[poncho-mike]

I saw a Superbird roll out of my neighborhood on a rollback this weekend.

When I first moved to Apex in 1992, I occasionally saw an orange Superbird drive out of the neighborhood and come back about ten minutes later. The paint was dull and the car looked a little tired, but it was solid. All of the homes are on big lots, and the owner lived in a house with a nice garage at the back of the subdivision . One day I was at my mailbox and I saw the Superbird coming, so I flagged him down and we talked. He bought the car new right after he got out of college.

I haven't seen him or the car in probably 10 - 15 years, pretty much forgot about it. But this weekend I saw a rollback coming out of the neighborhood with the Superbird on the back. There are several car guys in my neighborhood who have tried to buy it over the years with no success. I don't know him personally, but he's probably at least in his 80s. I've been meaning to ask some of the neighbors how he's doing. I hope it's just going to a mechanic for some repairs.

[400 4spd.]

Yesterday I had an email from a man who has a '68 R/T Charger in need of work. He's in South Carolina, and he bought it new. He is 79 years old.

[stuta]

Originally Posted by 400 4spd.

Yesterday I had an email from a man who has a '68 R/T Charger in need of work. He's in South Carolina, and he bought it new. He is 79 years old.

Now that's a cool ride !
Does he want you to work on her ?

[Simple Man]

Growing up, my grandfather had a lake cottage in SW Michigan. We would drive through Cassopolis MI on the way up there. This town had a Dodge dealer.
Remember seeing a new Daytona sitting on the lot. Bright red, with a black stripe around the rear of the car. I know that car sat at least a year, before it disappeared.

[bird72]

I learned to parallel park in a Superbird.

OK, no I didn't.

[71GP76TA]

About '80/'81 (I was 12) Spokane WA on my way to school one morning. There was a yellow Superbird parked on a plowed snowbank. Side streets were plowed but icy snow pack. Never saw the car again.

Around 1977 (I was 9)Minot ND. There was a Petty Blue Daytona that lived across the street from a friends. Car was beat into the ground and rusted out. The owners looked pretty wild and rowdy. One day there was a for sale sign in the 1/4 window.. $2500.

1974.. Hardin MT. Petty Blue Superbird. Car was filthy dirty... people in the car looked pretty wild and rowdy..


Kinda odd some of the things you remember.. As a kid I always thought those cars were cool so they stuck in my head.

[GTOnly70]

In the mid-70's when I lived in Camp Hill, Pa our next door neighbors had a friend with a yellow Superbird that would be parked along the curb once in a while. At the time (8-10 years old) I thought it was some crazy custom.

Around 1983, one of the first issues of Classic Sixties magazine featured a red Superbird. I remember reading that the car sat unsold on the dealer's lot (new) until 1972 when the dealer finally traded it for some paving work.

In 1984 or 85 a friend and I were cruising aimlessly near Fogelsville, Pa. Lo and behold we saw a blue Superbird approaching in the oncoming lane. My friend whipped his car around and followed the bird up Rt 100. The car belonged to Willard Kressley, who owned a used car dealership and one of the most scenic junkyards I've ever explored. We stopped in and briefly visited with him - car was pistol grip 4-speed. I read that Kressley died last year. As I moved from the area in 1990, I don't know if he still owned the car or sold it along the way...