Old School EPA test car...

[BigElCat]

A '70 Superbird....
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cul.../a30455/plymouth-superbird-epa/?click=taboola

 

[zebra03]

That was cool . Thanks

 

[Mystic]

That's one flippin' cool MOPAR. And another "score" for B-J Auctions, Inc.

 

[CKDC]

I wonder if it comes with an 8-track player.

 

[BigElCat]

That would have been an intense job, following a jetliner as it took off.

Of course, they were thinking; 'this car sure needs a catalytic converter and a single tailpipe'.

 

[Eric H]

Rare and cool and all, but also ugly as sin.
If you saw a car today with that fin you'd have to point and laugh.
And that beak...

 

[CKDC]

I see that sort of fin on a lot of Hondas around here. (These cars also have the fart can exhaust as well as the chrome towing hook sticking from the bumper. usually driven by some douchy looking dude with a sideways baseball cap and breathing from his mouth.) I am sure it inspires a lot of racing. I know I try to quickly get out of his way to avoid the noise from the fart can.

And then there is the Subaru that came from the factory with the double-decker fin. That car must be very fast to need that level of air flow control to keep it on the ground.

 

[matteos]

The wing on that car. Surprised it didn't take off next to the airplane at 140.

 

[noogies]

Interesting story. Thanks for posting.

 

[woofmytweets]

I see that sort of fin on a lot of Hondas around here. (These cars also have the fart can exhaust as well as the chrome towing hook sticking from the bumper. usually driven by some douchy looking dude with a sideways baseball cap and breathing from his mouth.) I am sure it inspires a lot of racing. I know I try to quickly get out of his way to avoid the noise from the fart can.

And then there is the Subaru that came from the factory with the double-decker fin. That car must be very fast to need that level of air flow control to keep it on the ground.

the nice thing about these racers, is that there's very little chance to survive a high-speed crash when driving one of these vehicles, so the problem kinda solves itself.

have to say, though, my major issue is with people driving too slow. i see 1000 of those people in the left lane for every dangerous idiot weaving through traffic.

edit (for relevance): almost no problems with people driving superbirds.

 

[noogies]

edit (for relevance): almost no problems with people driving superbirds.

"Almost"?! When's the last time you got cut off by somebody driving a Superbird?

 

[woofmytweets]

"Almost"?! When's the last time you got cut off by somebody driving a Superbird?

immediately prior to being cut off by a coyote

edit: relevance to thread rapidly getting smaller in the rear-view mirror

 

[BigElCat]

They could set the rear wing for a specific amount of downforce at a specific speed.

My ex-neighbor actually owns one of these cars.

Here's a reenactment of the original testing.

 

[stereofanboy]

The second owner got this car at government auction for 500 bucks! That beats any stereo related scroe I've ever seen.

............have to say, though, my major issue is with people driving too slow. i see 1000 of those people in the left lane for every dangerous idiot weaving through traffic........

I know you must be referring to people driving below posted speed limit, since by definition anyone exceeding the speed limit is driving too fast.

 

[woofmytweets]

The second owner got this car at government auction for 500 bucks! That beats any stereo related scroe I've ever seen.



I know you must be referring to people driving below posted speed limit, since by definition anyone exceeding the speed limit is driving too fast.

stay on the right side of the road, old man.

 

[BigElCat]

At 4:30 in this video, Richard Petty says they tried the nose cap only, at first. The down-force on the front made the rear squirrelly, so they added the rear wing.

 

[Mystic]

I had the opportunity to drive an example of this model @ a few passes down the Pomona Speedway (1/4 mile strip), so no "oval" hard driving experience, but it was a blast nonetheless. When, as they do, occasionally pop up @ "regular" roadways around SoCal, they get a lotta looks. Same thing w/ the Dodges Daytona, only one of which I've seen @ work "in the wild".

PS: the 'Bird I drove was not stock. Blown elephant hemi, narrowed rear, fat gears, etc.

PPS: a much more thrilling "ride" down the Pomona tarmac was in my uncle's '64 Dodge Polaris Superlight w/ a heated up Max Wedge and all the other trimmings.