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Two 1970 Plymouth Superbirds parked for over 30 years could be worth $500,000
FoxNews.com ^
| Sept 20, 2018
| Gary Gastelu | Fox News
Posted on 09/29/2018 6:57:49 AM PDT by ETL
Sometimes a bird in the hand will get you two in the bush. And by bush I mean garage.
An Ebay seller is currently auctioning a pair of 1970 Plymouth Superbirds that were stored for over 30 years until he purchased them after a chance meeting last month.
Hed just paid $187,000 for another one of the iconic muscle cars at a car auction in Maine when someone sidled up to him and told him about his secret stash.
Within days, hed bought the pair for an undisclosed amount and dug them out of the cluttered, dusty garage theyd been sitting in.
The man who sold them was only the second owner, having picked them up in 1978. But he let their registrations expire in the mid-1980s and theyve been parked ever since.
Aside from getting resprays, both are nearly all original and have numbers-matching 440 cubic-inch V8s with four-barrel carburetors. One is equipped with a manual transmission, the other an automatic, and they have just 27,000 and 42,000 miles on their odometers.
They havent run in all these years, but their mechanic owner filled them with pure anti-freeze and Marvel Mystery Oil before he put them away.
Their bodies remain straight, but the interior of one is in much better condition than the other. Apparently, thats not much of an issue to collectors.
As of this writing, the bidding on each car has surpassed $125,000, and may go much higher before the auctions end in a week. According to the Hagerty Price Guide, the cars are worth over $250,000 if fully restored.
And dont think the seller doesnt know that. Hes set reserves on the cars that have not yet been met.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: dodge; mopar; musclecars; plymouth
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posted on
09/29/2018 6:57:49 AM PDT
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ETL
To: All
Here's one in its prime...
Plymouth Roadrunner "Superbird"
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posted on
09/29/2018 6:58:15 AM PDT
by
ETL
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To: All
Some more Mopars...
Plymouth Barracuda
Dodge Challenger
Plymouth GTX
Dodge Charger
Plymouth Duster
Dodge Dart (Swinger?)
'73 Plymouth Roadrunner
Plymouth Roadrunner (earlier model)
Plymouth GTX
Dodge Challenger
Plymouth GTX
Plymouth (Belvedere?) Wagon
Plymouth Roadrunner
Plymouth GTX
Dodge Charger
Dodge Charger
Plymouth Barracuda
Plymouth Barracuda
Dodge Coronet
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posted on
09/29/2018 7:00:05 AM PDT
by
ETL
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To: ETL
"Aside from getting resprays, both are nearly all original and have numbers-matching 440 cubic-inch V8s with
four-barrel carburetors."
I thought these were 440's with the six-pack?
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posted on
09/29/2018 7:00:47 AM PDT
by
EEGator
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Dodge Charger
Plymouth (Roadrunner or GTX?) and GTX Convertible
Plymouth Barracuda
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posted on
09/29/2018 7:01:05 AM PDT
by
ETL
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posted on
09/29/2018 7:01:51 AM PDT
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ETL
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"SuperBee"
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posted on
09/29/2018 7:02:38 AM PDT
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ETL
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To: ETL
Love those. In the days before hyperaccurate wind tunnel testing, it was thought that the needlenosed ‘Bird would cut through the air....later they learned that a rounded teardrop shape does better.
But this looks 100x cooler.
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posted on
09/29/2018 7:02:45 AM PDT
by
relictele
To: ETL
Man there is a TON of automotive history there; have to admit, that’s the first ‘Cuda fastback I have ever seen.
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posted on
09/29/2018 7:03:29 AM PDT
by
Spacetrucker
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Muscle Cars You Should Know: 1967 Plymouth GTX
By Diego Rosenberg July 25, 2012
When Pontiac introduced the GTO in 1964, other manufacturers said Me, too! and built models to compete against the Goat. However, it took three model years for Plymouth to respond with a model that would compete head-to-head with the GTO.
