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Stolen Submerged SuperBird

Started by Dave Kanofsky, November 29, 2017, 11:59:45 AM

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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?

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Alaskan_TA

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

odcics2

Quote from: Dave Kanofsky on November 29, 2017, 11:59:45 AM
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!   :smilielol:
I've never owned anything but a MoPar. Can you say that?

Dave Kanofsky

Quote from: odcics2 on November 29, 2017, 05:14:36 PM
A Bird in the water from "ROWe" Motors?  Ya gotta be kidding me Dave!   :smilielol:

Good One!!!  :cheers: :2thumbs: :yesnod: :smilielol:
"God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him." John 3:17, NLT

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moparstuart

caption this photo  ......    man you will never believe this , I caught a Big one   
GO SELL CRAZY SOMEWHERE ELSE WE ARE ALL STOCKED UP HERE

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

DAY CLONA

Quote from: odcics2 on November 29, 2017, 09:07:16 PM
If it was stolen when new, there would be no leaves on the trees.      :scratchchin:




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!!! :smilielol:

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

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! :scratchchin:
Time to crack open a SIX-PACK after a TORRED day... :pity:

Enough frivolity, WHERE IS SHE NOW??? :'(
Never send to know, for whom the bell tolls,
IT TOLLS FOR THEE...

John Donne 1623

ksquared

Quote from: moparstuart on November 29, 2017, 05:58:00 PM
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?"

Quote from: aerolith on December 02, 2017, 06:35:54 AM
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!!! :smilielol:

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

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

QuoteIf 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  :P
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Quote from: DAY CLONA on November 30, 2017, 10:29:37 AM
Quote from: odcics2 on November 29, 2017, 09:07:16 PM
If it was stolen when new, there would be no leaves on the trees.      :scratchchin:




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

Quote from: billssuperbird on December 05, 2017, 08:19:21 AM
I remember seeing an article on one that went into a swimming pool
there are pictures floating around of it too
GO SELL CRAZY SOMEWHERE ELSE WE ARE ALL STOCKED UP HERE

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

ACUDANUT

Quote from: odcics2 on November 29, 2017, 09:07:16 PM
If it was stolen when new, there would be no leaves on the trees.      :scratchchin:

It could have been sold new anytime of the year. :brickwall:

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??? :scratchchin:
Never send to know, for whom the bell tolls,
IT TOLLS FOR THEE...

John Donne 1623

rainbow4jd

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

DAY CLONA

Quote from: aerolith on December 06, 2017, 08:12:11 AM
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

Quote from: DAY CLONA on December 08, 2017, 12:12:10 AM
Quote from: aerolith on December 06, 2017, 08:12:11 AM
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  :P
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Ryan.C

Quote from: Dave Kanofsky on November 29, 2017, 11:59:45 AM
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  :shruggy:
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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  :scratchchin:

F8-4life

Something about the radical design of a wing car must have clicked with the crazies back in the day.

Bob Carter



  My cousin Scott was the person who put that Lemon Twist Super bird in the pool and it's become a lot of fun joking about it over the years considering what these cars are valued at. Scott's father was close friends with the dealer that allowed Scott to trade his 442 for that Bird, back in the day you could take cars off the lot without registration or insurance and he was just a teenager at the time. Scott lived right around the corner from where the Super Bird landed in the pool and was headed home when this incident happened, there  is a long stretch of road that ends in a "T" where the pool is located (18th St.), Scott said he was going around 120 when the brakes failed so he began to downshift until he literally ran out of road and went through bushes ending up in the pool. The shot you see in the newspaper article is after the tow truck began pulling out the totally submerged bird. The bird actually went back to the dealership where they put it in a paint booth (heated) to dry it out then repaired and resold it. Last year I was able to put Scott in touch with the police officer who was there that night, oddly enough the officer now owns a Super Bird. I'm curious if Scott's Super bird still exists and if it does do the current owners know the history of it ?

PettyMower

Thanks for the update, Bob.

I was about to post the information about the color being Yellow.

Last night, I spoke with Larry (the police officer there that night), and he sold his 'Bird over 10-years ago.

Larry's 'Bird was a numbers-matching, Tor-Red, 440+4, automatic, console car. He swapped the engine for an NOS 1970 528 Hemi he found in Brazil. It was sold, along with the original engine, to a collector in Connecticut.

5hunert

Quote from: PettyMower on December 08, 2017, 06:02:40 PM
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

A convertible with high back fins?  Stuart?

moparstuart

Quote from: 5hunert on December 11, 2017, 11:04:05 PM
Quote from: PettyMower on December 08, 2017, 06:02:40 PM
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

A convertible with high back fins?  Stuart?
I HAVE NEVER BEEN SUBMERGED   :icon_smile_big:   all you can see is the black vinyl top maybe they thought it was a convert  ?
GO SELL CRAZY SOMEWHERE ELSE WE ARE ALL STOCKED UP HERE

odcics2

Quote from: moparstuart on December 12, 2017, 10:42:22 AM
Quote from: 5hunert on December 11, 2017, 11:04:05 PM
Quote from: PettyMower on December 08, 2017, 06:02:40 PM
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

A convertible with high back fins?  Stuart?
I HAVE NEVER BEEN SUBMERGED   :icon_smile_big:   all you can see is the black vinyl top maybe they thought it was a convert  ?

Why not?  Some magazines back in the day said the nose was made of fiberglass!   :smilielol:
I've never owned anything but a MoPar. Can you say that?

aerolith

They should have been made of FLUBBER... :slap:

I heard the local police chased them in, oops... :shruggy:
Never send to know, for whom the bell tolls,
IT TOLLS FOR THEE...

John Donne 1623