Posted on 06/23/2019 11:49:46 AM PDT by ETL
Its a 1970 Plymouth Superbird that could be would be worth $250,000 or more if it were in great shape, which it very much isnt.
The rusted-out Nascar special gained attention on BarnFinds.com due to its rarity.
Its one of about 300 that were equipped with a 440 six-barrel V8 and a four-speed manual transmission.
The seller says that the engine shows 48,000 miles and is original, but had the factory carburetor setup replaced with a dual quad unit at some point.
The Birds B-5 blue paint and white interior combination make it even more uncommon, but the fact that its body is sketchy, it needs new floorpans and its signature nosecone is sitting across the yard from the rest of the car isnt doing it any favors.
Knowing its potential value, the Massachusetts-based seller is asking an optimistic, yet arguably reasonable $70,000 firm to anyone up to the challenge of making it fly again.
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If only I had $70K lying around, and had a workshop, and knew how to rehab cars.
Or you could pay a restoration shop $200,000 to do a full body-off and totally stripped-down engine restoration. You’d be in for $270,000 or so.
Nice BUT it’ll take 200k to fix it properly.
Werent two of these found stored in an old garage like a year ago? I know I read it on FR and the photo showed them sitting side-by-side. They werent in the best of shape but had a leg up on this one. I think one was blue and the other white.
Such a forlorn expression on that nosecone.
just saw a “Boss’ Mustang sell for $250,000 on mecum auctions show last night-
if people back then only knew what their muscles cars would be worth in later years- but then again, they probably would just bought them, stored them, and never driven them- I love watching the old movies and seeing all the old cars-
Probably already has one.
30K would make it street-legal and then you're only in for 100K, and you might get offers for a buck-twenty to a buck-thirty for someone who wants to take it to the 200K level. Turn-and-burn.
I worked with a guy back then who had one with a 440 but an automatic, because his wife couldn’t drive a stick. Man did we give him crap!
That’ll buff right out; no sweat.
$30k wouldn’t get you much more than than piles of Bondo and plenty of spray paint cans from the local Ace Hardware store. Anything you do for that 30 would have to be undone by the next guy.
But it WOULD be fun to get it running.
Jay Leno would certainly pay for a primo restoration down to the numbered parts. That’s the sort of restoration he features all the time on “Jay Leno’s Garage.”
Our neighbor has restorations that are at the 99.7% original level. Remarkable workmanship on his collection.
I remember reading the story about how the original General Lee (featured in the stunt jump scene in the opening credits) was found in a junkyard in Georgia and restored. Apparently the labels “WB” with a number gave the car’s identity away.
That was the first thing I thought of too. Joe Dirt.
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