Superbird Pace Car/Race Car in Video

[CornDogsCharger]

I saw this video on YouTube and thought some of you might like to see it too.  The Superbird appears to be gold with a black vinyl top and a #50 on the doors.  I figured someone might know a little bit about the car.  Wonder what ever happened to it.  You can barely see the wing at 0:14 but you can see the car better at 1:25. 

http://youtu.be/fcCZO2BE_hs

Justin
"CornDog"

[tan top]

good find !! found that too sometime ago also   ,  posted it in a thread & sure one of the Aero guys 
knew the car & or  posted pictures of it , i forget now   
just looked for the thread but could not find it 

[CornDogsCharger]

Oh okay... I didn't know if someone had already posted it. 

Justin
"CornDog"

[moparstuart]

hear is the very first birdlible as a pace car    

[RealWing]

I'm the "Aero Guy" who owns the bird!!!  That was a video when it was a pace car in 1972 at Sunset Speedway - near Barrie Ontario. It was painted in Labatt's gold - as the beer company was the sponsor that year. In 1971, it was still in it's original limelight green and painted as the pace car. Im just about finished restoring it and have had custom decals made to duplicate how it looked in 1971. Will be on the road in 2012. I've attached an original photo from 1971 at the track.

[nascarxx29]

  I remember seeing that car picture before
http://public.fotki.com/RodM/canadian_short_trac/sunset_speedway/sunset-miscellaneou/sunsetspeedway1970p.html#media

[moparstuart]

I'm the "Aero Guy" who owns the bird!!!  That was a video when it was a pace car in 1972 at Sunset Speedway - near Barrie Ontario. It was painted in Labatt's gold - as the beer company was the sponsor that year. In 1971, it was still in it's original limelight green and painted as the pace car. Im just about finished restoring it and have had custom decals made to duplicate how it looked in 1971. Will be on the road in 2012. I've attached an original photo from 1971 at the track.

welcome and very cool car and story , i commend you for putting the decals back on and preserving the cool history .   

[nascarxx29]

Was that green car we seen on the board before Ben was looking for history on Montreal Wing Car

[RealWing]

  welcome and very cool car and story , i commend you for putting the decals back on and preserving the cool history .[/quote]

I debated a long time about whether to put it back as factory original (everything else is restored back to as it came off the assembly line - well except for a few safety and engine upgrades!!!) - but in the end thought that it had a unique history as a pace car.

So how many people spotted the mistake on the lettering??!!!

[moparstuart]

yeah but you just reproduced the original mistake      the GTX decal is way to big also   

[nascarxx29]

Is the second car pictured in B&W same car
http://mapleleafmopars.homestead.com/carsinbarns37.html

[tan top]

      hello & welcome RW 

superbird looks awesome 

[nascarxx29]

Appears to be a column shift car pretty cool
http://6pkshaker.homestead.com/6pkSuperbirdRegistry.html

[RealWing]

Is the second car pictured in B&W same car
http://mapleleafmopars.homestead.com/carsinbarns37.html

That is it

[learical1]

 So how many people spotted the mistake on the lettering??!!!

Mistake???   I just thought it was another example of "Funny Canadian Spelling".

[moparstuart]

 So how many people spotted the mistake on the lettering??!!!

Mistake???   I just thought it was another example of "Funny Canadian Spelling".

[RealWing]

Mistake???   I just thought it was another example of "Funny Canadian Spelling".
[/quote]
Funny Canadian spelling eh!!!

[CornDogsCharger]

Is that "Offical" way to spell it?  Haha. On the old picture of the car (when it was green), what happened to the side of the nose?  Looks like the pace car got a little tire rub. Thanks for posting the pictures!  Great job on the restoration and I give you props for putting the lettering back on.

Justin
"CornDog"

[redrider]

got to ask you gonna put the dent back in the nose cone

[tan top]

Looks like the pace car got a little tire rub. Thanks for posting the pictures!  

Justin
"CornDog"

  yeah i noticed that !! got the A12 69 & a half car !  spacers   ,

have read that they have been found on random  B & E bodies  too from the factory also , or what looks to of been factory fitted  

[RealWing]

Is that "Offical" way to spell it?  Haha. On the old picture of the car (when it was green), what happened to the side of the nose?  Looks like the pace car got a little tire rub. Thanks for posting the pictures!  Great job on the restoration and I give you props for putting the lettering back on.

Justin
"CornDog"

I was told the dent in the nose happened when the pace car came down off the track and into the infield a little too fast and plowed into some dirt. One option instead of bashing in my new nose to reproduce the dent, maybe I should get a decal made to simulate the dent on the nose??!!