The Superbird moved under its own power today, first time in over a year!

[70Sbird]

Was a good day today!
Fired the new engine (2nd time) yesterday and actually took the beakless bird around the block and gave it a bath this afternoon.
My battery turned out to be toast so I had to borrow one out of the pickup, but all went well. Now just to hang the nose back on and buy a battery, I may actually be able to burn a tank of fuel in it before it snows!
And before anyone gives me crap about the air cleaner, yes I know it's a LRE one and doesnt belong there. I have an Edelbrock performer intake on there now and my stock breather is awfully close to the hood, but I had this one laying around and the "snorkels" don't stick forward as much and clear the hood a little more. I'll need to see what my best aair cleaner option is long term.
It Felt Good!

[hemi68charger]

Excellent !!!!!  Good for you......  Now, let's work on the air cleaner........    OK OK.. I'll give ya a break Scott............   

[1970Moparmann]

Car looks awesome.   Great job!  Oh yeh, except for the air cleaner - WTF!

[pettybird]

I'm amused you have a LRE air cleaner laying around 


it's ALWAYS a great feeling to be back behind the wheel of your 'bird, isn't it???

[tan top]

   good stuff 

[FJ5WING]

must have felt great to drive that puppy!!!!

if youre looking for a 70 single carb breather let me know.

[moparstuart]

 great news scott ,  crossing my fingers and wishing you much better luck brother .

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Here Here, awesome to hear it is moving under its own power again!

[Aero426]

Here Here, awesome to hear it is moving under its own power again!

No kidding.    Good deal that it's running again.

[BigBlockSam]

 

[70Sbird]

spent a little time last night detailing the bottom of the "beak", fixing a few rock chips and installing the new seals. I'm hoping to have it all back together by this weekend

[moparstuart]

 

[Dave Kanofsky]

Fantastic!  I wish you many miles of trouble free motoring!

[XS29J8]

Glad you got her back together & running right Scott! Hope to see you in INDY next Summer!



Steve

[Arnie Cunningham]

Good Job!
Congratulations.

[WINGIN IT]

That nose looks gorgeous  God I love blue winged cars.

Didn't realize it has been a year since the car was under it's own power, man time flies...

[wingcarenvy]

Looks awesome. Congrats.

[RECHRGD]

Looks great!  You were soooo close to making Indy when disaster hit.  It must feel great to drive it after all this time.    Bob

[hemi68charger]

spent a little time last night detailing the bottom of the "beak", fixing a few rock chips and installing the new seals. I'm hoping to have it all back together by this weekend

Holy Blue-nose Batman, that thing looks awesome !!!! 

[70Sbird]

Thanks for all the compliments and encouragement!
I hung the nose last night (those nose seals are a royal PIA!) so I'm almost there, I  still have some finishing to do with the nose hardware and change the oil, but she's getting close (unfortunately so is Winter!)

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

You just need to come cruise up North for a day or two.  Or we can drive it around the countryside looking for barn cars... that's a good way to break an engine in.....

Congrats on getting it all put back together though!

[WINGR]

Allright, way to go Scott. 

I'm sure I am not the first to notice but I think you need to work on a little on the aerodynamics next.   

Glad to see you're getting back into shape, hope you have a great cruising season next year.

WINGR/Steve