Oof. That’s exactly what we thought when we laid eyes on the car you see before you. BangShifter Todd Aldridge tipped us off to it and we’re still kind of creeped out looking at the thing. This 1970 Superbird is one of the saddest things on eBay right now and that may be selling it short. Superbirds and Charger Daytonas have aged strangely. We don’t mean that in the looks department but more in the appreciation department. When they were new people would not buy them. The cars languished on dealer lots and were sold for virtually no profit and some were converted back to “normal” front sheetmetal with their wings being literally clipped as well. The 1980s saw the cars explode in value and cool factor and now they are regarded as some of the most awesome muscle cars ever produced. Over the top in every way, they perfectly sum up Chrysler’s mode of attack, even today. Then there’s this car.
The 1970 Superbird that you are looking at has led some kind of a life. Or it DID lead some kind of a life. Like an Egyptian mummy that’s 2,000 years old and about ready to turn to dust, this car is the same way. look at it sideways and pieces are going to fall off. Claimed to be (originally) a 440, 4-speed, six pack car, it apparently has some sort of notoriety in the Mopar community as the seller speaks in masked tones about the availability of the VIN tags and how the car is “well known” in the Mopar world. Anyone care to enlighten us?
We know that there are TV shows out there where guys “restore” a car like this but we’re always kind of dubious of that. Other than sections of pieces, what are you saving here? Yes, the fiberglass plug for the rear window did not rust! Ungh. Everything around it did. Everything around everything on this thing rusted. Was it banana shaped from the factory? You get where we’re going here. Ugly…want it?
eBay Link: This 1970 Superbird is one of the saddest things on eBay
I think its the one graveyard cars wouldn’t restore . It had the numbers then . I think it was drug out of a ravine .
I think that was this car: http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php?topic=73724.50
Dan..it isn\’t the car you are thinking of. that was a Daytona and you could fit what was left of that car in the trunk of this one.
Not a barn find but more like a harbor find.
How is the passenger door glass still intact?!
That and the cryptic references to the missing VIN and “awareness of where it might be”…. seems like a lot of BS.
Even a superbird or other rare musclecar is not worth saving when looking like this. Not even with a matching numbers driveline and a shitload of fendertags. The only Way to save it would be to use a donorcar, and that Way its not the original bird Being restored rather than another car getting the bird parts implanted. Leave it to die in peace i say. The owner must be stupid to even try and cash in on this sorry piece of crap.
It has a value to someone. Just to be able to own a piece of history
Of this sort,is cool factor ×10. It should though, comand an average
Joe price range. If not then let it rot.
From the faf.
if i remember that one was pulled out of a scrapyard out of pa ,
The seller is from Pittsburgh so you could be right. The car is so ventilated, you can use it as a strainer!
And it’s currently bid to a bit over $1400.00… a fool and his money…
The price is still in the “cheap junk that you don’t have to care about” range, at least. I’d be tempted to find a rolled-over pickup and build the world’s only genuine Superbird trar.
This poor ‘Bird should be buried with full motor sport honours as it breaks my heart to see it this way…
Whoda thunk. Christ, what’s wrong with people.
I don’t know what the big deal is. If you own a GM truck in New England it probably looks just like this.
Only a mopar idiot would consider trying to save this wreck.
No wing, no nose, I don’t see anything on this car that would identify it as a Superbird. Looks like nothing more than a hunk of rust to me
The plug for the rear glass looks to be good. The chrome front pillar covers are also are superbird only parts.
Saw this at the Chrysler at Carlisle on an open trailer. Pretty rough.