But when Plymouth introduced the 1967 GTX, it more than competed with the GTO it practically trounced it. Heres the story how Plymouth saved the best for last.
Only 733 US-spec GTXs were built with the HEMI, including an estimated 17 convertibles.
When relating the history of the GTX, you cant do it without revisiting how the GTO was created and the performance market at the time: In 1962, GM had over 50% market penetration. Legend has it they pulled out of racing in 1963 as one way to keep the Feds from accusing them of operating as a monopoly. This was especially bad news for Pontiac, whose success relied on the credo, You cant sell an old mans car to a young man, but you can sell a young mans car to an old man. In response, Pontiac decided to concentrate on street performance.
As the brand was about to introduce a redesigned and enlarged Tempest for 1964 following the lead of the mid-sized Ford Fairlane the model was ripe for a performance variant. However, politics at GM also led to a rule limiting the engine size for its new mid-sized cars to 330 cid. In Pontiacs case, that meant the most powerful motor available was the 326 HO rated at 280 horsepower, which was a fine motor but not up to the task of waging battle against 427 Galaxies or even 421 HO Catalinas.
The answer, to Pontiacs engineers and managers, was to create an optional package not a model that that took advantage of a loophole in the rules that allowed a bigger engine. With the GTO and its 389 a marketing and sales success, other manufacturers scrambled to offer their own GTO.
Details specific to the GTX included mock hood scoops, intricate taillights (shared with the Satellite), and badging.
Meanwhile, back at Highland Park, the Chrysler Corporation was still reeling from a few years of bizarre Virgil Exner styling and a miscalculated downsizing of its bread and butter Plymouths and Dodges. Chrysler had the performance options for a screamer on the drag strip (426 Max Wedge and, come mid-year, the Race HEMI), but not much else for the street other than the brand-new 365-horsepower 426-S. It was more powerful than the GTOs Tri-Power 389, but no one was buying these cars, and the 383/330 wasnt competitive enough.
Standard was the Super Commando 440 with 375 horses. Optional was the 426 HEMI.
For 1965, the GTO packages second model year, Plymouth reconfigured its B-body line for the new mid-sized car class. The new model line started with the Belvedere I, then Belvedere II and topping with the Satellite, but Plymouth didnt have a dedicated performance model to compete with the GTO. Like before, these Plymouths could be optioned out like before with the Commando 383 and 426 V-8s but they were not giving Plymouth any street cred.
Things changed slightly for 1966 with the advent of the Street HEMI, but the HEMI was expensive and complicated for the average enthusiast. Plus, the models Belvedere and Satellite simply didnt have the cachet of GTO, and the market was demanding cars that had the image of performance. Pontiac was selling 96,000+ GTOs, Chevrolet sold over 72,000 SS 396s, and there were more than 37,000 Ford Fairlane GTs running around Every Town, USA, which were sales that could have been Plymouths but 10,000 383 and 1500 HEMI Plymouths werent making a dent. It was clear that Plymouth still needed an image car.
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posted on
09/29/2018 7:03:35 AM PDT
by
ETL
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Big deal...just saw a Scamp in East TN...
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posted on
09/29/2018 7:04:50 AM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
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To: ETL
Real cars.
Not little rolling boom boxes.
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posted on
09/29/2018 7:04:58 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
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Dodge Challenger
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09/29/2018 7:06:03 AM PDT
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ETL
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posted on
09/29/2018 7:06:22 AM PDT
by
gundog
(Hail to the Chief, bitches.)
To: BenLurkin
Real cars.
_________________
‘Nuff said.
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posted on
09/29/2018 7:06:28 AM PDT
by
Spacetrucker
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posted on
09/29/2018 7:06:34 AM PDT
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ETL
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posted on
09/29/2018 7:07:26 AM PDT
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ETL
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1965 Plymouth Satellite
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posted on
09/29/2018 7:09:14 AM PDT
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ETL
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1964 Plymouth Belvedere 426 Hemi
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09/29/2018 7:09:50 AM PDT
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ETL
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