Superbird at Barrett Jackson
I have a back story on this car. I was born and raised in St. Augustine, FL and continue to live there. I saw this car in the local dealership when it was new, St. Johns Chrysler Plymouth, which was located at 201 San Marco Avenue. I used to visit it regularly. My shop is at 241 San Marco Avenue.
That dealership was sold to the local Dodge dealer around 2000, a personal friend of mine. He closed that location and moved it to his Dodge store. The previous owner of the Plymouth store bought the big building directly next to my shop and moved all his cars and other things he
had collected to it. His name was Ned McQuaig, a colorful guy. He had a fuel injected Hemi powered Fiat Topolino drag car called the "Road Runner", a Hemi powered Ramcharger 4x4 sand drag truck, a rear engined Fiat 124 powered dune buggy. and other cool stuff, as well as this Superbird.
Anyway, now about the 'Bird. The story goes it was sold to a guy who kept only for a short time and decided he didn't like it. He traded it back in for a 340 Duster. The car was for sale for a few years and then Ned just decided to keep it. After he moved it to the building next to me, I used to go next door
and get his caretaker to let me look at it. It had not run in decades. I recall the radiator cap was missing, and it was covered in dust. I do remember thinking that it had to be a rare combo, being a Hemi with column shift and bench seat. Ned died several years ago, and his family held an estate auction.
A childhood friend of mine bought it for about 80k, and I heard he got it running and flipped it a few months later for 145k. I dreamed of owning this car, but was never in the financial position to make a play for it.
I have a back story on this car. I was born and raised in St. Augustine, FL and continue to live there. I saw this car in the local dealership when it was new, St. Johns Chrysler Plymouth, which was located at 201 San Marco Avenue. I used to visit it regularly. My shop is at 241 San Marco Avenue.
That dealership was sold to the local Dodge dealer around 2000, a personal friend of mine. He closed that location and moved it to his Dodge store. The previous owner of the Plymouth store bought the big building directly next to my shop and moved all his cars and other things he
had collected to it. His name was Ned McQuaig, a colorful guy. He had a fuel injected Hemi powered Fiat Topolino drag car called the "Road Runner", a Hemi powered Ramcharger 4x4 sand drag truck, a rear engined Fiat 124 powered dune buggy. and other cool stuff, as well as this Superbird.
Anyway, now about the 'Bird. The story goes it was sold to a guy who kept only for a short time and decided he didn't like it. He traded it back in for a 340 Duster. The car was for sale for a few years and then Ned just decided to keep it. After he moved it to the building next to me, I used to go next door
and get his caretaker to let me look at it. It had not run in decades. I recall the radiator cap was missing, and it was covered in dust. I do remember thinking that it had to be a rare combo, being a Hemi with column shift and bench seat. Ned died several years ago, and his family held an estate auction.
A childhood friend of mine bought it for about 80k, and I heard he got it running and flipped it a few months later for 145k. I dreamed of owning this car, but was never in the financial position to make a play for it.