I live in Corpus Christi Texas. I remember in a smaller town called Aransas Pass, about 30 or 40 miles from here, there used to be 2 orange Superbirds that sat in an empty lot, side by side, for many years. You could see them from the highway. I used to see them all of the time. Does any one here know what may have happened to them??? I never got any up close look at them....just from about 100 feet away. Be nice to find out that someone here has them!!! Ive been told they are still around somewhere, but I haven't been able to locate them. Ace
I think one of these will someday show up.Also notice the red christine type chyrsler near the motel.
Quote2 orange Superbirds that sat in a empty lot , side by side, for many years
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,63896.msg714504/topicseen.html#msg714504
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Well....the ones I'm talking were orange and they both had wings on them.....at least that's what my memory tells me...allthough there is some similarity in the surroundings...but these were sitting side by side each other facing the same direction....im not too sure about the black vinyl tops either....im still curious....where were these taken???
Ya know what??? I clicked on a previous post....and YES!!! These are the same cars!!!! I hear that they are still around, but we all know how we hear things.....I'd like to know where they are!!! And yes....they were off of Highway 35!!! They sat there every since i was a little kid!!! I'm 44 now, so that'll tell you how long they sat there...In 1970 we had hurricane Celia come through here and devastate!!! There was a magazine entitled "...And Celia was Her Name"....in this magazine, it shows a Superbird that was smashed when a wall collapsed at the dealership....It's a black-and-white photo,....ill dig up that mag and scan the picture.
Ive seen that hurricane damaged superbird picture it says smashed race car
yessir....that's the one!!! :yesnod: Im looking at it right now!!
Scan it havent seen it in a long while
ill have to go to the library tomorrow and scan it....i don't have one here unfortunately.....i wonder if there is documentation somewhere on this car whether it was parted out....repaired...or....what?...it DID happen at the dealership so maybe theres a paper trail on it through the archives
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WOW!!! I didnt think ANYONE else had that!! Some pretty devastating pictures in there!!! But the page 12 pic of that Superbird really hurts!!!...lol...Ace Say!!! Go to chat!!!
I thought I could find it on here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkgAcgTkkUo
That superbird had remains of a brickwall that fell on it.As to finding the car archives need to find out name of dealer .Here is a listing you choose your state
http://maxwedge.com/dealerships/index.php. I did find a 68 Super Stock HEMI dart 1 of 50 Made dealer ad from Creveling Dodge Corpus Christi TX
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I have one of the Superbirds from Aransas Pass. I purchased the car over twenty years ago from the Robinson family that purchased it new. It is in its original condition with 42,000 miles on it. It is a Orange, 4bbl, 4spd car and still all matching numbers. Restoration on it is finally going to start this Winter. If anyone has any pics or one of the matchbooks from the motel (that had a pic of the cars on the cover) I would love to buy them.
Just thought Ya'll might wanna know it's still alive here in Kerrville Texas. :)
Wow - Cool Stuff!
is that add-on A/C under the dash?
cool stuff indeed, and welcome to the aero jungle.
i'm already looking forward to the history lesson.
Quote from: roadracer on December 01, 2011, 09:11:45 PM
I have one of the Superbirds from Aransas Pass. I purchased the car over twenty years ago from the psycho that purchased it new. It is in its original condition with 42,000 miles on it. It is a Orange, 4bbl, 4spd car and still all matching numbers. Restoration on it is finally going to start this Winter. If anyone has any pics or one of the matchbooks from the motel (that had a pic of the cars on the cover) I would love to buy them.
Just thought Ya'll might wanna know it's still alive here in Kerrville Texas. :)
Cool.. Man, I've been involved with a bunch of the Charger Meet cruises in that neck of the woods............
COOOOL!!! Good to see another 'Bird lurking in a shop waiting for a restoration! Looks similar to the under dash A/C unit that was in the Superbird that I restored. If so, it actually has a Chrysler logo on the front of it.
Justin
"CornDog"
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There were several birds out of west Texas. Our Black Ice Superbird was originally a yellow bird out of San Antonio. Left there, went to L.A., then to Seattle, then Ketchikan, Alaska and finally to western Arkansas. Just 550 miles from it's original home. Small world.
Glad to hear its found and alive live.
Another superbird in Kerville Tx The old William Price car
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,63970.0.html
Glad to hear its found and alive live.What was the name of that motel on 35 Genes motel?
Another superbird in Kerville Tx The old William Price car
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,63970.0.html
Originally Posted by sqwaby
Back about 1978 I was doing contract work for a couple of weeks work in Corpus, but I stayed in Aransas Pass. Rented a trailer from a guy at a nice trailer park. One day I noticed some cars covered up behind a building. Turns out the guy was storing 2 Dodge Daytonas. Wouldn't sell, said he was going to sell them in about 10-20 years.
actually they were superbirds....I know all about those 2 cars, one is in Central TX in the same shape it was in when you saw it, and the other is in San Antonio mid-restoration.
neither of them sold for more than 5K from the owner....the one in Central TX was on ebay w/ a 75K reserve and nobody ponied up