1970 Plymouth Superbird at iaai auction

[GON]

This car is a fun car for $1,000 USD. Likely the physical title is worth 10 times that, without the physical vehicle.

Who buys this will be for a interesting reason. Title? Parts car? Rebuild? I suspect one can buy a non burnt model of this car in excellent condition for less than this car will take to make it into excellent condition. The old saying is ever so true, the most expensive thing a guy can buy is a cheap muscle car needing a complete rebuild.

 

[Jdeere562]

I remember those things sitting forever on dealer lots. Too gawdy and people would not buy them.

If only we knew back then...

 

[Pablo]

Too gawdy..........

Same thoughts on winged STis!!

Gawdawful wing on a street car. This one with the snozle. Ugry.

 

[wag123]

It looks like a real-deal Superbird to me.
It obviously has a steel nose cone and aluminum wing, aftermarket ones are fiberglass. These cars are pretty easy to authenticate. Even if the dash VIN has been destroyed there are VINs stamped into the chassis in 4 different places, as well as on the engine and transmission if they are original to the car, and I can see that it has the left side engine compartment inner fender tag which also shows the VIN.
The car obviously has a lot of Bondo on it and probably isn't an economically viable restoration prospect.
What I can't figure out is why it burned in the right front.

 

[DuckRyder]

What I can't figure out is why it burned in the right front.

The my guess would be: Money Troubles.

 

[bullwinkle]

This car is a fun car for $1,000 USD. Likely the physical title is worth 10 times that, without the physical vehicle.

Who buys this will be for an interesting reason. Title? Parts car? Rebuild? I suspect one can buy a non burnt model of this car in excellent condition for less than this car will take to make it into excellent condition. The old saying is ever so true, the most expensive thing a guy can buy is a cheap muscle car needing a complete rebuild.

That’s not going for $1K, it’s going to be more like $50K. Somewhere out there is a fairly nice Superbird with no title (for whatever reason), and that one & this one will make the big $ one!

 

[DuckRyder]

This car does seem to be on the list of known Superbirds.

it'll probably start at 10 grand.

 

[wpod]

Back in the day a couple of guys at work had them. They never excited me.

 

[andrewg]

Same thoughts on winged STis!!

Gawdawful wing on a street car. This one with the snozle. Ugry.

Yep....looks seriously ugly.

 

[GON]

That’s not going for $1K, it’s going to be more like $50K. Somewhere out there is a fairly nice Superbird with no title (for whatever reason), and that one & this one will make the big $ one!

Never suggested it will sell for $1k at auction; you are right the title itself may have huge value without the physical car.

The $1k price makes it a fun project. Once the vehicle gets into five figures, the word fun gets taken out of the sentence.

 

[CKN]

I have to wonder about the future value of all these rare muscle cars that are fetching hugh dollars. Will future generations covet them like the current car guys do? Or will value in 20 years drop to a fraction of the current value you see now?

No-the hand writing on the wall says they will not. The younger generation isn't even interested in driving-why would they chase after collectables? The average age of guys who collect cars, sit on (car) museum advisory boards, and own museums have to be pushing their 70's.

 

[Owen Lucas]

That restoration would make for a very expensive, but entertaining YouTube video.

 

[ecotourist]

I only ever saw one of these in the wild. I thought it was a really ugly car then and I still think so.