1970 SUPERBIRD ASSEMBLY LINE
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1970 SUPERBIRD ASSEMBLY LINE
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SUPERBIRD AT DAYTONA
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The Plymouth Superbird was an extremely modified version of the popular Plymouth Road Runner. It was the factory's follow up stock car racing design, for the 1970 season, to the Dodge Charger Daytona of 1969. The Charger Daytona did very well against it's Ford and Mercury competition in the 1969 season of stock car. So Dodge's sister division, Plymouth, came up with its own winged warrior, the 1970 Plymouth Superbird. It has also been thought by many that a motivating factor in the production of the car was to lure racing legend Richard Petty back to Plymouth. All consumer produced Superbirds had vinyl tops to hide the welding seams. As on the Charger Daytona, the rearward facing scoops on the front fenders were just for show on the street produced vehicles. Both of the Mopar aero cars famously featured an aerodynamic nosecone, a high-mounted rear wing and, unique to the Superbird, a horn which mimicked the Road Runner cartoon character. Plymouth even included cartoon Road Runner graphics, flat black painted panels on the nose, and huge Plymouth stickers to the rear of the car to capture visual advertising.
1970 SUPERBIRD ORDER DATA
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1970 SUPERBIRD ADVERTISEMENT
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1970 SUPERBIRD COLOR OPTIONS
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Superbirds were available in three engine choices. A 440 Super Commando with a single four-barrel carb and 375 bhp. A 440 Super Commando Six Barrel with triple barrel carburetors and 390 bhp. A dual quad 426 Hemi producing 425 bhp. (Only 135 models were equipped with the 426 Hemi). Plymouth built 1935 Superbirds and It is believed that approximately 1,000 Plymouth SuperBirds still exist today. These days the Plymouth Superbird is an extremely valuable collectible, collected and driven by Mopar diehards and muscle car enthusiasts worldwide. Celebrated for their rarity and as a representation of the fading 1970s no holds barred era.
Below is the example of the 1970 Plymouth Superbird from The Torrence Collection.
