The Superbird wing is now on my 69 Roadrunner (with pics)

[hotrod98]

My wife has been after me to put our extra Superbird wing on our 69 roadrunner for quite a while. I've resisted, but finally decided that since I won't have the time to build her new Superbird clone for a while, I might as well and go ahead and do it. She has really become a wingcar nut the last few years. Even her truck has a wing.
This wing is one that Don Currie built for me a couple of years ago. It's a steel skin over a tubular frame. He did a great job in my opinion. I just don't have that type of ability. It was damaged in shipping a little so it required some body work. I hadn't noticed the damage until I decided to paint it.
I used a set of the Daytona wing braces that I've been building and selling on this forum for the last couple of years. With just some minor alterations, they worked out pretty good. I made a set of wing washers out of .090 aluminum. Should work just fine. We took the car out this afternoon and it doesn't shake or anything which was a relief. I'll check it for high speed vibrations later on. Since seeing the pics of the 69 Runner being used to mock up the Superbird, the wing doesn't look all that out of place on a 69 now.
Anyway, the wife is happy and it doesn't look all that bad. I can always remove it, weld up the holes and repaint the quarters. Actually, the paint is very thin and the entire car needs dents removed and repainted, so no big loss.

[hotrod98]

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[hotrod98]

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[Daytona R/T SE]

Looking good, Larry! 

[69bronzeT5]

It's not as bad as I thought. It actually looks pretty good! It's hard getting over the fact that it has no nose cone but whatever. It looks good!

[nascarxx29]

looks good glad the clay 69 runner superbird inspired you to do it

[A383Wing]

Needs a pointy nose now.... 

[nelson_audet]

verry nice

[BigBlockSam]

Needs a pointy nose now....

looks good, it'll look better with a pointy nose on it 

[hotrod98]

Uhhhhhh....no. 

[mauve66]

now see, too me it looks too big on a 69 for some reason, don't get me wrong , i think all these cars look better without the nose but WITH the wing, but something doesn't seem right with the proportion
have you parked it next to a 70 with a wing just to look at it??  i wonder if its something to do with the angles on the 70 quarter panel
that's my bigggest worry with the tona wing on the 1st gen, even though i've seen the orange car his is custom and i don't know how close his dimensions are to the original

[BigBlockSam]

your rite Larry , the wing braces look better painted on this car . it's more a custom thing   


at least now you have some where to hang your coat 

[hotrod98]

now see, too me it looks too big on a 69 for some reason, don't get me wrong , i think all these cars look better without the nose but WITH the wing, but something doesn't seem right with the proportion
have you parked it next to a 70 with a wing just to look at it??  i wonder if its something to do with the angles on the 70 quarter panel
that's my bigggest worry with the tona wing on the 1st gen, even though i've seen the orange car his is custom and i don't know how close his dimensions are to the original

Other than the body character lines on the 69 and the scoops on the 70, the sides of the quarters are identical as far as I know. I had this same wing on the 70 Satellite and the only thing that stood out is that the standard back glass makes everything look a little strange. You definitely notice the difference in the back glasses with the wing in place.

your rite Larry , the wing braces look better painted on this car . it's more a custom thing  


at least now you have some where to hang your coat 

I told Sandra that I was going to hang some clothes on the wing and take a pic of her new Arkansas clothes line.

I had some blue paint left and decided that I would just go with the blue on the braces just to see how it looked. Thought that to the uninformed, it might even look more like a factory thing. 

We drove the car to Sonic tonight and everyone loved it. People were yelling as they drove by about how they liked our car.
Up until today, people never gave the car a second glance. This car has been driving around this town for years and absolutely no one has ever mentioned liking the car before.

[BigBlockSam]

Up until today, people never gave the car a second glance. This car has been driving around this town for years and absolutely no one has ever mentioned liking the car before.

remember what i said to you about driving wing cars around . wait till you get the daytona together . with the nose and wing on it  . people freak out on ya .   

[moparstuart]

Up until today, people never gave the car a second glance. This car has been driving around this town for years and absolutely no one has ever mentioned liking the car before.

remember what i said to you about driving wing cars around . wait till you get the daytona together . with the nose and wing on it  . people freak out on ya .   

