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Winner of superbird from radio station contest 5-23-70

Started by nascarxx29, September 13, 2018, 06:21:27 AM

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nascarxx29

1969 R4 Daytona XX29L9B410772
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23UOA174597
1970 FY1 Superbird RM23UOA166242
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23VOA179697
1968 426 Road Runner RM21J8A134509
1970 Coronet RT WS23UOA224126
1970 Daytona Clone XP29GOG178701

Beep Beep Dave

Now who says they couldn't even give Superbird away :lol:

Thanks for sharing Dave!

Dave
'69-1/2 SIXPACK/SIXBBL REGISTRY On-Line Registry for the Lift Off Hood cars!!!
Maple Leaf Mopars your Canadian Mopar site.

1970 Charger R/T


hemi68charger

Nice detective work Dave.... You should have been a private-eye........  :icon_smile_big:
Troy
'69 Charger Daytona 440 auto 4.10 Dana ( now 426 HEMI )
'70 Superbird 426 Hemi auto: Lindsley Bonneville Salt Flat world record holder (220.2mph)
Houston Mopar Club Connection

chaaargerb

They must have been getting deals from the dealerships on unsellable cars their next giveaway car was a 71 chevy Vega  :eek2:
https://kimsloans.wordpress.com/2017/07/08/around-colorado-sum-of-the-parts-part-3/kimn-1971-07-24-a/

Redbird

In 1971 the problems of the Vega, bad engine and all, were not too apparent. It was probably looked on as a good award by the AM listeners of High School and College kids.

Birdflu


Redbird

There still is a David Denning age 64 in Denver. If this was him he would have been about 16 when the car was awarded, perfect!

farm966

Quote from: Beep Beep Dave on September 13, 2018, 06:31:18 AM
Now who says they couldn't even give Superbird away :lol:

Thanks for sharing Dave!

Dave

I didnt realize there were so many comedians in the wing car community!!

WINGIN IT

Quote from: farm966 on September 13, 2018, 08:15:54 AM
Quote from: Beep Beep Dave on September 13, 2018, 06:31:18 AM
Now who says they couldn't even give Superbird away :lol:

Thanks for sharing Dave!

Dave

I didnt realize there were so many comedians in the wing car community!!

Really? Aren't these the same people who drive cars with giant cartoon characters on them??   ;) ;D

nascarxx29

Quote from: Redbird on September 13, 2018, 07:41:17 AM
There still is a David Denning age 64 in Denver. If this was him he would have been about 16 when the car was awarded, perfect!

Seen a guy on fb same area and name.Tryed to message
1969 R4 Daytona XX29L9B410772
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23UOA174597
1970 FY1 Superbird RM23UOA166242
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23VOA179697
1968 426 Road Runner RM21J8A134509
1970 Coronet RT WS23UOA224126
1970 Daytona Clone XP29GOG178701

nascarxx29

1969 R4 Daytona XX29L9B410772
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23UOA174597
1970 FY1 Superbird RM23UOA166242
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23VOA179697
1968 426 Road Runner RM21J8A134509
1970 Coronet RT WS23UOA224126
1970 Daytona Clone XP29GOG178701

nascarxx29

Sometime has passed and no luck finding car or its owners story
1969 R4 Daytona XX29L9B410772
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23UOA174597
1970 FY1 Superbird RM23UOA166242
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23VOA179697
1968 426 Road Runner RM21J8A134509
1970 Coronet RT WS23UOA224126
1970 Daytona Clone XP29GOG178701

Twin Runners

I just stumbled on this thread.  Sooo, Dave Denning and I were best friends in high school. We went to Jefferson High in Edgewater, Colorado and I was at his house the night he won the Jock-in-the Box contest.
Since my girlfriend drove a 1969 Super Bee her dad had bought her for graduation I was a big MOPAR fan even then.
So the sad story is that Dave and his folks were told to meet at Roger Mauro Chrysler Plymouth on West Colfax to pick up the car. We were both seventeen so his parents had to come along to sign all of the paperwork. A photographer from KIMN was there to take pictures. A salesman had us climb in the car to go for a ride. Dave was riding shotgun and his folks and I scrunched into the back seat,
I clearly remember it was a Vitamin C 440/4speed car but not sure if it was a 4 bbl or 6 bbl. Black interior with buckets. The salesman pulled out the back of the lot and headed west on 14th Ave. He nailed it, rowed through a few gears and turned around at Pierce St.
By Dave's folks reactions I knew there were problems. Despite pleadings from Dave we left the dealership that night with a used 1968 Camaro. Cream colored 6 cyl, three on the floor. The dealership traded the Bird straight across for the Camaro.
I've lost touch with Dave many years ago but now I think I will try to look him up. Never knew where the Superbird went after Roger Mauro sold it.

UPDATE: So I actually found my buddy Dave and we talked for the first time in 50 years! Amazing what the MOPAR world can do. He did correct me on one large detail, the car was for sure a HEMI and not a 440. So how rare was that, a HEMI 4 speed car. Way Cool, and even cooler that I found a friend I have been out of touch with for fifty years!

UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: So I posted from my 50 year old memory. Now that Dave and I reconnected he passed along the actual full story:
"I did sell the Bird back to the dealer. They gave me $3,500 cash and I bought the Camaro separately for $1,400. The rest mostly paid for my college tuition. So all in all, as much as I hated my parents at the time, it was the best decision which probably did keep me alive."

nascarxx29

1969 R4 Daytona XX29L9B410772
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23UOA174597
1970 FY1 Superbird RM23UOA166242
1970 EV2 Superbird RM23VOA179697
1968 426 Road Runner RM21J8A134509
1970 Coronet RT WS23UOA224126
1970 Daytona Clone XP29GOG178701

odcics2

I've never owned anything but a MoPar. Can you say that?

aerolith

Wonderful story indeed... :popcrn: :popcrn: :popcrn:

Hemi 4-speed Birdie, WoW it don't get much better than that! :drool5: :drool5: :drool5:

If Dave had kept the Birdie, what would the story be?

Could he have done a Eugene?

Kept the car for fifty years and had it restored at Nick's???

It don't really matter, as its only a 'giveaway' car 'after all'... :'( :'( :'( ::) ::) ::) :smilielol: :smilielol: :smilielol:

I'm broken down and it wasn't my dream car freebie... :smilie_help:
Never send to know, for whom the bell tolls,
IT TOLLS FOR THEE...

John Donne 1623