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£191,942

1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird

United States • 15 Mar 2014

Vehicle Details

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This 1970 Plymouth Hemi Superbird is one of only 135 built with the 426 Hemi engine and one of 74 with an automatic transmission. It retains its original Blue Fire Metallic finish and comes with extensive documentation, including the build sheet and window sticker.

Condition

8

The car is described as being beautifully presented and well-equipped. The listing also mentions the car has been well-cared for, with only 33,000 actual miles, which is indicative of the care it has received over the years. It is a numbers-matching example with documentation.

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Transmission:

Automatic

Chassis No:

[Chassis No]

Odometer:

33,000 miles

Reg Number:

[Reg Number]

RHD/LHD:

LHD

In the late 1960s, as the 426 cubic inch NASCAR Hemi engine reached its highpoint, Chrysler engineers realized that pure horsepower was no longer enough to win races.

Richard Petty may have won 27 out of 49 races during the 1968 season in his Hemi-powered Plymouth Satellite, but the aerodynamically advanced Ford Torino enticed Petty to switch over to the Ford camp in 1969.

Plymouth desperately wanted to have “The King” back behind the wheel of one their cars.

Chrysler’s only hope of beating Ford on the superspeedways was to reduce aerodynamic drag.

Chrysler released the bullet-shaped Dodge Daytona and Plymouth Superbird, igniting the “aero wars”.

While Petty was back in the Plymouth fold, he did not win the 1970 Grand National championship, but he did win 18 of Plymouth’s 21 victories in NASCAR’s 48-race season in 1970; and the distinctive Superbird, with its sloped nose and enormous rear wing, became a stock car racing icon.

It won in its first race at the 1970 Daytona 500 with ...