Mystery 'Bird...what's up with that, you may be asking yourself. Well its a combination of a owner who rather not be identified coupled with an enthusiast who one day hopes to fulfill a lifelong dream to park the pinnacle vehicle of Chrysler's involvement in NASCAR racing in his very own garage. The present owner found this Superbird in the Auto Trader in 1976. It was an original 440 Six Barrel, automatic, Tor-Red, buckets and console car. The original owner attempted to enhance the styling of Plymouth's Winged Warrior with the following features: hood scoop, hood mounted tach, sidepipes and a custom interior. He had also repainted the 'Bird and replaced the factory stickers. Although today it is easy to sit back and judge what was done some 25 years prior, the fact of the matter is the original owner must have really liked his car because the car was well taken care of and was in great shape. Many other less fortunate Superbirds were abused, wrecked and crushed within their first six years of existence and are no longer with us. Heckle and jest if you must but remember the time frame of the early to mid seventies, cars modified like this were not the exception but the rule. The present owner quickly upon bringing the car home lost the sidepipes and the hood mounted tach. With the gapping hole the "mailbox" type scoop had left in the hood, he felt the best remedy was to install the "Six Pack" scoop to cover up the hole, as no other Superbird hoods were found to be available at the time. As for the interior, although not to his liking the present owner found it hard to spend money replacing the "new" custom interior...he had better use for his money at the time. For you sharp guys out there looking at the Auto Trader ad...the air conditioning was not a factory install but an aftermarket unit, as this car is from a very warm climate. Factory air was unavailable with either the Superbird or the 440 Six Barrel engine.
