New "SuperBird"???

[Dave Kanofsky]

Have you seen this?

http://www.thehemi.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=4217

[Big Bird]

Dave, saw this in a Mopar magazine a few months back ....................awesome job.............is there any more info on this...........can't seem to find much on that web site..........is it Baxter Conversions ?

[Dave Kanofsky]

I had seen the gold one a while ago, but the blue one was new to me.  I don't know any more about it.

[BigBlockSam]

that's pretty cool

[ChgrSteve67]

The superbird needs a Vinyl top.

[hemi68charger]

The superbird needs a Vinyl top.

No kiddin'.. Otherwise it looks like a Daytona with a Superbird decal on the nose..............   Cool cars nonetheless............

[moparstuart]

sorry not really to my liking     

[hotrod98]

I would totally drive that.

[Ghoste]

I'm not sure if I would or not.  It is intriguing though.

[FJ5WING]

take the crappy looking things off the hood and fenders and .....maybe......maybe is about all I can muster. 

[tan top]

wonder if that front end increases top end  or do these cars hit the limiter in high gear stock 

[redrider]

sign me up for one but the birds definitly need the vinal top

[DAY CLONA]

If your going to do a modern Superbird,...do it "right"

[DAY CLONA]

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[gtx6970]

I would totally drive that.

so would I,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,straight back the garage and take all that crap back off

[62 Max]

I would totally drive that.

so would I,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,straight back the garage and take all that crap back off

I'd be right behind you.Cut it at the cowl,remove the rear half and you have a mid 70's Vette.

[hotrod98]

I would totally drive that.

so would I,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,straight back the garage and take all that crap back off

That's exactly what they said about the original birds.
There was one that sat at the dealership here for over two years. I remember my dad taking me by to see it. He must have laughed for over an hour. He'd roll over in his grave if he knew I owned one now.
The dealership parked it at the back of the service area just to keep people from honking and laughing every time they drove by. I'm dead serious. Small towns are like that.
I welcome anyone to drive by and honk and laugh at my bird now. I feel good knowing they'll never be able to afford one.

[A383Wing]

Why wouldn't it be a Daytona.....aren't those "Dodge" cars they are made from?

With the 'Birds on the wings & nose...Warner Co. is gonna get more money from usage rights 

[TylerCharger69]

I think they look awesome...other than they just look like challengers with added features   and  plymouth??   I thought that brand was dispensed?

[mauve66]

just like the Mr. norms cuda's, just badges

[Redbird]

The cars in 1969 and 1970 were designed as they are with the specific purpose of improving a stock Torino, Cyclone, Charger or Roadrunner body to make it more efficient and aerodynamic. The scoops were on the fenders and had a purpose(s). The front ends had to meet headlight requirements of their time, use production turn signals, be evaluated on how aerodynamic they were in a wind tunnel. Everybody wanted a back window like the Fords, because they worked on the track. The wings were thought out for purpose, and improved as part of a package when Superbirds were built after the Daytonas. All the pieces added together to build a combined whole. The cars were at the forefront of the technology for a production car of their time. Not 917 Porsche technology but Detroit factory technology.

It seems to me if you truly want a great car of it's time, you would use the best technology of it's time.

[A383Wing]

yea..ok...but calling a Dodge Challenger with nose & wing a Superbird?   

[Black Charger]

The Challenger is a great looking car as-is. The wing and nose cone just makes it look gaudy. I love Superbirds and Daytonas, but I don't think there is a new car offered by Chrysler that would look good with a wing and nose cone.

[Tilar]

I think it looks alright. I don't know about putting the Plymouth decals on a Dodge though. At least it's not a 4 door.

[hotrod98]

As far as I'm concerned, the new Charger is not a Charger and the new Challenger is not a Challenger. They just used a name that sells cars. And, I don't think the automotive manufacturer beancounters could care less about heritage.
They've tried this before. This is the third time they've used the Challenger moniker. At least this time they placed the name on something with considerably more horsepower.
I have people ask me all of the time why I haven't bought a new Challenger. I tell them "look around my shop and you should be able to figure it out. I have original Mopar musclecars that I can drive".
I don't want to drive a car that every other little girl at the local high school drives.
At least with a nose and wing it won't look like everyone else's Challenger.

[mauve66]

wonder what one would look like MAUVE...........................

[Grim Jhaixus]

The size is all wrong. Superbirds were huge cars about a mile long, by comparison that car in the picture is almost a shopping cart.

You know what? Put it in the trunk of a 70 Superbird, it might make a cool escape pod.

