Wait til Hops gets here....He claims to celebrate "Thong Thursday" every week. I think sometimes he spends too much time in the Hops field.
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Good morning to all I missed the first time. Lol
Yeah but...that puts you on the West coast on East coast time! Man that would stink!
I remember those. I believe I've seen that on Dad's 75 Cordoba and/or 76 Charger. When you accelerated "too aggressively" the left mounted hood turn signal would light up....
Hi everyone, I'm catching up on what I missed over the last day or two...
Maybe your car is just a gas hog... #-o
It eats so much gas at idle, if you have the engine running while trying to fill it with gas, you gain on the pump.... :violent1:
LOL!!!
Ooookay.... I'll just pull a bobby pin out of my hair and use it as a jumper.... Not... :banghead:
(Guys don't have bobby pins... Maybe we could use a paper clip...)
I got the trash out to the curb... :cheers:
But I see that none of the other neighbors have their cans out yet... #-o
It is Thur, and that is our normal trash day, and there hasn't been a holiday this week to delay the pick-up this week, so today should be garbage day.... :???:
But I see that none of the other neighbors have their cans out yet... #-o
It is Thur, and that is our normal trash day, and there hasn't been a holiday this week to delay the pick-up this week, so today should be garbage day.... :???:
Wow... It feels like I'm talking to myself....
Hello, hello, is anybody out there???
Hello, hello, is anybody out there???
It is they just forgot :coffee2: morning folk's :glasses7:
Unfortunately, yes I am ,Karl.. Day off, bad T.V..., Actually, you stated you own a winged B body?.. If so, tell me more ...
What are you asking? What is the story of our Superbird?
My dad always loved the "wing things" as he called them... He used to tell me and my brother how they dominated in NASCAR...
When we lived in Omaha for a couple of years, we used to pass a house on the way to the health club that had an orange one parked outside and we always admired it. Then one day it disappeared... :glasses7:
Then when we moved back to Chicago, we started our collecting with a 71 Challenger convert 340 car. And shortly after that, we found an ad for a Superbird for sale locally and checked it out. It was in really good shape as it had just over 20 K on it at the time. :cheers:
It turns out that he was the original owner and needed some money and decided to sell the car. It was a "lot lizzard" that sat in the dealer past the 70 model year, and the original owner had bought it during the 71 "model year"... #-o
He drove it until 74 or 75 when the gas crisis hit, and then parked it until 79, when he plated it again and drove it to see the Indy 500. He then drove it once in a while for a couple of years until we bought it in the summer of 81. :color:
It's an original unrestored car, but the original owner owned a Maaco paint shop and they painted it there. Those idiots had drips in the engine compartment, and even painted over the windshield washer reservoir.... :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
So we had it repainted by a more competent shop and it's been like that since. :violent1:
It was dad's favorite car. Whenever someone asked if it was for sale, dad would tell them that it's in his will and is not interested in selling it. So after dad died, my brother gave me the choice of which of his Road Runners that I wanted. It was a tough choice, as dad's other toy was a 69 Road Runner convertible that was originally a 383 4-speed car with 3.54 Dana, when we got it someone had put a 67 440 in it. We eventually wore out the 440 and dad had a 426 Hemi sitting in the basement, so we decided to put two and two together and installed the Hemi (but kept the 383 emblems on the hood ---> LOL!!!)
My oldest son told me to get the Superbird, as it's an original low mileage car, sitting in the garage with 21,748 original miles on the speedo. The last time it was out, was for the Daytona/Superbird meet back in 88 at Talledega, we got to do a parade lap with the club before the race.
rayer:My brother runs into the original owner periodically with his work, and he regrets selling the car and always asks if he can buy it back....
So, I had to pass up on a 69 Hemi Road Runner convertible with a 4 speed and Dana to get the Superbird... :violent1:
I have driven the Superbird up to 130 MPH once, and my brother got it to 150 MPH at the first Mopar Nats at the Chrysler Chelsea proving grounds. Even at 150, there is plenty of pedal left before the floor gets in the way...
Here are a few pictures of it:
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Definitely spent to much time in the Hops yesterday. HTT Tike!
Wow !! Nice bird there Karl !! Who Knew !!
so who is here ......its almost 6 EST so by now everyone on the east coast should be bright eyed and bushy tailed. :coffee2:
Karl, absolutely bitchin' knocking my socks, off!What are you asking? What is the story of our Superbird?
My dad always loved the "wing things" as he called them... He used to tell me and my brother how they dominated in NASCAR...
When we lived in Omaha for a couple of years, we used to pass a house on the way to the health club that had an orange one parked outside and we always admired it. Then one day it disappeared... :glasses7:
Then when we moved back to Chicago, we started our collecting with a 71 Challenger convert 340 car. And shortly after that, we found an ad for a Superbird for sale locally and checked it out. It was in really good shape as it had just over 20 K on it at the time. :cheers:
It turns out that he was the original owner and needed some money and decided to sell the car. It was a "lot lizzard" that sat in the dealer past the 70 model year, and the original owner had bought it during the 71 "model year"... #-o
He drove it until 74 or 75 when the gas crisis hit, and then parked it until 79, when he plated it again and drove it to see the Indy 500. He then drove it once in a while for a couple of years until we bought it in the summer of 81. :color:
It's an original unrestored car, but the original owner owned a Maaco paint shop and they painted it there. Those idiots had drips in the engine compartment, and even painted over the windshield washer reservoir.... :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
So we had it repainted by a more competent shop and it's been like that since. :violent1:
It was dad's favorite car. Whenever someone asked if it was for sale, dad would tell them that it's in his will and is not interested in selling it. So after dad died, my brother gave me the choice of which of his Road Runners that I wanted. It was a tough choice, as dad's other toy was a 69 Road Runner convertible that was originally a 383 4-speed car with 3.54 Dana, when we got it someone had put a 67 440 in it. We eventually wore out the 440 and dad had a 426 Hemi sitting in the basement, so we decided to put two and two together and installed the Hemi (but kept the 383 emblems on the hood ---> LOL!!!)
My oldest son told me to get the Superbird, as it's an original low mileage car, sitting in the garage with 21,748 original miles on the speedo. The last time it was out, was for the Daytona/Superbird meet back in 88 at Talledega, we got to do a parade lap with the club before the race.
My brother runs into the original owner periodically with his work, and he regrets selling the car and always asks if he can buy it back....
So, I had to pass up on a 69 Hemi Road Runner convertible with a 4 speed and Dana to get the Superbird... :violent1:
I have driven the Superbird up to 130 MPH once, and my brother got it to 150 MPH at the first Mopar Nats at the Chrysler Chelsea proving grounds. Even at 150, there is plenty of pedal left before the floor gets in the way...
Here are a few pictures of it:
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Hi Rani !! I'm here, back and forth checking other sites.
I remember the first time I found out and seen pictures of it Abodybomber, It floored me for sure :color: a very nizze complete Wing car :cheers:
No coffee in me yet Rani :glasses7: it is 5:30 here dear :color:
No coffee in me yet Rani :glasses7: it is 5:30 here dear :color:
I am finally here
I missed you again Rani
OK here is a question for the morning crew. Do I drive 5 hours one way to buy it? $500
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