She's arrived! My Plymouth Superbird.

Ivor · Post by **Ivor** » Thu Oct 31, 13 5:08 pm

Thanks Elliott, I knew that G31 on the build sheet was there for a reason!

If they are expecting that sort of money, I'm sure the car will have to be 100% and that includes the passenger mirror...I can toodle off to Cornwall now for a pint or two of Betty Stoggs happy that I've got one on Mr R!

SlimChance · Post by **SlimChance** » Thu Oct 31, 13 5:13 pm

Ivor wrote:Thanks Elliott, I knew that G31 on the build sheet was there for a reason!

If they are expecting that sort of money, I'm sure the car will have to be 100% and that includes the passenger mirror...I can toodle off to Cornwall now for a pint or two of Betty Stoggs happy that I've got one on Mr R!

Yeah! lol

It's definitely the real deal. Has all the supporting paperwork too. Awesome.

"The original window sticker, two broadcast sheets, seat tags, IBM punch card, warranty card, and original fender tag..."

Enjoy Cornwall!

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Thu Oct 31, 13 6:08 pm

That is a thing of beauty half a milliom bucks though

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Thu Oct 31, 13 6:40 pm

Carl wrote:That is a thing of beauty half a milliom bucks though

because its a original hemi...........

you stick a hemi in a regular 440-4 or 440-6 it will not fetch any more money than if it were stock it may even hurt it,

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Thu Oct 31, 13 6:46 pm

there is a hemi bird on the bay now $210.000 or best offer so in reality will prob come for $180.000 i would think, now thats a sweet no for a hemi wing car its a 4 speed and has a date related hemi in it that old tick on the box for a hemi puts all the heavy mopars way ahead off any thing else mopar,

SlimChance · Post by **SlimChance** » Thu Oct 31, 13 7:02 pm

Cannonball wrote:there is a hemi bird on the bay now $210.000 or best offer so in reality will prob come for $180.000 i would think, now thats a sweet no for a hemi wing car its a 4 speed and has a date related hemi in it that old tick on the box for a hemi puts all the heavy mopars way ahead off any thing else mopar,

Where's the one on eBay?

RK Motors had an Hemi auto heading to their auction this weekend, but it sold pre-auction. The asking price was $400k... so they would have got damn close to that.

The manual is a rare car, but the # matching, broadcast sheet etc really matters for values. I was registered for an auction during the Pebble Beach week and they had a white manual Hemi consigned, but it turned out it was a restamp engine and trans. All proven by Galen Govier just a week before the auction. The owner must have been gutted, the reserve was $300k, but it didn't sell. After the auction they offered it to me for $175k! Even though it was a Hemi car originally... the restamp killed the value.

Will be really interesting to see what the RM one goes for...

BJ Mac · Post by **BJ Mac** » Thu Oct 31, 13 7:05 pm

Great looking car

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Thu Oct 31, 13 7:26 pm

Cannonball wrote:
Carl wrote:That is a thing of beauty half a milliom bucks though
because its a original hemi...........

you stick a hemi in a regular 440-4 or 440-6 it will not fetch any more money than if it were stock it may even hurt it,

And would be worth every penny to me for such a rare and un molested example.

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Thu Oct 31, 13 8:01 pm

SlimChance wrote:
Cannonball wrote:there is a hemi bird on the bay now $210.000 or best offer so in reality will prob come for $180.000 i would think, now thats a sweet no for a hemi wing car its a 4 speed and has a date related hemi in it that old tick on the box for a hemi puts all the heavy mopars way ahead off any thing else mopar,
Where's the one on eBay?

RK Motors had an Hemi auto heading to their auction this weekend, but it sold pre-auction. The asking price was $400k... so they would have got damn close to that.

The manual is a rare car, but the # matching, broadcast sheet etc really matters for values. I was registered for an auction during the Pebble Beach week and they had a white manual Hemi consigned, but it turned out it was a restamp engine and trans. All proven by Galen Govier just a week before the auction. The owner must have been gutted, the reserve was $300k, but it didn't sell. After the auction they offered it to me for $175k! Even though it was a Hemi car originally... the restamp killed the value.

Will be really interesting to see what the RM one goes for...

that sonds like this car slim my old lad, its on us ebay and its mentioned about causing a storm with a restamped engine in the ask a question bit,,,,

octanejunkie · Post by **octanejunkie** » Tue Dec 09, 14 3:15 pm

Thats an amazing Super Bird! Must have cost mega bucks.
Hope you use it. Look forward to seeing it in the flesh some day.

Noticed someone said about doing the school run in it. Lol
I used to take my daughter to school in my old bandit Trans Am when she was small. She loved it. She's been a muscle car fan ever since!

Cannonball · Post by **Cannonball** » Tue Dec 09, 14 3:38 pm

This was my daily driver for probably 6 yrs, took and collected all my girls from skool with it, one very angry six shooter mopar

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Tue Dec 09, 14 3:57 pm

Wow, just saw this.... That is amazing. And well done on the understated proof that you do indeed know what you are talking about!

Wow! we really are at different ends of the mopar family tree! I guess that is what is so nice about the history. From little old lady cars like mine, to an icon like yours!

I am just thankful I have managed to get back to owning a mopar. Even if it is bottom of the food chain..

A car like yours would get me lynched..... It would be flaked in no time at all.

I remember being at Ohio at the show. That flaked n candied convertible Hemi Cuda was there, with the owner, he said he was returning it to original. I really tried to change his mind!

RobTwin · Post by **RobTwin** » Tue Dec 09, 14 5:10 pm

Thanks for digging this thread up, Jon, I've been wondering what's happened to this 'bird - not seen hide nor hair of it since it came in

Any news on it Elliot?

jon leonard · Post by **jon leonard** » Tue Dec 09, 14 7:21 pm

one hell of a car

SlimChance · Post by **SlimChance** » Wed Dec 10, 14 9:38 am

RobTwin wrote:Thanks for digging this thread up, Jon, I've been wondering what's happened to this 'bird - not seen hide nor hair of it since it came in

Any news on it Elliot?

Had a great summer with her! Shows, runs out and trips to the pub.

We did a lot of shows local to me in Suffolk. I was planning on coming to the EuroNats, but my daughter was born the same weekend!

Aiming to make the Nats in '15 though!