Was this Superbird ever restored?

[Aero426]

The noses are fresh from the back door of Creative Industries, circa 1978.

[nascarxx29]

They let him out? 

Rumor was making dash plate vins.And never got indited

[jims59]

http://www.jims59.com/70superbird/
Interesting story....with an unhappy end.

Howdy all,

A guy with way more money than brains talked me out of my (this very) 'bird in 1982. He bought it on Monday and Wrecked it the following Saturday night... Mind you, I owned it for three years and never put a scratch on it...

Yes, it was restored by me.. Allsate paid me about $6,000.00 to put it back together.. I took the photo of the car on Sunday morning outside my body shop where it was towed after the crash.

It was then sold to a guy in Warsaw Indiana who owned it until 1999 or so. He sold it via Hemmings in 1999 or 2000 for $35,000.00 It is now the original white color.

It was a RM23UOA car with buckets and console automatic. 63,000 miles when I had it.

Here is the web page of this car: http://www.jims59.com/70superbird/index.html

Over and out, Jim @ jims59.com

Me and the bird in Happier days. About 1981

[FJ5WING]

What an update!

Thanks Jim! 

[Magnumcharger]

http://www.jims59.com/70superbird/
Interesting story....with an unhappy end.

Howdy all,

A guy with way more money than brains talked me out of my (this very) 'bird in 1982. He bought it on Monday and Wrecked it the following Saturday night... Mind you, I owned it for three years and never put a scratch on it...

Yes, it was restored by me.. Allsate paid me about $6,000.00 to put it back together.. I took the photo of the car on Sunday morning outside my body shop where it was towed after the crash.

It was then sold to a guy in Warsaw Indiana who owned it until 1999 or so. He sold it via Hemmings in 1999 or 2000 for $35,000.00 It is now the original white color.

It was a RM23UOA car with buckets and console automatic. 63,000 miles when I had it.

Here is the web page of this car: http://www.jims59.com/70superbird/index.html

Over and out, Jim @ jims59.com

Me and the bird in Happier days. About 1981

Well....that pretty well answers that doesn't it!!!
Now the question is....is it still out there?

[nascarxx29]

Jim did better than I did with insurance company and had a better out come . I had 19K mile 440 6 pack superbird rear ended by a truck .I got the car back for salvage value $500.00.and had to part it out to get money buy another car .Ted Janak bought most of this car to cast his parts from

[Magnumcharger]

Jim did better than I did with insurance company and had a better out come . I had 19K mile 440 6 pack superbird rear ended by a truck .I got the car back for salvage value $500.00.and had to part it out to get money buy another car .Ted Janak bought most of this car to cast his parts from

Likely an easy fix these days....did you consider a back-half clip? Or was it just too expensive?

[70426rtse]

I keep hearing about a smashed in Hemi Bird near me - Even know who apparently has it but the man stopped showing up at all the local Mopar shows 5 years ago and never called me back after me leaving 10 or so messages. It was smashed in the late 70's/early 80's. Not sure if he still has it/color/trans nothing.

Maxwellwedge
  Would the 'bird happen to be a Lemon Twist Auto console shift? If it is, it is the same one I know of through a friend. I have an NOS nose cone that really needs to be paired up with that car!!

[maxwellwedge]

I think I recall it being Lemon Twist...other than that I never heard what trans etc. I think I'll look through my old notes for the phone number and give it another shot.

[70426rtse]

My buddy has been trying to get ahold of him also with no luck. We are suspecting that he has health issues. My buddy sent me a video of the car years ago and while I watched it the guy held up the fender tag and read it. It sounded familiar on the VIN, so I went and pulled my saved copy of the Lemon Twist Hemi Superbird I used to have. Would you believe CONSECUTIVE VINs !!! YUP!  Identical Superbirds with consecutive VIN's. That car needs to get restored and meet up with its long lost twin brother! What a mag feature that would be!!