Estate Auction in Greenville OH 4/29 Six Pack 4 Speed Bird - VIN is RM23V0A166165

[WINGIN IT]

Anyone catch the obit that the car owner, his wife and son all passed from covid complications over a two week stretch?  Wow. 

Just found out about that- so sad.
At least the surviving family members benefited from the auction. Obviously not going to bring their beloved family members back, but can at least provide some financial support.

[Redbird]

I'm not all that knowledgeable regarding Chrysler industrial engines. Though I do have a 1972 model year brochure, 9-71 date. If F would be for 1970 like on Superbirds, correspondingly would H be for 1972?

Anyway some attached pictures of the 1972 brochure. Somebody like 440source would probably be a good source for decoding the block on this car.

[Redbird]

More pictures

[metallicareload99]

This car seemed to have a number of oddities given the low mileage. Well done for the seller and, regardless of condition or comments, they ain't making Six Barrel Superbirds anymore.
The engine pad was a strange one with an FT413 stamping instead of the expected F440. It was also missing the HP designation. However, the VIN on near the oil pan did match the VIN of the car?
The transmission was numbers matching with a proper 3027 date code.
No VIN found on the core support (maybe it was there and difficult to find). There was a matching VIN on the trunk rail.
One fender seemed to be a '70 Coronet fender while the other was an original Superbird piece.
The intake manifold provided was aluminum rather than cast iron.
I don't believe the carbs were original.
I think the jacks were to be included, although I didn't see them to confirm correctness.





   

Factory six pack pistons were cast aluminum? And did they have "eyebrows" like that? Those look like forged TRW's/SpeedPro L2355F I like the valve covers

[pettybird]

Lots of Superbirds came without core support stamps.  Neither of mine have one, and one is original paint while I personally sandblasted the original paint off of the other.  My cars are mid November builds so it's not an early/late thing. 

[426HemiChick]

Hi Folks,          17 July 2023

Looks like a major project. Hope the buyer has the $$$, time and expertise to get it looking like it did when new.

The comment about the rust in another post is easy to explain: OHIO. Lived there too many years, saw cars virtually disappear in three or less (too rotted to repair); the Chevy Vega was a prime example.

Best of luck to the buyer; hope you surprise everyone with a top notch restoration.

Best Always
426 Hemi Chicks

[cudavic]

What ceases to amaze me is the herd mentality of people bidding at some of these auctions.
I myself cannot believe that this partially disassembled and very rough car made it to $203K.
While just yesterday the following car https://www.hemmings.com/auction/1970-plymouth-superbird-albuquerque-nm-605138 stalled out at $173K at the end of the auction.
The reserve was set at $264K and as of this morning the ask price has been lowered to $225K with a current offer standing at $195K. They are basically the same cars with the exception of a pretty much fully restored counsel car vs. an unrestored disassembled non-counsel car. 
I believe the collector car market is overdue for a correction, however this IMO simply makes no sense that this car sold for $203K while the one I just posted RM23V0A167948 is currently sits at $195K not even four months later.
I can only sum it up as in person auction hype surrounding the Greenville, Ohio event.

[WINGIN IT]

Don't disagree with you Vic. Get lots of big egos in one place, and things tend to get heated.
That NM one was nice, was following as well. Certainly not a concourse resto, but I think it's priced pretty high for what it is. But what do I know, prices are all over the place, and the only results the public gets to see are those sold at auction, unfortunately.