wing cars, how many are left + known to exist?

[TONY]

i was wondering if there are any counts of daytonas and superbirds that are known to exist

and

how many are known to have been destroyed and their vins do not live on

im sorry if this has been asked before, but i havent seen the numbers

thank you
tony

[FJ5WING]

checking in with a FJ5 V code bird.

[TONY]

i didnt mean an input from all wing cars owners,

i was interested in if there is a comprehensive list that has been compiled

[moparstuart]

i was wondering if there are any counts of daytonas and superbirds that are known to exist

and

how many are known to have been destroyed and their vins do not live on

im sorry if this has been asked before, but i havent seen the numbers

thank you
tony

good luck
   with that question

[Arnie Cunningham]

I have data ranging in verification accuracy from personal inspection to hearsay on over 800 Superbirds.  I personally believe that 1500 of the Superbird VINs still exist somewhere.  These would range from "tags in a bag" to un-restored, assembly line original, low mileage cars and every conceivable condition between these extremes.  I have personally not tracked the "condition" of cars as that is a quagmire I do not wish to get involved in.  Instead I have sought only data on configuration.

Every year we see a couple of stories from long term owners who have kept their cars hidden.  I believe we will see an increase in these stories as people age and they, or their heirs, decide it's time to let the car go.

[nascarxx29]

I compile numbers from actual cars I know about from years car shows and cruises nights And cars Ive owned and personally know about off the record books.The club cars on the older records are either missing in action or other circumstances to postively establish they are currently existing other than the recorded vin  

[68X426]

Doesn't the Winged Warriors group maintain a database?

[Aero426]

Daytona Superbird Auto Club maintains a database.  I ran a breakdown of the known Superbirds in the newsletter fairly recently.  

1271 Superbirds
389 Daytonas

I would suggest that with few exceptions, almost all of these cars are still around in one form or another.    If the car made it to the formation of the clubs in the mid to late 70's,  it is probably still here unless fire or other catastrophe took it out.  And even those cars in modern times (1990 and later) aren't being junked.  

More cars are out there waiting to be discovered.   

[TONY]

Doug, thats great info

thank you for posting!

tony

[Richard Cranium]

Considering the amount of cars built, that's a pretty darned good survivor ratio; especially Daytonas.

[Aero426]

Considering the amount of cars built, that's a pretty darned good survivor ratio; especially Daytonas.

Yes it is.  It is quite a bit higher percentage wise compared to the known Talladega and Spoiler II cars.   I would attribute this to the weird factor of the wing cars.    If 60 percent of all 1969 and 1970 muscle cars still existed, there would be a whole lot more from which to choose.   That is a huge survival rate in my opinion.   

[moparstuart]

i know of one green superbird that was sacrificed somewhere around 1979-80 ish so that this car could be

  also another yellow car so i could get my second wing , Dave  B. may know more info on where that car went .

[69_500]

I know they are like the red headed step children of the AERO cars but I can attest for 262 of the Charger 500's. Not quite a big of a number as the one's Doug has on the Daytona's and Birds.

[FJ5WING]

I know they are like the red headed step children of the AERO cars but I can attest for 262 of the Charger 500's. Not quite a big of a number as the one's Doug has on the Daytona's and Birds.

how many of them still exist but in Daytona form? 

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