1970 Plymouth Superbird - Certified Fresh

When you know a guy that has a Superbird and he says hey would you like to make a video of it.... you don't even finish the phone call because you've already ran out the door with the GoPro in hand 😁

A very special thank you to the owner of this car for letting us make this video, and I'll put it here as a marker in time; should I ever run across the money I will be giving you a call to make this Superbird my own.

Developed for NASCAR racing, the Superbird was Plymouth's follow-on design to the Charger Daytona fielded by sister company Dodge. The Charger 500 version that began the 1969 season was the first American car to be designed using a wind tunnel and computer analysis, and later was modified into the Daytona version with nose and tail. The Superbird's smoothed-out body & nose cone were further refined from that of the Daytona, and added nineteen inches to the Road Runner's original length.

Superbirds had three engine options: a 426 Hemi V8 engine producing 425 bhp at 5000 rpm and 490 lb⋅ft torque at 4000 rpm, the 440 Super Commando Six Barrel with 3X2-barrel carburetors producing 390 hp and the 375 hp (280 kW) 440 Super Commando with a single 4-barrel carburetor. Only 135 models were fitted with the 426 Hemi.

NASCAR's homologation requirement was that vehicles to be raced must be available for public sale and sold through dealerships in specific minimums. For 1970, NASCAR increased the production requirement from 500 examples to one for every two manufacturer's dealers in the United States; in the case of Plymouth, that meant having to build 1,920 Superbirds to comply.

The rear wing was mounted on vertical struts that put it into less disturbed air thus increasing the efficiency of the downforce it placed upon the car's rear axle. For nearly 30 years the mathematic formula used to determine the exact height of the enormous wing was thought to be a highly guarded Chrysler secret. In the 1990s, a retired Chrysler project engineer claimed publicly that the height was determined in much simpler fashion (that it was designed to provide clearance for the trunk lid to open freely) In reality the actual height was set to clear the roofline so it was breaking clean air.


Thanks for watching and have a Blessed day!