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Richard Petty's Superbird at the Petty Museum. Aero Warriors, also called aero-cars, is a nickname for four muscle cars developed specifically to race on the NASCAR circuit by Dodge, Plymouth, Ford and Mercury for the 1969 and 1970 racing seasons. [1] The cars were based on production stock cars but had additional aerodynamic features.
Developed specifically for NASCAR racing, the Superbird, a modified Road Runner, was Plymouth's follow-on design to the Charger Daytona fielded by sister company Dodge in the previous season. The Charger 500 version that began the 1969 season was the first American car to be designed aerodynamically using a wind tunnel and computer analysis ...
The Daytona was discontinued to make the 1970 Plymouth Superbird the only Chrysler winged car for the model year. While Daytonas campaigned through the 1970 season, only one Daytona was raced until 1971 (in the 1971 Daytona 500) when NASCAR decreed that engine displacement of wing cars would be limited to 305 cu in (5.0 L).
1970 Plymouth 'Cuda coupe Pete Hamilton with Petty Enterprises 1970 Plymouth Superbird Gran Fury Sport Suburban 1977. By the 1970s, emissions and safety regulations, along with soaring gasoline prices and an economic downturn, meant demand dropped for all muscle-type models.
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Featured vehicles include a 1970 Plymouth Superbird; a 1935 Chevrolet hot rod brought in by a friend of Danny's who wants Count's Kustoms to redo the bad paintjob that another shop gave to it, as well as give a matching paintjob to his 1980s Lady Craft, which represents Danny's first-ever boat project; and a motorized tricycle with large rear ...
This guy gave new meaning to the slogan “Gottahava Wawa.” Police in East Windsor, N.J., arrested a 24-year-old man on Dec. 23, and charged him with misusing the town’s 911 system for ...
Huawei Technologies asked a U.S. judge to dismiss much of a federal indictment accusing the Chinese telecommunications company of trying to steal technology secrets from U.S. rivals and misleading ...