Hemi Bird Colour Count

[LRTExpress]

Guys does anyone out there have a accurate colour count of remaining Hemi Birds, heard there is aprox. 83 H
Birds out there, appears orange( V2 ) would be highest number with maybe Lime Light on the other end?

[moparstuart]

    I know where this vit c  4 speed car is

[nascarxx29]

There was a B5 one here in NJ all original 4 speed car.Only issue was fender said Hemi orange .Guy changd it back in the day.Not sure if he stil has havent seen it in a while.Another hemi superbird from NJ rumored to be FK5 RM23ROA174616  Eric Price.I found his friend.But never found him or the car.RM23ROA162306 fell off the radar

[gtx6970]

There is a limelight with black interior  4 speed car down the road from me

[maxwellwedge]

Smashed Lemon-Twist car near me

[CornDogsCharger]

Smashed Lemon-Twist car near me

This I gotta see!!

Justin
"CornDog"

[maxwellwedge]

Me Too - Guy wouldnt sell it last time I aked - maybe 10 years ago. Not even sure he still has it. Time to find him again....

[Wingnut426]

From what I undersrtand, white was a very common Hemi Bird colour. I have one in my basement. :-)

[LRTExpress]

Sounds like you guys have a few cool cars in the neighbourhood or see a few over your time, for me the B5 Hemi
bird would be high on the wish list so I was trying to get a feel for how many actually exist.  Seems like you see a few Orange H Birds, few White H Birds, but limited other colours.

[69hemidaytona]

Bill Wieman sold a B5 Hemi Bird at Barrett- Jackson a few years ago along with a Hemi Daytona. Bird was a 4 speed with a white interior. It may have been a survivor car. A yellow one was on ebay just a month ago or so. I think it was in Texas. Needed resto. Anotol Vasiliev had a white 4 speed about 10 years ago for sale. I went and looked at it. Said he bought it from a farmer who had it sitting in the barnyard and the cows would bump up against it. I wonder if they were Holsteins. They would blend in with the car's colors.

[LRTExpress]

To try  and put some numbers to the H Birds still out there base on colours I pull some numbers of Brennan Cooks site, which he says is based on a educated guess, when he was working up his numbers he included 999 (Petty Blue), if a person had a Petty Blue Hemi Bird would be a rare one but understand they were never build so I took them of the list, so numbers came up with are as follows:

                               A            4spd       Interiors ??

Lemon Twist FY1        11           12       
White          EW1        8             9
Tor-Red        V2         8             7
Vitamin C     K2          8             7
Blue Fire      B5          7             6
Lime Light   FJ5          5             4

   Total                     47            45

Overall number is little high as think approx 83 are still around. If any one knows how to sneak into Galen data banks we could get little more accurate

[nascarxx29]

Anatol bought that white Hemi Superbird in 1975 in rural Florence NJ.The owner still around also has a 68 RT coronet to this day .The Superbird came from Capital motors in Trenton NJ

[BOSSHEMI]

There was a B5 one here in NJ all original 4 speed car.Only issue was fender said Hemi orange .Guy changd it back in the day.Not sure if he stil has havent seen it in a while.Another hemi superbird from NJ rumored to be FK5 RM23ROA174616  Eric Price.I found his friend.But never found him or the car.RM23ROA162306 fell off the radar

Where in NJ, I grew up in the Closter area.

[BOSSHEMI]

Also, I have seen a Blue Superbird driven around ever once in awhile in the New Milford area of New Jersey

[nascarxx29]

The New Milford one might have been the B5 440 bench 4 speed car.That was Vinnie Platino then Lou Magnificos.And recently aquired by a board member .This car

http://www.fastlanecars.com/classic-cars/car-for-sale.aspx?ct=1970-Plymouth-Road-Runner-Superbird-2-Door-Hardtop&c=d0526397-702b-4c79-b3c2-fa833c719468.The Closter NJ superbird came down to a house on Route 33 on the way to Raceway park it sat in a garage.And a friend traded a 6 pack runner and some cash for it

[nascarxx29]

BS27ROB board members hemi superbird former race car
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,67778.0.html

[hemi68charger]

Not sure where it is now, but during one of my military TDY's to Kelly AFB in San Antonio back in '88, while I was cruising around the older part of town outside the base, I stumbled across an original B5 Hemi Superbird with black interior. I want to say it was a console auto car...

Oh, it had a black vinyl roof..........   

[nascarxx29]

There was Hemi Superbird from RI in S NJ back in the day.It was painted black .Think it was a original white car.Another Hemi Superbird came to Houston TX was 158581 I think I got it wrote down .This hemi superbird was severly rear ended back in the day .And was fixed by using a rear half clip from a  69 70 GTX.http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae240/Wingcars69/101_3795.jpg[/img]

[BOSSHEMI]

The New Milford one might have been the B5 440 bench 4 speed car.That was Vinnie Platino then Lou Magnificos.And recently aquired by a board member .This car

http://www.fastlanecars.com/classic-cars/car-for-sale.aspx?ct=1970-Plymouth-Road-Runner-Superbird-2-Door-Hardtop&c=d0526397-702b-4c79-b3c2-fa833c719468.The Closter NJ superbird came down to a house on Route 33 on the way to Raceway park it sat in a garage.And a friend traded a 6 pack runner and some cash for it

Did the guy also own a A12 car in New Milford? Think it red or orange

[nascarxx29]

Not sure I didnt follow the lift off hood cars that much in North Jersey .Friends of mine in my part of NJ had several of them.If you know any I got this cool document I shared on A12 Bees  http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/images/dealerships/3-31-1969%20letter%20rom%20bob%20mccurry.jpg

[moparstuart]

From what I undersrtand, white was a very common Hemi Bird colour. I have one in my basement. :-)

pete if they are so common and you just have an extra laying about i will gladly take it   

[A383Wing]

From what I undersrtand, white was a very common Hemi Bird colour. I have one in my basement. :-)

pete if they are so common and you just have an extra laying about i will gladly take it   

like you need another project that won't get finished

[LRTExpress]

Moparstuart just noticed your home base is Overland Ks , maybe you can help me out with a little local history, back in my high school days Mopar muscle cars were restricted to a truck, the good old 1978 Little Red Express, I could not afford one new off the lot so I bought a write off (fire damage) and polished it back to new and had my fun with it. Had to sell it and do the  responsible thing for a little while, so just couple years ago went on a hunt to find another, and turns out one I bought was from Frank,  owner of the local Dodge Dealership. Its a great truck that is all original with 19,000mi and put a smile on my face and short trip back in time each time I take it for a run. If you know anything about it would appreciate the info.

[hemi68charger]

... Its a great truck that is all original with 19,000mi and put a smile on my face ...

19K original Lil' Red ??!!!   I love them... I've owned two in the past with the 1st one like you, had to sell to do the right thing (graduate from College)

[moparstuart]

Moparstuart just noticed your home base is Overland Ks , maybe you can help me out with a little local history, back in my high school days Mopar muscle cars were restricted to a truck, the good old 1978 Little Red Express, I could not afford one new off the lot so I bought a write off (fire damage) and polished it back to new and had my fun with it. Had to sell it and do the  responsible thing for a little while, so just couple years ago went on a hunt to find another, and turns out one I bought was from Frank,  owner of the local Dodge Dealership. Its a great truck that is all original with 19,000mi and put a smile on my face and short trip back in time each time I take it for a run. If you know anything about it would appreciate the info.

i'm confused send me some more info on what your looking for , dealership name ?  i know several people local who have little reds maybe they will know more info

[LRTExpress]

When a mention that I recently bought a Little Red locally, I met bought from Frank Thompson ( Owner of Overland Park Jeep Dodge) I never made it to his dealership as had a relative pick up truck for me, but believe he had a little collector car show room, when I bought my truck think he also had a Chevelle and Tbird. The truck had 19,000mi and also had the Oak box racks, and appears to be all original other the airconditioning that was added.  If you know anything about it would be great to here some details.

[moparstuart]

http://www.familycar.com/Classics/57Chevy/

  ok i see he is the owner of overland park jeep and has collector cars also  , 


   cool side story  ,  my buddy kyle drake ( owns several superbirds )   he works at OP jeep in the service department .

[LRTExpress]

Small Mopar world, ya he if he knows anything would be great, maybe you can steer me in the right direction on another one, Frank said he was certain the truck had original miles because of the registration ( not sure what you guys call your registration agency out there, DOT ?) so I was asking for  a copy of what he had seen, sounds like he was reluctant to provide it as being a dealership may had privacy issues, so I thought maybe I could contact the registration agency direct and request I history on the truck??

Its great to own one bird, never mind lucky enough to have several.

[moparstuart]

kyle also has a little red and they took another little red and made a mid night express  

  not kyles truck below but you get the idea 


   you can email kyle at    QUICKMOPAR@aol.com

[LRTExpress]

Another topic and I should know this one, I am assuming they actually made a Mid Night Express, and if so was it without stacks. The one I wish they built or had the original one was the 1977 proto type with the W2 heads, and the signal lights removed as fresh air intakes.

[nascarxx29]

If I can find pictures guy I knew in Houston bought new and had a dark green little red express with gold letters

[LRTExpress]

Wow did not know that, would be cool to see a picture of that!

[moparstuart]

Another topic and I should know this one, I am assuming they actually made a Mid Night Express, and if so was it without stacks. The one I wish they built or had the original one was the 1977 proto type with the W2 heads, and the signal lights removed as fresh air intakes.

midnight if i remember correctly was a california only dealer  promotion , anyone can correct me if i'm wrong and yes they should have stacks  here is a picture of dick drakes (kyles dad )  midnight  .

[held1823]

If I can find pictures guy I knew in Houston bought new and had a dark green little red express with gold letters

was that one a warlock? i believe the the first warlock models came in green, black, and red. later year warlocks came in several colors. the first warlock model would predate the 1978/79 little red express.

[LRTExpress]

Looks pretty good in black, do you think was a factory paint in black, or did a dealership do a repaint on original red one

[moparstuart]

Looks pretty good in black, do you think was a factory paint in black, or did a dealership do a repaint on original red one

im thinking i heard it was a dealer deal but i'm not sure

[nascarxx29]

Nope wasnt a Warlock .I remember the gold lettering on the door

[held1823]

Nope wasnt a Warlock .I remember the gold lettering on the door

that would have been a cool truck. i wonder what it was called, and it if was a limited edition deal, like with the midnight express graphics. hopefully you or the old owner can find some photos to share.

they also did a lil red dakota in the early 1990's. not sure whether it was from chrysler or a dealer conversion? judging by the tail lights, they used a ford stepside bed on the dakota, which didn't turn out too bad looking. i recall my great-uncle had a dakota with a stepside bed, so i should see if one of my cousins has a photo of it.