  Try driving a lime green one that the tops come off of , then they stalk you down   

[billssuperbird]

 

[WingCharger]

 

[hotrod98]

It's been wild just driving this thing around today. People are going crazy over this car all of a sudden. I heard a guy at Subway telling his daughter that it was a Superbird and that it was the fastest producton car ever built.
The important part is, Sandra's getting a kick out of riding around in it. She's used to all of the attention though. Her limelight Cuda has the same affect on people.
Today, I've driven two fake wing cars and a real hemi car. It's been a good day. 

[moparstuart]

It's been wild just driving this thing around today. People are going crazy over this car all of a sudden. I heard a guy at Subway telling his daughter that it was a Superbird and that it was the fastest producton car ever built.
The important part is, Sandra's getting a kick out of riding around in it. She's used to all of the attention though. Her limelight Cuda has the same affect on people.
Today, I've driven two fake wing cars and a real hemi car. It's been a good day. 

when does the white plymouth lettering go on the quarters and the wings decals go on . 

[hotrod98]

I drove across town to my buddy Gary's (gary42) house to show him the car. He plans to have me build him a Daytona clone after I finish his 72 Charger Rallye so he's a wingcar nut as well. He tried to talk me into putting the Superbird nose on this car instead of building the 70 Satellite. He also thinks that it would look better at least with the wing decals. I have a new set of the wing decals in my briefcase, but can't make up my mind as to whether they will look good or not.
Hard to say without actually doing it. And, if I don't like it, I've just destroyed the decals for the other car and at $160 a pair, that ain't cheap.
I just know that we've had fun driving the car today. Now I like driving this car better than my cuda.

[moparstuart]

I drove across town to my buddy Gary's (gary42) house to show him the car. He plans to have me build him a Daytona clone after I finish his 72 Charger Rallye so he's a wingcar nut as well. He tried to talk me into putting the Superbird nose on this car instead of building the 70 Satellite. He also thinks that it would look better at least with the wing decals. I have a new set of the wing decals in my briefcase, but can't make up my mind as to whether they will look good or not.
Hard to say without actually doing it. And, if I don't like it, I've just destroyed the decals for the other car and at $160 a pair, that ain't cheap.
I just know that we've had fun driving the car today. Now I like driving this car better than my cuda.

we will make a B_body man out of you yet   

[XS29J8]

My wife has been after me to put our extra Superbird wing on our 69 roadrunner for quite a while. I've resisted, but finally decided that since I won't have the time to build her new Superbird clone for a while, I might as well and go ahead and do it. She has really become a wingcar nut the last few years. Even her truck has a wing.
This wing is one that Don Currie built for me a couple of years ago. It's a steel skin over a tubular frame. He did a great job in my opinion. I just don't have that type of ability. It was damaged in shipping a little so it required some body work. I hadn't noticed the damage until I decided to paint it.
I used a set of the Daytona wing braces that I've been building and selling on this forum for the last couple of years. With just some minor alterations, they worked out pretty good. I made a set of wing washers out of .090 aluminum. Should work just fine. We took the car out this afternoon and it doesn't shake or anything which was a relief. I'll check it for high speed vibrations later on. Since seeing the pics of the 69 Runner being used to mock up the Superbird, the wing doesn't look all that out of place on a 69 now.
Anyway, the wife is happy and it doesn't look all that bad. I can always remove it, weld up the holes and repaint the quarters. Actually, the paint is very thin and the entire car needs dents removed and repainted, so no big loss.

Congrats! This looks much better than one would think...........kinda makes me want a wing for the 68 Charger.......... hum..............

Steve

[hotrod98]

Congrats! This looks much better than one would think...........kinda makes me want a wing for the 68 Charger.......... hum..............

Steve


I can guarantee you that had I not taken the Daytona route with my 69, I would have gone ahead and installed the wing anyway. It's like driving a completely different car. The best part is being able to park in a regular parking space and not worrying about damaging the nose.
That will come later with the other two cars.

[hotrod98]

I have a complete air grabber setup, but I can't use it since this is an A/C car. Anyone know of a way to change the compressor to a style that willl clear the air cleaner and air grabber?  It's the only other change that I would like to make.

[moparstuart]

I have a complete air grabber setup, but I can't use it since this is an A/C car. Anyone know of a way to change the compressor to a style that willl clear the air cleaner and air grabber?  It's the only other change that I would like to make.

you mean this , get a sanden and the bracket from Bouchillion Performance,fits great on the birdible and no clearance problems