HEAVY METAL BAND SUPERBIRD BLACK ICE SUPERBIRD VINTAGE PIC 1987

[dads_69]

I'm still in Alaska Larry. I can pick it up for you and store it at my house. I have Lightning's in my garage, but I think I could make room for the bird.

Mark

[hotrod98]

Aren't you a little further north?   

The car is going into a container early next week. Should see the car in a couple of weeks. Then the fun begins. Man, I've sprayed a lot of black paint lately. I guess one more won't hurt. I'm going to have to work overtime on this project to have it ready by spring. And, spring comes pretty early this far south.

[moparstuart]

Aren't you a little further north?  

The car is going into a container early next week. Should see the car in a couple of weeks. Then the fun begins. Man, I've sprayed a lot of black paint lately. I guess one more won't hurt. I'm going to have to work overtime on this project to have it ready by spring. And, spring comes pretty early this far south.

just make sure its dont by june 7th 2010 and in branson    

[hotrod98]

I've done the math...I'll be 154 years old that year. I think I already have something planned...sorry.

[hotrod98]

Nice save...

Here's the other two black cars that I've been working on. I delivered the runner today to my brother-in-law and the daytona clone just had the headliner installed and it's going to Allen's (41husk) home very soon.

[dads_69]

Aren't you a little further north?   

The car is going into a container early next week. Should see the car in a couple of weeks. Then the fun begins. Man, I've sprayed a lot of black paint lately. I guess one more won't hurt. I'm going to have to work overtime on this project to have it ready by spring. And, spring comes pretty early this far south.

Larry, yes, I'm closer to Anchorage than the car actually is. If you bought the bird from Juneau, then yea, its a Ferry boat ride plus lots of drive time, about 10 hours or so depending on road conditions.
If you bought that bird from here, I thought it was a turnkey car not needing any work?

Mark

[hotrod98]

It's in Ketchikan.
Tom was starting the total resto on the car when I stopped him and we made a deal on the car as is. Let's just say that I was more than happy with the deal. Even if I had bought a freshly restored car, I would have stripped it down and repainted it. I won't drive a musclecar that someone else has painted. That's what made it so difficult to find just the right car. Seems they were all either fresh restos or basket cases. And, I didn't want to buy a matching numbers car because of the hate mail that I would have gotten once they saw what I did to the car. In this case the car is already basically where I want it to be. I'll paint it back black, install new leather interior, new headliner, new carpet and whatever else it needs interior wise and then pull the engine out the bottom and freshen everything up and put the correct valve covers back on.
I actually will be going back closer to or back to original on many items. The original seats and Dana have been re-installed and other than the hood, six pack setup and rims, the car will look pretty much stock. I already have a correct hood, correct repro wheels and a correct four barrel setup if I ever decide to go back even closer to original appearing.
I'll have less money in this car when it's finished than what the guys were asking for some of the basket cases just a year ago.

Now if the ship doesn't sink next week and if the car doesn't fall off of the transport truck, I'll finally have a real bird.

[dads_69]

That's cool Larry. I found a 69' Daytona clone (actual 70' charger) near me again recently. Been sitting over 20 years same spot 45 miles from me.
I asked about it, its another case of owner died, guy who has it now won't sell it due to sentimental reasons as it rots into the ground.
Oh well...

Mark

[41husk]

I am still trying to figure out how to save that pic of my Daytona clone sitting without it's front cap, to my desk top.

[hotrod98]

I am still trying to figure out how to save that pic of my Daytona clone sitting without it's front cap, to my desk top.

Right click     Set as Background

[41husk]

Thanks Larry !!!!!!

[472 R/T SE]

Thanks Larry !!!!!!

 

Like I told him, if there is such a thing as karma, he's stocked up!

...oh you're talking about desktop pictures. 

[hotrod98]

Mike, The cuda is almost ready to go. I'm going to put a coat of wax on it tomorrow. Mainly because I feel guilty for not having done it in a while and secondly, it's kind of like something nice that I can do for the car since it's been so good to me for the last ten years. Kind of felt strange knowing that I was washing it for the last time today. I wanted to take it out for a drive but it's no longer my car and I was worried about something happening to it.

The bird is almost ready to leave Ketchikan. Tom removed the wing for me and packed it safely in the trunk and should have the Superbird in a container Monday or Tuesday.
As soon as the bird leaves for Seattle, I make the arrangements to have it picked up. 

Oh, here's a pic of the lady that I'm buying the bird for. On Friday, she posed next to the runner that I built for her brother. I think the black cars are starting to appeal to her a little more every day. She hasn't mentioned re-painting the bird limelight in quite a while. I keep telling her that she only needs one limelight car.

[moparstuart]

  here is what tom replaced the black ice bird with ,  he previously owned this one and wanted it back .



  toms quote
       heres why i don't miss my bird  I got this bitchin roadrunner back from a guy I restored it for. I bought it shortly after the bird  so I owned it for a long time. it is a factory plum car w white interor air grabber 383. with a built motor that is fasta s hell



 

[moparstuart]

toms house in alaska yesterday


     view from outside my house yesterday  I just made it by getting the car into the barge container

[dads_69]

Awesome! Hasn't snowed where I'm at, just cold as heck out still. I've never seen the purple car Tom has now either, must be closer to him.

[hotrod98]

Tom said that he put the bird in the shipping container and it started snowing on the way back to the shop. Now I'm getting real anxious for it to get here.
The part that I hate is having to put the Superbird away while I finish up on Allen's Daytona clone.

[69bronzeT5]

toms house in alaska yesterday


     view from outside my house yesterday  I just made it by getting the car into the barge container

Nice looking places there!

[moparstuart]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAXWQJiy-ns


 Here is black ices metal music ,  Tom sent me this link .



   more here        http://vibrationsofdoom.com/test/test2/BlackIce.html


  larry i think you need the EP to display with the car .

[hotrod98]

Tom gave me an album to display with the car.

[superbirdtom]

I would go to a photo place and make a big poster of the band with the fog and all to use in display.

[moparstuart]

tom and trophy


Heres me with my first trophy taken after everyone left. this is before the Black Ice logo was put on the car.

[hotrod98]

I was telling Tom today that yesterday I walked into the front shop and for the first time, I looked at the car and thought...wow, the Black Ice bird is sitting in my shop and I own it. Somehow the reality is just setting in. I've been so busy with the new building addition, the new racecar and finishing up customer cars that I haven't had much time to really concentrate on the bird.
The only part that I hate about driving the bird is the constant horn honking, hand waving and the "cars that I used to own" stories every time we stop somewhere. 
Who am I kidding?  I love that part. 

[41husk]

I think I know how you feel, and my Daytona is just a clone I don't know if I would be more proud of a real Daytona?

[hotrod98]

If I hadn't bought the real bird and had gone ahead and built the superbird clone, I think I would have felt pretty much the same way about it. But, if I had to give up the real bird and build a clone now, the clone probably wouldn't be as exciting. Sort of like me going from racing alcohol dragsters to driving a door car. Don't get me wrong. I enjoy my Barracuda drag car but it just doesn't have the adrenaline rush that the dragsters did. We're looking hard into building a Superbird Super Pro car. Now that might bring back some of the old excitement.

Hey Tom...we want to see more "back in the day" pics of the Superbird.

Everyone around here has been calling it the "Black Bird".