Winged Warrior Trivia

[nascarxx29]

Has anybody else seen these examples of these mentioned legends   .And how many have stood the test of time .And how many are documented      
http://wwnboa.org/trivia.htm
   
Several of the first Daytonas off the assembly line at Creative Industries had holes drilled through the sides of the front fenders due to workers misinterpreting fender
scoop installation instructions.



Almost all of the Daytonas and SuperBirds were wrecked on the new car prep line because the cars were too long for the conveyor line. At the end of the line, the conveyor would disconnect and that car would stop while the following car rear-ended it! Chrysler replaced most of the nosecones with new pieces, and some lead work was allowed.


Chrysler had originally planned to install fiberglass nosecones on the first racing Daytonas and then found out that fiberglass began disintegrating at speeds above 120 mph. A polyurethane nosecone was designed for installation on the street Daytonas, but the government wouldn't allow it. Thus, sheet metal nosecones were ultimately used.

Legend has it that a SuperBird was buried on the Berkeley University Campus on "Earth Day" in 1970 in protest of air pollution.

Cal Gas, an LP gas distributor in Memphis, TN gave their salesmen four propane gas powered SuperBirds to use in their travels across the country as a promotion gimmick. The cars each had two 45 gallon tanks mounted in the trunks and "Cal Gas Propane Powered" decals for advertising. The cars were expected to tick off 400,000 - 500,000 miles before retirement.


Dodge dealerships had access to a spray-on simulated vinyl roof that could be applied to the Charger 500, which was not available with a factory- installed vinyl roof. The spray was available in black, white, beige, blue and green.

Chrysler had to buy back every SuperBird sold in the state of Maryland (due to a front bumper requirement) and they were shipped and resold in Florida.

[41husk]

Very interesting! you come up with some of the coolist stuff

[hemigeno]

Hasn't some of that stuff been debunked as wing car mythology?

[nascarxx29]

Always looking for the odd and the cool stuff

[1RareBird]

Don White, well-known Daytona race car driver from Iowa, never raced a real Daytona. The Daytona race car was fabricated in the shop from his Charger 500!

That quote is not actually correct.

[hemi68charger]

Don White, well-known Daytona race car driver from Iowa, never raced a real Daytona. The Daytona race car was fabricated in the shop from his Charger 500!

That quote is not actually correct.

Wouldn't have that been the norm? reskin an existing chassis with the later stuff? In this case, a front clip and wing.........

[Aero426]

Hasn't some of that stuff been debunked as wing car mythology?

There are a number of things I don't agree with.   I know that some of those statements are from the earliest days of the WW newsletter in the mid 1970's.   Some of these would seem to be anecdotal stories that have not really proved out over time.   Surely, there would be a newspaper report of a Superbird being buried on campus in  Berkeley! 

[Aero426]

Don White, well-known Daytona race car driver from Iowa, never raced a real Daytona. The Daytona race car was fabricated in the shop from his Charger 500!

That quote is not actually correct.

Wouldn't have that been the norm? reskin an existing chassis with the later stuff? In this case, a front clip and wing.........

It depends on which Don White Daytona you are talking about.   The 1970 Nichels car (car #3) and the car he raced on his own in 1971 (car #5) are two different cars with different origins.   But yes Troy, your general line of thinking is correct.   

[Aero426]

Dodge dealerships had access to a spray-on simulated vinyl roof that could be applied to the Charger 500, which was not available with a factory- installed vinyl roof. The spray was available in black, white, beige, blue and green.

So did any other car dealer regardless of make or model.

[Aero426]

Almost all of the Daytonas and SuperBirds were wrecked on the new car prep line because the cars were too long for the conveyor line. At the end of the line, the conveyor would disconnect and that car would stop while the following car rear-ended it! Chrysler replaced most of the nosecones with new pieces, and some lead work was allowed.

Did you ever hear of this happening to long wheelbase cars, like say, Imperials?   

[tan top]

intresting stuff , thanks for posting

[pettybird]

it's like a train wreck of false statements.  Is ANYTHING there even remotely correct? 


Oh, the humanity...

[nascarxx29]

 Going thru the newpaper archives.Hoping to run across something about superbird and earth day.Nothing Yet .Also trying to run down a hemi superbid that claims to been the getaway car in a casino heist
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,33695.0.html