Checked out a cool 'Bird today....

[hemi68charger]

Went over to a friend's house today to check out a Superbird he's detailing and doing some maintanence on the 4-speed. It's an original 4bbl car that supposedly the dealership installed a six barrel setup... 4-speed Dana car..  

The car is really nice.. Fix some things here and there and enjoy or a perfect candidate for a full-blown restoration.

I've never really crawled under a 'Birds nose before, but is the area of the turn-signals correct? I know the lenses are basically '70 Coronets, but did 'Birds have all that space?

[hemi68charger]

Some more..

[DAY CLONA]

cone underside is about as "stock" as your going to get,...the directionals units/lenses are from the 70-1 Sport Fury/GT, just the brackets that support them are unique to the Superbird

[hemi68charger]

cone underside is about as "stock" as your going to get,...the directionals units/lenses are from the 70-1 Sport Fury/GT, just the brackets that support them are unique to the Superbird

Thanks Mike !!    I never knew there was that much open space in there.. I've only seen 'Bird looking straight at them standing or looking down at them at shows... Caulk up the "learn something new everyday" thing..

[pettybird]

I don't think I've ever seen a Superbird in a coop before

[1969chargerrtse]

Went over to a friend's house today to check out a Superbird he's detailing and doing some maintanence on the 4-speed. It's an original 4bbl car that supposedly the dealership installed a six barrel setup... 4-speed Dana car..  

The car is really nice.. Fix some things here and there and enjoy or a perfect candidate for a full-blown restoration.

I've never really crawled under a 'Birds nose before, but is the area of the turn-signals correct? I know the lenses are basically '70 Coronets, but did 'Birds have all that space?

Here's a picture from the thread I posted about finding the unrestored bird last Month.
Looks the same only her car has the original paint still there.

[billssuperbird]

 

[nascarxx29]

Cool car nice to see more superbirds back in the Houston area

[hemi68charger]

Owner called me out of the blue yesterday. We had already met a long time ago at a local cruise spot. He mentioned he was "looking" at a Superbird. Apparently, he bought it. We exchanged phone numbers then and he still had mine. His intentions are to get her up and running/mechanially fit and have fun. So, within two weeks, we have two new Superbirds here in the Houston area, this one and a Limelight six pack 4speed car. So here locally, from what I know, there are:

Superbirds:
Running
1. W1  
2. B5    
3. V2
4. J5
5. Y1
6. 999 Corporate Blue on the out-skirts of Houston
Not running
1. Think another J5
2. Y1 (I believe there's another one of these, major project)
Daytonas:
Running
1. V2
Not running
2. V2 going through restoration
3. X9 on the out-skirts of Houston

C500's:
1. F8 supposedly runs/ have never seen it but met owners on base.
2. R4 longtime project
3. B5 driving/running car........

[nascarxx29]

There was a Kens D FY1 yellow bird and B5 in Houston when I lived there .The others 1 FJ5 ended up with Don H that came from Airport blvd near old hobby airport.The Orange 6 pack my boat yard bird find got bought from Alief ended up with Randy Purifoy who also had a lime green superbird daily driver that he sold to someone in Austin.Dave Pillegi had the one that sat a Macks transmission at Cullen for years.Ted and I pulled a FJ5 one that was chained to tree near MLK blvd.here was 2 C500s cfiffs and a AC car.Rick with Black daytona 440 with a Hemi .Frank Alyson highway 6 and memorial  with a original A4 silver daytona painted black .I had A orange 440 car that I got from Andy on Butterfly near memorial.And a yellow bird from Rick with the daytona .Roy Sanchez had 2 rough superbirds.And my 6 pack 19K superbird got that got hit near I-10 coming home from Westheimer cruise night.The other daytona was at Chimmney rock apts in Houston car went to Arlington TX Tim Ecord later sold it.Houston had its share of desireable mopars and seems to still do

[FJ5WING]

Thats cool Troy!

I gotta say if I didnt have the Green car I would never think about buying one now.....seams theres nothing but Green Birds surfacing.  Thats what chased me out of the Mustang camp, I prefer not to blend...used to be super cool running around in an obnoxious Green car but now its getting pretty common.  I went to a friends one day and he had some buddies over and one guy said, "Thats so obnoxious its sexy!" those words really stuck with me.

[DAY CLONA]

There was a Kens D FY1 yellow bird and B5 in Houston when I lived there .The others 1 FJ5 ended up with Don H that came from Airport blvd near old hobby airport.The Orange 6 pack my boat yard bird find got bought from Alief ended up with Randy Purifoy who also had a lime green superbird daily driver that he sold to someone in Austin.Dave Pillegi had the one that sat a Macks transmission at Cullen for years.Ted and I pulled a FJ5 one that was chained to tree near MLK blvd.here was 2 C500s cfiffs and a AC car.Rick with Black daytona 440 with a Hemi .Frank Alyson highway 6 and memorial  with a original A4 silver daytona painted black .I had A orange 440 car that I got from Andy on Butterfly near memorial.And a yellow bird from Rick with the daytona .Roy Sanchez had 2 rough superbirds.And my 6 pack 19K superbird got that got hit near I-10 coming home from Westheimer cruise night.The other daytona was at Chimmney rock apts in Houston car went to Arlington TX Tim Ecord later sold it.Houston had its share of desireable mopars and seems to still do

[nascarxx29]

Thanks Troy for the present aero car population totals in Houston TX surrounding area .I remember so many of them. I still got pictures vins saved.Did you ever hear of the Hemi Superbird from Galveston.Rusted and parted only remains as a envelope car.I keep watching out for that vin and car to resurface.And a Hemi Superbird we brought up from NJ to Houston TX outhere somewhere

[nascarxx29]

This daytona was a former Houston car Ted had had it since 1973
XX29L9B410793 .I lived near it rode in the car and wanted right up tilll he sold it $35K Last I heard of it it went to the Bauers in WI.The car was very nice and original had a warranty replacement motor and had lower sill mouldings

http://wwnboa.com/bauermopars.htm





  .And when the lastime you seen a superbird with side pipes also this car was chained to the tree .Unrelated the 70 White Hemi Cuda Conv in MCG was a known NJ car. By the fact it was chained to a tree aswell

[maxwellwedge]

Thats cool Troy!

I gotta say if I didnt have the Green car I would never think about buying one now.....seams theres nothing but Green Birds surfacing.  Thats what chased me out of the Mustang camp, I prefer not to blend...used to be super cool running around in an obnoxious Green car but now its getting pretty common.  I went to a friends one day and he had some buddies over and one guy said, "Thats so obnoxious its sexy!" those words really stuck with me.

Limelite looks great on a Bird....It just works. 

[nascarxx29]

Limelite looks great on a Bird....It just works.

This retro bird was a original limelite car painted black with flames.Also a original owner 6 pack GTX near me was painted black.Limelite back in the day was changed. But nowadays its a different story
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,14466.0.html

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