[mikepmcs]

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/18/the-backstory-behind-hpps-showstopping-daytona-conversion-is/

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/11/05/sema-2009-hpp-daytona-is-one-big-hot-wheels-toy/

http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/hpp-daytona-brings-nascar-s-superbird-back-to-life-ar81837.html

www.ridelust.com/blasphemy-hpp-builds-challenger-based-daytona-and-superbird-replicas

http://www.worldcarfans.com/110072927649/first-hpp-plymouth-superbirds-begin-to-roll

www.ridelust.com/category/conversion-kits

http://www.dupontregistry.com/autos/NewsCenter/NewsCenterDetails.aspx?mmysid=3775

http://www.hppcars.com/vehicles/daytona.aspx

Isn't this probably how Creative started. 
I'd own it but it would have to be orange or purple(white trimmings)

Base package is 17k
http://hppcars.com/vehicles/DaytonaPrice.aspx

http://hppcars.com/

[nascarxx29]

[nascarxx29]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PonIGx1xjQ

[hemi-hampton]

They should of used the new Cuda(converted challenger) for the plymouth superbird. LEON.

[superbirdtom]

the blue concept car with the 71 runner strobe stripes also has the 71 runner fender and quarter wheelwel bludges  so its closer to a goyette machine .  but anything  superbird honoring is great

[SBBob]

WOW!!! I would drive one in a second.  Seems like I am hearing the same story that was said back in 1970 - these cars are to gaudy for the street.  As for the Dodge Vs. Plymouth as we all know the Superbirds used the 70 Coronet fenders and hoods to make the package work - that made them 1/2 Dodge back then and none of us are complaining about that.  If it makes Bill France turn over in his grave then it is a good thing to me.  I like being different and if I wanted to drive what everyone else does I would get a Stang or Camero - but when I drive down the street I never see another wing car unless I am going to a MOPAR show.   

[hotrod98]

That's why I was surprised that some of these guys were dissing the cars. That's exactly what happened in 69 and 70. I guess I just expect more from Mopar people. 
My superbird was a conglomeration of parts from the beginning and I love it.
I repeat...I would definitely drive one of those cars.

[moparstuart]

That's why I was surprised that some of these guys were dissing the cars. That's exactly what happened in 69 and 70. I guess I just expect more from Mopar people. 
My superbird was a conglomeration of parts from the beginning and I love it.
I repeat...I would definitely drive one of those cars.

I love superbird and daytona ,  but I hate the looks of that thing .
Maybe if it was factory designed , but I just think it looks tacky   

[SFRT]

those look GREAT! I'd drive it!

[62 Max]

Nothing like the real thing.

[moparstuart]

Nothing like the real thing.

[hotrod98]

Too bad the general public doesn't always agree with us. I've even had a couple of people ask me why I ricered up a perfectly good roadrunner. Most of the people at the car shows and cruises nowadays are too young to remember the winged cars. Even most of the older folks have never seen a wing car and never realized that the factory built them. I have to explain the car to just about everyone.

Kids today can go down to a dealership and buy a new car that can whoop our butts at the dragstrip and the road course with the a/c and cruise control on so they could care less about these old relics.
We're slowly becoming fossils.

The most asked question about my bird is "what is it". 

[41husk]

I here you Larry, I even have to explain the Daytona to older car guys at shows and cruizes.  I also have peole ask after I tell them I have a Super Bee replica, "thats the one with the big wing and pointy nose?"  I am afraid I was becoming a relic long before that.

[moparstuart]

I here you Larry, I even have to explain the Daytona to older car guys at shows and cruizes.  I also have peole ask after I tell them I have a Super Bee replica, "thats the one with the big wing and pointy nose?"  I am afraid I was becoming a relic long before that.

those are the people I tell that my car is a one of one factory convertible with a prototype 440 hemi six pac .  

[hotrod98]

 

Stu,
I forgot to mention that a local guy is building a convertible bird that will be the identical twin to yours. He even has the original air grabber hood. He's had this real big block runner convert for as long as I can remember. I was shocked when he told me that he was building a bird clone out of it.
He's supposed to be coming over to check out all of the parts that I have left lying around that he can use. I still have the Don Currie nose, fender extensions, f/g latch tray, steel z-braces  and a few other odds and ends that he could use.
Now all he needs is a Janak wing. Anyone have one?

[moparstuart]

Stu,
I forgot to mention that a local guy is building a convertible bird that will be the identical twin to yours. He even has the original air grabber hood. He's had this real big block runner convert for as long as I can remember. I was shocked when he told me that he was building a bird clone out of it.
He's supposed to be coming over to check out all of the parts that I have left lying around that he can use. I still have the Don Currie nose, fender extensions, f/g latch tray, steel z-braces  and a few other odds and ends that he could use.
Now all he needs is a Janak wing. Anyone have one?

dont sell him any of my daytona clone parts laying around there    

[hotrod98]

I wondered what all those extra parts were for.