Anyone know this Houston Bird?

[Aero426]

U0A165428   James (Randy) Peurifoy, Houston.   Photo from 1981.  Anyone know where he is now?

Car is in Illinois now and has been since about 1985.  Current owner is looking for history.   

[nascarxx29]

I got pictures of that car .,I think he sold it to some one in Austin back when I was looking .That car used to be seen alot on Westheimer in Houston near highway 6.Will have to see if I have any #for emails for him

[nascarxx29]

Made a call found him waiting to hear back .My girl did her family search ancestory thing and found him for me in a short minute
Pm me the info .Or will ask Randy If I can give out his number

[Aero426]

Dave,  Mark Sekula of Blue Star Performance owns the car.    His email is bluestarsales at bluestarperformance.com    I am sure he would enjoy hearing from Randy.    Thanks for tracking him down.   I'll post a photo of it as soon as I can resize it out of the camera.   They did a nice job on it.

[nascarxx29]

I didnt hear back from him tonight.I for one would be estatic to get a call .A car I owned was still alive .Im gonna pm you Randys info

[hemi68charger]

I'll ask around.......

[nascarxx29]

I did find him and spoke with someone at the house this Sunday.But I did relay the message his old car was alive and current owner wanting to chat. He was at the garage shop.Doug you got a PM with address and phone number to forward to current owner

[Aero426]

Here's the car as of last Sunday at the Muscle Car & Corvette Nationals in Chicago.    Thank you Dave, I have passed the info along.

[held1823]

the car looks absolutely stunning.

[nascarxx29]

I found negatives from the 80-s with this FJ5 Superbird.Just have to get prints

[nascarxx29]

Another superbird Randy Had is this as seen on carinbarns.com boat yard 6 pack superbird I found back in the Houston 80-s day.It was sitting at Alief marine and storage.When I inquired about it .Then I gave Ted Janak the lead .Then Randy had it.And where it went from there???

[hemigeno]

Hemi, single 4bbl - and A/C ??

[moparstuart]

Hemi, single 4bbl - and A/C ??

1 of only 2  prototype models  very rare   

[Davtona]

Hemi, single 4bbl - and A/C ??

1 of only 2  prototype models  very rare   

1 of only 2?? Please expain.

[moparstuart]

 yeah its a 383 hemi with a/c and single 4 barrel very rare only two built ,  sorry i couldnt resist . Hear it all the time at car shows .

[Davtona]

yeah its a 383 hemi with a/c and single 4 barrel very rare only two built ,  sorry i couldnt resist . Hear it all the time at car shows .

I really seriously thought I might learn something here. Got me I fell for it. 

[moparstuart]

 

yeah its a 383 hemi with a/c and single 4 barrel very rare only two built ,  sorry i couldnt resist . Hear it all the time at car shows .

I really seriously thought I might learn something here. Got me I fell for it. 

  sorry 

[maxwellwedge]

yeah its a 383 hemi with a/c and single 4 barrel very rare only two built ,  sorry i couldnt resist . Hear it all the time at car shows .

I really seriously thought I might learn something here. Got me I fell for it. 

I have learned a lot here.

I've learned           

And this          

[Davtona]

 

yeah its a 383 hemi with a/c and single 4 barrel very rare only two built ,  sorry i couldnt resist . Hear it all the time at car shows .

I really seriously thought I might learn something here. Got me I fell for it. 

I have learned a lot here.

I've learned           

And this          

I think you have it backwards. Doing this  makes you do this   

[held1823]

now im curious just how many of the 16,487 posts contain just the emoticons.

we could start an office pool. closest guess wins a months supply of popcorn.

[nascarxx29]

It started off as a 6 pack car .I have its as found pictures .After it got sold I dont know if a clone was built from that actual car/parts .Or the superbird got AC added on .You need AC in Houston TX

[CornDogsCharger]

Something still isn't right about this picture.... So we know that NO Hemi or 6-pack cars came with factory A/C (Superbirds, Chargers, Road Runners, etc).  And I've always read that NO Superbirds came with factory A/C.... but I swear I  see a factory A/C firewall.  Are my eyes playing tricks on me or do I see the blower motor coming through the firewall?  I also see evaporator lines coming through the firewall.  Is this even a real Superbird or an early clone?

The only other thing I could think of is may this real Superbird got in a bad accident in the front and someone front-halfed the car with a factory A/C shell.

Justin
"CornDog"

[moparstuart]

Something still isn't right about this picture.... So we know that NO Hemi or 6-pack cars came with factory A/C (Superbirds, Chargers, Road Runners, etc).  And I've always read that NO Superbirds came with factory A/C.... but I swear I  see a factory A/C firewall.  Are my eyes playing tricks on me or do I see the blower motor coming through the firewall?  I also see evaporator lines coming through the firewall.  Is this even a real Superbird or an early clone?

The only other thing I could think of is may this real Superbird got in a bad accident in the front and someone front-halfed the car with a factory A/C shell.

Justin
"CornDog"

  16,488 

[nascarxx29]

Top picture is the same car on carsinbarns.com.I got interior and underhood pictures with the six pack.To dig up.Showing orange paint and correct firewall .Someone built a clone It appears from this actual superbird
http://www.carsinbarns.com/Superbirds%20&%20Daytonas/pg21.html

[nascarxx29]

[markfj5bird]

Hello everyone!!! I am the current owner of this FJ5 bird that this post is about. I wanted to come on here and thank everyone for helping me to find Randy. We talked last night for about 45 minutes about the car. I have owned it for more than 21 years and recently finished it's restoration. It is hard to believe after all of that time I just now found out so much more about it!!
Anyway, thanks again for helping me find him and his contact info.
If anyone may remember the car from the Carrolton,TX area in the early 70's please let me know about that also. That is where Randy said it was from originally. He is going to try and find out more for me on it's history before he bought it. He also said that the original owner used it as a road car as he was a traveling salesman so it may have been seen though out Texas in it's first few years on the planet.
Mark

[nascarxx29]

Im glad to hear you got in touch with Randy glad to have lended a hand in getting your cars past owner history.Im still looking for pictures of when I first seen it in the Houston TX area
You might want to get your cars story in a wingcar newsletter to see if its remebered through out the TX area .And find a Carroltown TX resident mopar online club.I was just reading this superbird poster thread and guy is from that part of TX
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=593123

If you wanted to track down the original superbird selling dealer 
http://maxwedge.com/dealerships/tx.php.
You have to find one near the town And check online TX newspaper archives.

[nascarxx29]

I see this car on ebay currently
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Plymouth-Road-Runner-Superbird-1970-Superbird-National-Show-Winner-Completely-Restored-The-Best-of-/251081357558?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item3a759d78f6

[cdr]

i remember both birds,the one in Alief i had talked to the owner & he said i'll take 2500.00 for it,i laughed my a$$ off that thing was sittin in a big mud hole & rusted real bad,not much left of it,lol would pay that now for a wing car that bad,times have sure changed

[nascarxx29]

The guys name I think was Allen in Alief marine storage .To rough for me to drove and haul to NJ.Another rough bird was a Macks Transmission at Cullen Blvd.Ended in Bellaire TX I think