Superbird found, sat in storage and last registered in 1981

[62 Max]

@ NASCARXX29, that is definitley my car for sure! When i got it she had the fender scoops and center cross bar of the wing painted black, and the picture is the same. the tires look the same too. large white letter good years. How did you get this picture? did you take it?

Did you by chance have that car at Mason-Dixon about five years ago ?

[mopar0166]

See ya in OC MD    we wil be staying around 22nd ave

[GOTWING]

No,  the only car shows i have been to are local where i live in De. and of course O.C. and Dover is the furthest i have driven it so far. I have been to the Apple Scrapple show in Bridgeville De. and the Dover air base mobile command center in Dover De.Wings and wheels in Georgetown etc. I hope to see some of you at O.C. this year.

[GOTWING]

This is the day we bought the car, April 2004

[GOTWING]

This is the #'s matching 440 engine, original aircleaner was missing. No battery, had not been started in a long time.  I was able to get help loading these pictures, my file kept saying "file to large"  i wish the pics would post larger.

[GOTWING]

A year later, had the car repainted, and roadworthy.

[StoneCold]

i wish the pics would post larger.

You can put your pictures on a site like photobucket.com, flickr or a bunch of other picture sites and link to them from here. That way you can post pics with a size of 800x600, 1024x768 or something reasonable like that.

[GOTWING]

Thanks, i will look into that when i get the time ,i have a lot of detailed pictures of the car in the body shop etc i would like to post in a larger form, as well as the broadcast sheet, etc. This picture was from last year coming into a local car show, got the new rims on it now.

[GOTWING]

Here is a copy of the original broadcast sheet from under the back seat, the one from the drivers side of the front bench seat is al torn up  :flame:but i do have it.

[41husk]

Bird looks great!

[held1823]

awesome car. thanks for sharing the story and photos. keep 'em coming !!!!

[bad88t-top]

It seems like alot of winged cars came from the PA area.    They just keep popping up every couple years.   I local guys based out of Western PA, Lou Hudacek has a yellow Superbird that's in the process of being painted out in mid PA somewhere.   He also has a few garages of six pack and hemi cars not to mention he has more parts than Chrysler did back in 70.    Are there any statistics as to dealership sales regarding winged cars.   I'm willing to bet a majority came from the Eastern US.   

[GOTWING]

I work with a friend of mine that grew up in PA. His grandfather owned Landsdale Chrysler Plymouth, my friends father ( owners son )was a mechanic there when these cars were new, he had owned a new bahama yellow road runner 383 4spd. anyway he said he remembers two superbirds coming in , one orange with white interior, 440 4bbl. the other i think he said was blue, and i think that car has been restored with a white vinyl top and nose mask..i kinda think i saw that car at Mopars at E-town around 04-05 maybe? That would be neat if it was mine that they had on their lot. I take it there is no way by the vin # to track what dealer they went too?

[StoneCold]

Superbird allocation.

http://aerowarriors.com/cda/cda_110669.html

[FJ5WING]

My car originated from the Mid-West area and migrated east around 82-83 and then in 85 I took over as caretaker.

[GOTWING]

@ FJ5WING, my favorite color on a Superbird is the limelight green, next choice is Petty blue! There used to be a limelight Superbird that sat in Pittsville MD. under a pole building in the owners back yard. I think he bought it in the mid 80's and i beleive his name is Jay.

[nascarxx29]

My Buddy from MD told me about those 2 birds under a tarp .Theres a picture in a old newsletter

[GOTWING]

I scanned some more pictures this evening,   here are some more, the car before paint with the scoops and center wing brace in flat black,nose mask painted on and is all the way down to the bumper strip.( same as in old dealer photo )  original interior picture after i cleaned all of the mold spores off everything,dash, door panels, seats, etc.  the carpet and vinyl top are factory original also still has the original am radio and works.they suck!   I have been so tempted to replace it, but i just can't for some reason! i may try to find a vintage fm converter on E-bay or something.

Third picture is a close up of the nose and it's condition, no rust issues just some minor creasing.

Last picture is the worst damage to the car, passenger 1/4 panel. The man i got the car from said he spun it around and put it in a grassy ditch when it was wet out,  he said he was sick about it and that i think is part of why he never did any more with the car.

[GOTWING]

first picture is the lower patch panel we purchased to repair the lower 1/4, the rest above was saved.

second picture prep work is finished.

last pictures,primed and after paint

[GOTWING]

Some more random shots in the body shop, this was a very minor cosmetic restoration. After the car was painted and the new decals were applied, we purchased 2 new new wing gaskets and bolts, door handles, hood pin kit, rear bumper, front bumper strip,new exhaust tips, with new 3" TTI full exhaust with
H-pipe, i made sure they masked off the door jams and did not paint the underneath of the trunk lid where the original jack label was. I did have both sides of the hood painted though. They also masked down the inside of the underneath hood area and it is left the original paint. Restoration on a budget! someday maybe i will have the engine freshened up and detail the engine compartment.. 

[GOTWING]

prep work on the nose, these guys did a outstanding job on the body and prep work on the nose.

[nascarxx29]

I work with a friend of mine that grew up in PA. His grandfather owned Landsdale Chrysler Plymouth, my friends father ( owners son )was a mechanic there when these cars were new, he had owned a new bahama yellow road runner 383 4spd. anyway he said he remembers two superbirds coming in , one orange with white interior, 440 4bbl. the other i think he said was blue, and i think that car has been restored with a white vinyl top and nose mask..i kinda think i saw that car at Mopars at E-town around 04-05 maybe? That would be neat if it was mine that they had on their lot. I take it there is no way by the vin # to track what dealer they went too?

Im thinking the blue superbird from Lancaster pa white nose mask is Joe Medwicks car restored by Kohrs customs


http://www.moparmusclemagazine.com/featuredvehicles/b_body/mopp_0602_1970_plymouth_road_runner_superbird/viewall.html

[nascarxx29]

It seems like alot of winged cars came from the PA area.    They just keep popping up every couple years.   I local guys based out of Western PA, Lou Hudacek has a yellow Superbird that's in the process of being painted out in mid PA somewhere.   He also has a few garages of six pack and hemi cars not to mention he has more parts than Chrysler did back in 70.    Are there any statistics as to dealership sales regarding winged cars.   I'm willing to bet a majority came from the Eastern US.  

The superbirds dont track aswell as daytonas that have a shiplist .But you can search newspaper archives from dealer name to see if superbirds were sold in your neck of the woods 

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,89989.0.html

[GOTWING]

@ NascarXX29, that is the one, I remember the steering wheel and not to many restored with the white accents and top, it looks great though. I will check put the other link as well. I would give anything to see my car on the lot new and pictures with the first owner! seeing the picture of it on the used car lot has given me hope though

[nascarxx29]

I ve been to Lansdale area for a mopar get together met Joe and seen his other cars