that 4x4 charger for a long time, only one that I saw that I liked. also a lot of other interesting/collectable cars..