More Wing car photos

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Anybody know who's Wing cars these are? Very interesting wheels and V top on charger. Texas plates also.

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A few more. Who could forget the SuperBird handicap car as well?

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 interesting pictures    ............   

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Daytonas.......White Hemi looks to have a V top, notice chrome trim along quarter panels. Black notice on other, possibly wrecked at one time.

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WTH? Kenny, did you build a Wing Car Clone, again? hahaha

[moparstuart]

WTH? Kenny, did you build a Wing Car Clone, again? hahaha

must be a superbee dayclona     no a-pillar moldings 

[xs29j8Bullitt]

Anybody know who's Wing cars these are? Very interesting wheels and V top on charger. Texas plates also.

Dan Mays from western Pennsylvania... "Mopar4Ya" on Moparts forum.

[xs29j8Bullitt]

A few more. Who could forget the SuperBird handicap car as well?

Those pictures still make the rounds...

The "Camper Special" Superbird pictures were taken in the early 1980s.  I had seen the Superbird several times on I-10... always going the other way.  Decided to chase him down that day... he was cruising at about 80 mph, and the 6 Cyl GMC pickup that I was driving would only do about 85 flat out AFTER I got it turned around... it took a long time to catch him!   

BTW, I believe that I ran across another picture of the car that I have never posted before... a closeup of the roll-up door.  Maybe I'll scan it in this weekend if I get a chance.

Allen

[Blown70]

Tell us youngsters more about this Handicap car?

[nascarxx29]

I know alot of those cars the piictures.also their stories were on a large wingcar post on another board

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Awesome. Any more of the Dan Mays Daytona? I like the different look of it. The handicap S/B was his daily driver from what I read years ago and he kept his chair in the rear half of the car. Correct me if I'm wrong anyone, but thats what I read on cars in barns web site w/short letter attached to it.
I'm off the rest of this week from work and decided to hit the internet obviously and do some diggin' of old mopars.
My next wing car clone is in process. 

Mark

Edit: that garage full of mopars/wing cars is very exciting to se as well....

[xs29j8Bullitt]

Tell us youngsters more about this Handicap car?

The car was owned by Rich M. from Houston who had it modified so he could ride in his favorite car of all... a Superbird!  At the time that he had the car modified in the 1970s, there were few if any clone wing cars... and the real ones were pretty cheap.  The car was highly modified, but I have heard rumors the current owner is restoring it back to original... not sure if true or not.

The owner was confined to a wheel chair, and would be rolled into the added structure when the roll-up door was raised and the split bumper allowed a ramp to be pulled out... I never saw it work though.  Also notice the viewing window at the front of the structure.

Allen

[xs29j8Bullitt]

Awesome. Any more of the Dan Mays Daytona? I like the different look of it. The handicap S/B was his daily driver from what I read years ago and he kept his chair in the rear half of the car. Correct me if I'm wrong anyone, but thats what I read on cars in barns web site w/short letter attached to it.
I'm off the rest of this week from work and decided to hit the internet obviously and do some diggin' of old mopars.
My next wing car clone is in process. 

Mark

Edit: that garage full of mopars/wing cars is very exciting to se as well....

The garage full is part of Dan Mays' collection... the Daytona is probably Del Fisher's car, but I am not sure at the moment.

Allen

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Here is Del's Daytona in the 1980s...

[xs29j8Bullitt]

The handicap S/B was his daily driver from what I read years ago and he kept his chair in the rear half of the car. Correct me if I'm wrong anyone, but thats what I read on cars in barns web site w/short letter attached to it.

The owner had to have a driver for the car, he did not drive it himself at the time I stopped the car.  I did not know it was on Cars In Barns... I will go have a look.

[69_500]

I have a letter around here somewhere about the handicap Bird, that is from around 1985-86 and in it the owner of the car is asking my dad if he knows where he can get a rear window plug for a Superbird, so that he can return  the handicap Bird back to a regular Bird.

The white HEMI Daytona doesn't have a vinyl top on it, as I'm looking at the picture right now. Its a picture my dad shot in 1979.

[nascarxx29]

Another TX area window plug missing or rotted out. Roy Saches of Houston TX that had a superbird or 2 one of them needed arear window plug

[xs29j8Bullitt]

Here is Del's Daytona in the 1980s...

That car has always been a favorite of mine. Wasn't it for sale a while ago on eBay?
Thanks for the extra info. guys on the cars I found.

Mark

Before Del sold the Daytona, the vinyl top was removed and the car repainted.  Here it is after the repaint...

I did not see it on eBay, but 

[nascarxx29]

Black flame superbird was Dennis of MN it was originally a FJ5 car .And was in the magazines as you just been given the bird painted on it

[hotrod98]

Is this the bird?

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Who's crazy enough to paint a wing car black?  Oh yeah...me. 

[nascarxx29]

Cragars on Mickey Thompson Custom Radials

[gtx6970]

I remember seeing that flamed bird many years ago.

I also remember another black bird down south several years ago. It had a tan vinyl top and the engine compartment was clear over bare metal

Black should have been one of the choices for bird colors

[hotrod98]

OMG, Nasscar, do you have the magazine by chance?
Any other photos of it as well?
WOW, it's been a long time since I seen a photo of that car.
That is badass.........My Bird will be black, flames maybe also.

Thanks again  Mark

We gave serious thought to adding ghost flames to the daytona, but decided against it. My wife has asked repeatedly to add ghost flames to the superbird, but so far I've convinced her that I can build her a car that will look great without flames.
I have no idea where the magazine went to that I copied those pics from. It would take hours to go through all of the magazines that I have stored away.

[Magnumcharger]

Is this the bird?

I have this very issue of CARS magazine...and bought it new too.
Does that make me old?

[WingCharger]

I like the vinyl roof Daytona. Where can I get trim?

The flame superbird is pretty cool. If I found a RR or Satellite, maybe?

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Found another Bird and the Daytona convert' cars. I've never seen the bird before, anyone know if it's still around?

[Charger1970]

Are those stock mirrors on the flamed Superbird?  They look similar to optional mirrors on a 70 Charger.

[pettybird]

I've never seen the bird before, anyone know if it's still around?

that was Barb Bowman's car.  I'm not sure if it's still wearing that scheme or not...


Here is our Petty car visiting the Bowmans in around 1978