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Superbird found, sat in storage and last registered in 1981

Started by GOTWING, March 23, 2012, 06:36:21 PM

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moparstuart

Quote from: nascarxx29 on April 05, 2012, 11:05:44 AM
I ve been to Lansdale area for a mopar get together met Joe and seen his other cars

:drool5:  another white face   :2thumbs:  I have david at Performance car graphics make my lettering around the bird decal on the hlp door black so it would show up on the black face .....    
GO SELL CRAZY SOMEWHERE ELSE WE ARE ALL STOCKED UP HERE

GOTWING

Well it's been awhile since I've posted anything on here. The time has come to put my bird up for sale. RM23U0A167142 "Car Village Bird" It's been a great 22 years since we discovered it. We have had good and bad memories with it. I'm moving on in a different direction now. The cars history is well known on here by now. Here is the listing that I've come up with. Any advice is appreciated positive or negative.

1970 PLYMOUTH SUPERBIRD
Known as the "Car Village" Superbird
Original Vitamin C car
Original U code car.
Original rare white bench seat interior. ( can't find another )
Automatic on the column.
45,000 original miles.

Near mint original broadcast sheet, two found inside car buyer gets both. ( second one is torn )
Numbers matching 440 engine
Transmission is not matching numbers.
Original fender tag in excellent condition.
Original factory vinyl top is still in place.

All original untouched white bench seat interior with the exception of a brand-new headliner & rear package tray in 2005.
Even the carpet is original to the car. The headliner was perfect except for a mouse hole above the driver's sun visor.
One hair line crack in the dash about three inches long. ( The paint guy did it leaning on it ! ) The stitching on the passenger side seat has let go in a couple of places. ( I just cover it up with the original seat belts at car shows. ( I wanted to keep the seats the original material )
The car was found in April of 2004, we purchased it from the guy who purchased it from "Car Village" in Lebanon, PA in 1980. He traded in a Dodge truck on it.
The windshield still has the 1981 expired sticker in place. The car sat inside a two-car detached garage from 81-04 at his house in MD.
Original am radio 

NOS $$$$ new old stock nose installed by Mike Mancini after the original was bumped
Into at a car show and damaged a few years later. ( have pictures ) The original nose did have some filler in it anyway probably from previous bumps. NOS nose came from Doug S.
With having the NOS nose it's nice to know there is no filler in it guaranteed. ( I probably got the last one known to exist so I was told )
Hagerty paid out over $30,000 for the NOS nose with paint, new decals rubber strip, swapping the headlight buckets over and the labor from Mike Mancini's American Muscle Car Restorations. The only metal work done on the car was the very lower passenger ¼ panel as it was bent and pushed up some. ( I have pictures on here )
Solid rust-free car with just a repaint in 2005 that we had done. It's kind of a survivor with a repaint if that makes sense.
After an easy repaint, we installed new decals, door handles and a new rear bumper.
In 2005 the fuel tank and lines were replaced along with all four brakes, calipers hoses and master cylinder etc.
Also replaced the radiator, water pump, thermostat, belt, alternator and all of the hoses. ( saved all of the original parts ) I'm sure I'm forgetting something.
Also replaced the heater core. I wanted to make the car dependable which it has been for over 20 years.
New poly glass Good year tires from Coker tire in 2005 ( I have put about 5,000 miles on them )
Spare tire is also a new Good Year tire to match the rest. Has not left the trunk since.
Replaced old washer bottle with new one in 2005 ( not hooked up & Kept old bottle )
Transmission pan was replaced ( kept the original pan ) replaced trans fluid.
The entire exhaust system was replaced and has new oem type factory tips out the back.
Upgraded the carb to an Edelbrock ( saved the original carb to the car )
Upgraded to a MSD electronic ignition. ( saved original distributor ) All original parts go with the car. ( I even saved the old poly glass tires that were on it. )
After market Sun tach in dash is unhooked now with the addition of the new ignition upgrade. ( tach was there when I got it and it worked )
Battery is a couple years old and always has a tender on it.
California car cover is included.
The headlight doors work flawlessly every time not ever one issue with them.
All of the lights and turn signals work fine, interior light works, wipers work, meep meep horn works.
The trunk floorpan and all the other floor pans are original to the car. It has a new trunk mat ( saved original one )
The only metal work done was the very lower passenger ¼ panel as it was bent and pushed up some. ( I have pictures on here )

A couple of things to note**
The original jacks are missing
I have an original air cleaner that I picked up at Carlisle to go with the car but it's in primer. ( The original one was missing when we picked the car up in 2004 ) I would like to keep the Direct Connection one that's currently on it. ( It's been on a few other cars that I have owned over the years. )
The dash lights recently quit lighting up, I need to check the fuses the red high beam light will still come on.
If it sits for a long period of time it will crank a bit until it starts but always does.
I'm asking $225,000 or best offer. Feel free to chime in. I have the car listed on Marketplace & marketplace Mopar groups. I have tons of pictures on my phone that I can send if anyone is interested.

I'm not going to lie it will be an emotional day when it leaves. My wife and I were only dating for about 8 months when we purchased it. My kids all grew up with this car and we have a lot of great memories with it. My wife says I'll regret it. I'm looking for a change and to be honest it's not even enjoyable anymore to drive it. I'm a nervous wreck trying to protect the nos nose on it. The traffic in my area has tripled in 20 years. For the amount of times I drive it compared to my yearly premium is nuts. I'm looking to get a nice E body convertible to replace it.

I have rambled on enough, GOTWING - out. :icon_smile_big: