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Post by T-Man on Oct 8, 2011 18:19:49 GMT -5
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Post by 96pushrodford on Oct 9, 2011 16:36:14 GMT -5
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Post by 65stang on Oct 9, 2011 17:01:27 GMT -5
That Torino and Charger are freaking awesome! The Superbird just is cool, yet weird at the same time. It looks like its about to break the sound barrier just sitting there.
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Post by agshelby on Oct 10, 2011 13:38:12 GMT -5
That Torino and Charger are freaking awesome! The Superbird just is cool, yet weird at the same time. It looks like its about to break the sound barrier just sitting there. When I was in high school (early 80s) I had a girlfriend and was talking cars with her Dad. He said that he still had his first car - and that he kept it in storage because it was valuable and he had very few miles on it. He took me to see it - was a lime green superbird with a hemi. At the time I thought he was crazy for thinking it would be valuable. I recall thinking it was the biggest, ugliest muscle car that I had ever seen. I still think that is the case - but now know they are valuable. |
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Post by 65stang on Oct 10, 2011 21:27:45 GMT -5
I bet that color made it look even more odd. Its not that I don't like that color. I would rather see it on a more understated car.
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Post by gm4ever on Oct 12, 2011 6:20:01 GMT -5
Man I love those Superbirds!!
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Post by agshelby on Oct 12, 2011 10:31:00 GMT -5
Man I love those Superbirds!! The look of that nose and spoiler are just too much for my taste. One of my earliest car memories is of a neighbor of ours out in Odessa having one. This was back in 1971 or so - was probably new. I didn't know what kind of car it was at the time, but I do recall the huge rear spoiler with the road runner decal. It also had a roadrunner "beep-beep" horn (not sure if that was stock or an after market add-on). I remember standing next to that car and looking up at the decal on the spoiler. The car looked 20 feet tall to a 3 year old. |
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Post by gm4ever on Oct 12, 2011 10:42:39 GMT -5
Man I love those Superbirds!! The look of that nose and spoiler are just too much for my taste. One of my earliest car memories is of a neighbor of ours out in Odessa having one. This was back in 1971 or so - was probably new. I didn't know what kind of car it was at the time, but I do recall the huge rear spoiler with the road runner decal. It also had a roadrunner "beep-beep" horn (not sure if that was stock or an after market add-on). I remember standing next to that car and looking up at the decal on the spoiler. The car looked 20 feet tall to a 3 year old. Yep the "Beep-Beep!"horn was stock. I've read a lot on them, and the winged Daytona Charger made in 1969. When new, most people thought they were ugly...or goofy, much like you. There are stories of wing cars sitting new on lots all the way into early 1973, and also wing cars getting converted back to regular Road Runners and Chargers 500's just so dealers could move them off the lots. The Wing cars did not start jumping up in value until the mid-to-late 1980's. Imagine buying a regular Mopar, running the numbers and finding out you really have a $100K wing car. It's happened! In reading about driving them, it reminds me a lot of my 79 Corvette in that you had to "learn"how far the nose stuck out, because it was a lot longer than it looked from the driver's seat. Many wing cars....and Covette's, got damaged noses because new drivers didn't know how far the beak stuck out there! Neat cars. |
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