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Some manufacturers produce Superbird conversion kits for 1970 Road Runners and Satellites. [18] Kits are also available for unproduced 1971 and 1972 bodies for the Superbird. [ citation needed ] More recently they have been very steadily rising in price, regularly fetching from US$200,000 to $450,000 however this does vary based on the engine ...
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.
The 1970 Superbird was a Road Runner with an extended nose cone and front fenders borrowed from the Dodge Coronet, a revised rear window, and a high-mounted rear wing. The Superbird's unique styling was a result of homologation requirements for using the same aerodynamic nose and rear wing when racing the car in the NASCAR series of the time.
Plymouth Belmont: c.1953: 2-seater Convertible: 3.9L 150 hp V8: Plymouth Explorer: 1954: Coupé: Plymouth Plainsman: 1957: Station wagon: Plymouth Cabana: 1958: Station wagon: Unique glass roof for the rear portion of the car. Plymouth XNR: 1960: 2-seater convertible: 2.8L 250 hp Straight-six engine [2] Plymouth Asimmetrica: 1961: 3.7L 145 hp ...
The Plymouth Superbird would make its first NASCAR appearance during this race. Six cautions slowed the race for 31 laps. [2] A. J. Foyt was the winner in his 1970 Ford Torino; defeating Roger McCluskey by 3½ seconds. [2]
The 1970 Daytona 500 was a stock car automobile race run on February 22, 1970, and was the second race for the winged Plymouth Superbird. Pete Hamilton won the race in a Plymouth Superbird. 40- Pete Hamilton; 17- David Pearson; 22- Bobby Allison-1; 99- Charlie Glotzbach-1; 71- Bobby Isaac-2; 14- Richard Brickhouse-2; 59- Jim Hurtubise-3; 7 ...
A street replica of Pete Hamilton's Plymouth Superbird, with which he won the 1970 Daytona 500. Hamilton began racing in the street division in 1962 at Norwood Arena Speedway in Massachusetts, where he quickly earned the nickname "The Dedham Flash". [1] In 1965, he was the Thompson World Series Twin 50s champion.
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.