Toasty Bird Seen in St louis

[moparstuart]

At a car show Forrest Park St. Louis.

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[bannedbird]

Wonder if that is one of the rare "burnt orange" cars? -lol

[moparstuart]

Wonder if that is one of the rare "burnt orange" cars? -lol

[odcics2]

Wonder if that is one of the rare "burnt orange" cars? -lol

[birdsandbees]

Hopefully this isn't the next step up on the "show'm as you found'm in the barn" nonsense! 

[nascarxx29]

Wasn't there a body shop in Kentucky. Arson fire with mipars and wing cars

[5hunert]

 

Hopefully this isn't the next step up on the "show'm as you found'm in the barn" nonsense! 

[bannedbird]

I KNEW I shouldn't have replaced my torn vinyl top! There goes the value - lol.

[GOTWING]

 

[Aero426]

This car was discussed on Moparts a few months ago.   It was in a barn fire in metro St Louis (Florrisant?) recently.  Several of the owners cars went up.  I think there was also a lift off hood or Hemi Runner that burned.  

[held1823]

they installed a new battery? it must be drivable

[nascarxx29]

Recall kentucky maybe mo bodyshop arson alot of car went up in smoke

[moparstuart]

Car Runs and drives and looks alot worse overall 

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[moparstuart]

toasty 

[UFO]

Makes me think of the burnt car in "planes, trains and automobiles" .

[Lighthorseman]

Is the guy driving it the fellow from that "Chasing Classic Cars" TV show?  Looks a bit like him...

[68X426]

Wasn't there a body shop in Kentucky.

Wish it was, that would make it a true Kentucky Fried Chicken.

[thehemikid]

Recall kentucky maybe mo bodyshop arson alot of car went up in smoke

Mike French's place.

[tan top]

Wonder if that is one of the rare "burnt orange" cars? -lol

that funny  

  good thing , if any !  don't look like it got that hot !!   think I would of stripped it ASAP & started a resto , rather than leaving it as is for a while   

[Dave Kanofsky]

Not sure I would trust that wiring and put a battery in it, something might catch on...oh, too late.

[hemi68charger]

Wow !!! What a shame and Lordy, this guy definitely could care less for the trailer-queen mentality........... I can't believe it runs !!!

[RCCDrew]

It's cool that he showed it like that. It gained some internet notoriety because of it being a burned Bird. Definitely more memorable like this. It should definitely be fixed at some point though.

[Old Moparz]

The wing is pretty warped, I bet there is a lot more wrong than meets the eye.

Somewhere a '70 Satellite is losing it's tags. 

[Charger_Fan]

Makes me think of the burnt car in "planes, trains and automobiles" .

I was thinking "Christine", after the fire at the gas station.

I can't believe it runs either!

[fy469rtse]

I was thinking Joe Dirt's uncle 

[chargerman69]

Here's a video

https://www.facebook.com/david.riaff/videos/10205902851390751/?fref=nf

[1969 R/T SE]

just how I like my bird, extra crispy 

[DAY CLONA]

The wing is pretty warped, I bet there is a lot more wrong than meets the eye.

Somewhere a '70 Satellite is losing it's tags. 

You gotta do what you gotta do...to save a car, that 70 orange survivor Satty for $27K would be an ideal candidate

[held1823]

You gotta do what you gotta do...to save a car, that 70 orange survivor Satty for $27K would be an ideal candidate

kill one, to save another's vin ? sigh.....

[ws23rt]

The wing is pretty warped, I bet there is a lot more wrong than meets the eye.

Somewhere a '70 Satellite is losing it's tags.  

You gotta do what you gotta do...to save a car, that 70 orange survivor Satty for $27K would be an ideal candidate

kill one, to save another's vin ? sigh.....

I agree with your -sigh-

Using parts from dead cars is one thing but using that cars identity is crossing a fuzzy line.

In the end we can make cool cars as a part of the hobby. When one goes to the extra trouble to transfer an old cars identification to a new one something real is lost as opposed to something gained.

The most common and most asked question is "what's it worth".  This indicates (and speaks about) how important value is and we all know that a car with all of the pedigree has value going away from clone cars.

This is a hobby but it also is a market. Some come into it with conflicting ideas about their bottom line for the future of the car they are working on.

I get the --I want it to be just like they were--thinking.  However going the last mile with DNA from another car goes a bit beyond anal. One just has to not speak about it for it to become a rippoff for someone down the line of next owners.

[RCCDrew]

Is that bird really beyond repair?? I've seen way worse. Look at the plum crazy 71 hemi Cuda convert!

[DAY CLONA]

Is that bird really beyond repair?? I've seen way worse. Look at the plum crazy 71 hemi Cuda convert!

That Cuda is a rebody regardless of it's claims, and that's about the only way to economically "save" that Bird too

[XS29J]

All the parts needed for that bird are bird specific anyway, I am sure the inner structure was shielded from the heat, You would just have to replace roof and Quarters and find fenders hood and nose....   I certainly would not start LABELING that car as a re body SUSPECT!