Looks like the one I had in the late 80s minus the hood ornament and the fog lights. Compared to that, the Demon was a dream car.
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.
He’d 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, he’d bought the pair for an undisclosed amount and dug them out of the cluttered, dusty garage they’d 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 they’ve 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 haven’t 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, that’s 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 don’t think the seller doesn’t know that. He’s set reserves on the cars that have not yet been met.
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I’m always amazed at how gorgeous those 70’s cars were, in light of how butt ugly some of Chrysler’s early to mid 60’s cars were.
Bookmarked for eye candy.
I loved Plymouth for their purple, orange, red-orange, and jungle green cars.
We had a 1969 and then a 1973 Fury III. The latter I got up to 100 mph in between two freeway exits.
Looks like the one I had in the late 80s minus the hood ornament and the fog lights. Compared to that, the Demon was a dream car.
The dual quads sat on top.
I don’t know how you would get 3 deuces side mounted on a v-8.
I prefer stock looking rides not drag cars with the engines hanging out. I prefer the sleeper look to be honest. My preference.
Those cross ram intake manifolds were on earlier models not on Superbirds or Daytonas.
A 62 Plymouth was not the best looking car but in drag race trim it was one beautiful car.
Yes, much better. The other was a little too “nerdy” the way it was set up.
How many wheel covers did that Charger lose during that entire chase?
Inquiring minds etc.
'73 Duster was my first NEW car. Second night I had it, some ass wipe bent the antenna over.
LOL! Next thing you know; someone will claim they saw a Pacer!
1971 Plymouth Barracuda
1971 Plymouth Barracuda
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1971 Dodge Challenger
1971 Dodge Challenger
I rest my case. Pretty much the same car.
It really depends on which years you are referring to. In '71 they did look very similar. But in the 1970 below, not so much. The 71s, like in the previous set of pics I posted, had duel headlights like the Challenger. The 71 Cudas (below) had single headlights.
Plymouth Barracuda
Dodge Challenger
1970 Plymouth Barracuda
1970 Dodge Challenger
Hellva gallery. Thanks!
Man those old MOPARs are some beautiful machines. Good pics — thanks.
These vehicles are quite unique, and are not at all typical of any random vehicle purchased in 1970. On the other hand, if any random investor in 1970 had put the initial cost in a stock market based mutual fund, instead, he would have more than $500,000 today. And...he would have had NO storage costs, either.
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