Motor : 440/390HP
Exterior : Azul (Blue Fire)
Interior : Preto e Branco
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For a handful of months in late 1969, Plymouth’s Lynch Road plant near Detroit created one of the most complex packages to emerge from the muscle-car era: the Superbird. Created to homologate components that brought Richard Petty back from Ford, the car here is one of the 308 examples built with the V-code 440 Six Pack and A833 4-speed, but is most impressive in that the beautiful B5 Blue Metallic car features the white bucket-seat interior and very unusual C16 console layout. Many 4-speed Superbirds were built without this, and the factory installation is documented on the original broadcast sheet. In addition to these components, this winged wonder is also the beneficiary of a restoration completed in 2009 by Best of Show Automotive. Under the hood is the 390 HP 440 Super Commando equipped with three Holley 2-barrel carburetors and dual exhaust. Selection of the A33 Track Pack resulted in the 4-speed and associated Dana 60 3.54:1 Sure Grip differential. Built around the Road Runner platform, all Superbirds were given power steering and power brakes with front discs as standard equipment, but the white interior was not a common selection, and the car also features the legendary Hurst Pistol Grip shifter in the console design, AM radio, G15 Solex tinted windshield and performance dash with 150 MPH speedometer. Of course, special equipment added to these cars included the aero-styled nose-cone with covered headlamps, front fender scoops, chrome A-pillar trim, the unique rear window change that mandated all Superbirds use a vinyl top, that towering rear wing and the exclusive Superbird cartoon-based graphics, and large Plymouth quarter-panel lettering. An amazing testament to the “win on Sunday, sell on Monday” philosophy of that era and wearing correct 15-inch Rallye wheels with updated Goodyear Eagle ST tires, this special car is being offered at no reserve.
