Superbird FaceBook conundrum

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Wed Jan 19, 11 8:53 pm

Thanks for posting that Mr R Runner

i will magnify it and give it a read

BUDGIE · Post by **BUDGIE** » Wed Jan 19, 11 9:23 pm

R.RUNNER wrote:Anyone got a copy of this?????

I just might have, but it'll be in the loft

.........That second car in the line up looks like one I own, ex Tony Brise car

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Thu Jan 20, 11 9:31 am

Superbirds and Daytonas are the ultimate Mopars for me. I've always been more into NASCAR than drag racing, and they still stand as the most extreme examples of factory homologation. The NASCAR and ARCA cars were, IMHO, the most beautiful race cars ever made. I snapped Ramo Stott's car, the only original Superbird racer to have survived, at the Winged Warriors reunion at Talladega in 1999...

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jan 20, 11 10:03 am

Love the look of that. Really mean.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Thu Jan 20, 11 11:51 am

They do look better as a race car for sure

What's with the bent SB in the AutoCar article? Was it an English one, was it rebuilt, does the present owner know?????????????? Interesting thread

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Thu Jan 20, 11 12:30 pm

Look closely at the reg Kev, and you will see which one it was.

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Thu Jan 20, 11 12:59 pm

Adam wrote:Superbirds and Daytonas are the ultimate Mopars for me. I've always been more into NASCAR than drag racing, and they still stand as the most extreme examples of factory homologation. The NASCAR and ARCA cars were, IMHO, the most beautiful race cars ever made. I snapped Ramo Stott's car, the only original Superbird racer to have survived, at the Winged Warriors reunion at Talladega in 1999...

hey adam so are you saying this is the only genuine racer to survive ?? amazing and crikey worth some poke

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Thu Jan 20, 11 2:25 pm

Yes Dunc, the only survivor that has documented racing provenance.

NASCAR crippled the wing cars by imposing a 305ci limit, and then banned them altogether. Most of them got re-bodied as Roadrunners and Chargers to comply with the rule that manufacturers had to use current body styles.

Some of them, like Ramo Stott's, continued to compete in ARCA or USAC, where the rules were less rigid, but they all got wrecked or re-bodied eventually.

There is a Bobby Allison Daytona that is supposed to have been "re-created" on an original chassis, but there's some debate about how much of it is original.

There is a Superbird in the Richard Petty Museum, of which the history is unclear, but seems to have been built some time after the wing cars raced. A collector also has another genuine Petty Bird, entombed in his basement, that no-one else has ever seen.

This is all off the top of my head - I'm sure I'll be corrected by the Googlers!

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Thu Jan 20, 11 2:35 pm

Here's the No 22, apparently verified by Bobby Allison, and priced at $324k in 2006

http://www.remarkablecars.com/ppads/sho ... oduct/3026

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Thu Jan 20, 11 2:46 pm

Lots more info on racing survivors (or parts thereof) in this article by Ken Noffsinger, who owned the Ramo Stott car when I photographed it. He's a really nice guy.

http://aerowarriors.com/watn.html

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jan 20, 11 2:59 pm

Adam, you should live in a cave and grow a really long beard. Pilgrims would travel thousands of miles for your peaerls of wisdom matey. Interesting reads thine posts doth make.

Adam · Post by **Adam** » Thu Jan 20, 11 11:24 pm

Too much time on my hands Clivey.

R.RUNNER · Post by **R.RUNNER** » Fri Jan 21, 11 4:48 pm

R.RUNNER · Post by **R.RUNNER** » Fri Jan 21, 11 5:04 pm

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Fri Jan 21, 11 5:09 pm

Nice "DIY Resto" Mr Runner

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