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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It was the GTX and the Roadrunner which were basically the same car.
GTX and Roadrunner are both Plymouths, just a different variation of each other. I was referring to the Dodge and Plymouth “twins”. The Charger and Roadrunner are twins, hence the Dodge Charger “Daytona” and Plymouth Roadrunner “Superbird” “twins”.
Looked really nice and was badged as a SS 396
Like this.
He popped the hood one day. It had an L-88 stuffed in the engine bay. He said he'd bought the car form a "kid out at the local airbase". He could barely afford to run the thing, even with gas at $0.25/gallon.
No, they aren't. They're not at all like the other true twins you mentioned.
Plymouth Roadrunner
Dodge Charger
You’re welcome. Damn shame what has happened to our once great American culture. Friggin libs worked hard over the years to screw it up.
67 ‘Bu?
Short for Malibu, I reckon.
1968 Charger and Roadrunner differences
I rest my case.
Yes. Seems obvious now. Thanks.
From your own link...
1968 Plymouth Road Runner vs. 1968 Dodge Charger
May 2, 2014
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Although both the 1968 Road Runner and the 1968 Charger R/T were built on Chrysler’s B platform, there were distinct differences between these popular muscle cars.
https://www.coolridesonline.net/news-blog/1968-plymouth-road-runner-vs-1968-dodge-charger/
Yeah, I get that but you’re totally missing the point. The chassis and body are the same period. You’re quibbling over cosmetics or performance packages. Bottom line they are the same cars. Take a Charger door off and it bolts right up to a Roadrunner. Do you get my point yet? You seem like you’re arguing for the sake of trying to prove me wrong and you’re not winning at that even.
Dodge Charger
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Plymouth Roadrunner
Nice shot of the rear.
SAME!
Yes, I'm totally referring to cosmetics and styling.
Lol!
Are you on a normal sized PC/Mac, or a smartphone?
SAME!
They specialize in doing complete factory OEM restorations (down to using factory correct hose clamps, wire guides, and connectors!) When finished, their cars have all the same badges and tags as when the car rolled off the assembly line.
Mark
both, lol. all 3
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