Plymouth Superbird
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1970 PLYMOUTH "ROAD RUNNER SUPERBIRD" STANDING BIRD WITH HELMET NOSE DECAL KIT* $27.00 |
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1970 PLYMOUTH ROAD RUNNER SUPERBIRD NOSE BLACKOUT DECAL KIT* $65.00 |
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1970 PLYMOUTH ROAD RUNNER SUPERBIRD WITH STANDING BIRD WING DECAL* WH $72.50 |
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1970 PLYMOUTH ROAD RUNNER SUPERBIRD AND STANDING BIRD WING DECAL* BK $72.50 |
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1970 PLYMOUTH SUPERBIRD JACK INSTRUCTION DECAL $6.99 |
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1970 Plymouth Superbird Complete Decal & Stripe Kit $309.00 |
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1970 PLYMOUTH ROAD RUNNER SUPERBIRD COMPLETE DECAL KIT IN BLACK GLOSS* $305.00 |
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1970 PLYMOUTH ROAD RUNNER SUPERBIRD COMPLETE DECAL KIT IN MATT BLACK* $305.00 |
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1970 PLYMOUTH ROAD RUNNER SUPERBIRD COMPLETE DECAL KIT IN WHITE* $305.00 |
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1971 PLYMOUTH SUPERBIRD ROAD RUNNER 440 SIX PACK DECAL $9.99 |
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1970 "PLYMOUTH" ROAD RUNNER SUPERBIRD QUARTER PANEL NAME DECAL SET* $55.00 |
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70 Plymouth Road Runner Rear GTX Satellite Superbird LETTER SET P-L-Y-M-O-U-T-H $95.00 |
1960s muscle cars (70s ok) - which was the fastest?
A friend of mine had a Plymouth Superbird and swore it was the fastest thing on the road ... until he got drunk and wrecked it. I always thought the Chrysler products were the fastest on the road at that time, but I knew a guy with a Javelin who never lost a race.
There may not be a "right" answer. I would love to hear your stories. I had a 69 Plymouth ... with a 318. Barely enough to pull that behemoth around. Looked like a muscle car but wasn't.
That Superbird was built to satisfy Nascar ruling that at least 500 copies had to be sold to customers. It went on to set records at Talledaga and other tracks. It had the 426 hemi engine. I believe it produced 425 horsepower and 490 lbs of torque in basic form. That was what Chrysler claimed but many people were certain it made more power then that. So, yes it was probably the fastest car on the street.
Between the factory cars it was a cat and mouse game in the 1960's. Whenever one company would come up with a winner the others would call in the engineers and find a way to soup up something to throw back at them. The fastest car you ask? I reckon it depends on what year!!!!!! Hot ones I recall were the mustang 390 and then the 427, There was a small buick skylark that came with a 401, then a 430, a pontiac GTO was awesome in 1966 - 69. Chevelle had a 454 cube in 1969 or 1970. It suffered from too little weight in the back and had trouble getting off the line but when it was moving at about 40 mph and punched it oo mama mia. Camaro had a 396 in 1968 that was a real ripper. The Javelin had a 401 and a few had a 430 cube they were haulers!
Wow this has been like a trip down memory lane.
Dodge had a super bee 440 with three two barrels called six pack. It was a beast to reckon with! It showed tailights to many hot cars.
Once you got into the 400 plus cubic inch engines the most important thing was the state of tuning and the ability of the driver to get the beast moving without smoking the tires. I drove hot cars in the 1960's and 1970's and several of my friends did too. With a few clever modifications a 400 cube olds could be made to outrun a 427 Mustang. Do the same to the Mustang and its so long sucker. The fastest car I ever drove was a 1969 dodge charger with a 426 that had been prepped by Mr. Norm of Grand Spaulding Dodge. He had a performance based dealership in Chicago, Ill. It wasn't a Hemi, but it had what were called magnum heads. I called and asked about the car before I drove it at the dealer. It had the biggest valves that would fit in the heads, a monster high rise intake that had been hand polished internally. A sun machine calibrated dual point distributor from Mallory ignition. A reworked Carter four barrel carb and exhaust headers that were so huge it is a wonder they fit in the car. The exhaust pipes were three inch diameter all the way to the rear bumper. It had a super high lift cam with a gear that reduced the degree of the cam at idle and advanced it at higher rpms. With a 3:23 axle the engine only turned 4000 rpms at 105 MPH and Mr. Norms tech told me the car could push 6200 in top gear which would put it at about 160mph!!
There were three of us guys in the car when we went for a ride. It was an automatic transmission car with three speeds. In top gear at 70 mph on the interstate, I punched it and it shoved my head back against the headrest. The front end came up about a foot higher and it sounded like a big bear was under the hood trying to get out. The exhaust sounded like two machine guns hammering away. The guy in the front seat could not reach up and touch the dash. In only a few seconds the speedometer was touching 140. Fearing the cops would hear us I backed off and went cruising through town. Even a modest tweak of the gas pedal from a stop would have the tires complaining. If we cruised up to about 35 mph and mashed the gas the front end would come right up and when it shifted to second gear it would spin both tires for about ten or fifteen feet. It banged like someone hit us in the rear end. Unreal! That car was deadly fast. I went to the bank the next day to talk about a loan but when I went to the dealer to tell them I thought I had it the car was sold. I should have given them a down payment! Rats!
1970 Plymouth Superbird
