GTP Cool Wall: Plymouth Superbird Hemi

My take? Automatic sub-zero forever, I mean come on. I don't think there's much doubt which way this is going. Still, I cannot allow conjecture to violate the will of the people. Voting begins now and will be open for one week as per usual.

Oh, and please ignore the typo in the poll title.

Automatic sub zero, no questions asked. Ice box bound.

This should go in the ice box.

I'm on the fence on this one. Mopar winged cars are cool, but to me the HEMI engine gets negative points since a lot of Mopar folks think the Elephant Hemi is the end all of internal combustion engines.



Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm F it subzero for me too. Plus Bonus points for being the Plymouth version.

Sub zero.

Hmm.... This is a tough one.

Charger Daytona was cooler, but the Superbird isn't bad by any stretch.

Petty Blue, please. Bellow Sub Zero.

Tornado

Charger Daytona was cooler, but the Superbird isn't bad by any stretch.

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Are they basically the same?

Gotbeefboy564

Are they basically the same?

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Charger was the race spec version that could reportedly hit speeds over 230mph. The superbird was the Plymouth street version. Similar to the boss mustangs it was a homologation car and had very low production numbers. The Plymouth was also based off the road runner. They are all similar though.

There may have been a dodge street version.

Too easy, sub-zero for sure. Although I always thought it was interesting that when Superbirds and Charger Daytonas were new they sat on dealer lots for years sometimes because nobody wanted them. Some dealers even took off the nosecones and wings and turned them back into Road Runners and Chargers so they would be an easier sale.

Gotbeefboy564

Are they basically the same?

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Not really. The Charger and the Belvedere that formed the base cars were only related to each other by drivetrains and the basic platform. The Coronet was much more similar to the Belvedere

Slashfan

Charger was the race spec version that could reportedly hit speeds over 230mph. The superbird was the Plymouth street version. Similar to the boss mustangs it was a homologation car and had very low production numbers. The Plymouth was also based off the road runner. They are all similar though.

There may have been a dodge street version.

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The Charger and Superbird were just the 1969 and 1970 entrants by Chrysler in the aero wars, respectively; the latter put together so Plymouth would have a car too. There were street versions of both of them.

Tornado

Not really. The Charger and the Belvedere that formed the base cars were only related to each other by drivetrains and the basic platform.

The Charger and Superbird were just the 1969 and 1970 entrants by Chrysler in the aero wars, respectively; the latter put together so Plymouth would have a car too. There were street versions of both of them.

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That's what I thought. Though the Charger versions are uber rare.

If current trends hold for the rest of the week, this car is headed for McQueen's Garage. Not that it doesn't belong there.

EDIT: No longer true, but still on track to hit the ice box.

Yours for $150,000 if its still for sale

I seriously need to get a picture of the one in town. Need to talk to my friends dad. He knows the guy that owns it.

Solid cool from me.

Sub-Zero. Just oozes coolness and presence. Barely see any of them in the UK.

Verging on Sub Zero. Definetly borderline!!!

Sub-zeroest of sub-zeroes.

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Barely see any of them in the UK.

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Barely see any in the UK? I've only seen one and that was on the back of a trailer when Mecum was in town.


Sub zero. One of my dream cars.

Sub Zero. Freakin' amazing car that just oozes coolness.

Sub zero all day

If I ever come across either the Superbird or a Charger Daytona on our roads, I'd probably have a coronary. Plus I've always loved that aero package. Sub Zero.

Normally big muscle cars earn a seriously uncool rating from me for being brash and obnoxious. This is so brash and obnoxious that it's just funny, and as a result is cool, because (as a road car at least, not so much as a NASCAR racer) it doesn't take itself in anyway seriously.

A 40+ year old that still turn heads. Sub-zero with no question.

I might vote a standard Road Runner as cool, and this thing could do worse, but it's a beyond-ridiculous clown of a car with a grumbly V8 from one of the most uncool forms of motorsports in the world (albeit from a period of time where it wasn't so dull). Based on its comical looks, I'm kind of surprised it's getting as much sub zero love as it has. According to Wikipedia it was so silly, even for the 1970s, they couldn't even sell them:

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The Superbird's styling proved to be a little extreme for 1970 tastes (many customers preferred the regular Road Runner), and as a consequence, many of the 1,920 examples built sat unsold on the back lots of dealerships as late as 1972. Some were converted into 1970 Road Runners to move them off the sales lot.

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That's Uncool.

Slashfan

Charger was the race spec version that could reportedly hit speeds over 230mph. The superbird was the Plymouth street version. Similar to the boss mustangs it was a homologation car and had very low production numbers. The Plymouth was also based off the road runner. They are all similar though.

There may have been a dodge street version.

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230? I don't mean to be cynical but I highly doubt they were going that fast.


Uncool. Yes, I like them, but as Famine said, a car with a pointy nose stuck on and a ludicrously large rear wing does not mean it's cool.