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This article was published more than 13 years ago. Some information may no longer be current. Al Broughtan likes to run his 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Superbird at Mosport, where he is a co-owner.
If you're curious, it's actually titled as a 1970 Road Runner. The nose and wing are fiberglass replicas from eBay, and all told the couple has a scant $8,500 invested in the Frankenbird.
Those interested in the 1970 Plymouth Superbird will have to contact Mecum for a pricing estimate, but the auction house estimates that the 1971 Road Runner could fetch anywhere in between $1 ...
Those eleven wins, out of 23 1970 Grand National events on tracks one mile or longer, were to be the high-water mark for Ma Mopar's "Winged Warriors." For 1971, NASCAR decreed a 305ci limit on the ...
Two icons from Petty's NASCAR career will cross the auction block at the Mecum Harrisburg auction: an original 1970 Plymouth Superbird and a 1971 Plymouth Road Runner NASCAR race car.
The 1970 Superbird was built to lure Petty back to Plymouth after he had left to race for Ford in the 1969 season. Serious aerodynamics were just starting to become a thing in NASCAR racing, and ...
AI Quick Summary The article covers the "aero warriors" of NASCAR: the 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona, 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Superbird, 1969 Ford Torino Talladega, and 1969 Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II.
Rebodied as a Volare in 1978, this Mopar was born as a NASCAR-spec HEMI Road Runner in 1971. And it's been missing for since the late 1970s.
Introduction 1. 1964 Pontiac GTO 2. 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 3. 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Superbird 4. 1967 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 5. 1949 Oldsmobile Rocket 88 6. 1965 Shelby Mustang GT-350 ...
A 1970 Plymouth Road Runner Superbird, a car auctioneers are calling “the perfect storm of muscle cars,” is expected to bring between $400,00 and $500,000 when it hits the auction block… ...
This Road Runner is hitting the auction block next month, July 10-18 at Mecum’s INDY 2020 event (Lot K85), where it is estimated to fetch anywhere between $500,000 and $750,000.