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Richard Petty called me!

Started by nitrometal, May 25, 2006, 01:22:57 PM

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69_500

I used to have a corner devoted to Petty and just his Superbird stuff, but then it got to a whole room, and now I've boxed up most of it. Only thing left of Petty's on my desk is a snow globe of his Superbird. Now the desk is a shrine to just C500's.

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

hotrod98

My wife bought that one for me from Wal-Mart and a 1/64th from Walgreen's. I've got her and my daughter trained to look for anything having to do with winged cars.


Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.
Charles Addams

bull

Quote from: nitrometal on May 25, 2006, 01:27:49 PM
Quote from: daytonalo on May 25, 2006, 01:25:28 PM
IF IT WAS ME I WOULD HAVE ASKED HIM FOR A HEMI FROM HIS GARAGE !

That is a great idea!!! :icon_smile_big:
The old 383 that sits in there now sucks!!!  :flame:

Hey, watch it! There are some members who happen to love the 383. All you have to do is save up $13k-$15k for a crate 426 and I'll give you $500 for the 383. ;)

nitrometal

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Hey, watch it! There are some members who happen to love the 383. All you have to do is save up $13k-$15k for a crate 426 and I'll give you $500 for the 383. ;)
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Whoops! Sorry about that Bull.   :icon_smile_blackeye:

I didn't mean to say anything so negative about 383's.  This one is about wore out @ 70k miles and it ran terrible when I got it.  I've finally got it to a drivable condition but this is not a high-performance car by any means. It's a cruiser and that's it.

The thing that is disappointing is you see the 426 c.i. decals on the hood and you expect to see a HEMI in there.  I wish there was a way to make this motor look like a hemi like I've heard about those fake hemi valve covers for a Chevy small block.  The hemi look would be impressive in there.

If I ever get that crate hemi though I'll give ya a call !!!   ;)
I love the smell of nitro in the morning.

http://pettysuperbird.com

Ghoste

I've seen a "quick glance" convincing fake Hemi job done on a big block Chrysler as well.  It wasn't a kit, it was something the guy had rigged up himself.  It didn't look bad though.

tan top

yeah Ghost, i have seen something like that before ,on either a 383 or a 440, the guy welded two stock rocker covers togeather and then drilled holes for the plug wires .
Feel free to post any relevant picture you think we all might like to see in the threads below!

Charger Stuff 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,86777.0.html
Chargers in the background where you least expect them 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,97261.0.html
C500 & Daytonas & Superbirds
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,95432.0.html
Interesting pictures & Stuff 
http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,109484.925.html
Old Dodge dealer photos wanted
 http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,120850.0.html

69_500

Well if you remember you can work on the Stage V heads from a hemi onto a 383 or a 440. HOwever the cost to do that is just about as much as finding a real HEMI.

nitrometal

You know,  there could be a (small) market here for something like this.

Build an hollow adapter kind of like those real tall valve covers used in racing.  Where the bottom end would bolt on like your stock valve cover and then expand out to the shape of a hemi valve cover mount.  Basically like a tunnel ram where the carb adapts to your intake manifold.  The hemi valve covers are so much bigger you could even snake your plug wires through the stock hemi spark plug holes, slide the boots on and it would pass the look, I believe.

We need a master fabricator to work on this.  HotRod98, whatcha' up to?
I love the smell of nitro in the morning.

http://pettysuperbird.com

bull

I wouldn't mess around trying to fake a Hemi. Even if you spent a bunch of cash on a crate Hemi you'd still be way ahead on your car. You're only into the car for the $13k tax bill so far so for another $13k you'd have a Hemi-powered Superbird replica that'll be worth four times that amount. I'd for sure do it.

69_500

I don't know how much a HEMI Superbird clone would be worth. I wouldn't think it would be more than about $65-80K though. I could be wrong. If it was built on say a Road Runner it would probably be more than the Satalite. I haven't done much checking on the prices that clones bring  these days though so Bull you may be right.

mikepmcs

My only cut on that is the history that comes with the car.  Wouldn't it be worth more because of this alone and pictures of the king and all with the winner, you know stuff like that.  I'm asking cause i don't know.
v/r
Mike
Life isn't Father Knows Best anymore, it's a kick in the face on a saturday night with a steel toed grip kodiak work boot and a trip to the hospital all bloodied and bashed.....for reconstructive surgery. But, what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger, right?

nitrometal

Yeah, but the only people that know about what motor it had are the restorers and the thousands of people I've told!   :icon_smile_big:
I love the smell of nitro in the morning.

http://pettysuperbird.com

hotrod98



Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly.
Charles Addams

69_500

Man how stories fly when people open their mouths too. So you've told thousands, and they told oh lets say 5 people, so now every body knows cause you know that one other loud mouth along the way has heard. :)


hemi68charger

Man,, that's some cool stuff !!!!!!  Now, you need is a 440 six pack in between the fenders..... Who cares that it's a clone, that car WILL ALWAYS have a cool and interesting story that few will ever duplicate or even believe...  :icon_smile_evil:

But, all here believe..................    :icon_smile_approve:

Cheers,
Troy
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

THE CHARGER PUNK

could always find a cheaper 354 or 392 hemi and make it look like a 426 mill, thats wut ido way cheap and u still gotat hemi ;D-MATT

mikepmcs

matt you drinkin what's with the spellin, i'll see you on the chat tonight :icon_smile_big:
Life isn't Father Knows Best anymore, it's a kick in the face on a saturday night with a steel toed grip kodiak work boot and a trip to the hospital all bloodied and bashed.....for reconstructive surgery. But, what doesn't kill us, makes us stronger, right?