Stolen Submerged SuperBird

[Dave Kanofsky]

Sorry if this is a repost, did a search and didn't find anything...

Popped up on a Pontiac board a co-worker follows:

"Stolen new from Rowe motors East Lorain street Chrysler Plymouth dealer in Oberlin Ohio. Can you see the wing? Vintage Oberlin Police Dept. Photo."

Wonder if it's the one in the ad below?

[tan top]

 

[Alaskan_TA]

Wile E. Coyote was the suspected thief, but he blew himself up with some TNT before he could be questioned.

[odcics2]

Sorry if this is a repost, did a search and didn't find anything...

Popped up on a Pontiac board a co-worker follows:

"Stolen new from Rowe motors East Lorain street Chrysler Plymouth dealer in Oberlin Ohio. Can you see the wing? Vintage Oberlin Police Dept. Photo."

Wonder if it's the one in the ad below?

A Bird in the water from "ROWe" Motors?  Ya gotta be kidding me Dave!   

[Dave Kanofsky]

A Bird in the water from "ROWe" Motors?  Ya gotta be kidding me Dave!   

Good One!!! 

[moparstuart]

caption this photo  ......    man you will never believe this , I caught a Big one   

[Redbird]

Just a quick look at the passenger window suggests: Photoshop.

[odcics2]

If it was stolen when new, there would be no leaves on the trees.     

[DAY CLONA]

If it was stolen when new, there would be no leaves on the trees.      

May have languished on the lot for some time?...but still "new"

[aerolith]

It was a clever plan from the thieves!

As metal rusts much slower in water than exposed to damp air, it was gonna be stored under water for fifty years and then recovered when the values went back up!!!

But they mis-calculated the depth of the pond and the height of the wing so got caught-out and their plan was scuppered...

Lucky the peeps at ROWe had a boat and had already fitted AIR-Bag suspension to the Birdie.
A few pumps from an airline and she was afloat and free to fly back to the NEST!
Time to crack open a SIX-PACK after a TORRED day...

Enough frivolity, WHERE IS SHE NOW???

[ksquared]

caption this photo  ......    man you will never believe this , I caught a Big one   

Isn't the old saying, "A bird in the pond is worth two in the bush?"

It was a clever plan from the thieves!

As metal rusts much slower in water than exposed to damp air, it was gonna be stored under water for fifty years and then recovered when the values went back up!!!

But they mis-calculated the depth of the pond and the height of the wing so got caught-out and their plan was scuppered...

This reminds me of the 1925 Bugatti:
https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hsx/2011/02/The-Bugatti-from-the-Lake---1925-Bugatti-Type-22-Brescia/3695551.html

[RallyeMike]

If it was stolen when new, there would be no leaves on the trees.      scratchchin

Good eye... got me looking a little closer....  the wing looks excessively wide.... No driver vertical to be seen 

[62 Max]

If it was stolen when new, there would be no leaves on the trees.      

May have languished on the lot for some time?...but still "new"

One sat on a lot 20 mi from me from new until mid 1972.

[billssuperbird]

I remember seeing an article on one that went into a swimming pool

[moparstuart]

I remember seeing an article on one that went into a swimming pool

there are pictures floating around of it too

[nascarxx29]

http://www.wwnboa.org/poolbird.htm

[ACUDANUT]

If it was stolen when new, there would be no leaves on the trees.     

It could have been sold new anytime of the year.

[PettyMower]

September 26, 1971

Superbird in pool.

[aerolith]

ERR why would you get out into the pool?

Some pictures don't tell the whole story???

[rainbow4jd]

Good Lord now we'll have a bunch of "pond find" Birds popping up

[DAY CLONA]

ERR why would you get out into the pool???

Maybe the driver" bailed" out the driver's door before it hit the pool?

[70 sublime]

ERR why would you get out into the pool???

Maybe the driver" bailed" out the driver's door before it hit the pool?

Or maybe there was alcohol involved 

[Ryan.C]

Sorry if this is a repost, did a search and didn't find anything...

Popped up on a Pontiac board a co-worker follows:

"Stolen new from Rowe motors East Lorain street Chrysler Plymouth dealer in Oberlin Ohio. Can you see the wing? Vintage Oberlin Police Dept. Photo."

Wonder if it's the one in the ad below?

How funny! I am originally from the next town over, I wonder if anyone was caught 

[PettyMower]

Latest news on the NEW Rowe Motors Superbird that was stolen and run into a reservoir.
(August 4, 1970)
Credit to father & son, Bill Wiley & Bash Wiley

[Baldwinvette77]

wow, neat stories, i imagine both cars were crushed, but it would be cool if they were still out there somewhere