Photo: New Superbird on the lot back in the day...

[hemi68charger]

Pete V. passed this very cool photo of a Superbird sitting on the lot at it's selling dealership back in the day... Wow, you UpNorth-guys have to put up with all that snow? Looks like Westport Chrysler/Plymouth...  Nice picture and white buckets !!!

Enjoy and thanks Pete...
T  aka AB....

[41husk]

I bet that thing had about a $3,000 price tag on it back then

[WINGIN IT]

So do we know year the pic was taken?
Looks like the vacuum is shot on the headlights so I'm guessing this was taken right after the warranty expired 

[nvrbdn]

So do we know year the pic was taken?
Looks like the vacuum is shot on the headlights so I'm guessing this was taken right after the warranty expired 

what year would that dart or duster be next to it. has head rests.

[tan top]

 

[nvrbdn]

wern't warranty's done by months and not years back then. seems to me 12 mos.  or 12000 miles.

[Aero426]

Going from memory, I think it was determined that particular photo was taken at a dealership in Canada. 

[wingcar builder]

Yep, friend of mine whom has past away recently bought his orange 6-pack 4sp. Bird in Pittsburgh I believe it was at Penn Hills Plymouth Dodge in 71' and paid $3850 for it! Now you might buy a used wing for that.

[WINGIN IT]

wern't warranty's done by months and not years back then. seems to me 12 mos.  or 12000 miles.

Exactly...   

[hemi68charger]

Going from memory, I think it was determined that particular photo was taken at a dealership in Canada. 

I see an "ESSO" sign behind the dealership sign... Isn't that a gas station and if so, is it regional?

[Aero426]

Here is where it was covered before.    It's Winnipeg Manitoba.

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,42351.0.html

[maxwellwedge]

Oh you youngin's

Esso is what Exxon used to be called.

We stayed with the Esso handle up here

[Aero426]

Oh you youngin's

Esso is what Exxon used to be called.

We stayed with the Esso handle up here

Yes, the Esso is a give away that it ain't in the US of A, at least at that time.   The USA stations I remember were called Enco.    Put a tiger in your tank, and all that.    Jim, I assume they had the same Tiger stuff in Canada?

[Ghoste]

Esso, formerly known as Standard Oil, but if you remember when they were called that, you're really old.

[maxwellwedge]

Oh you youngin's

Esso is what Exxon used to be called.

We stayed with the Esso handle up here

Yes, the Esso is a give away that it ain't in the US of A, at least at that time.   The USA stations I remember were called Enco.    Put a tiger in your tank, and all that.    Jim, I assume they had the same Tiger stuff in Canada?

Yes we did! I wish I still had one.

[maxwellwedge]

Esso, formerly known as Standard Oil, but if you remember when they were called that, you're really old.

Luckily - Always Esso for me...

Remember
Supertest
BP
Gulf?

[Ghoste]

All too much I'm afraid.  There is a repair garage not too far from my neighborhood that was a former Supertest station and the letters are still clearly visible on the wall.

[maxwellwedge]

Gulf had the No-Knox gas  with horseshoes you put on your car -  didn't they?

Different grades were that and Good Gulf if I recall....

[hemi68charger]

Esso, formerly known as Standard Oil, but if you remember when they were called that, you're really old.

Luckily - Always Esso for me...

Remember
Supertest
BP
Gulf?

Well, the Gulf can't forget BP......  


OK, seriously, I remember Gulf and now BP, but those other Jurassic stations, nope,,, not that old....  

[Hemi Runner]

Yep, friend of mine whom has past away recently bought his orange 6-pack 4sp. Bird in Pittsburgh I believe it was at Penn Hills Plymouth Dodge in 71' and paid $3850 for it! Now you might buy a used wing for that.

There was a used wing on ebay yesterday for $2500

[moparstuart]

Esso, formerly known as Standard Oil, but if you remember when they were called that, you're really old.

Luckily - Always Esso for me...

Remember
Supertest
BP
Gulf?

Well, the Gulf can't forget BP......  


OK, seriously, I remember Gulf and now BP, but those other Jurassic stations, nope,,, not that old....  

no jurassic would be sinclair               or dinoco

[nvrbdn]

standard, amaco, sinclair, with sinclair you would get an inflatable green dinosaur as a kid. i didnt pay much attention to the name on the sign. just the price and the gas wars. they would start at .45 cents and then some one would go 42 cents then the next would go 40 cents. the war was on and would end up in the 30's before it was over.

[learical1]

Oh you youngin's

Esso is what Exxon used to be called.

We stayed with the Esso handle up here

Yes, the Esso is a give away that it ain't in the US of A, at least at that time.   The USA stations I remember were called Enco.    Put a tiger in your tank, and all that.    Jim, I assume they had the same Tiger stuff in Canada?

Also formerly known as ENCO and Humble.

[hemi68charger]

... and Humble.

As in Humble, Texas... Right up the road a spell.

[DAY CLONA]

That SB shot has "floated" around before,...as well as this Tona from Brockton Dodge in Mass,...supposedly delivered 3/22/69 IIRC.........car 492 on the shipping list

[nascarxx29]

Another Superbird at dealer



Another Superbird at dealer this one damaged by hurricane Celia Corpus Christi TX.

Magnum Charger had also posted Y2 daytona Kilborn Dodge back in the day new on the lot

[maxwellwedge]

Mr. Norm in a "Demon" suit....I have always loved that one! Nice whitewalls on the Bird

[UFO]

Oh you youngin's

Esso is what Exxon used to be called.

We stayed with the Esso handle up here

Yes, the Esso is a give away that it ain't in the US of A, at least at that time.   The USA stations I remember were called Enco.    Put a tiger in your tank, and all that.    Jim, I assume they had the same Tiger stuff in Canada?

Yes we did! I wish I still had one.

Esso revived the tiger tail sometime in the late 80's-early 90's.
Don't remember what it took to get one.Whether it was a fill with xxxx of litre's or a separate charge for the tail.

[maxwellwedge]

That's the one....Nice!

[pettybird]

Esso, formerly known as Standard Oil, but if you remember when they were called that, you're really old.

that's the genesis.  "ess oh" for Standard Oil...ha ha...get it?

good 'ol john d rockefeller at work there.  Around here we had Standard Oil of Ohio, so our signs read SOHIO.  All had the red/white/blue oval logos, and all existed at the same time.

Those all went away when BP bought the remains of Standard.

[Aero426]

... and then we got those bad "a little better" BP commercials where you can't understand what they are singing.   The gulf spill mercifully killed the ad campaign. 

[Redbird]

Over the years I have seen several different pictures of brand new Superbirds having 14" wheels and whitewall tires. Not having access to hundreds of broadcast sheets, I'm not sure how common it was. But I'm guessing it was more common than we now see at shows. As an aside, look at the 1970 GTX dealer promo models, 14" wheels with whitewalls.