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[69_500]

Speaking of the Supercharger, wasn't the work that was done to the car done by Totally Auto? And wasn't it on display there at Carlisle some time back?

[nascarxx29]

When Raffi M.Who found the car in a estate auction out west. Owned the car and worked in PA. It was it Daves shop in PA for evaulation and seen some local exposure .Dave suggested leaving the aged paint as it was .It later was Steves and he had it on display at various shows .I went to NY to see it and the rest of the cars in the collection.Seen the memorabilia and 426 cut away engines .As seen on www.stevenjuliano .com .Which reminds 69 500 I have a printed out thread on a old post where you mentioned having or had a 426 Hemi cutaway engine.

[nascarxx29]

Archive pictures of the Supercharger

[69_500]

Key word there was "had". Got rid of it to years ago, well not that many years ago but it was before I picked up the 500. It didn't work, or at least I couldn't get it to work, not sure if its back to working condition now or not.

[hctub]

Finally found my photo album!!!

This picture is when our wing club was invited to race at Riverside International Raceway one year.  I explained in an earlier post the rules. 

I am leading Lou Whitfield down the back straight at least for awhile.  This was about half way down the straight and Lou's bird was just getting wound up.  Needless to say he flew past me right after the pic was taken.  The TA was great around the corners but Lou's bird would fly down the straights. 

[Charger_Fan]

Man, this is one of the coolest threads I've read through here in quite a while. HCtub, thanks for joining the site, sharing all the cool stories & especially for including these neat pics!

[hctub]

I don't know if there is a post on here of the worst damaged nose to be brought back to life or not so here goes.

I bought a Superbird from a guy in Las Vegas that had been in an accident.  I think he said he had it parked at a casino and when he came out he found it like this.  Lou Whitfield took me over to Vegas in his Bird.  On the way back a guy in a Camaro decided to pick on the damaged bird and wanted to race.  Even with the nose looking like this I had no problem getting him on top end. 

I parked the Bird in my driveway where you could see it from the living room.  Lou and Colin Young were there visiting and Colin kept looking at the bird with the damage.  After awhile Colin went into one of his trances and started mumbling "metal has memory, metal has memory".  A short time later we had the nose off the car and Colin went to work on it. 

[The70RT]

Ouch...I moreless commented to keep tract of this cool thread. Continue on gents 

[nascarxx29]

Time from time I had seen on here some busted up noses.It still makes me cringe .I probably have the record for the worst superbird rear end damage check out the OUCH superbird that was mine
http://www.carsinbarns.com/Superbirds%20&%20Daytonas/pg21.html

[Charger_Fan]

Man, those pics make me cringe!

[69_500]

So how did the nose cone turn out once completed?

[hctub]

Here are some more pic's of the nose being worked on. 

[moparstuart]

wow nice job saving that one    metal does have memory

[tan top]

wow nice job saving that one

  that metal guy knows his stuff

[hctub]

We ended up saving everything except the fiberglass headlight door.  Luckily someone was reproducing them at the time.  We even saved the parking light frames.  It did have some bondo in it but not as much as you might think.

Here are some of the final pics.  The car was from New Jersey and the rest of it had more bondo than the nose.  This was about 1979 and the trunk was already rusted all the way out and had a thick metal cover on the bottom.

[WingCharger]

Love the classic slot mags this baby is riding on.


There are some really cool cars and really cool stories in this thread. Thanks for posting them all hctub!

[moparstuart]

We ended up saving everything except the fiberglass headlight door.  Luckily someone was reproducing them at the time.  We even saved the parking light frames.  It did have some bondo in it but not as much as you might think.

Here are some of the final pics.  The car was from New Jersey and the rest of it had more bondo than the nose.  This was about 1979 and the trunk was already rusted all the way out and had a thick metal cover on the bottom.

mine was full of bondo when i got it but it straightened out really well

[moparstuart]

 it needed quite a bit of straightening also the piot of the nose was blunted where it should have come to a point

[moparstuart]

 

[nascarxx29]

That Superbird was from NJ thats my area ..What part of NJ was it from

[hctub]

I don't remember, only that it was a New Jersey car. 

[tan top]

Love the classic slot mags this baby is riding on.


There are some really cool cars and really cool stories in this thread. Thanks for posting them all hctub!

always liked that type of slot mag wheels  , think they are made of  steal & nick named kidny bean wheels ..would not mind getting a set 

[WingCharger]

Slots are the only "classic" wheel I like. Never been a fan of Cragars or Keystones.
New Slots are too "thick" I guess is the way to put it. I like the deep dish look.

[Davtona]

Love the classic slot mags this baby is riding on.


There are some really cool cars and really cool stories in this thread. Thanks for posting them all hctub!

always liked that type of slot mag wheels  , think they are made of  steal & nick named kidny bean wheels ..would not mind getting a set 

I'm really not sure where those wheels came from actually. They were on the car when I bought it back in say 1980 or so.  I was never all that fond of them. Ran them on the car for a while then pulled them off and put a set of aluminum slots on the car. I think I have at least 2 of those wheels still sitting around somewhere. Car is original dog dish hubcap car which were long gone by the time I got it. And yes they are a steel wheel.

[WingCharger]

Love the classic slot mags this baby is riding on.


There are some really cool cars and really cool stories in this thread. Thanks for posting them all hctub!

always liked that type of slot mag wheels  , think they are made of  steal & nick named kidny bean wheels ..would not mind getting a set 

I'm really not sure where those wheels came from actually. They were on the car when I bought it back in say 1980 or so.  I was never all that fond of them. Ran them on the car for a while then pulled them off and put a set of aluminum slots on the car. I think I have at least 2 of those wheels still sitting around somewhere. Car is original dog dish hubcap car which were long gone by the time I got it. And yes they are a steel wheel.

The two wheels you have, rear or front??
Ar they 15x10 or what?