Classic Daytona Superbird 69 /70 magazine ads

[nascarxx29]

Found these extra magazines Oct 69 Car Life and Motor Trend March 1970.With the red scat pack ad daytona and Richard Petty garage picture Superbird

[Magnumcharger]

I had a poster of that Superbird ad in my garage for years!!
I'm pretty sure 6pkrunner can make them now.

[daytonalo]

The # 43 race car had a Vinyl top ??

[Magnumcharger]

The # 43 race car had a Vinyl top ??

Ummm...pretty certain that's a grocery getter. Check out the front wheel opening size.

But, that being said, Petty did briefly run a '68 Roadrunner with a vinyl top, with the idea that it would somehow improve aerodynamics. Not.

[nascarxx29]

He lost the race by decision on 68 road runner but recall exactly what for. It was either the vinyl top.Or vent windows he removed.Or modified roofline

[Aero426]

He lost the race by decision on 68 road runner but recall exactly what for. It was either the vinyl top.Or vent windows he removed.Or modified roofline

He lost the race laps down due to a long pit stop.   The vinyl was a smokescreen to cover the work (cheating) done to the roof.   The metal paneling of the roof started to separate from the windshield header during the race.    Hence the famous photo of Richard on the hood of the car trying to beat the roof back into submission.   They used a bunch of duct tape on it too. 

[hemigeno]

Didn't Richard start running vinyl tops in 1967?  I remember reading a story about how he would supposedly put baby powder on the V-roof, telling the other guys in the pits that it helped make the car faster...  Guess that was partially true if they had altered the roof panel underneath

[Aero426]

Nope,  '68 Daytona 500 was the only race that had the vinyl top.     His '68 Daytona car different from all the other Chrysler entries.   They had deviated from whatever build plans Chrysler had.    Richard's car was the only Mopar that could qualify with the slippery new Ford fastback bodies.   The other Mopars were a 4-5 mph off that pace.

[wingcar]

The story as I understand it was that Richard had replaced the roof with aluminum and that the vinyl top was used as a way of covering up his....interpretation of the rule book.
Having said that, they also stated that "studies" showed that the vinyl top's surface texture was compared to that of a golf ball aerodynamically, due to their dimple depressions on the surface.  Don't know if the "studies" proved this to be true, but I don't see any other racecars with vinyl tops.....so?
Regarding the Superbird in the two page ad....it's just a street Superbird made up to look like a racecar.   (wonder who owns it today?)

[Ghoste]

Regarding the Superbird in the two page ad....it's just a street Superbird made up to look like a racecar.   (wonder who owns it today?)

Now that is a million dollar question.

[nascarxx29]

  Good question who owns it today .I think old records show a white one but not sure.And this other white superbird daytona 500 winner car awarded to Richard Petty .

http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/hrdp_0710_custom_hot_rod_cars_barn_finds/photo_14.html

It's hard to belive that historically significant muscle still comes out of barns. You'd die just to find a real Six-Barrel Superbird, much less a car that Chrysler gave away to Richard Petty. All the paint and panels are original. Before the car was stripped, the quarter -panels were sketched on CAD to ensure that the lettering can be redone exactly as it was.>

Steve Atwell's Petty Superbird & Sammy Miller Rocket Car
Our friend Steve Atwell is a world-renowned Hemi race-car guy, but in his midlife crisis he's starting to expand his horizons. We guess his new Prudhomme '70 Cuda Funny Car is technically a Hemi car, but he also just bought a Ford lightweight. And even though Steve is technically a Dodge guy, he hasn't been able to pass up a few good Plymouths that came his way. One of them is this interesting Superbird.

When Steve got the call that there was a 'Bird up in Lansing, Michigan, that had been in a garage since 1976, he thought he probably needed it-but knew for sure when he found out it was a 440+6 car with a Pistol Grip four-speed and the Super Track Pak option. The owner had picked it up for $2,500, driven it for a while, then parked it.

[Aero426]

The story as I understand it was that Richard had replaced the roof with aluminum and that the vinyl top was used as a way of covering up his....interpretation of the rule book.
Having said that, they also stated that "studies" showed that the vinyl top's surface texture was compared to that of a golf ball aerodynamically, due to their dimple depressions on the surface.  Don't know if the "studies" proved this to be true, but I don't see any other racecars with vinyl tops.....so?
Regarding the Superbird in the two page ad....it's just a street Superbird made up to look like a racecar.   (wonder who owns it today?)

Brain burp on my part.    The roof was not vinyl at all.  It was sprayed on texture paint.   The body had been acid dipped a little too long.   The dimple story was a diversionary tactic. 

More on it here if you care to read:
http://www.randyayersmodeling.com/modelingforum/viewtopic.php?t=28058&highlight=1968+petty

[BROCK]

Here is an excerpt from "Deadline For Daytona" as printed in Car & Driver May 1968 edition:

....When rookie Butch Hartman parked his reatively stock Charger next to Ray Fox' special,
factory backed Charger in the garge area, Fox put up a great fuss to get it moved.  Why? 
Because Hartmans' car stood in bold contrast to exactly how much chopping and slicing had
gone into making the factory cars more streamlined.  Richard Petty somehow managed to
qualify his Plymouth Road Runner 5 MPH faster than any other Chrysler product and alot of
people attributed it to a rough finish black top that had been painted on the car.  But when
a magazene photographer managed to sneak a picture of the strange baffling and quasi-belly
pans in the Plumouths' engine compartment, one of the Petty crew demanded his film.