Vehicle Description
Ladies and Gentlemen and fans everywhere of the high-banked
superspeedways of NASCAR, Gateway Classic Cars in Kansas City is
proud, pleased, giddy, amazed, awestruck, speechless, ok, you get
the point, to offer an automobile that most humans have never seen
in the daylight or even heard about, a perfectly splendid 1970
Plymouth Superbird! Possibly the wildest US car ever: to climb the
NASCAR podium the Plymouth Road Runner received a metal fabricated
prosthetic nose and rear wing with a capital 'W'. Thus was born the
Superbird. Even for a period in the time-line of the American auto
industry famed for crazy engineering, designs and colors, there's
one that surpasses them all: the Superbird. After two consecutive
Motorsport titles for Ford in 1968 and 1969, Chrysler needed to
fight back and headed in a radical direction: the engineers took a
new car into a wind tunnel and started testing a spoiler that ended
up 58 centimeters above the body. It would have produced the same
downforce from half that height, but would have made access to the
trunk impossible. After all, the car needed to remain practical
everyday transport. The Superbird won 38 races in a 48 race Grand
National Series. Our better-than-new, Lemon Twist Yellow, speed
machine is a pristine sight to behold from tip of nose to top of
tail! This blinding yellow blur of a bird on a racetrack has
recently undergone a Nut and Bolt Rotisserie Restoration and only
has completed 50 road miles since completion. Everything has been
either stripped bare and repainted, repaired to better than new,
replaced, restored or redone. The beautiful black interior features
new bench seat, door panels, and restored dash. The powerplant in
this Roadrunner on steroids features a Super Commando 440 backed by
a 727 Torqueflite Automatic Transmission. Everything is showroom
new and fresh except for the fact that the paint, materials and
skilled labor used in this restoration are far superior then what
the factories offered-up back in the day. From gleaming chrome and
trim to a perfect black vinyl top, to vibrant Roadrunner Cartoon
graphics, the fit and finish tell the tale of extreme quality. And,
don't forget the classic Beep...Beep...Beep Roadrunner Horn! So, if
your automotive taste requires something rare, fantastic and super,
once again, your pals at Gateway Classic Cars of Kansas City have
come through! However, this Superbird will not sit still forever.
It wasn't built to. Call us today to get the low-down on this
high-flyer. We can be reached at (913) 815-1340, Monday - Saturday,
9a.m. to 5p.m., CST. To view this beauty in greater detail
including 100+ HD pictures @ gatewayclassiccars.com, and choose the
Kansas City Showroom!
