[BradyLS]

Weren’t 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 weren’t in the best of shape but had a leg up on this one. I think one was blue and the other white.

[ETL]

Weren’t 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 weren’t in the best of shape but had a leg up on this one.

Two 1970 Plymouth Superbirds parked for over 30 years could be worth $500,000

FoxNews.com ^ | Sept 20, 2018 | Gary Gastelu | Fox News

Posted on 9/29/2018, 9:57:49 AM 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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Burned and busted 1970 Plymouth Superbird could sell for big bucks

FoxNews.com/auto ^ | Jan 17, 2019 | Gary Gastelu | Fox News

Posted on 1/18/2019, 1:48:47 PM by ETL

There’s a very hot car up for auction. Well, it used to be hot. In more ways than one.

It’s a 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Superbird listed on Copart that’s been burned to a crisp.

The coupe is a manual transmission model and, although it’s hard to tell from the photos, the eagle-eyed commenters at BarnFinds.com seem to agree that the engine is a 440 six-pack V8. If its original, that makes the car one of just 308 like it that were built that year. ..."

One thing that appears to be missing, unfortunately, is the Superbird’s glorious rear wing. It does come with keys, however, but good luck finding a place to insert them.

There's at least one person out there who thinks the car has some merit, because as of this writing the bidding has reached $8,800. But could it go much higher than that?

Copart has listed an estimated value at $59,000, which might be true if the roof wasn’t crushed in, it wasn’t still covered in ash from whatever inferno destroyed it, etc., but a fully restored example would be worth over $250,000.

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